Accomplishments: College of Education

Howard R.D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) gave a presentation on "Collecting Industry and Occupation Data for Cancer Professionals and Health Educators" at the Indiana Association for Career and  Technical Education State Conference.
Professor Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) is part of a six-member expert team that helped establish the country’s first juvenile competency Hub Court in Los Angeles County. With its own judge, attorneys, evaluators, and social workers, the Hub Court is designed to better support young people navigating competency cases. Professor Nathanson’s…
Professor Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) hosted 30 judges and attorneys from across the globe as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Their visit focused on learning about the Kids’ Court School, which helps reduce children’s anxiety about testifying in court.
Doris Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been appointed to chair the Higher Education session for the 1st International Online Conference on Education Sciences, scheduled for 2026. Watson currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Higher Education section of the Journal of Education Sciences.  
Members of the Division for Emotional and Behavioral Health, a Special Interest Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, recently elected Heather Baltodano-Van Ness (Early Childhood, Multicultural, and Special Education) into the presidential line of the Executive Committee. She will begin her four-year commitment serving as Vice…
Chad Scott (Teaching and Learning) participated on a panel discussion at the Third Annual Las Vegas Arts and Culture Summit, on August 21 at the Historic Fifth Street School, Downtown Las Vegas.  The panel was called, "SO, YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHING ARTIST?" and was moderated by Cory Goble, senior cultural specialist for the City of Las…
Zhiling M. Shea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and her co-author at Johns Hopkins University published an article, "Independent book reading and bilingual children’s language and literacy skills" in Reading and Writing.  The current study investigated how independent book reading at home and…
Daniel Mager (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published his 140th article in Psychology Today. Mager has been contributing to Psychology Today since 2013. 
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), Peter D. Wiens (Teaching and Learning) and Kenneth Varner (Education; Academic Programs and Initiatives), published the article "Co-Designing Teacher Leadership Course Content: The Experiences of Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators," in the Journal of…
John Ojeogwu (Teaching and Learning) published as lead author for "Preparing Pre-Service Teachers in Engineering Design Integrated Science Teaching: A Systematic Review" in Journal of Science Education and Technology.
Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola  (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), Jyoti G. Senthil (University of Bath), and Kara M. Viesca (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) published "Teachers' Shifting Ideologies about Emergent Bilinguals Based on a Professional Learning Experience" in the Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology.
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published "Contextually and Culturally Relevant Affective Pedagogical Goals: A Response to Herrick, Lawson, and Matewos" in Science Education.