PSU McNair Scholars Program 

The PSU McNair Scholars Program has served over 400 students since 2014. At least 200 faculty mentors have supervised McNair Scholars' research projects. Scholars have been accepted to PhD and doctoral programs in the US and abroad. PSU McNair scholars have enrolled in doctoral programs at PSU, Harvard, Yale, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Oxford, London School of Economics, University of Washington, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and other prestigious universities. McNair scholars have been awarded the Fullbright, National Science Foundation grants, and other prestigious fellowships and grants.

Wyatt C. Adams
Psychology Major
Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor
Faculty Mentor: TBD
Research Project: TBD

Jennifer Cannard
Social Work Major
Faculty Mentor:  Dr. Shannon Blajeski
Research Project:  TBD

Megan Camargo
Political Science Major
Indigenous Nations and Native American Studies Minor
Faculty Mentor: TBD
Research Project: TBD

Elif Erdogan
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor: TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Zhymonne Escober
Mechanical Engineering Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:   TBD

Bishop Evan
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Thorn Halsen
Social Work Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ericka Kimbal
Research Project: TBD

Damon Holotanko
Biology
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Itati Urbano-Garcia
Public Health Community Health Promotion Major
Criminology and Criminal Justice Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Magdaelena Jimenez
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project: TBD

Charlie Kelley
Speech and Hearing Science Major
Neuroscience Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project: TBD
 

Axel Lozano-Ortiz
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor: TBD
Research Project: TBD
 

Fouaimalo Luamanu
Public Health and Pre-Clinical Health Science Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project: TBD

 

Iyman Mikail
Speech & Hearing Sciences
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD
 

Amro Mohammed Zaki
Biology Major
Chemistry Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD
 

Tina Ngoc
Science Major
Psychology Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Citalli Nuñez-Barragán
Child, Youth, and Family Studies  and Chicanx/Latinx Studies Majors
Community, Urban Studies and Planning Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Daniel (Danny) Restrepo
Computer Engineering Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD 

Domnica Reutov
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD
 

Marisol Reyes Guillermo
Accounting Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

 

Marisol Santa Cruz 
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Trinity Stephens
Biochemistry Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Woods
Research Project:  TBD

Emmy Sterling
Public Health Studies: Pre-Clinical Major
Child & Family Studies Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD
 

Amy Stewart 
Psychology Major
Business Administration Minor
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

 

Julissa Tale-Leyva 
Criminology & Criminal Justice Major
Criminal Law & Justice Minor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Arynn Infante
Research Project:  TBD
 

Daniel Thatcher
Business Administration and Computer Science Majors
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

Kiara Van Rossum
Sociology Major
Faculty Mentor:  TBD
Research Project:  TBD

 

Andrea Vega-Zamora
Child Youth And Family Studies  And Social Science Major
Chicanx/Latinx Studies Minor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessica Ramirez
Research Project:  TBD

MCNAIR ALUMNI