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18 EWU McNair Scholars Present at EWU Virtual Symposium

06/10/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

18 Scholars Present at 2020 Symposium

EWU McNair is proud to announce that 18 EWU McNair Scholars presented at this year’s Virtual Symposium. In the midst of regular reminders of the suffering from COVID-19, in particular its disproportionate effect on communities of color, as well as recent police murders, we hope that lifting up our scholars will continue to support their work and the ultimate goal of McNair – which is to increase diversity in academia. Every McNair Scholar at EWU has powerful story. It is our goal that scholars use their powerful knowledge, experiences, and voices to develop research and actions that contribute to shifts in systemic racism, economic inequality, and overall building a more just world. Read below to learn more about the research presented, including links to each student’s poster or oral presentation. A huge thank you to all of the mentors that helped make this possible. We’re so proud of all of our students’ hard work and look forward another summer research in just a few weeks!

Four of our new scholars presented posters with their research proposals for the summer of 2020. Alexandria Coronado presented, “Research Proposal: Housing and Food Insecurity Among College Students” with the mentorship of Dr. Lindsey Upton. Ashley Destin presented, “Size Scaling in the Skull of North American Felids as Adaptations for Prey Acquisition” with the mentorship of Dr. Judd Case. Aulane Mpouli presented, “Molecular Docking Study of ITPA protein substrate complex” with the mentorship of Dr. Yao Houndonougbo. Hope Sands presented, “Exploring the Archaeological and Geographical Past of Fort Spokane: A Proposal” with the mentorship of Dr. Brian Buchanan.

 

Meanwhile, four new McNair scholars Analisea Araya, Gloria Bravo, Alexis Guizar-Diaz, and Rachael Pentico presented on completed or ongoing research. Analisea presented, “An Analysis of Early Modern Philosopher Mary Astell and a Critique of the Western Canon” with the mentorship of Dr. Kevin Decker. Gloria presented, “Economic Sanctions Reproduce State Sponsored Repression, Human Rights Violations and Violence: A Case Study of Venezuela” with the mentorship of Dr. Majid Sharifi. Alexis presented on, “Machismo, Marianismo, and The Ethics of Care” with the mentorship of Dr. Mimi Marinucci. He will continue this research in the summer of 2020 with Dr. Edwin Elias. Rachael Pentico presented, “A Review of Plant-Soil Feedbacks and Their Importance For Palouse Prairie Restoration and Management” with the mentorship of Dr. Rebecca Brown. 

 

Four additional continuing McNair scholars presented on their research from their 2019 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship. Darlene Gilroy presented “Chemical Weathering of Deposits from the 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption and its Effect on Stream Water Chemistry” in collaboration with Dr. Carmen Nezat. Theresa Lee presented “Understanding Prisoner Reentry: Public Perceptions of Reentry Barriers Among College Students” with the mentorship of Dr. Lindsey Upton. Both Darlene and Theresa have also presented this research at other conferences around the country this last school year. Malachi Chukwu presented “Projects of Economic and Social Development in the Global South: The 20th and 21st-century developmental trends and their impacts” with the mentorship of Dr. Majid Sharifi. And Wendolyn Martinez presented “Propaganda: USSR and US – Comparing Propaganda from the US and USSR Produced for the Advancement of Public Approval for Hydro-projects in the 1930s,” with the mentorship of Dr. Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted. Malachi and Wendolyn had hoped to present at a McNair conference in the early spring; however, the conference was cancelled due to COVID-19.

 

Also, four graduating McNair Scholars presented their current research at the Virtual Symposium. Abdulrazik Mohamed presented “Darfurians in the Diaspora: Perceptions of the Conflict in Darfur, Sudan’s Past and the Future of Darfur Under International Response” with the mentorship of Dr. Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted. Abdu has also presented additional research this school year at the Annual International Symposium on Women and Genocide in the 21st Century: The Case of Darfur and the Black Doctoral Network Conference in the fall of 2019. Angélica García-Macías presented “Eat the Poor” under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Hawley. Last academic year, Angélica presented research from her work with EWU McNair Mentor Dr. Martín Meráz García at several conferences as well as her research with Dr. Charles Stewart III at MIT at an MIT symposium last summer. Madelyn Brown presented “Maintaining Our Land: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wildfire Prevention” with the mentorship of Dr. Christina Torres García and PhD candidate SimHayKin S. Jack. Rachel Silverthorn presented “Gender differences in confidence in jury decision making” under the mentorship of Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart. She also presented this research at the 31st Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. Washington, D.C. in 2019. All four of these scholars will attend Masters or PhD programs in the fall of 2020!

