Elizabeth Gaccione (Nursing) has been promoted to the role of student success facilitator. This position provides support for BSN students with time management tips, study strategies, and test-taking skills. The student success facilitator also collaborates with faculty and the student affairs…
An-Pyng Sun (Social Work) wrote an article, "Expand What We Have, Enhance What We Lack: The Critical and Unique Roles of Social Workers in Helping Individuals with Substance Use Disorders," for the 2022 spring/summer newsletter of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Specialty Practice Section of…
Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) published a manuscript led by her former master in public health student in Plos One journal titled “Socio-demographic, Maternal, and Infant Characteristics Associated with Early Childhood Development Delays among Children of Young Mothers in Brasília…
Jason Flatt and Krystal Kittle (both Social and Behavioral Heath) recently authored a paper on "Advancing Gerontological Health Research With Sexual and Gender Minorities Across the Globe" for the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has been appointed a visiting fellow at Yale University's MacMillan Center for the 2022-23 academic year.
Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, & Higher Education) and Renee’ T. Watson (Student Affairs) published an article, “In the Hands of Students: The Charge of a Minority-Serving Institution Student Council at a Dual-Designated Asian American and Native American…
Valarie Burke (Graduate College) and Annie Weisman (Medicine) recently presented at the 2022 NASPA Annual Conference.
In the interactive session — titled Best Practices in Crisis/Suicide Prevention: Perspectives from Graduate, Law, Medical, and Post-Graduate Programs — presenters…
Shin Silver (UNLV/CSUN Preschool) has been selected as the assistant director at the UNLV/CSUN Preschool located in the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center. Shin begins her new position at UNLV on April 1 after teaching at the preschool for 20 years through her undergraduate and graduate…
Elizabeth D. Kahane (Graduate College), Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus, and Sheniz Moonie (all Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Dharini M. Bhammar (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), and Jocy-Anna Chevalier (Public Health) published an article on "Depression and Factors Impacting Quality of…
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) received a Fulbright García Robles grant for 2022-23. She will use her Fulbright grant to co-develop a pre-college philosophy program at a teacher training college in Hidalgo, Mexico. She also will undertake a collaborative research project that seeks to incorporate…
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning), Miguel M. Gonzales (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Adjoa Mensah recently published an article in the Journal for Multicultural Education titled, "It Is Not Equitable If It Is Not Culturally Sustaining: Teaching and Learning in 1…
Vanessa Núñez (Sociology) recently was selected as a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship recipient. She earned the fellowship in a national competition administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on behalf of the Ford Foundation. This fellowship supports…