Accomplishments: Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education
Dan Wright (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), along with several international colleagues, published an article in Journal of Affective Disorders on mothers' birth-related PTSD symptoms, based on data from 31 countries. This is part of ongoing multicultural birth-related mental health research .
April Ursula Fox, a recent graduate of 性视界传媒鈥檚 Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology, received 性视界传媒鈥檚 highest graduate student teaching honor: the 2025鈥2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award. Recognized for her innovative and transformative approach to education, Fox creates classroom experiences that blend intellectual rigor with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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Sarah M. Wolff (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) has published her work "Development and Initial Validation of the Mindful Self-Regulated Learning Scale (m-SRLS)" in a special collection in Mindfulness (Mindfulness Mechanisms, Methods, and Measurement) . The m-SRLS provides a reliable, valid, and context-鈥
Malena Baizan (Teaching and Learning) and Joseph Castellanos (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) contributed to the forthcoming edited volume Battle of the Bans: Narratives of Reading and Engaging with Banned Books. Published by Myers Education Press, this timely collection arrives during a global surge in censorship, ranging from鈥
Doris Watson (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education), with former and current doctoral students, Holly Schneider, Jenna Heath, and Amy Carvalho, published the article titled, "Doctoral Students' Perceptions of Mattering," in Education Sciences. The study examined doctoral students鈥 perceptions of mattering to their advisors鈥
April Ursula Fox and Nicole Thomas (Educational Psychology) published, in the Journal of Museum Education, the empirical research article: From Visitor to Author: How Visitor-Created Zine Artifacts Promote Meaningful, Multimodal and Culturally Mediated Learning in Science Museums. The article explores how zine-making can transform鈥
Kenyon Lee Whitman (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) had his co-authored paper "Secondary and Postsecondary Education Outcomes of Students with Experience in Foster Care: Systematic Review of the Literature From 2000-2023" cited in the United States Senate, Caucus for Foster Youth: Policy Discussion on Supporting鈥
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) wrote a research brief for Brookings titled, "Tacos and Tuition: A look at new college benefits for the low-wage workforce." The piece is a summary of a recently published article in Educational Researcher ("The Expansion of Corporate-Sponsored Tuition Benefits to America's鈥
Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) and Monique North, (Ph.D. '25) presented a paper co-authored with Xue Xing (Teaching and Learning) at the 2025 NPWR Forum. The event was hosted by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) and the Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation (鈥
Bradley Marianno and Sean Mulvenon (all Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published "Piloting School Funding Equity: How the New Nevada Education Funding Pilot Impacted Student Outcomes" in the journal Education Finance and Policy.