{"id":36103,"date":"2024-07-08T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T18:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/?page_id=36103"},"modified":"2024-09-13T10:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:23:40","slug":"thomas-cyphers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/thomas-cyphers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Cyphers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-01b1cdc8\">\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-7297488d gb-headline-text\">Thomas Cyphers<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4e33a266\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-63d259a3\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dcd53162\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fa244fe3\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/in.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"tommyboiZ Photo\" class=\"wp-image-8425\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/05\/tommyboiZ-Photo-1536x1536.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4b55109a\">\n\n<p><strong>tommyboiZ<\/strong>\u00a0(they\/them\/their) is a transfer student at Eastern Washington University, double majoring in Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. They transferred from Spokane Community College after completing their AA-DTA for business. tommy has a plethora of scholarly interests which culminate into a unique holistic approach that emphasizes unity through understanding difference. With a focus towards community knowledge production at the local level tommy\u2019s primary research goal is to rearticulate the stories of these communities in a way that recognizes difference while simultaneously allowing for incorporation of these differences into the heterogeneous whole. For their 2022 Summer Research Internship they worked with EWU Faculty Mentor Dr. Christopher Kirby. In 2023, they will be working with Dr.\u00a0A. Suzie Henning.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-717ded44\">\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>2023 EWU Faculty Research Mentor:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/experts\/a-suzie-henning\/\">Dr.&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/experts\/a-suzie-henning\/\">A. Suzie Henning<\/a><br><br><strong>2022 EWU Faculty Research Mentor:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/experts\/christopher-c-kirby\/\">Dr.&nbsp;Christopher Kirby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Title:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Epistemic injustice and Elimination of Bias<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5073e3c0\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-a3c65e36 gb-query-loop-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-32babe5f gb-query-loop-item post-9925 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2021-2022-cohort category-2022-summer-research category-2022-2023-cohort category-2022-23-presentations category-2023-mcnair-summer-research-internship category-anthropology category-arcelia-madrigal category-bakima-ssebanakitta category-biology category-brendan-roof category-claudio-escalante category-devin-mumey category-disability-studies category-english category-gender-womens-and-sexuality-studies category-history category-ian-campuzano category-irie-browning category-julianna-amante category-kelly-parke category-makenna-tabino category-marianna-fischer category-mary-belton category-mcnair-mentors category-mechanical-engineering-technology category-monica-miranda category-news category-philosophy category-political-science category-psychology category-research category-richard-murphy category-saul-bautista category-scholars category-sylvia-kennerly category-terreca-defehr category-thomas-cyphers category-tommyboiz tag-ewu-mcnair-faculty-mentor tag-ewu-mcnair-program tag-ewu-mcnair-scholar tag-ewu-student-research-creative-works-symposium tag-presentations tag-undergraduate-research\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-32babe5f\">\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-8043880e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/06\/2023-Symposium.jpg\" class=\"gb-image-8043880e\" alt=\"2023 Symposium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/06\/2023-Symposium.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/06\/2023-Symposium-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/06\/2023-Symposium-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/06\/2023-Symposium-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2023\/06\/2023-Symposium-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-aaa93ff5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/2023-symposium\/\">17 McNair Scholars Present at EWU\u2019s 2023 Student Research &#038; Creative Works Symposium<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3efb7f8c gb-headline-text\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-06-10T15:26:12-07:00\">06\/10\/2023<\/time><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8d013927 gb-headline-text\">On May 10, EWU held the 2023 Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. The Symposium is back in person since 2022, allowing excellent shared engagement as scholars discussed their research (both proposed and completed) with fellow students, faculty, and the EWU community. Many scholars shared their work in poster format in the PUB, while others &#8230; <a title=\"17 McNair Scholars Present at EWU\u2019s 2023 Student Research &#038; Creative Works Symposium\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/2023-symposium\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 17 McNair Scholars Present at EWU\u2019s 2023 Student Research &#038; Creative Works Symposium\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-32babe5f gb-query-loop-item post-8701 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2021-2022-cohort category-2022-summer-research category-acceptances-awards category-gender-womens-and-sexuality-studies category-mcnair-mentors category-news category-philosophy category-research category-scholars category-thomas-cyphers category-tommyboiz tag-dr-christopher-kirby tag-ewu-mcnair-faculty-mentor tag-ewu-mcnair-program tag-ewu-mcnair-scholar tag-ewu-summer-research-internship tag-gender-womens-and-sexuality-studies tag-philosophy tag-recognizing-difference\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-32babe5f\">\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-8043880e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/2021-C-tommyboiZ.jpg\" class=\"gb-image-8043880e\" alt=\"tommyboiZ Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/2021-C-tommyboiZ.jpg 750w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/2021-C-tommyboiZ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2022\/06\/2021-C-tommyboiZ-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-aaa93ff5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/tommyboiz-2021\/\">tommyboiZ (Thomas Cyphers) Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-3efb7f8c gb-headline-text\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-07-08T09:02:38-07:00\">07\/08\/2022<\/time><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-8d013927 gb-headline-text\">Congratulations to new McNair Scholar tommyboiZ! tommyboiZ was selected by the McNair Scholars&#8217; selection committee on the basis of their passion for research, commitment to attaining a PhD, and overall potential for success in graduate school. The federally-funded TRIO Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at EWU selects motivated and talented juniors and seniors who &#8230; <a title=\"tommyboiZ (Thomas Cyphers) Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/tommyboiz-2021\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about tommyboiZ (Thomas Cyphers) Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Cyphers tommyboiZ\u00a0(they\/them\/their) is a transfer student at Eastern Washington University, double majoring in Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies. They transferred from Spokane Community College after completing their AA-DTA for business. tommy has a plethora of scholarly interests which culminate into a unique holistic approach that emphasizes unity through understanding difference. 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