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EWU McNair Spring Celebration 2021

While we cannot meet in person to congratulate our students and faculty for all of their hard work, we wanted to celebrate it here. Thank you to everyone who makes EWU McNair possible: faculty mentors, students, the selection committee, McNair staff, and of course our students and their families!

2021 Graduating McNair Scholars

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Mori Williams

Mori Williams is a student at Eastern Washington University earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Chemistry and a minor in Japanese. He has worked in an Organic Chemistry lab at his university, which involves saponification, NMR readings, and reflux methods. For his 2020 EWU McNair Research Internship, he […]

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Hope Sands

Hope Sands graduated in 2021 with a major in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology and Artifact Conservation, as well as a major in Philosophy. As an Honors student and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi, honor societies at EWU, Hope was selected to present at the Western Regional Honors Conference […]

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Sami Sanchez-Garcia

Samantha Sanchez-Garcia is an undergraduate student at Eastern Washington University pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in communication, sociology, and industrial/ organizational psychology. She is also working on Eastern’s Inclusion and Diversity certificate and co-president of Psi Chi, an international honor society in psychology. Samantha is a research assistant in Dr. […]

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Zoë Romero

After graduating from Spokane Falls Community College, Zoë Romero Becker transferred to Eastern Washington University as a Literacy Education and Mathematics Education double major. While taking a course in English as a Second Language, she decided to add this as a third major to her academic plan to better serve the students who will enter […]

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Rachael Pentico

Rachael Pentico is an undergraduate student within the Biology Department at Eastern Washington University. She spent time at Spokane Falls Community College where she focused on economics, with an emphasis on environmental policy. Her interests and research focus is on ecology and how invasive species and anthropogenic climate change will affect different ecosystems. She wants her […]

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Aulane Mpouli

Aulane Mpouli graduated from Eastern Washington University in spring 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Her research interests include analytics, biological chemistry, and catalysis, and at EWU, Aulane worked on a biochemical research project analyzing the successful ways in which the substrate Inosine Triphosphate (ITP) binds to the enzyme Inosine Triphosphatase in order for […]

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Alexis Guizar-Diaz

Alexis Lisandro Guizar-Diaz graduated in the spring of 2021 with a degree in Sociology and a minor in Philosophy. His key research interests are political economy, rural & agrarian communities, and Latina/o/x populations. He is a member of the American Sociological Association and a recipient of a 2020 Eastern Washington University Summer Research Internship through […]

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Alexandria Coronado

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 is involved in the Honors Program at EWU as well as the […]

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Gloria Bravo

Gloria D. Bravo is a first-generation undergraduate student at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Originally from Brewster, WA, Gloria obtained her Associate of Arts and Sciences from Wenatchee Valley Community College (2018) before transferring to EWU. She is majoring in International Affairs with a socio-economic concentration, while also minoring in Chicano Studies and Spanish. Gloria’s research […]

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Lizeth Banuelos

Lizeth Bañuelos graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2021 with a majori in Applied Developmental Psychology and two minors, one in Race and Culture Studies, the other in Chicana/o/x Studies. Her research interests surround the psychology of the Latinx community and discovering best practices for serving underserved populations. Lizeth completed an EWU McNair Summer Research Institute […]

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Analisea Araya

Analisea Araya is an undergraduate student at Eastern Washington University. She is interested in various philosophical fields, including social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophy of education, and philosophy for children. As a research scholar, Analisea is interested in the way women’s voices have been left out of the western canon and how that has perpetuated […]

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Wendolyn Martinez

Wendolyn Martinez is a rising senior in the Political Science Department. She is currently a double major in Political Science and International Affairs. In her 2019 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, under the mentorship of Dr. Dorothy Zielser-Vralsted, Wendolyn studied interwar propaganda within the US and USSR relating to public works projects. Then in the […]

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Theresa Lee

Theresa Lee is majoring in criminal justice and psychology with a minor in sociology at Eastern Washington University. She is interested in studying reentry challenges faced by convicted offenders (see more on her research below). She presented a poster of her research at the American Society of Criminology (ASC) conference with the support of her […]

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Darlene Gilroy

Darlene Gilroy graduated from Eastern Washington University in summer 2021 with a bachelor of science degree in Geology. At EWU, she worked on an independent research project investigating the chemical weathering of volcanic sediments (see research below), presenting this project at the 2019 Murdock College Science Research Conference in Tacoma WA, the 2020 WE-STEM conference […]

