Accomplishments: Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education
Sarah Surrain (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with colleagues, published the article, 鈥淭uning in to Development: How Home Music Activities Relate to Language and Motor Skills in Toddlers from Monolingual and Multilingual Home Environments鈥 in Infancy.
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
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
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
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.
Alain Bengochea, Gloria Carcoba Falomir, Suheyla Sarisahin, Tracey West, and Xin Zhang (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published "Toward a translanguaging-as-resource orientation: elementary and secondary teachers鈥 shifting beliefs and practices in English-medium settings" in the International Journal of Bilingual鈥
Monica Millard, Du Feng, Rebecca Benfield, Clariana Ramos de Oliveira (all Nursing), and Joseph Morgan (Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article, "A comparative analysis of the impact of virtual patients versus high-fidelity manikin-based blended simulation on nursing students鈥 self-evaluation of鈥
Sarah Surrain (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with colleagues, published the article, "From Barriers to Bridges: Promoting Multilingual Language Development Through Parent鈥怲eacher Collaborations in Early Childhood" in The Reading Teacher.
Iesha Jackson (Teacher Education), Catharine Lory (Special Education), Vanessa Nunez (Sociology), and Camisha Fagan (Sociology) coauthored an article titled, 鈥(Em)bracing ourselves: Women of Color in the academy supporting each other through troubling times,鈥 in Current Issues in Education. The article emphasizes the importance of cultivating鈥
Gerilyn Slicker, Alain Bengochea, and Melissa Stoffers (all Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with graduate and undergraduate students Leticia Delgado, Amanda Zapata, Priscila Hernandez Anaya and Emmanuel Ayitah, published an article, "Access to early care and education for Nevada鈥檚 infants and toddlers: A mixed methods鈥
Linc Johnson (Early Childhood, Multilingual and Special Education) presented his research "Transformative Leadership and the Globalization Scorecard: Standardizing the Johnson Ranking of Global Engagement" at the 2025 Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He was recognized at the conference for鈥
Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was named to the board of directors for Family Voices. This national organization "is a family-led organization that transforms systems of care to work better for all children and youth, especially those with special health care needs or disabilities"鈥