Accomplishments: College of Education

Reimund Serafica, Catherine Dingley (Nursing), and Joseph Morgan (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article titled, “Leveraging Simulation to Understand Nursing Student Learning in Technologically Complex Environments,” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing. The publication is based on the…
Master's students Adrian Amezcua, Donavan Ross, and Ishan Balaji (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) have received a $3,000 grant from the Nevada Problem Gambling Project at UNLV's International Gaming Institute for their project titled, "An Examination of Adults’ Exposure to Online Gambling and the Impact of…
The Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management program competed for the first time in the Case Competition at the 2025 Sport Marketing Association Conference. Team members Alexa Farber, Ramhae Andrea Awit, Izzy Ritchie, and Gigi Ghasserani represented UNLV under the guidance of faculty advisor Juha Yoon.
Assistant professor Juha Yoon (Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management) has been selected as a 2025 Paul R. Lawrence Fellow by the North American Case Research Association (NACRA), recognizing emerging scholars for excellence and potential in case research and teaching.
Ami Pritchard, along with Peter Wiens (both Teaching and Learning), Charles Brown (Education), and alumnus Andromeda Hightower published "Teacher leadership and teacher mentoring: Understanding the preparedness of mentors and their educational practices" in the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education.
S. Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) presented "Ethics in Use of Technology" at the Washington State Association of School Psychologists (WSASP) on October 18. This presentation included specific scenarios related to the ethics of the use of everyday technology as well as the use of artificial intelligence…
Professor Doris Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Monica Moreno, associate director of Academic Advising in the College of Education Student Services Center, are the recipients of the 2025-2026 UNLV Academic Advisor Awards. The UNLV Academic Advisor awards recognize individuals with an exceptional record of…
Katherine Feather, Heather Dahl-Jacinto, and Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published, "Humanizing the treatment of Autism: Experiences of mental health professionals working alongside children with ASD and their families," in the Journal of Humanistic Counseling.
Zhiling M. Shea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) along with colleagues published an article "Is Use of Literacy-Focused Curricula Associated with Children’s Literacy Gains and Are Associations Moderated by Risk Status, Receipt of Intervention, or Preschool Setting?" in Education Sciences.  Integrating literacy-…
Professor emerita LeAnn G. Putney (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) and USU professor and alumna Suzanne H. Jones delivered the keynote address, “The Pathways of Hope in Education: Navigating Challenges, Sustaining Vision, and Empowering Teachers and Learners" at the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA…
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published an article "'Sometimes emotions are really beneficial and important': Theorizing Emotional Tools of Creative Insubordination" with her colleagues Marrielle Myers and Rochelle Gutiérrez in Instructional Science, an international journal of the learning sciences.  
Nicole Thomas (Educational Psychology) presented her work titled, "Modeling the Mojave: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Student Understanding of a Complex Ecological System," at the 2025 Scholarly Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education (SCIPIE) biennial conference in Norman, Oklahoma. This work examines how early college science majors…