2016-2017 McNair Scholars and Faculty Mentors

Student

Research Topic

Faculty Mentor

Olufisayo Awolaja
Biology (Pre-health and Biomedical Sciences)

Phenology and Pollination of Montane Plant Species: Predicting Responses to Climate Change

Roxaneh Khorsand, Biological Sciences

Quianna Balloqui
Audiology and Speech Language Sciences

Investigation on Observer Perceptions of Speech and Appearance of Transgender Individuals

Donald Finan, Audiology and Speech Language Sciences

Ashley Bautista
Audiology and Speech Language Sciences

Relationships between Ambient Noise Levels and Vocal Effort when Working as a Restaurant Bartender

Deanna Meinke, Audiology and Speech Language Sciences
Donald Finan, Audiology and Speech Language Sciences

Melissa Chowning
Anthropology

An Inside View: Childhood Stress at the Greek Colony, Himera

Britney Kyle, Anthropology

Diana Fortunato
Political Science & International Affairs (Latin America)

I See You as My Sister: Explaining the Inclusivity of the NODAPL Native American Social Movement

Sarah Romano, Political Science and International Affairs

Kaitlin Harris
English (Liberal Arts) & Psychology

Frankenstein's Fixations: A Psychoanalytic Evolutionary Approach to Childhood, Sexuality, and Outsiders 

Sarah Cornish, English
Tracey Sedinger, English

Darian Martinez
Foreign Languages (French Liberal Arts) & International Affairs

Between Two Worlds: Memory and the French-Algerian (Pied-Noir) Experience

Jacob Melish, History
Christine Moritz, Modern Languages

Jazmyn Mosqueda-Banuelos
Biology (Pre-health and Biomedical Sciences)

Trefoil Factor 1 (TFF1) Expression in E3 and EWD8 Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Nicholas Pullen, Biological Sciences

Genesis Orellana
Psychology

Can Goal-Setting Improve Hospital Volunteers’ Intrinsic Motivation?

Rena Kirkland, Psychological Sciences

Sebastian Ramos
Biology (Pre-health and Biomedical Sciences)

Does TCDD Exposure Alter β7-Integrin Expression on Mouse B Cells?

Gregory DeKrey, Biological Sciences

Guadalupe A. Solís
Biology (Pre-health and Biomedical Sciences)

Investigating the Antidiabetic Effect of Metformin on Pyruvate Carboxylase

Corina Brown, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Richard Hyslop, Chemistry and Biochemistry