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Malachi Chukwu

Malachi Chukwu is an International Affairs and Political Science major at Eastern Washington University with an emphasis on global security processes and a minor in Political Science. Prior to becoming a student at EWU, he graduated with an Associate of Art degree at Spokane Community College in the Spring of 2018. His research interests focus […]

2021 Graduate School Acceptances

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

By Jaeger, Corinne | 11/05/2021
EWU McNair Faculty Mentor Dr. Jillene Seiver, "I've learned as much from my scholars as they've learned from me." Mentees include: Samantha Sanchez-Garcia, Darlynne Khayesi, and Ian Campuzano; Logo: Trio McNair Scholar's Program at EWU

Dr. Jillene Seiver: A Positive Mentor Dedicated to Preparing the Next Generation of Psychology Researchers

By Jaeger, Corinne | 11/03/2021
Congratulations Hope Sands - Accepted by the Masters in Anthropology Program at Wichita State University

EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands Accepted by Wichita State University Masters Program

By Jaeger, Corinne | 09/24/2021
Mori Williams Society of Toxicology Award 2021

EWU McNair Scholar Mori Williams Awarded Opportunity to Attend Society of Toxicology Program

By Jaeger, Corinne | 06/30/2021
Mori Williams Awarded GSA SDM

EWU McNair Scholar Mori Williams Awarded Graduate Student Assistantship

By Jaeger, Corinne | 06/30/2021
Mori Williams Graduate School Acceptances 2021 SDM

EWU McNair Scholar Mori Williams Accepted to Masters Program at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

By Jaeger, Corinne | 05/11/2021
Darlene Gilroy Graduate School Acceptances 2021 SJSU

EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Accepted by Geology Masters Program at San Jose State University

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/29/2021
Wendolyn Martinez Graduate School Acceptances 2021 TEX

EWU McNair Scholar Wendolyn Martinez Accepted by Fourth Masters Program

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/29/2021
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EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu Awarded Theodore A. LeGros Fellowship at WSU

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/22/2021
Lizeth Banuelos Graduate School Acceptances 2021 CITY

EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos Accepted to Third Masters Program

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/12/2021

2020-2021 EWU McNair Scholar Awards

Alexandria Coronado McNair Fellowship Award 2021

EWU McNair Scholar Alexandria Coronado Awarded Capstone McNair Graduate Council Fellowship

By Jaeger, Corinne | 05/11/2021
Aulane Mpouli Sloan Scholarship Award 2021

EWU McNair Scholar Aulane Mpouli Awarded Sloan Scholarship at Duke

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/22/2021
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EWU McNair Scholar Malachi Chukwu Awarded Theodore A. LeGros Fellowship at WSU

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/22/2021
Lucia Roussa Summer Research Acceptance 2021

EWU McNair Scholar Lucia Roussa Awarded CICOES Internship at UW

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/16/2021
Darlene Gilroy Grant Announcements 2020

EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Awarded Research Grant

By Tennyson, Bryn | 10/23/2020
Darlene Gilroy Scholarship Announcements 2020

EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Awarded Two Scholarships

By Jaeger, Corinne | 08/10/2020
Alexis Guizar-Diaz Scholarship Announcements 2020

EWU McNair Scholar Alexis Guizar-Diaz Awarded Orlinda H. Luiten Scholarship

By Jaeger, Corinne | 07/19/2020
Rachael Pentico Scholarship Announcements 2020 2nd

EWU McNair Scholar Rachael Pentico Awarded Terzieff Scholarship

By Jaeger, Corinne | 07/08/2020

2021 New and Continuing EWU McNair Scholars

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Ashley Destin

By Flatgard, Brandon | 04/06/2020

Ashley Destin is currently an undergraduate at Eastern Washington University majoring in biology. Her passion is animal care with a focus on house cats. She is beginning research into the evolution of domesticated cats in comparison to larger cats. In the past, she volunteered in a small veterinarian clinic, working closely with surgeries and animal […]

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Lucia Roussa

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/07/2021

Lucia Roussa is finishing a dual Environmental Science and Biology major at Eastern Washington University. Lucia was selected as one of the 2020 TLES Scholars Award recipients. She is currently working with Dr. McNeely on her project investigating the relationship between freshwater algal abundance and diversity through analyzing the eutrophication of wetlands in Turnbull National […]

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Seth McCullough

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/07/2021

Seth McCullough is an undergraduate at Eastern Washington University who is pursuing a double major in Environmental Science and Biology. Growing up in Tennessee, he spent a lot of time in the woods, which sparked his interest of the outdoors and in learning how ecological communities influence one another. While obtaining his Associates degree, from […]

