McNair Scholars
Current Scholars
2020-2021 Cohort
Amanda Cantu
Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Tonya Buchanan
Research: Sleep and Healthy Food Choices: The Link Between Sleep, Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity
Caroline Cruz
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. Gil Belofsky
Research: Flavonoids of Dalea nana with Different Activity Toward ABC Transporters of Genetically Modified Fungal Strains
Lesly Cruz
Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Baiqing Zhang
Research: TBA
Kahmina Ford
Biophysics & Electrical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Erin Craig
Research: Computational Model for Electromagnetic Gradient Cues: Promoting Grown Cone Protrusion and Repulsive Guidance
Jazmin Gonzalez
Anthropology
Mentor: Dr. Rodrigo Renteria-Valencia
Research: Farm Workers Facing a Pandemic: Understanding Yakima Valley Farmworker Experience during COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Gerald Lemmon
Sociology & Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Mentor: Dr. Griff Tester
Research: PrEP Uptake Among LatinX MSM in Yakima Valley
Vanessa Montano
Applied Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Brandy Wiegers
Research: Investigating the Oversimplification of Mathematical Models in Medicine
Luis Perez
Music Performance
Mentor: Prof. Carrie Rehkopf Michel
Research: Romances for Violin: Analyzing the Differences Between Beethoven's Romances for Violin and Piano
Priscilla Perez
Law & Justice
Mentor: Dr. Charles Reasons
Research: Racial Threat and Policing in Washington State
Rebeca Ruiz
History & French
Mentor: Dr. Michael Johnson
Research: Franco-Americans in Manchester, New Hampshire
Desiree Ramirez
Physics & Biophysics
Mentor: Dr. Erin Craig
Research: Computational Model for Growth Cone Motility: Guidance Using Laser-Induced Thermal Gradients
Victoria Shearer
Biology & BioMedicine
Mentor: Dr. Timothy Beng
Research: Sustainable Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Pertinent Lactones by Intramolecular sp3 a- C-H Oxygenation of Amino Acids
Bridget Smith
Biology/Ecology
Mentor: Dr. Kris Ernest
Research: The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) and Climate Change: Occupancy along Elevational Gradients in the Eastern Cascade Range
Che'Lynn Smith
History
Mentor: Dr. Masonya Bennett
Research: A Literature Analysis of the Black Experience of College Students in the Pacific Northwest: How Place Can Define Identity and Awareness of Black Issues
Raeanne Tegman
Biology
Mentor: Dr. Gabrielle Stryker
Research: Comparison of Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Free Living Ticks and Ticks Found on the Southern Alligator Lizard in Washington State
2021-2022 Cohort
Roy Cruz
Applied Math & Physics
Mentor: Nathan Kuwada
Research:
Heidi Flores-Montiel
Environmental Science
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Research:
Masina Ieremia
Philosophy & Public Policy
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Julianna Kropla
English Language & Literature
Mentor: Dr. M O'Brien
Research:
Tomas Mariscal
Physics
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Luke Michel
Geology
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Murshed Ramos
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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Tanisha Roman
Information Technology & Administrative Management/Modern IT
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Bianca Sanchez
Psychology & Sociology
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