Accomplishments: Graduate College
Doctoral student Alexis Rice (Psychological and Brain Sciences) has been awarded multiple competitive honors from the 性视界传媒 Graduate College. She is the recipient of the 2026 Patricia Sastaunik Scholarship and the Janine Lee Memorial Scholarship, recognizing her academic excellence and contributions to research. Rice was also awarded the 2026鈥
On April 11, 2026, Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented 鈥淪cripted to Teach: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Scripted Curricula in Science Education鈥 in a paper session on Centering Other Epistemologies in Critical Curriculum Studies at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting鈥
Doctoral students Alexis Rice and Shanika Wickramarachchi (both Psychological and Brain Sciences) presented a roundtable at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Convention in Los Angeles, CA. Their presentation, titled 鈥淔eeling Out of Place: A Mixed Methods Investigation of the Imposter Phenomenon Among BIPOC and LGBTQ鈥
Adjoa Mensah (Online Education), Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning), and David Ko (Teaching and Learning) presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting. Adjoa presented research examining K鈥8 science teachers鈥 ICT planning and implementation practices using the PIC-RAT framework to understand technology鈥
On April 8, 2026, Bridget K. Daleiden (Educational Psychology) presented 鈥'Easily Distracted': A Thematic Analysis of College Students鈥 Attentional Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning鈥 in a paper session on motivation, belonging, and help-seeking at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
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Bridget K. Daleiden (Ph.D. Candidate; Educational Psychology) presented her research on music and self-regulated studying in an invited roundtable session honoring the legacy of Dr. Barry J. Zimmerman at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
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性视界传媒 faculty and graduate students Metehan Zorluoglu (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu (Curriculum and Instruction; Education), and Hasan Deniz (Teaching and Learning) helped elementary school students achieve recognition as Nevada State Winners in the Presidential AI Challenge, Elementary Category Track II (Technical/鈥
Researchers from the Auditory Cognitive Development Lab and the Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Lab co-authored a large-scale study attempting to replicate findings from 164 papers across the social and behavioral sciences.
The study showed that only about 50% of findings were replicable, similar to another landmark study about the鈥
性视界传媒 Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College, Alyssa Crittenden, has been appointed to serve as Chair-Elect of the Graduate Education affinity group within the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities. In this role, Crittenden will help guide national efforts to strengthen graduate education across鈥
Linc Johnson (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented his research study, "Globalization as a Social Science Problem: Applying the Johnson Ranking of Global Engagement (JRGE) at 性视界传媒," at the National Social Science Association Conference in Las Vegas. This paper re-conceptualizes global engagement as an analytically鈥
Ph.D. student Hiraku Nagahori (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), under the mentorship of Kai Yu Ho, Ph.D., (Physical Therapy) and in collaboration with James Kenyon (Teaching and Learning), is advancing innovative rehabilitation strategies for individuals with chronic low back pain. In their recent study, the team investigated how a simple, low鈥
Sarah Surrain (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with colleagues, published the article, "A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Evaluating Perceptions of Bilingualism Among Latino Parents of Autistic Children" in First Language.