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Darlynne Khayesi

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/16/2021

Darlynne (Dasha) Khayesi is a junior at Eastern Washington University, studying Applied Developmental Psychology and minoring in Communications Studies as well as Gender and Women’s Studies. Going to college is her accomplishment because she will be the first generation in her family to complete a bachelor’s degree. She values building relationships, trustworthiness, and openness, she […]

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Christina Hudson

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/16/2021

Christina M. Hudson is a first-generation junior at Eastern Washington University, double majoring in English studies and Africana studies, and minoring in religious studies. She earned her associate degree at Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, WA, before transferring to EWU in 2020. She is interested in decolonizing religious studies with a focus on ancient African religious texts, with […]

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Ian Campuzano

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/16/2021

Ian Campuzano is a Junior at Eastern Washington University majoring in Psychology as well as a minor in Criminal Justice. He is interested in studying criminal behavior and the multiple mental aspects that come into play when deciphering the reasoning behind criminal acts. Ian is also a member in The National Honors Society of Leadership […]

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Nyibol Thareek

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/16/2021

Nyibol Thareek is a scholar and a track and field athlete of junior standing studying Mathematics and minoring in Biology at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Her primary research interests through applied mathematics studies complex systems and dynamics arising in various biological phenomena. Through the EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Nyibol plans to test the excitability […]

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Welcome The EWU McNair 2020-2021 Cohort

By Tennyson, Bryn | 05/07/2021
Darlynne Khayesi McNair Scholar Announcements 2021

Darlynne Kahyesi Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/29/2021
Nyibol Thareek McNair Scholar Announcements 2021

Nyibol Thareek Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/27/2021
Christina Hudson McNair Scholar Announcements 2021

Christina Hudson Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/25/2021
Lucia Rousa McNair Scholar Announcements 2021

Lucia Roussa Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/23/2021
Seth McCullough McNair Scholar Announcements 2021 (1)

Seth McCullough Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship

By Tennyson, Bryn | 04/22/2021

2020-2021 EWU McNair Presentations

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EWU McNair Scholar Christina Hudson Presents at National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates 2022 Conference

By Liina Koivula | 04/28/2022
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EWU McNair Scholar Seth McCullough Presents at Murdock College Science Research Conference

By Liina Koivula | 02/15/2022
Christina Hudson SQUARE

McNair Scholar Christina Hudson Participates in Presidential Search

By Jaeger, Corinne | 02/03/2022
EWU McNair Faculty Mentor Dr. Jillene Seiver, "I've learned as much from my scholars as they've learned from me." Mentees include: Samantha Sanchez-Garcia, Darlynne Khayesi, and Ian Campuzano; Logo: Trio McNair Scholar's Program at EWU

Dr. Jillene Seiver: A Positive Mentor Dedicated to Preparing the Next Generation of Psychology Researchers

By Jaeger, Corinne | 11/03/2021
12 McNair Scholars Present at EWU’s 2021 CSTEM and McNair Spring Research Symposium

12 EWU McNair Scholars Present at EWU Virtual Symposium

By Liina Koivula | 10/27/2021
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EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands Completes Summer Research Internship

By Jaeger, Corinne | 06/30/2021
Social Justice in Research with EWU McNair Alumni. Join us to hear these panelists June 2nd, 9 am.

Join us for the EWU McNair Alumni Social Justice in Research Panel

By Jaeger, Corinne | 05/28/2021
UW Gabriel E. Gallardo Conference 2021

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

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/29/2021
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EWU McNair Scholars Lucia Roussa and Mori Williams Present at NCUR

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/27/2021
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What the Gilman Scholarship for Studying Abroad Can do for You

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/20/2021

2020-2021 EWU Alumni News & Accomplishments

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EWU McNair Alumna Angélica García-Macías Accorded Ford Fellowship Honorable Mention

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/13/2021
Marixza Torres NSF Award 2021

EWU McNair Alumna Marixza Torres Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowship

By Jaeger, Corinne | 04/08/2021
Dr. Frank King

Congratulations to Eastern McNair alum, Dr. Frank King, promoted to Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies at UW-Platteville, and also appointed to Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Special Assistant to the Chief Diversity Office

By Dukich, Cynthia | 03/18/2021
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Christina Ramelow — EWU McNair alum, recent EWU Biology Master’s graduate and current neuroscience PhD student at Emory — publishes research with Dr. Javier Ochoa in Frontiers in Immunology

By Dukich, Cynthia | 03/09/2021
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EWU McNair alum Dr. Laura Zamudio earns PhD; Serving as Winter/Spring 2020 Eastern McNair Interim Academic Advisor before joining Heritage University as an Assistant Professor of Math and McNair Program Coordinator

By Dukich, Cynthia | 12/06/2020
Dr. Lateasha Meyers (née Lewis), PhD Miami University of Ohio in Educational Leadership, 2020

Congratulations to EWU McNair alum Dr. Lateasha Meyers for completing her PhD from Miami University and beginning a new position as STEM Student Support Services Coordinator at WSU!

