April Ursula Fox and Nicole Thomas (Educational Psychology) published, in the Journal of Museum Education, the empirical research article: From Visitor to Author: How Visitor-Created Zine Artifacts Promote Meaningful, Multimodal and Culturally Mediated Learning in Science Museums. The article explores how zine-making can transform…

Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) had his co-authored paper "Secondary and Postsecondary Education Outcomes of Students with Experience in Foster Care: Systematic Review of the Literature From 2000-2023" cited in the United States Senate, Caucus for Foster Youth: Policy Discussion on Supporting…

Danica G. Hays (Education) co-authored the textbook, Essentials of Theories in Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide. Published by Cognella, the textbook covers major counseling theories and psychotherapy practices. 

Iesha Jackson (Teacher Education), Catharine Lory (Special Education), Vanessa Nunez (Sociology), and Camisha Fagan (Sociology) coauthored an article titled, “(Em)bracing ourselves: Women of Color in the academy supporting each other through troubling times,” in Current Issues in Education. The article emphasizes the importance of cultivating…

Danica G. Hays, Ph.D., (Education) and colleagues have been selected as the 2025-2026 recipient of the Chi Sigma Iota International Outstanding Research Award for their scholarship on social determinants of mental health and counseling practice. The research was published in the Journal of Counseling & Development in 2025.  

The Council of Standards in Human Service Education, the national accrediting body for human services degree programs, recently approved the accreditation of UNLV’s bachelor’s degree in the field. According to the council, the program, housed within the College of Education features a well-aligned, practice-focused curriculum, highly…

Gerilyn Slicker, Alain Bengochea, and Melissa Stoffers (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with graduate and undergraduate students Leticia Delgado, Amanda Zapata, Priscila Hernandez Anaya and Emmanuel Ayitah, published an article, "Access to early care and education for Nevada’s infants and toddlers: A mixed methods…

Linc Johnson (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented his research "Transformative Leadership and the Globalization Scorecard: Standardizing the Johnson Ranking of Global Engagement" at the 2025 Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He was recognized at the conference for…

Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was named to the board of directors for Family Voices. This national organization "is a family-led organization that transforms systems of care to work better for all children and youth, especially those with special health care needs or disabilities"…

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) wrote a research brief for Brookings titled, "Tacos and Tuition: A look at new college benefits for the low-wage workforce." The piece is a summary of a recently published article in Educational Researcher ("The Expansion of Corporate-Sponsored Tuition Benefits to America's…

Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published Counselors Providing Care to Clients Who Self-Diagnose via the Internet and Social Media: A Grounded Theory in the Journal of Counseling and Development with colleagues from various other institutions. 

Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Monique North, (Ph.D. '25) presented a paper co-authored with Xue Xing (Teaching and Learning) at the 2025 NPWR Forum. The event was hosted by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) and the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (…