Major: Economics and International Relations | Faculty Mentor: Carol Wise, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, Sciences Administration | McNair Project: “China’s Courtship of Chile: Implications for the Sino-Latin American-U.S. Triangle”
Michael Randolph
Major: Business Administration Concentration Business Communication | Faculty Mentor: Naomi Warren, Ph.D. | Department: Marshall School of Business, Business Administration | McNair Project: “Think for Yourself: The Effects of Myers-Briggs Thinking/Feeling Dimensions on Business Team Decisions”
Karolyn Sanchez
Major: Sociology and Minor Children and Families in Urban America | Faculty Mentor: Allen Lipscomb, M.S.W., Veronica Terriquez, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “Latino Social Workers Perspective on Cultural Competence”
Vannessa Sanchez-Gonzales
Major: Psychology, Sociology, and Minor in Photography | Faculty Mentor: Amon Emeka, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “Expressed, Externalized, and Internalized Racial Identities of Spanish Caribbeans and Afro-Latin Americans in Los Angeles”
Erica Silva
Major: Political Science | Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Ramirez, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “Is Now the Time? Examining the Naturalization Process through Citizenship Assistance Workshops”
Julián Tárula
Major: Political Science | Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Ramirez, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “Representing America: The Effects of Descriptive Representation on Political Participation”
Jonathan Troung
Major: Political Science | Faculty Mentor: Leland T. Saito, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “Resisting the Growth Machine: Esperanza Community Housing Corporation and the L.A. Live”
Kim Vu
Major: Neuroscience and Human Development & Aging | Faculty Mentor:Michel Baudry, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “The Role of Calpain in Neuroblastoma Metastasis”
Roland Zapata
Major: Psychology and American Studies | Faculty Mentor: Miranda Barone, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Psychology | McNair Project: “The Latino Gender Gap: Access to Higher Education”