Abigail Hasberry (Teaching & Learning) was selected as one of UNLV's outstanding graduates for spring 2013. She was recognized during the May 19 commencement ceremony at which she received her doctoral degree.

Christine Clark (Department of Teaching and Learning) recently received the UNLV Graduate & Professional Student Association Outstanding Mentor Award. The award acknowledges faculty members who have demonstrated continued success in preparing graduate and professional students for academia. She also was featured on the cover of Convergence,…

Mildred McClain (Dental School), Frank Jones (Dental School), and Clifford McClain (Teaching and Learning) are coauthors of an article, "Increasing Dental Student Diversity Through the UNLV Dental Prospects Program," which appears in the Journal of Dental Education. Francis Curd of the School of Dental Medicine at Lake Erie College of…

Larry Ashley (Education & Clinical Studies) has been chosen as president-elect of the International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors (IAAOC). The IAAOC is an organization of professional counselors and other interested individuals who work in the addictions or forensic/criminal justice fields and advocate for the appropriate…

Jane McCarthy (Teaching & Learning) received the Distinguished Member of the Association of Teacher Educators Award at the association's 2013 annual meeting in Atlanta. According to the association website, the recipient exemplifies the best of teacher education in the nation, which includes outstanding contributions to the association,…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently was interviewed in the Review-Journal regarding her thoughts on social media use in NASCAR. She currently is an editor for the Sport Marketing Quarterly and actively publishes in the area of sport management and sport marketing.

Qingmin Shi (Teaching & Learning) received a 2012 Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) Merit Award. The award is given to up to three graduate and professional students each academic year who have proven themselves to be outstanding scholars in their fields.

Joseph Morgan (Educational & Clinical Studies) has been appointed to serve on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Academic Studies Advisory Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English.

Lisa Rubin (Bob Boughner Career Services Center) graduated at UNLV's winter commencement Dec. 18 with a Ph.D. in educational leadership, focusing on higher education. Professor Vicki Rosser (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) served as her dissertation chair and advisor.

Pamela Maher (Education), under the guidance of education professor Janelle Bailey (Teaching and Learning), will present a paper at the international conference of the Association of Science Teacher Education in Charleston, S.C., in January. The paper examines the influence that working with science and math faculty mentors has on beliefs toward…

Kyle Higgins (Educational & Clinical Studies) and Randy Boone (Teaching & Learning) edit Intervention in School and Clinic, one of the top academic journals in special education. The journal equips teachers and clinicians with hands-on tips, techniques, methods, and ideas for improving assessment, instruction, and management for…

Nancy Lough (Educational Research, Cognition & Development), Joanne Goodwin (Women's Research Institute of Nevada), Carol Harter (Black Mountain Institute), and Peg Rees (Educational Outreach) participated in the panel discussion "Equity in Education: Celebrating 40 Years of Title IX" in April. The panel, which included Judith Sweet,…