Accomplishments: College of Education

Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) published an article, "Maintaining Tensions: Braiding as an analogy for mathematics teacher educators’ political work," with her colleagues Marrielle Myers (Kennesaw State University) and Rochelle Gutiérrez (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign).  Myers, M., Kokka, K., & Gutiérrez, R. (2023).…
Grant specialist April Ursula Fox (Office of Research and Sponsored Projects; Education) presented the Grant Proposition Canvas - A Grantmaking Tool at the SRAI conference in Seattle. The Grant Proposition Canvas tool is available for public access and download within the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ ORSP COE website. For more information and discussions…
Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented "A Strong Start: Early Childhood Multilingualism and Linguistic Social Justice" at the annual Fulbright Conference in Denver, Colorado. 
The Research on Women in Education SIG of AERA met in Las Vegas, and LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was asked to serve as the luncheon welcome speaker on Friday, Oct.13. It was a great opportunity for her to share the work she is doing at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and the SW borderland area and the…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), associate professor and Research Coordinator for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center, provided the keynote session for the Early Intervention/Early Childhood Conference sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy of Alabama on October 17 in Mobile, Alabama. Her session…
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) was one of the authors of Corporate Social Advocacy in Women's Sport: A Business Opportunity and was published by the Arthur W. Page Center (2023) in the 2023 Insights Report on Corporate Social Advocacy. Top insights:  78% of CSA messages did not relate to…
Lisa Bendixen and doctoral students Sasha Ball, Bridget Deleiden, Hank Boon, Taylor Cummings, Jordan Hankins, Holmes Scholar Mayra Marquez-Mendez, and Nicole Thomas (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) engaged in an interactive session titled, "Do I Belong Here? Interrogating Knowledge & Creating Community of…
Holmes scholar Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented at the 2023 Scholarly Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education Biennial Conference. She presented her poster titled, "A Self-Determination Theory Approach Towards Perceptions of Mentorship Among Science Teachers." This research…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the article "Rhode Island" in the education finance special edition in the Journal of Education Human Resources. The article provides an overview and update on educational funding in Rhode Island. 
Iesha Jackson (Teaching and Learning) and Doris L. Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) have published an edited book, The History of Now: Urban Education, Alternative Routes to Licensure, and the Oral Histories of Black and Latinx Educators (DIO Press). Readers of the book will learn about the history of…
Associate Professor Blanca Rincón (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) received the university's nomination for the 2024 Nevada Regents Mid-Career Researcher Award. The nomination now goes to the system-level committee and the winner, who will receive a $5,000 stipend, will be announced in early 2024. 
Ph.D. candidate Kristine Jan Cruz Espinoza (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 NASPA Region V Graduate Student Rising Star Award. This award is given to a graduate student showing evidence of exemplary service to an institution of higher education, to NASPA, and to the…