By Dukich, Cynthia | 12/06/2020
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Congratulations to EWU McNair biology alumn Dr. Cheryl Dykstra-Aiello for her publication in Frontiers of Neurology

By Dukich, Cynthia | 10/28/2020
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EWU McNair and Research Transform Students Lives!

By Garcia, Christina | 10/01/2020
McNair Scholar Christina Ramelow, MS

Christina Ramelow, MS, Eastern McNair alum, and first year neuroscience PhD student in Emory University, teaches Summer 2020 Zoom Seminars for McNair Research Interns

By Dukich, Cynthia | 08/01/2020
Isaura Gallegos, EWU McNair Alumna, PhD Candidate at Harvard

Isaura Gallegos — EWU McNair biology alum, Master’s of Science in Genetics and Cell Biology at WSU, and current PhD candidate in Harvard’s School of Education — facilitates Summer 2020 Zoom seminar for McNair

By Dukich, Cynthia | 08/01/2020

2020-2021 EWU McNair Faculty Mentors

EWU McNair and our scholars rely on the exceptional support from EWU McNair faculty mentors. Mentors start meeting regularly with students in the spring to get to know them and provide them guidance on beginning the research process, including recommending articles and planning surveys and IRBs. Next, they work with students directly on their research projects for the summer quarter. This may be field or lab work, surveys, interviews, and/or additional reading. Mentors then continue their guidance into the fall, sometimes in additional ongoing research or on completion of the research projects that take longer than just the summer, as well as through the application process. Finally, mentors write the most important letters of recommendation in the student's graduate school applications.

 

A huge thank you to all of our mentors!

 

2019-2021 Mentors: (from left to right, row by row) Dr. Jillene Seiver, Dr. Brian G. Buchanan, Dr. Michael Winer, Dr. Rebecca Brown, Dr. Yao Houndonougbo, Dr. Susan Ruby, Dr. Edwin Elias, Dr. Judd Case, Dr. Kevin Decker, Dr. Okera Nsombi, Dr. Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted, Dr. Lindsey Upton, Dr. Carmen Nezat, Dr. Majid Sharifi, Dr. Gina Mikel Pitrie, Dr. Camille McNeely, Dr. Jacqueline Coomes, Dr. Aryn Ziehnert

Dr. Jillene Seiver
Dr. Brian G. Buchanan
Dr. Michael Winer
Dr. Rebecca Brown
Dr. Yao Houndonougbo
Dr. Susan Ruby
Dr. Edwin Elias
Dr. Judd Case
Dr. Kevin Decker
Dr. Okera Nsombi
Dr. Dorothy Zeilser-Vralsted
Dr. Lindsey Upton
Dr. Carmen Nezat
Dr. Majid Sharifi
Dr. Gina Mikel Petrie
Dr. Camille McNeely
Dr. Jacqueline Coomes
Dr. Aryn Ziehnert

2020-2021 EWU McNair Advisory Committee

Thank you so much to our McNair advisory committee! These faculty provide support and guidance to EWU McNair throughout year. One of their significant roles in this regard is the selection of new McNair Scholars. Each fall EWU McNair recruits students who are interested in becoming a McNair Scholar. Then applications are reviewed by the committee, which consists of EWU professors who volunteer their time. This year's committee consisted of Dr. Judd Case and Dr. Margaret O'Connell from the Biology department, Dr. Miguel Novella and Dr. Martin Meráz-García from the Chicana/o/x studies program, Dr. Stephen Tsikalas from the Geology department, and Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart from the Psychology department. EWU McNair extends a huge thank you to this committee. Our work would not be possible without you.

Dr. Judd Case
Dr. Margaret O'Connell
Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart
Dr. Stephen Tsikalas
Dr. Miguel Novellas
Dr. Martin Meráz-García

Row One Above: Dr. Judd Case, Dr. Margaret O'Connell, Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart

Row Two Above: Dr. Stephen Tsikalas, Dr. Miguel Novella, Dr. Martin Meráz-García

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