Accomplishments: College of Education
Tonya Walls (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) is celebrating her new publication, "EquityMatterz: Leveraging Critical Professional Development and Critical Mentorship to Retain and Sustain Teachers of Color," in the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and…
LeAnne Salazar Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) served on the national planning committee and presented at the second annual Chola Conference. She presented on "Culture Shaming: Ending deficit-minded thinking and negative stereotypes."
The aim of the conference was to provide a space in academia to…
Sadia Shaukat (Teaching and Learning) published "Challenges for Education of Children With Disabilities in Pakistan" on SAGE Journals.
Abstract: Considering the needs of children with diverse needs, current legislation emphasizes the allocation of a special budget to address the needs of children with disabilities in Pakistan. However,…
Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and doctoral students/Holmes Scholars Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education) were presenters at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects 2022 conference. Through the GeoPaths NSF Grant project headed by Pamela Burnley (…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) accepted an appointment to serve on the editorial board for the BYU Education and Law Journal.
On October 5-7, the National Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents held their annual summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Assistant professor Salazar Montoya (Education, LION) presented during a general session: "The National Committee Report for Professional Learning Growth and Development (PLGD)." She also presented with 51ԹϺ…
Jacob D. Skousen (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a policy paper titled, "Making Nevada Schools Safer: The State of Empirical Evidence" in Policy Issues in Nevada Education, Volume 5, Issue 1. In the paper, Skousen reviews the state of the empirical literature on school safety and argues that while…
Jungnam Kim (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published the manuscript “The Role of School Connectedness in Mitigating the Impact of Victimization on Life Satisfaction” in the Professional School Counseling Journal.
She worked alongside colleagues to examine whether school connectedness serve as a mediator in the…
Federick Ngo (Higher Education) and Jaekeun Cho (Engineering, Higher Education), published a study titled, "The Effect of In-State Tuition on International Student Enrollment: Evidence from the Heartland," in the Journal of Student Financial Aid. The study examined a unique policy in Minnesota that allowed colleges and universities to offer…
Kendall Hartley (Teaching and Learning), Emily Shreve and Dan Gianoutsos (both Academic Success Center), and Lisa Bendixen (Educational Psychology) have recently published their research on college student smartphone usage in relation to planning, studying, learning, and other self-regulatory skills.
Hartley, K., Shreve, E., & Gianoutsos, D…
LeAnne Salazar-Montoya (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) presented a guest lecture for the New Mexico State University College of Education doctoral program in leadership. She presented on qualitative methods of research and highlighted photo voice and her past research utilizing qualitative research.
Noah Romero (Education) published "Postcolonial Philosophy of Education in the Philippines" in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Education, which has recently been released in hard copy. The entry examines how Philippine educational thought emerges out of complex entanglements involving statecraft, decolonization, and Indigenous self-…