Sarah Wolff, Wilson Hatcher, and Dan Wright (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) recently published "Task-irrelevant visual distractions and mindful self-regulated learning in a low-stakes computer-based assessment" in Frontiers in Education. They examine how impactful distractions are during an assessment. 

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) co-authored an article, "Examining the Completeness of Industry and Occupation Data Among Patients Newly Diagnosed with Cancer in North Carolina," in North Carolina Medical Journal.

 Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published a textbook: Multicultural Social Justice Counseling: A Systemic, Person-Centered, and Ethical Approach. 

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published an article with collaborators Rochelle Gutiérrez and Marrielle Myers, titled "Political Conocimiento in Teaching Mathematics: mathematics teacher candidates enacting their ethical identities" in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.

Megan Griffard (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) testified as an expert witness on K-12 educational finance for a Nevada State Public Charter School Authority (SPCSA) hearing to determine whether Eagle Charter School of Nevada's charter should be terminated due to the school's mismanagement of nearly $1 million in public…

Associate professors Federick Ngo and Stefani Relles (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were awarded a five-year, $1.2 million research grant from the Institute of Education Sciences. They will examine the impact and implementation of Nevada’s Corequisite Reform, which allows students to enroll directly in college-…

Lincoln Johnson (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented at the 11th International Conference on Language, Literacy and Linguistics in Manila, Philippines on his research: "Exploring the Nexus of Language, Culture and Identity: Insights from Interdisciplinary Perspectives." He also won the Best Presenter Award at the…

Bradley Marianno and Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received a $900,000 subaward from the Nevada Department of Education to work on a $3.5 million Institute of Education Sciences (IES) project to expand the collection and reporting of K-12 school budget and finance data in Nevada. 

Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza, Blanca E. Rincón (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Brent M. Drake (formerly Decision Support), J. Judd Harbin (formerly Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Assessment), and Kyle Ethelbah (Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach) published a study, "Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit…

Megan Griffard and Bradley Marianno (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received a $90,000 grant from EdFund to study how school districts in Nevada are supporting emergent bilinguals and students experiencing poverty through the Pupil-Centered Funding Plan (PCFP). 

Katherine A. Feather and UNLV doctoral student Julia Maranville (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and colleagues published, "Impact of COVID-19 on children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder living in the rural regions of Arizona" in the Journal or Rural Mental Health.

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published “'I really got to think about my background, their background, and how do we come together on something?': One emergent mathematics teacher leader's reflexive journey with Social Justice Mathematics" in the School Science and Mathematics journal.