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EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson Completes Summer Research Internship

02/17/202211/23/2021 by Liina Koivula

EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson worked with Dr. Okera Nsombi on her Summer Research Internship project The Characterization of African Religions. Christina’s aim was to investigate how Western academia’s proximity to Eurocentric hegemonies influences religious studies. Her literature review went on to survey the work of scholars who have engaged in the examination of Eurocentrism as it pertains to the … Read more

12 EWU McNair Scholars Present at EWU Virtual Symposium

06/14/202210/27/2021 by Liina Koivula

12 McNair Scholars Present at EWU’s 2021 CSTEM and McNair Spring Research Symposium

In June 2021, EWU held the CSTEM and McNair Spring Research Symposium. This online event offered a chance for McNair scholars to present their research, as well as attend the Social Justice in Research Panel of EWU McNair alumni now working in academics and education. The mission of the federally-funded TRiO Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson Contributes to BlackPast.org

06/01/202210/14/2021 by Liina Koivula

EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson was invited to contribute to BlackPast.org as part of their STEM internship program, after connecting with Tam’ra-Kay Francis, Ph.D. from University of Washington’s Chemistry Department at the 2021 Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, Student Leadership & Advocacy Symposium. From the BlackPast.org Factsheet: BlackPast.org, founded on February 1, 2007, is broadly conceived … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson Awarded Robert and Joan Morgan Nelson Scholarship

06/14/202210/06/2021 by Liina Koivula

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson! Christina has been awarded the Robert and Joan Morgan Nelson Scholarship. The scholarship benefits a History or Humanities Major at EWU. Christina is double majoring in English Studies and Africana Studies, with a minor in Religious Studies. Christina researched The Characterization of African Religion with Dr. Okera Nsombi for her summer … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Shawn Dufrene Completes Summer Research Internship

02/17/202209/27/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

Congratulations Eastern Washington University student Shawn Dufrene! Shawn has completed her summer research internship. Shawn is a senior majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on Africana Studies with a minor in History. She is studying African American History as well as what it means to be white in America. Her goal is to become a professor of … Read more

Meet Social Justice in Research Panelist – EWU McNair Alumnus Dr. Frank C. King Jr.

01/17/202305/14/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne

We are honored to have EWU McNair Alumna Dr. Frank C. King Jr. joining us for our “Social Justice in Research” Plenary Session on June 2, at 9 am (register for free here). In addition to working as an Associate Professor, Dr. King is the Executive Director: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of … Read more