Chyllis Scott (Teaching and Learning) and her colleagues, UNLV alum Fawn Canady, '06 Master of Education and '17 PhD Curriculum and Instruction, now of Sonoma State University, and and Troy Hicks of Central Michigan University, published an article “Walking a Thin Line”: Exploring the Tensions Between Composition Curriculum and Students’ Lives as…

Stephanie Loomis (Teaching and Learning) has published a chapter, Mobile Phones, Arts Integration, and English Language Arts, in the book Affordances and Constraints of Mobile Phone Use in English Language Arts Classrooms.  This chapter considers the affordances of smartphones as tools for arts integration in English language arts…

Kenny Varner (Teaching and Learning) gave the keynote address, "Die Überschreitung des Globalen und des Lokalen: Bedeutung und Bedeutungsherstellung durch das Glokale," ("Transcending the Global and the Local: Meaning Making and Making Meaning Through the Global") at the Internationalization of Teacher Education: Reflective Practice…

Michael McCreery, Danielle Head, Joseph Fiorentini, Sam Leif, Le Quanda Cole, and Catherine Bacos (all Teaching and Learning) earned the Best Paper Award at the 17th International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age for their paper "Time to Acclimate: Examining the Influence of Cognitive Ability on Situating…

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) co-authored with selected mentees from University of Central Missouri, Murray State University, and Marshall University "Career and Technical Education Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale," which appeared in Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity this month

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching & Learning) presented two poster presentations at 148th virtual annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. The first one was, “Efficacy of Meditation-based Interventions on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Veterans.” The second was “…

Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning), Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology and Higher Education), Marcie Gallo (History), and Claytee White (Oral History Center) gave their second of two peer review presentations on their collaborative project, Digging Deep and Branching Out: Using Oral History and Collaborative Inquiry to Explore Candidate…

Chad Scott (Teaching and Learning) is presenting a performance installation, “How to Explain Electoral Politics Without Splitting Hares,” at Available Space Art Projects (ASAP). This exhibition is the first project of an ongoing collaboration with the Gayle A. Zeiter Literacy Development Center, where Scott serves as an interdisciplinary artist-in…

Katrina Liu (Teaching and Learning) recently published a book, "Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning," at Springer.  The book provides a research-based guide to using ePortfolios to develop critically reflective teachers capable of transformative learning for educational equity. It begins with a conceptualization of critical…

Howard R. D. Gordon and Xue Xing (both Teaching and Learning) coauthored an article, "Servant-Leadership During the COVID-19 Crisis: Implications for Career and Technical Education," in The CTE Journal. Additionally, Gordon recently was invited to the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica as a scholar lecturer for the department of…

Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) has been elected to serve as an at-large member of the executive council for the American Educational Studies Association (AESA). Her three-year term begins Nov. 1. As an at-large member of the executive council, she will participate in oversight of the organization, including leadership on committees and…

Chad Scott (Teaching and Learning) is exhibiting work in two group shows that center on the current election cycle. His installation, "Proposal for a Presidential Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery," is exhibiting in "A Political Romp," an invited group show featuring 20 artists from around the U.S., at the Priscilla Fowler Fine Art…