2022 McNair Scholars Program

2022 McNair Scholars Program

 

Joyan Cyrus UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Joyan Cyrus
Hometown: Carmichael, CA
Major: Psychology & Sociology
Mentor: Dr. Jeff Sherman
Research Interests: Accessibility concept and its influences on social judgment.
Update: Accepted to the Social-Personality Psychology Ph.D program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mikayla Deigan UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Mikayla Deigan NSF GRFP winner (Field of Study Geoscience-Paleoclimate)
Hometown: Modesto, CA
Major: Geology
Mentor: Dr. Isabel P Montañez
Research Interests: Hydroclimate Variability During the 8.2ka Event Revealed by Trace Element Analysis of a Southern Sierra Nevada Stalagmite 
Update: Accepted to the Geoscience Ph.D program at the University of Arizona. 

Daniel Egziabher UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Daniel Egziabher
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Major: Biological Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Karen Bales
Research Interests: The effects of social experience on oxytocin receptor density in brain tissues
Update: Accepted to the Brain + Cognitive Sciences Research program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Liliana Figueroa UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Liliana Figueroa
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Major: Aerospace Science and Engineering 
Mentor: Dr. Stephen K. Robinson
Research Interests: Design and Test Plan of a High Altitude Return to Site

Kelly Graziadei UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Kelly Graziadei
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Major: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Mentor: Dr. Alessandro Ossola
Research Interests: Urban Tree Nutrition: A Database of Edible Trees for Feeding Cities

Santana Guerra

Santana Guerra
Hometown: Chico, CA
Major: Anthropology & Chicanx Studies 
Mentor: Dr. Marisol de la Cadena & Dr. Michael Singh
Research Interests: Perhaps If Not for Life: The Racial Semiotics of Revitalization & Decay in Sacramento's Oak Park 
Update: Accepted to the Anthropology Ph.D. program at Princeton University. 

Alejandro Ramos Hurtado UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Alejandro Ramos Hurtado
Hometown: Manteca, CA
Major: Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Rypel
Research Interests: Demystifying the link between restoration activities and functional fish habitat in tidal wetlands 
Update: Accepted to the Environmental Systems Ph.D program at the University of California, Merced. 

Liliana Figueroa UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Karina Jimenez
Hometown: Ceres, CA
Major: History
Mentor: Dr. Rachel Jean-Baptiste
Research Interests: Catholic Church and Community Involvement in the Farah Strike

Jocelyn Lopez UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Jocelyn Lopez
Hometown: Rialto, CA
Major: International Relations
Mentor: Dr. Monica Torreiro-CasalDr. Jeanette B. Ruiz
Research Interests: Comparing Media on Immigration Policy: 2016-2021 The Narrative from Mexico to the US and its Interactions with US Policy

Ebelin Montoya UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Ebelin Montoya Martinez
Hometown: Santa Ana, CA
Major: Spanish
Mentor: Dr. Sheela Toprani & Rocelle C Evangelista
Research Interests: 

Liliana Figueroa UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Mohammed Mohammed
Hometown: Davis, CA
Major: Economics
Mentor: Dr. Arman Rezaee
Research Interests: How social media can help developing countries improve their health information - The BAANG Platform in Pakistan 
Update: Accepted to the Public Policy Master's program at the University of California, Berkeley. 

Liliana Figueroa UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Ofelia Preciado
Hometown: Fresno, CA
Major: Human Development
Mentor: Dr. Brie Tripp
Research Interests: Pre-health students investigate the social, biological, & genetic aspects of obesity & implications on health disparities
Update: Accepted to the Education Master's program at Harvard University. 

 

Lauren Sique UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Lauren Sique
Hometown: Modesto, CA
Major: Animal Biology
Mentor: Dr. Christian Nansen
Research Interests: Insect Individuality: Intraspecific Variation in Cognition of Mealworms

Xhivani Valencia UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Xhivani Valencia
Hometown: Stockton, CA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Karen Moxon
Research Interests: 

Karla Santana Valenton UC Davis McNair Scholars Program

Karla Santana Valenton 
Hometown: Redwood City, CA
Major: Human Development & Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Kali Trzesniewski
Research Interests: UC Davis Students' Perceptions about Starting College 2018-2022  
Update: Accepted to the Human Development Ph.D program at the University of California, Davis.