Five students in the McNair Scholars program presented research at the McNair Colloquium on July 25.
Baudelio Abrica, psychology
- conducted research with Dr. Lorey Wheeler from the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools
- factors that may influence a child's development of their ethnic identity and how that translates into later educational attainment.
Nestor Hernandez, sociology
- worked with Dr. Lisa Kort-Butler from the Department of Sociology
- mental health disparities in low-income communities with high community violence
My-Linh Luc, microbiology
- worked with Dr. Angela Palmer-Wackerly from the Department of Communication Studies
- health communication with infertility-faced young adult population through public policy, health providers, health insurance, and with social network
Logan Miller, psychology
- conducted research with Dr. Mike Dodd from the Department of Psychology
- An examination of pop-out in dynamic visual search.
Nancy Nguyen, biochemistry
- conducted research with Dr. Wayne Riekhof from the Department of Biochemistry
- defining mechanisms of anti-fungal drug resistance
