Alexandria Coronado

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Alexandria Belen Coronado graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2021 with a major in Political Science and an emphasis in Pre-Law with a minor in Anthropology. Prior to attending EWU, she graduated from Columbia Basin College with an Associate of Arts degree. She was involved in the Honors Program at EWU as well as the International Affairs Community. Her areas of research interest revolve around the ever-growing economic inequalities and other issues of justice in the United States. For her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Alexandria did research on the food and housing insecurity of undergraduate college students under the mentorship of Dr. Lindsey Upton. She then went on to collaborate with former McNair Director Dra. Christina Torres García and fellow McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos in the summer of 2021 on The Implication of COVID-19 for First-Generation, Low-Income Students in WA State, which they presented at Council for Opportunity in Education’s 40th Annual Conference.

Alexandria was accepted into the Master’s Program in Public Service and Administration at Texas A & M, the Master’s Program in Political Science at Saint Louis University, and the PhD Program in Political Science at the University of Alabama with full funding, where she began attending in Fall 2021. She returned to present on her experience as a graduate student and in research for our summer 2022 cohort.


2020 Research Mentor: Dr. Lindsey Upton

Research Title: Impacts of COVID-19 on Food and Housing Student Resources at Universities in the State of Washington

Presentation Poster

Abstract: Food and housing insecurity are generally defined when an individual faces uncertainty of being able to access adequate resources to fulfill healthy living needs (Gallegos, Ramsey, & Ong, 2014; Coleman-Jensen, Steffen, & Whitley, 2017). We often overlook places where food and housing insecurity are experienced, including across college campuses. This study seeks to address the lack of current research on the comparative analysis on food and housing support services in higher education. Attention will be focused on the impact the COVID-19 global pandemic has had on public university food and housing programs in the State of Washington. In-depth interviews with university administration and student representatives will be conducted to examine the impact on these resources that address the issues of food and housing insecurity among university students.


International Studies Association Midwest Annual Conference in St. Louis

EWU McNair Scholars Present at the International Studies Association Midwest Annual Conference

EWU McNair Scholars Saul Bautista, Badradin Mohammed, and Richard Murphy presented their research at the International Studies Association Midwest Annual Conference in November. The conference was held in St. Louis, Missouri. Each presented his McNair Summer research on thematically based panels. While there, they ran into EWU McNair alumna Alexandria Coronado! Saul’s project, mentored by … Read more
EWU McNair Faculty Mentor, Dr. Lindsey Upton, “It was a really rewarding experience to talk through scholars’ ideas and facilitate their first foray into research.” Mentees include Alexandria Coronado and Theresa Lee

Dr. Lindsey Upton: A Thoughtful, Engaged Mentor Makes a Difference in the Lives of First Generation Scholars

    When I spoke with Dr. Lindsey Upton about being a McNair faculty mentor, it was no surprise to me that she’d been in touch with EWU McNair alumna Theresa Lee recently. Dr. Upton mentored Theresa for two summers as she researched Prisoner Reentry: College Perceptions of Reentry Barriers in a Northwest Community. As … Read more
12 McNair Scholars Present at EWU’s 2021 CSTEM and McNair Spring Research Symposium

12 EWU McNair Scholars Present at EWU Virtual 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
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EWU McNair Alumna Dra. Christina Torres García Invited to Write for Oxford Research Encyclopedias

Congratulations to EWU McNair Alumna and EWU McNair Director Dra. Christina Torres García who was invited to write an article about Chicana feminist epistemology in higher education for Oxford Research Encyclopedias to be included in their Race and Education issue. In addition, Dra. Torres García has been hard at work at research and writing in multiple other areas, including: … Read more
Congrats to Alexandria Coronado

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Awarded Capstone McNair Graduate Council Fellowship

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been selected as a Capstone McNair Graduate Council Fellow in the Graduate School of the University of Alabama, where Alexandria was accepted by the Political Science PhD Program. This prestigious fellowship provides a stipend for Alexandria’s 1st, 3rd, and 5th year of graduate school, with her … Read more

7 EWU McNair Scholars Participate in Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, Student Leadership, and Advocacy Symposium

EWU McNair Scholars Rachael Pentico, Lizeth Bañuelos, and Malachi Chukwu presented last week at the virtual Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, Student Leadership & Advocacy Symposium hosted by the University of Washington. Four other EWU McNair Scholars attended: Alexandria Coronado, Wendolyn Martinez, Christina Hudson, and Aulane Mpouli. This was the first annual Gabriel E. Gallardo Research, … Read more
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EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted by Fourth Graduate Program

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the the Masters in Public Policy program at Claremont Graduate University. Alexandria has also been accepted by the Political Science Masters Program at Saint Louis University with full funding, the Political Science PhD program at the University of Alabama with full funding, and … Read more
Congratulations to Alexandria Coronado

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted by Saint Louis University Masters Program

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the the Political Science Masters Program at Saint Louis University with full funding. This is Alexandria’s third acceptance, her first was a fully funded Political Science PhD program at the University of Alabama. Her second acceptance was from the Texas A&M Bush School … Read more
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EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted by Texas A&M Masters Program

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the the Texas A&M Bush School Masters of Public Service and Administration Program. This is Alexandria’s second acceptance, her first was a fully funded Political Science PhD at the University of Alabama. Alexandria is majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in Pre-Law … Read more
Congratulations to Alexandria Coronado

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Accepted to University of Alabama PhD Program

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado! Alexandria has been accepted by the Political Science PhD Program at the University of Alabama. Alexandria is majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in Pre-Law and minoring in Anthropology. At Eastern, she is involved in the Honors Program as well as the International Affairs Community. Her research … Read more