 

Finally, two EWU McNair Alumni, current EWU graduate students, also presented their current research. Christina Ramelow presented “Oral Farnesol Administration Protects Against Inflammatory Demyelination,” research done with mentorship from Dr. Javier Ochoa-Reparaz and in collaboration with multiple other graduate students and faculty. Veronica Albrecht presented “Characterizing Two cagPAI Located Small RNAs in Helicobacter pylori” in collaboration with Dr. Andrea Castillo and “Gene Expression Regulation of sRNA Hpnc2525 in the Clinically Relevant Helicobacter pylori cagPAI Genomic Region” in collaboration with EWU McNair STEM GSA and fellow graduate student Brandon Flatgard, under the mentorship of Dr. Andrea Castillo. Christina and Veronica will both attend fully funded PhD programs in the fall of 2020.

 

To learn more about our new and continuing scholars and all the other amazing work and presentations they have done, check out our Spring Gathering page celebrating scholars, mentors, and alumni. EWU McNair is incredibly proud of the hard work of all of our scholars and we look forward to seeing their research impact higher education and the wider world.

Filed Under: 2015-2016 Cohort, 2016-2017 Cohort, 2017-2018 Cohort, 2018-2019 Cohort, 2019-2020 Cohort, 2020-21 Presentations, AbdulrazikMohamed, Alexandria Coronado, Alexis Guizar-Diaz, Alumni, Analisea Araya, AngelicaGarciaMacias, Ashley Destin, Aulane Mpouli, ChristinaRamelow, Darlene Gilroy, Gloria Bravo, Hope Sands, Madelyn Brown, Malachi Chukwu, McNair Mentors, Mentor, Rachael Pentico, RachelSilverthorn, Research, Scholars, Theresa Lee, Veronica Albrecht, Wendolyn Martinez Tagged With: Dr. Andrea Castillo, Dr. Brian Buchanan, Dr. Carmen Nezat, Dr. Charles Stewart III, Dr. Christina Torres García, Dr. Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted, Dr. Edwin Elias, Dr. Javier Ochoa-Reparaz, Dr. Judd Case, Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart, Dr. Lindsey Upton, Dr. Majid Sharifi, Dr. Martín Meráz García, Dr. Thomas Hawley, Dr. Yao Houndonougbo, MIT, SimHayKin S. Jack

EWU McNair Scholar Angélica García-Macías Awarded Frances B. Huston Medallion

04/24/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Photo of Angelica Garcia-Macias next to congratulations for her award and a logo for the EWU College of Social Sciences, surrounded by border of rainbow glitter

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Angélica García-Macías! Angélica has been selected to receive a 2019-2020 Frances B. Huston Medallion Award for the College of Social Sciences. This award is presented to only 20 graduating students each year who have a strong academic record and have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities at Eastern and in the community. Angélica has been a student advisor for Welcome Week Orientation, a mentor for the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), and both a Legislative Affairs Associate and a Superior Court Justice Associate for ASEWU. She is a dancer, choreographer, and fundraiser for Ballet Folklórico De Aztlán. She has volunteered for EWU's Annual Drag Show, Habitat for Humanity, 2nd Harvest Mobile Food Bank, and Cheney Clean Up events. She also interned for the Washington Legislative Program in 2018 researching issues concerning housing and undocumented student resources as well as for the Sea Mar Executive Program, a non-profit that provides health care and support services for farmworkers and marginalized communities. In addition, Angélica did peer mentoring and advising with Scholars in Action, including creating and leading workshops on how to prepare for graduate school.

