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EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos Awarded Dean Jeffers W. Chertok Honored Student Award

10/18/2021 by Liina Koivula Leave a Comment

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos! In Spring 2021, Lizeth was selected to receive the Dean Jeffers W. Chertok Honored Student Award. This award is presented to exceptional students who have shown a commitment to their education by demonstrating outstanding academic achievement with a minimum of a 3.75 GPA in their previous four quarters and through leadership and service to the community.

 

Lizeth Bañuelos graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2021 with a major 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 in the summer of 2020 under the mentorship of Dr. Aryn Ziehnert, Lecturer in the EWU Psychology Department. For this she focused on Latinx college students and their mental health in higher education institutions. She went on to collaborate with Dra. Christina Torres García in coordination with the Pell Institute and the Council for Opportunity in Education, to research first-generation, low-income students' challenges and obstacles during the COVID-19 and how this affects their college aspirations.

 

Lizeth was accepted into the Master's Program in Counseling at California State University Bakersfield, the Master's Program in Counseling at City University, and Master's Program in Counseling at Arizona State University, where she is now studying.

EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos Awarded Dean Jeffers W. Chertok Honored Student Award

Filed Under: 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020-21 Awards, 2021-22 Awards, Acceptances/Awards, Alumni, Chicano Studies, Honors, Lizeth Banuelos, McNair Mentors, News, Psychology, Research Tagged With: Arizona State University, Dr. Aryn Ziehnert, Dra. Christina Torres García, EWU College of Social Sciences, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Pell Institute

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

09/24/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Congratulations Hope Sands - Accepted by the Masters in Anthropology Program at Wichita State University

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands! Hope was accepted by Wichita State University's Anthropology Masters program with full funding. Hope graduated in the Spring of 2020 from Eastern Washington University with a major in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology and Artifact Conservation, as well as a major in Philosophy. For her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Hope studied Fort Spokane under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Buchanan. The project looked at the historical past of Fort Spokane in an attempt to understand the archaeological and geographical significance of the Fort's construction.

 

Click here to read more about Hope and her research.

 

EWU McNair is so excited for Hope. We're confident that she will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on her communities.

Filed Under: 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020-21 Grad School Acceptances, Acceptances/Awards, Anthropology, Hope Sands, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Anthropology, Dr. Brian Buchanan, EWU College of Social Sciences, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Hope Sands, Wichita State University

EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands Completes Summer Research Internship

06/30/2021 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Hope Sands Summer res 2020

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Hope Sands for completing her 2020 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! For her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship, Hope studied Fort Spokane under the mentorship of Dr. Brian Buchanan. Hope's project looked at the historical past of Fort Spokane in an attempt to understand the archaeological and geographical significance of the Fort's construction. Previous archaeological projects at this location have focused more so on the Fort itself, rather than the Fort and its surrounding environs. Hope graduated in the Spring of 2020 from Eastern Washington University with a major in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeology and Artifact Conservation, as well as a major in Philosophy. Hope was an Honors student and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi, honor societies at EWU.

 

Click here to read more about Hope and her research.

 

Hope is taking a year off from school to explore field work in anthropology and plans to submit applications to graduate school starting Fall 2022. EWU McNair is so excited for Hope. We're confident that she will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our communities.

Filed Under: 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020 Summer McNair Research Internships, 2020-21 Presentations, Anthropology, Hope Sands, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Dr. Brian Buchanan, EWU College of Social Sciences, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, EWU Summer Research Internship, Fort Spokane, Hope Sands

EWU McNair Scholar Alexis Guizar-Diaz Completes Summer Research Internship

11/17/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Alexis Guizar-Diaz Research 2020

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexis Guizar-Diaz for completing his 2020 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! With the mentorship of Dr. Edwin Elias, Alexis researched the exponential increase of requested H-2A guestworkers in Washington State and how capital has structured labor conditions. He is currently researching why the rate of positive COVID-19 cases per capita was highest in Washington’s major agricultural counties, what is the relationship to the high number of cases and lack of protections for seasonal agricultural workers, and what is the viewpoint of seasonal workers on the situation. Many thanks to Dr. Elias for his ongoing mentorship for Alexis. Read more about Alexis's research on his EWU McNair webpage!

 

Alexis is not only conducting ongoing research, he is now hard at work applying to graduate schools and fellowships across the country. Keep up the amazing work Alexis! EWU McNair is confident that you will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our communities.

Filed Under: 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020 Summer McNair Research Internships, Acceptances/Awards, Alexis Guizar-Diaz, Chicano Studies, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Research, Scholars, Sociology Tagged With: Dr. Edwin Elias, EWU College of Social Sciences, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, EWU Summer Research Internship, Sociology

EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos Completes Summer Research Internship

11/04/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Lizeth Banuelos Research 2020

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos for completing her 2020 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Lizeth is researching roles of institutional and familial supports for first-generation Latinx college students during the COVID-19 pandemic under the mentorship of Dr. Aryn Ziehnert in the Department of Psychology. She is now conducting a survey as a continuation of that research during the school year. Many thanks to Dr. Ziehnert for her ongoing mentorship for Lizeth. Read more about Lizeth’s research on her EWU McNair webpage!

 

Lizeth is now hard at work applying to graduate schools and fellowships across the country. Keep up the amazing work Lizeth! EWU McNair is confident that you will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our communities.

Filed Under: 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020 Summer McNair Research Internships, Acceptances/Awards, Lizeth Banuelos, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Psychology, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Dr. Aryn Ziehnert, EWU College of Social Sciences, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, EWU Summer Research Internship, Lizeth Banuelos, Psychology

EWU McNair Scholar Theresa Lee Completes Summer Research Internship

10/30/2020 by Tennyson, Bryn Leave a Comment

Theresa Lee Rese 2020

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Theresa Lee for completing her second EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Theresa continued her research on college student perceptions of the barriers of prison reentry under the mentorship of Dr. Lindsey Upton in the Department of Sociology and Justice Studies. Last year she led focus groups with college students and this summer she transcribed and analyzed the data from those focus groups. Theresa recently presented her research from Prisoner Reentry: College Perceptions of Reentry Barriers in a Northwest Community at the virtual Baylor McNair Research Conference. Last year she also presented this research at the American Society of Criminology (ASC). Many thanks to Dr. Upton for her outstanding mentorship. Read more about Theresa's research on her EWU McNair webpage!

 

Theresa recently completed her application for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and is now hard at work applying to graduate schools and additional fellowships. Keep up the amazing work Theresa! EWU McNair is confident that you will succeed in graduate school and have a great impact on our communities.

Filed Under: 2018-2019 Cohort, 2020 Summer McNair Research Internships, Acceptances/Awards, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Research, Scholars, Sociology, Sociology and Criminal Justice, Theresa Lee Tagged With: Dr. Lindsey Upton, EWU College of Social Sciences, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, EWU Summer Research Internship, Sociology, Theresa Lee

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