McNair Cohort 2015

Anthony Castenada
Political Science & Russian Language Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lindsay Benstead
Research Project: Post-Soviet Generational Cohort: How does government performance affect support for democracy among Russian youth?
 

Eva Chan
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jason Podrabsky 
Research Project: The normal gene expression patterns of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) during embryonic development in the annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus

Dustin Cramer
Geology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Adam Booth
Research Project: Investigating force chain relationships in granular avalanches through tilt table experiments and observations from natural scree deposits in Portland, Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge
 

Camilla Cummings
Psychology & Sociology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Greg Townley 
Research Project: Student Engagement in Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Sense of Community and Student-Faculty Relationships

Caroline Cummings
Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eric Mankowski
Research Project: Gun Accessibility and Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Legislative Action
 

Rachel De La Torre
Biology: Micro/Molecular Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Logan
Research Project: Glial Cell Involvement in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
 

Derek Espinoza
Environmental Science Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Linda George
Research Project: Investigating the Impact of a Metals Foundry on Neighborhood Air Quality through PM2.5 Analysis and Mobile Environmental Odor Diaries

Andrew Fleming
History & Philosophy Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anne McClanan
Research Project: Bilingualism and Medical Theory in the Vienna Dioscurides

Madeleine Galo
Political Science Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kim Williams
Research Project: Samoan Customary Traditions Deter Female Participation in Political Roles

Kimberly Gottschalk
Environmental Science Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Fountain
Research Project: Trajectory Analysis of Black Carbon in the Arctic Region

Abdi Hamid
Health Studies: Community Health Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alan DeLaTorre
Research Project: What features and barriers affect older adults’ ability to age in place?
 

Jessica Hardwicke
Biology: Micro/Molecular Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Research Project: Characterization of a Novel Thermoalkaliphilic Spore-Forming Bacterium Isolated from a Hot Spring at Lake Shala, Ethiopia

Jasmine Keith
Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. CeCe Ridder
Research Project: The Impacts of Microaggressions on the Performance of Multiracial and Mono-racial College Students
 

Carisha Kelsey
Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dave Fischer
Research Project: Validity Scales in the PID-5

Genevieve Le May
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brook Colley
Research Project: Perpetuating Cycles of Violence Against Native American Women

Trevor Leake
Mechanical Engineering & Computer Science  Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Weislogel
Research Project: Deriving equations describing hydrophobic surfaces' characteristic properties in micro-gravity environments through droplet ejection experiments

Angelica Lim
Women’s Studies & Black StudiesMajor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sally McWilliams, Dr. DA Carter
 

Erica Lopez
Biochemistry Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marilyn Mackiewicz
Research Project: Developing a High-Throughput Screening Assay for Drugs that Inhibit β-Amyloid Aggregation for Alzheimer’s Disease
 

Kalei Lopez
Spanish Literature and International Studies: Latin America Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Craig Epplin
Research Project: Bolaño and the Writer: Idealism and Practicality of the
Chilean Writer under Dictatorship
 

Lindsay Miller
Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joel Nigg and Dr. Lisa Weasel
Research Project: Childhood ADHD and socioeconomic status: Accounting for the impact that social disadvantage has on diagnosis and symptom severity

Metrah Mohammad
Molecular/Microbiology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sean Speese
Research Project: A Novel Ribosomal Protein Found in Neural RNA Granules

Jamale Nagi
Philosophy Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tom Seppalainen
Research Project: An Analysis Of Scientific Observation And The Virtue Of Cross-Modal Perception
 

Yvette Perez-Chavez
Sociology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alex Stepick
Research Project: Second Generation Language Brokering: The Ambivalence of Youth Empowerment
 

Tina Schroyer
Biology & Environmental Science Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Cruzan
Research Project: Fine-scale landscape genetics of false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) in its invasive range
 

Farshid Taghizadeh
Biology: Micro/Molecular Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Bartlett
Research Project: Role of transcription factor B2 (TFB2) in Pyrococcus furiosus
 

Samantha Taylor
Black Studies & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roberta Hunte and Dr. DA Carter
Research Project: Sisters in Action for Power: A Case Study of Youth-Adult Partnership and Girl-led Community Organizing for Transit Justice

Austin Wright
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Bartlett
Research Project: Role of ORFs 0126, 0933, and 1902 in Pyrococcus furiosus