Cohorts – All Scholars

2014-2015

Jasmine Burns
Jasmine Burns
Alla Goleta
Alla Goleta
Yevgeniy Golubenko
Yevgeniy Golubenko
Anna Kravtsova
Anna Kravtsova

2013-2014s

Kimberly Cook
Kimberly Cook
Lisa Coyle
Lisa Coyle
Mariana Garcia
Mariana Garcia
Ayanna Jacobs Kalyan
Ayanna Jacobs Kalyan
Erik Jimenez
Erik Jimenez
Mikaela Leyva
Mikaela Leyva
Jessica Ochoa
Jessica Ochoa
Le'Naecha Roberts
Le’Naecha Roberts

EWU McNair Scholars Who Have Earned Ph.D.s


Kerensa Allison
Kerensa Allison

Ph.D., Anthropology,
Washington State University,
2010

Bruno Baltodano
Bruno Baltodano

Ph.D., Political Science,
Washington State University,
2010

Michael Antonio Callaway
Michael Antonio Callaway

Ph.D., English Rhetoric and
Composition, Arizona State
University

Alvina Cawson
Alvina Cawson

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology,
Oklahoma State University

Dr. Atara MacNamara
Atara MacNamara

Ph.D., Psychology, University
of Utah

Rita Davis
Rita Davis

Ph.D., Physical Therapy,
University of Montana,
2011

Dr. Samantha De Abreu
Samantha De Abreu

Ph.D., Forestry &
Environmental Sciences,
University of
Washington, 2021

Charise P DeBerry
Charise P DeBerry

Ph.D., Cultural Studies,
Washington State
University, 2017

Cheryl Dykstra-Aiello
Cheryl Dykstra-Aiello

Ph.D., Molecular,
Cellular & Integrative
Physiology, University of
California-Davis, 2017

Claudine Richardson Fraser
Claudine Richardson Fraser

Ph.D., Educational
Leadership, Gonzaga,
2016

Araceli Frias
Araceli Frias

Ph.D., Education –
Cultural and Social
Thought in Education,
Washington State
University, 2015

Christina Gaeta
Christina Gaeta

Ph.D., Education Policy
Analysis, University of
Washington

Dr. Nallely Galván
Nallely Galván

Ph.D., Counseling
Psychology, University
of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, 2010

Christina Torres García
Christina Torres García

Ph.D., Cultural Studies
and Social Thought,
Washington State
University, 2009
MBA, Washington State
University, 2003

Martín Meráz García
Martín Meráz García

Ph.D., Political Science;
International Relations,
Political Psychology &
Criminal Justice,
Washington State
University, 2007

Raul Garcia

Raul Garcia

Ph.D., Anthropology,
University of
Washington, 2021

Gianna Hammer
Gianna Hammer

Ph.D., University of
California at Berkeley,
2006

Oscar Harris
Oscar Harris

Ed.D., Educational
Leadership, Concordia
University-Portland,
2019

S. Omar Jobe
S. Omar Jobe

Ph.D., Endocrinology
and Physiology,
University of Wisconsin-
Madison, 2012
MBA, University of
Wisconsin-Madison,
2013

Diana Johnson
Diana Johnson

Ph.D., History,
University of California-
Davis, 2017

Frank Collington King
Frank Collington King

Ph.D., American Studies,
Washington State
University, 2013

Dr. Lateasha Meyers
Lateasha Meyers

Ph.D., Educational
Leadership, University
of Miami, 2020

Eudelio Martinez
Eudelio Martinez

Ph.D., University of
California-Irvine

Dr. Erin McLaughlin
Erin McLaughlin

Ph.D., Women’s Studies,
Bowling Green State
University

Julian Mendez
Julian Mendez

Ph.D., Educational
Psychology, University
of Arizona

Cuauhtemoc Mexica
Cuauhtemoc Mexica

Ph.D., Comparative
Literature, University
Washington, 2015

Chris Miclat

Ph.D., Business
Management, Liberty
University, 2021

Georgina Mitchell
Georgina Mitchell

Ph.D., Economics,
Washington State
University, 2015

Dr. Omar Montejano
Omar Montejano

Ph.D., Education,
University of Southern
California, 2014

Jessica Moore
Jessica Moore

Ph.D., Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology,
University of
Tennessee-Knoxville,
2016

Maria Isabel Morles
Maria Isabel Morles

Ph.D., Cultural Studies
and Social Thought in
Education, Washington
State University, 2015

Manee Moua
Manee Moua

Ph.D., Cultural Studies
and Social Thought
in Education, Washington
State University

Dr. Alicia Peaker
Alicia Peaker

Ph.D., English,
Northeastern University

Andrew Pereira
Andrew Pereira

Ph.D., Counseling
Psychology, University
of North Texas, 2021

Aleksandr Pikalov
Aleksandr Pikalov

Ph.D., Physical
Chemistry, University
Houston, 2019

Laura Preciado
Laura Preciado

Ph.D., Community and
Cultural Psychology,
Washington State
University, 2018

Melissa Rhodehouse
Melissa Rhodehouse

Ph.D., Inorganic
Chemistry, Iowa State
University, 2018

Kimberly Richards
Kimberly Richards

Ph.D., Ethnic Studies,
University of California
at Berkeley

Dr. Liliya Rudneva
Liliya Rudneva

Ph.D., Clinical
Psychology, George Fox
University

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Yvonne Sherwood

Ph.D., Sociology,
University of California,
Santa Cruz, 2020

Ghynecee Temple
Ghynecee Temple

Ph.D., Counseling
Psychology, Washington
State University, 2018

Keziah Tinkle-Williams
Keziah Tinkle-Williams

Ph.D., Psychology,
Grand Canyon
University, 2021

Yolanda Valencia
Yolanda Valencia

Ph.D., Geography,
University of
Washington, 2019

Louise Wold

Ph.D., , , 2001

Melodi Wynne
Melodi Wynne

Ph.D., Community and
Cultural Psychology,
University of Hawaii at
Manoa, 2018

Ia Xiong
Ia Xiong

Ph.D., Counseling
Psychology, University
of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, 2015

Laura Zamudio
Laura Zamudio

Ph.D., Math Education,
Florida International
University, 2020