In addition to all of her extracurricular work and volunteering, Angélica is an incredible scholar. She is a senior at EWU majoring in Political Science and minoring in Spanish and Chicano Studies. As a McNair Scholar Angélica has committed to a path of attaining her PhD. To prepare for this she completed two summer research internships, one at EWU under the mentorship of Dr. Martín Meráz García, and another at MIT under the mentorship of Dr. Charles Stewart III. To read more about Angélica and her research check out her webpage on the EWU McNair website.

 

Angélica has been accepted by Political Science PhD programs at the University of Washington, the University of California, Irvine, and Michigan State University. She was also accepted into the Higher Education Masters program at Arizona State University. EWU McNair is so proud of Angélica and all her hard work. We're so excited for her next steps to graduate school and the lasting impact we know she will make on academia and in all of her communities.

 

Filed Under: Acceptances/Awards, AngelicaGarciaMacias, McNair Mentors, Mentor, News, Political Science, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Award, Dr. Martín Meráz García, EWU McNair Program, EWU McNair Scholar, Frances B. Houston Medallion Award, MIT

EWU McNair Scholar Angélica Garcia-Macias Accepted into Additional Graduate Program

03/16/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Photo of Angélica Garcia-Macias next to red confetti backdrop and text congratulating her.
Photo of Angélica Garcia-Macias next to red confetti backdrop and text congratulating her.

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Angélica Garcia-Macias! Angélica has been accepted into the MA in Higher Education program at Arizona State University. This is in addition to three prior acceptances to PhD Political Science programs across the country! Angélica is a senior at Eastern Washington University majoring in Political Science and minoring in Chicano Studies and Spanish. To prepare for graduate school Angélica completed two summers of research internships: one through the EWU McNair Scholars Program with mentor Dr. Martín Meráz García researching housing discrimination in the Latinx community, and last summer at MIT with Dr. Charles Stewart III researching the Latiné vote. To read more about Angélica and her research, check out her page on the EWU McNair website.

 

We are so proud to see all of Angélica's hard work paying off and excited for her next steps towards attaining a PhD!

Filed Under: 2017-2018 Cohort, 2019-2020 Grad School Acceptances, Acceptances/Awards, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight, AngelicaGarciaMacias, Chicano Studies, McNair Mentors, Mentor, News, Political Science, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Acceptances, Accepted, Angelica Garcia-Macias, Dr. Charles Stewart III, Dr. Martín Meráz García, EWU McNair Scholar, Graduate School, Mentors, MIT, STEM

EWU McNair Scholar Angelica Garcia-Macias Accepted into Multiple PhD Programs

02/13/2020 by Jaeger, Corinne Leave a Comment

Photo of Angelica Garcia-Macias next to text congratulating her for acceptance into 3 PhD programs.
Photo of Angelica Garcia-Macias next to text congratulating her for acceptance into 3 PhD programs.

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Angelica Garcia-Macias! Angelica has been accepted into the Political Science PhD program at Michigan State University, the Political Science PhD program at the University of Washington, and the Political Science PhD program at the University of California, Irvine! All of these come with full funding. Angelica is a senior at Eastern Washington University majoring in Political Science and minoring in Chicano Studies and Spanish. To prepare for graduate school Angelica completed two summers of research internships: one through the EWU McNair Scholars Program with mentor Dr. Martín Meráz García researching housing discrimination in the Latinx community, and last summer at MIT with Dr. Charles Stewart III researching the Latiné vote. To read more about Angelica and her research, check out her page on the EWU McNair website.

 

We are so proud to see all of Angelica's hard work paying off and excited for her next steps towards attaining a PhD!

Filed Under: 2017-2018 Cohort, 2019-2020 Grad School Acceptances, Acceptances/Awards, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight, AngelicaGarciaMacias, Chicano Studies, McNair Mentors, Mentor, News, Political Science, Research, Scholars Tagged With: Acceptances, Accepted, Angelica Garcia-Macias, Dr. Charles Stewart III, Dr. Martín Meráz García, EWU McNair Scholar, Graduate School, Mentors, MIT, STEM

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