McNair Scholars Publish Article with Mentor in the Journal of Applied Microbiology

Congratulations to current EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro, former EWU McNair Scholar Laurisa Ankley and McNair Faculty Mentor Dr. Andrea Castillo, along with fellow student Katherine Camp and Dr. Robin O’Quinn, for the publication of their article “Manuka honey chelates iron and impacts iron regulation in key bacterial pathogens” in the Journal of Applied Microbiology! … Read more

EWU McNair Alumni Dr. Erin McLaughlin teaches at University of Notre Dame

EWU McNair Scholar Alumni Dr. Erin McLaughlin teaches at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Erin McLaughlin, an EWU McNair Scholar from the 2003-2004 cohort, currently works as an Associate Teaching Professor for the University Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame. She attained her BA here at EWU and her Masters and PhD … Read more

EWU McNair Alumni Dr. Martín Meráz García and Dr. Bruno M. Baltodano in collaboration with Dr. Martha L. Cottam published The Role of Female Combatants in the Nicaraguan Revolution and Counter Revolutionary War

We congratulate two of our EWU McNair Alum for their academic success. This book is a qualitative study based on 85 interviews with female ex-combatants in the revolution and counter-revolution from the 1960s to the end of the 1980s, as well as field observations in Nicaragua and the autonomous regions of the Atlantic Coast. It … Read more

EWU Alum and McNair Scholar, Dr. Alvina Cawston Marris, awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to support improving health equity in rural areas

Dr. Alvina Cawston Marris (EWU McNair Scholar 2003) was awarded a grant in 2018 and named an Interdisciplinary Research Leader dedicated to improving health equity in rural areas. As a practicing psychologist, Dr. Marris works to improve health equity in rural areas. She works with the Colville Tribes and is currently conducting research to develop … Read more

EWU and McNair Scholars’ Program alum, Dr. Araceli Frias, featured in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Araceli Frias

Dr. Frias – Photo courtesy of gradschool.utah.edu (2019) Dr. Araceli Frias (EWU McNair Scholars’ Program 2006) has been featured in the publication, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Named a “rising star in academia” in the article by Jamal Watson, Dr. Frias has been the assistant dean for diversity in the Graduate School at the University … Read more

Dr. Ia Xiong (Psychology), 2019 Bush Fellow and EWU McNair Scholars’ Program alum, shares her story.

“My parents are Hmong refugees, and I am the first person in my family to be born in the United States…As the first generation to grow up in the U.S., I saw firsthand the struggles of my community adjusting to such jarring circumstances. I felt a strong sense of need to be able to bring … Read more