McNair Cohort 2016

Laura Aguon
Conflict Resolution Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amanda Byron 
Research Project: Police Women: The successful use of de-escalation skills in crisis situations

Sarah Akin
International Development and French Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Priya Kapoor 
Research Project: Gender, Networking, and Transnationalism in Development NGOs: A Case Study from Dakar, Senegal
 

Luz Alvarez    
Biology  Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jason Podrabsky
Research Project: Proteomics Analysis of Cellular Response to 24 hour Anoxia in Austrofundulus limnaeus

Yesenia Carrillo 
Political Science & Minor in Chicano/Latino Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elena Aviles 
Research Project: The fluidity of the 1.5 narrative: redefining and forming identity by way of Oregon and abroad: A collection of female testimonios
 

Cory Chambers
English Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Ruth
Research Project: Citizens United, Totalitarianism, and Contemporary Literature

Tareva Davis
Arts and Letters Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roberta Hunte 
Research Project:  The recipe for lemonade
 

Aramee Diethelm 
Biology  Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Masta
Research Project: Presence of Parasitoid Wasps (Hymenoptera) on Urban Green Roofs Suggests Natural Pest Control

Kristie Edwards    
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Monica Mueller 
Research Project: Creating Social Change: Who is Advocating for the Boys?

Carrie Fuentes    
Social Science with a minor in Indigenous Nation Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Miriam Abelson
Research Project: Bridging the Cultural and Spiritual Gaps: A Study of Portland's Former Houseless Queer Youth of Color's Access to Cultural and Spiritual Community

James Funston    
Philosophy, Psychology  Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alex Sager
Research Project: Towards a Critical Philosophy for Children
 

Brittany Hanson    
Philosophy Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Angela Coventry 
Research Project: What is Rationality? A Working Definition of Reasoning in Damasio’s Somatic-Marker Hypothesis

Florisela Herrejon-Chavez
Biochemistry  Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jason Podrabsky 
Research Project: Chemical modulation of the tumor microenvironment to enhance tumor immunity

Kerry Hooton    
Psychology and Biology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Barry Oken
Research Project: An investigation of feedback-related negativity associated with error processing using the Portland arithmetic stress test

Alyssa Kudray 
Anthropology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Toeutu Faaleava
Research Project: Addressing the Effect of Climate Change on Subarctic Coastal Archaeological Sites: Incorporating Multiple Perspectives

Zachary Martin 
Economics and Spanish Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Hall 
Research Project: Informal Economies and Economic Development in Peru

Setarah M. Nader 
Public Health Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Stedman
Research Project: Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1 Growth Kinetics
 

Ashleigh Mustain
Biology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Estes
Research Project: The Effect of Mitochondrial Dysfuntion on Age-Related Subcellular Damage and Autofluorescence in the Model Organism C. Elegans

Jessica Gaudette-Reed    
History Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Tappan
Research Project: Labor Migration and Housing on the Zambian Copperbelt, 1937 – 1945

Elmira Rodriguez    
Liberal Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alma Trinidad 
Research Project: Pre-Conception and Developmental Trauma Mitigation: A Study of Best Practices for Collaborative Efforts Between Early Childhood Education, Families, and Child Welfare

Isabel J. Rodriguez    
Physics Major, Mathematics Minor
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Weislogel 
Research Project: Investigations of Electrostatic Orbits Using a Drop Tower

Pablo Saldana    
Jazz/Contemporary Vocal Performance, Communication Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lee Shaker
Research Project: Latinx in Mainstream Music

Jaime Schwoch 
Botany: Evolutionary Ecology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mitch Cruzan 
Research Project: Beneficial Somatic Mutations and Clonal Evolution in Mimulus guttatus

Kalera Stratton 
Biology/Psychology Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Deborah Lutterschmidt 
Research Project: Fetal Stress and Fitness in Thamnophis Sirtalis Parietalis
 

Marta Szabatin    
Environmental Sciences Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eugene Foster 
Research Project: Mercury Levels in the Willamette River Basin

Michele Torland    
Social Work Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jamein Cunningham 
Research Project: Making Sense Out of Dollars

Annalisa Ugarte 
Biochemistry Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrea Goforth
Research Project: Comprehensive Study of the Disproportionation Reaction for the Preparation of Silicon Nanoparticles

Christine Vigeant 
Liberal Studies Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Charles Klein 
Research Project: Towards a Grounded Theory of Consensual Non-Monogamies

Sara Leingang Wiley
Natural Sciences Major
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Lee Butenhoff
Research Project: A Quantitative Evaluation of Student Success and Attrition in POGIL Chemistry at Portland State University