Author: Caelin Bragg

Dr. Aubrey Neihaus, assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, cowrote the chapter “Humanizing Collaborations Between Mathematicians and mathematics Educators – Desert Islands Not Required” in “Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Intimate Scholarship: Being, Knowing, and Ethics,” published in September 2025.

Dr. Jeff Noble, associate professor in the Department of Sport and Leadership Studies, published “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Automated Qualifier Determination in NCAA Division II Diving: A Technical Case Study” in the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Sport on Dec. 12, 2025.

Dr. Wonyoung Kim, professor and executive director of the SMART Lab, and Dr. Mark Vermillion, professor and chair, in the Department of Sport and Leadership Studies, published “Segmenting Major League Baseball Teams by Attendance: A Multilevel Analysis of Determinants Across Clusters” in the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Sport on Dec. 12, 2025.

Dr. Philip Mullins, associate professor and chair in the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology, was recognized as one of the Wichita Business Journal’s Young Professionals in Professional Services.

Dr. Sun Young Lee, associate professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, was elected as program chair of the Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education Special Interest Group in the American Educational Research Association, starting in April 2026.

Dr. Yang Fu, assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, published “Factors influencing special education teacher educators’ focus on emergent multilingual learners in preservice literacy coursework” in Teaching and Teacher Education in November 2025.

Dr. Jason Li, associate professor, and Dr. Philip Mullins, associate professor and chair, in the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology, published “Revisiting factors influencing career development of international students” in the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance on Oct. 10, 2025.

Postseason basketball is coming back to Wichita State, as the Shocker men’s basketball team earned a bid to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and will host Wyoming in a first round matchup at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 in Charles Koch Arena.

Wichita State (22-11) will be a No. 3 seed in the 32-team field with the winner to face either No. 2 seed Oklahoma State or Davidson. Wichita State last hosted an NIT game in 2011 when the Shockers rattled off five wins to win the NIT championship.

The Shockers are making its second straight appearance in the NIT and 15th in program history. Wichita State is 11-13 all time in the NIT with a 2011 championship. Out of the Mountain West Conference, Wyoming is 18-14 this season. Wichita State is 10-3 all time against Wyoming, with the most recent matchup coming in 2007.

Dr. Rachel Showstack, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, presented “Improving Healthcare Language Access Through Cross Disciplinary University-Community Partnerships” at Middlebury College on Jan. 13, 2026.

Dr. Jens Kreinath, associate professor and cultural anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology, was featured in “Cooperation Is No Longer Optional — An Unprecedented Coalition Confronts Syria’s Crisis” in Capitol Hill Media.