Accomplishments: Department of Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) served as lead author of the article "Measurement and Functional Invariance of Psychological Individuation Constructs Across Cultures: Initial Evidence From Taiwan and the United States" published in the journal, Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and…
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) and her colleagues were awarded the 2022 Anti-Racism Action Grant from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association (APA). Her project utilizes participant action research to increase anti-racism and decolonial efforts in the teaching and practice of…
Samuel Song (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) was an invited speaker at the The Restorative and Trauma-Informed Summer Summit hosted by Clark County School District's (CCSD) equity and diversity education department earlier this month. The goal of the summit was to provide high-quality professional development to…
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology and Human Services) and collaborators published a new article, "Decolonizing School Psychology Research: A Systematic Literature Review in the Journal of Social Issues. 
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) wrote a book chapter, "Let the Students Speak: African American Males with Disabilities' Perspectives of Behavior Intervention Acceptability in Schools and the Implications for Cultural Validity," which has been published in the book, Discipline Disparities Among…
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published a paper, "The Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships on Black Middle School Boys," in the Journal of School Mental Health with collaborators Stephanie D'Costa of St. Mary's College and Malaika Baxa of the University of Wisconsin.
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) in partnership with community collaborators Jordan Moore , Lee Quick, Sheena Judie-Mitchell, and Tara Manor presented at Las Vegas City Hall to staffers in a presentation for Black History Month, "Views from the 5th: Implicit Bias and Why it Matters". 
Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript “School Counseling College-going Culture: Counselors’ Influence on Students’ College-going Decisions” in the Journal of Counseling and Development. She worked alongside colleagues Julia Bryan and Chang Liu at Penn State University to test the…
Katherine Feather (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) co-authored an article, "Considering Social Media Use and Its Impact on Wellness among Adolescents" in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling along with Wesley P. Patterson of Northern Arizona University.  The authors reviewed the…
Patrice Leverett (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) was selected by the Society for the Study of School Psychology as a 2022 Early-Career Scholar for the 2022 School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference. The competitive Scholars Fellowship Program facilitates collaboration and scholarship that…
Heather Dahl and Wendy Hoskins (Counselor Education, School Psychology and Human Services) presented at the Annual European Branch of the American Counseling Association Conference held Sept. 24-25. The first presentation (along with presenter and UNLV alumna Alyse Anekstein) was "Transforming sandtray supervision: COVID response…
Jungnam Kim and Wendy Hoskins (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published, “School Counselors as empowering institutional agents: Why Asian American students see school counselors for academic, social-emotional, and college-career issues” in Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling with co-authors Neffisatu Dambo and Julia…