Accomplishments: Graduate College
Brett Gleason, Heather Dahl, and graduate student Taylor Milner (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), along with a colleague from Oregon State University - Cascades, published their study, "Bridging Nature and Counselor Education: Utilization and Barriers to EcoWellness" in the Journal of Humanistic Counseling.
Aude Picard (Life Sciences) and Cheyenne Brokaw (Law) and master's student Patrice Boyd (English) recently published a research article in the journal Geobiology, titled: "Membrane Vesicle Formation Removes Iron Sulfide Mineral Crusts From the Cell Surface of Growing Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria." In this project, funded by NSF EPSCoR, the team鈥
S. Kathleen Krach and Shengtian Wu (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), along with Rob Dixon (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse), edited a special issue for the journal School Psychology Training and Pedagogy (SPTP), which is published by Trainers of School Psychologists (TSP). The special issue was on "鈥
Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been appointed vice chair of Nevada's newly established English Learner Advisory Council for the 2025-2026 interim, created under legislation passed during the 83rd Nevada Legislative Session. The council is charged with studying and advising on policies related to English鈥
Hasan Deniz (Teaching and Learning) and Ph.D. student Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Teaching and Learning) published with co-authors Ezgi Yesilyurt (Utah State University), Erdogan Kaya (University of Texas at Arlington), Refika Turgut (University of South Carolina Upstate), and Elif Adibelli-Sahin an article titled 鈥淯npacking the sources of computer鈥
Shaoan Zhang, Ph.D., (Teaching and Learning) has been appointed to serve on the American Educational Research Association (AERA) International Relations Committee (IRC) for a three-year term through 2029.
AERA is the largest national research association dedicated to the scientific study of education and learning. The International Relations鈥
Ph. D. student Hiraku Nagahori (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), Isabella Keefer (Physical Therapy), Derrick Smith (Physical Therapy), Brendan Yawn (Physical Therapy), associate professor Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy), and interim chair and associate professor Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) recently published a study focused on movement鈥
Barbara Roth (Anthropology), Ph.D. student Danielle Romero (Anthropology), Scott Nicolay, and Roger Anyon published "The Elk Ridge Community in the Mimbres Pueblo World" in the most recent issue of American Antiquity.
Ph.D. student Debika Jana and associate professor Merryn Cole (Teaching and Learning) presented their research on 鈥淭eachers鈥 conceptual knowledge of Wildfire and Human interaction鈥 on National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual Conference, 2026, in Seattle.
This study aims to identify the teachers鈥 understanding about鈥
Sam Leif, Michael McCreery, P.G. Schrader (all Teaching and Learning), Kathleen Krach (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services), and Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute) published an open-access research article, "Differentiating Video Game Expertise Using the Model of Domain Learning," in Frontiers in Education. The鈥
CyberCorps SFS scholars Hareign Casaclang (Computer Science) and Bianca Ionescu (Computer Science; Information Systems) recently had their research paper, "Self-Hosted Workflow Automation for AI-Based Cybersecurity Operations," published in the Spring 2026 edition of the Journal of The Colloquium. The journal is published by the Colloquium鈥
Suheyla Sarisahin, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Alain Bengochea (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), and Tracy Spies (Teacher Education at Wyoming University) presented a paper titled, "Shifting teachers' beliefs and practices to support multilingual learners with disabilities," at the American Educational Research鈥