Alumni Spotlight- Atara MacNamara

Atara MacNamara, PhD (EWU TRiO McNair 1998) AtaraMacNamara became a McNair Scholar in 1998 and graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2001 with a degree in Psychology. She attended graduate school at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and received her Ph.D. in Psychology in 2008. She is currently an Associate Professor of … Read more

Winter Update

The lounge area and the lab were quiet early Friday morning, but there is evidence of the Scholars everywhere. Scholars (and our staff) have been working hard and staying in the offices late because graduate school application season is among us. Our office gong, which we use to celebrate scholar accomplishments has been ringing all … Read more

Moses Ssemakula – Carper Foundation Scholarship

Congratulations to Moses Ssemakula who received The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation Scholarship full-tuition scholarship for 2014-15! The Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation Scholarship is a one-year scholarship available to senior undergraduate students studying Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work at Eastern Washington University. This scholarship is awarded to a student who has expressed the … Read more

Alumni PhD Update

We want to extend a special congratulations to the following EWU McNair Alumni who have recently completed their PhD!   Dr. Georgina Mitchell defended her dissertation: “Economics of education: analyzing policies that affect success in education” and completed her PhD in Economics from Washington State University. Dr. María Isabel Morales defended her dissertation: “Conocimiento y Testimono: An Exploratory Case Study … Read more