2021 Scholar Profiles

Kalan Bledsoe

Major: Psychology
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kari Kozlowski

McNair Research: "The Impact of Mental Health On Academic Achievement in African American Male Adolescents"

Kyle Brown

Major: Computer Science
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Chaoyang Zhang

McNair Research: "Applying Neutral Networks to the Prediction of Suicidal Ideation" 

Margaret Brune

Major: Physics and Mathematics
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Astrid Gomez

Major: Biology (Biomedical)
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shahid Karim

McNair Research: "Understanding the Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Innate Immune System"  

Jaylin Jones

Major: English
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. 

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Marcus Kirkland

Major: Marketing
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. A.B. Elmadag

McNair Research: "Consumer Activism: An In-depth Examination of the Perceptions and Practices Among USM Students"  

Andrew Le

Major: Psychology and Sociology
McNair Faculty Co-Mentors: Dr. Karen Kozlowski and Dr. Jessica Valles

McNair Research: "Culturally Relevant or Cultural Cover: Understanding ACUE's Fostering a Culture of Belonging"

Keimirra Lewis

Major: Public Health (Health Education) 
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Teyanna Monroe

Major: Biochemistry
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Donahue 

McNair Research: "Synthesis of Piperidine Heterocycles With Specific Functional Groups Via SN2 Reactions"

Sadie Pitre 

Major: Chemistry
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julie Pigza

McNair Research: "Using WebMO to Introduce Computational Chemistry at USM"

Rachel Wince

Major: Chemistry
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. 

McNair Research: "Evaluating The Relationships Between Anxiety Symptoms on Cognitive Control Using a Lifespan Sample"

Anna (Liz) Wynne

Major: Chemistry
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alex Flynt

McNair Research: "Annotation of Small RNA(siRNA)- Producing Loci In the Fruit Fly Drosophila Pseudoobsura"