Sara A. Shaw (Teaching & Learning) was named one of NC State University's sixteen Career & Technical Education (CTE) Research Fellows. The program, sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, provides Fellows with research training, dissemination support, policy education, and professional mentoring opportunities in order to improve student learning…

Sam Gilpin, Carly Hunter, Jenessa Kenway, and Alexander Valle (all English) each presented a paper at the 2nd annual Graduate Student Conference hosted by the UNLV department of world languages and cultures and sponsored by the Organization of Vistas of Hispanic Studies with support from UNLV English's world literature program. The conference…

Angela Amar (Nursing) was appointed to the Masters Essential Revision Task Force for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The committee leads the revisions to this important document that guides graduate nursing education and accreditation.

Katelyn DiBenedetto (Graduate College) presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference in Los Angeles earlier this month. Titled "Pillars of Graduate Student Success: Realigning Professional Development Opportunities to Meet the 21st Century Needs of Graduate Students," the presentation focused on how the…

Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Psychology and Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) is the author of “ Mixedness” and “Ancestral Race Trauma”: The Monster Has No Name, which is a selected publication in the Journal of Intercultural Disciplines and in the Journal of Science and Exploratory Studies. Both journals publish scholarly contributions…

Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) gave a presentation for the Southern Nevada Society for Human Resource Management earlier this month on implicit and explicit biases, how those impact individuals in the workplace, and what can be done to decrease negative outcomes of bias.

Szu-Ping Lee and Carrie Gillis (both Physical Therapy), along with Javier Ibarra, Derek Oldroyd and Ryan Zane (all '16 Doctor of Physical Therapy), co-authored “Heel-Raised Foot Posture and Weightlifting Shoes Do Not Affect Trunk and Lower Extremity Biomechanics during a Barbell Back Squat in Recreational Weight Lifters,” which appears…

Tiffiany Howard (Political Science) is the author of the refereed policy report "Crowdfunding, Cryptocurrency, and Capital: Alternative Sources of Business Capital for Black Entrepreneurs." She is the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Policy Analysis and Research at the Congressional Black…

Valarie Burke, Katelyn DiBenedetto, Kate Korgan, Emily Lin, and Kara Wada (all Graduate College) attended the Western Association of Graduate Schools 61st annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, last month. They conducted three presentations: Lin and Korgan presented "Exploring the Use of Students’ Annual Evaluation Surveys to Align with a…

Mellanye Lackey (Libraries) is the co-author of an article published by the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. The article, "State of the Science: A Scoping Review and Gap Analysis of Diabetes Online Communities," examines the benefits and consequences of the diabetes online community.

Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) and Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) co-authored an article with others titled “Racial Differences in Future Care Planning in Late Life." Their article was published in the journal Ethnicity & Health. 

Kathryn Houk (Libraries) was selected as a 2019-20 Rising Star by the Medical Library Association. The Rising Star program is a year-long development initiative that matches participants with a mentor and gives them the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and personal characteristics needed to become a leader in…