Below are previous McNair Scholars Program students. For more information about each participant, please click on their name.
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Raquel Albarracin
Saint Johns University
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Rosanne Flores, Ph.D.
Research Topic:The Effects of Parents' Past Talk on Their Children
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Yvette Almaguer
University of Pennsylvania
McNair Scholar:2007- 2008
Mentor:Niobe Way, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Perceived Teacher Support and Academic Achievement: Does Ethnicity and Gender Matter?
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Melinda Cornwell
McNair Scholar:2008-2010
Mentor:Michael Siller, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Maternal Perceptions of Her Child with Autism are Associated with Her Behavior During the Dyad's Play
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Diego Cortes
University of California at San Diego
McNair Scholar:2007- 2008
Mentor:Claus Mueller, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Effects of the Privatization of the Colombian Television
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Anahi Douglas
The Graduate School & University Center of The City University of New York
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Jeff Allred, Ph.D.
Research Topic:"The Man of Law's Tale": The Crusades Personified
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Sarah Hassan
Saint Johns University
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Jason Young, Ph.D.
Research Topic:"The Influences of Mood and Gender on Decision-Making Processes Involiving High Risk-Taking Behavior
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Kristina Huang
The Graduate School & University Center of The City University of New York
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentors:Shirley Clay-Scott, Ph.D. & Joseph Wittreich, Ph.D.
Research Topic:The Miltonic Influence on Melville's Vision of Epic Warfare
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Jennifer Hyman
Binghamton University, State University of New York
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentors: Christa Acampora, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Network Structures and Non- State Actors
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Charita Johnson
McNair Scholar:2008- 2010
Mentors:Megha Ramaswamy, Ph.D.
Research Topic:African-American Women in the Media: Will they Ever Get a Break Even if Their Health is Concerned?
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Ashley Jones
Saint Johns University
McNair Scholar:2006- 2009
Mentor:Rosanne Flores, Ph.D.
Research Topic:An Examination of the Relationship of Mothers and Their Kindergarten Children
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Chantalle LaFontant
Indiana University
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Erica Chito-Childs, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Capital Account Liberalization and Reform in Developing Nations
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Renelio Marin
New York University
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Katy Siegel, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Walker Evans and the Photographic Document/ Object of Aesthetic Contemplation
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Fei Yan Mock
McNair Scholar:2008- 2011
Mentors:Jonathan Lai & Matthew Levy, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Research Topic:Exploring RNA Aptmers As Therapeutic Agent For HIV-1
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George Mtonga
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentor:Temisan D. Agbeyegbe, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Foreign Dierct Investment: The Role of Foreign Capital in Zambia and Botswana
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Abobaker Mused
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentor:Purvi Sevak, Ph.D.
Research Topic:The Effects of Race and Generational Immigrant Status on College Choice
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Estefania Ponti
The Graduate School & University Center of The City University of New York
McNair Scholar:2006- 2008
Mentor:Jacqueline Nassy Brown, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Case Study: Gender and Sexuality in the African American Church
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Desiree Rivera
McNair Scholar:2008- 2010
Mentor:Sarah Chinn, Ph.D.
Research Topic: Colonial American Grammarians: How sociolinguistic shifts in American Indian communities were the result of aggressive religious missions fundamental to colonization.
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Blanchi Roblero
New York University
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentor:Erica Chito-Childs, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Helping Limited English Proficient Students Achieve: English Immersion versus Bilingual Education
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Elio Santos
Rutgers University
McNair Scholar:2006- 2008
Mentor:James Gordon, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Using Visual Evoked Potentials for Glaucoma Detection
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Chantale Soekhoe
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentor:Karen Riedl, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Land of the Free? Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration on the Black Community
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Natalie Soto
Cornell University
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Michael Dowdy, Ph.D.
Research Topic:A Comparative Study of Latina/o Literatures: Memory and the Longing for Home
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Maria Tineo
Purdue University
McNair Scholar:2006- 2008
Mentor:Rosanne Flores, Ph.D.
Research Topic:Trends in Research on Children: a Look at Race and Ethnicity in Children Labeled At-Risk
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Evan Velez
Ithaca College
McNair Scholar:2008- 2009
Mentor:Jon Van Wettering, Ph.D.
Research Topic:How Injuries Affect the Self-Esteem of Athletes
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Daise Zannoni
The Graduate School & University Center of The City University of New York
McNair Scholar:2007- 2009
Mentor:Juan Battle, Ph.D., THe Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Previous Research Topic: Capoeira Practice in the United States: What Attracts Americans to Practice Capoeira?
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