Major: Political Science and American Studies | Faculty Mentor: Ricardo Ramirez, Ph.D. | Department: College of Letters, Arts, & Sciences | McNair Project: “School Counselors & Policy Mediation: Understanding and Affecting Urban Student Outcomes”
Daija Lewis
Major: Communications Emphasis in Media, Marketing, and Culture and Minor in Music Industry | Faculty Mentor: Josh Kun, Ph.D. | Department: Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism | McNair Project: “The Melodies of the Black Soul in Diverse America : Attitudes Toward R&B, Rap, and Black Life”
Cymone Lonon
Major: Economics and Mathematics | Faculty Mentor: Lawrence Picus, Ph.D. | Department: Rossier School of Education: K- 12 Policy | McNair Project: “Employers’ Perceptions of Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degrees”
William Lopez
Major: Architecture, and Politics, Philosophy, & Law | Faculty Mentor: Daria Roithmayr, J.D. | Department: Gould Law School | McNair Project: “The Theory of Emergence: Racial Segregation Patterns in the City of Los Angeles, (1900’s-2010)”
Adriana Lovera
Major: International Relations and French | Faculty Mentor: Kristan M. Venegas, Ph.D. | Department: Rossier School of Education: Higher Education Policy | McNair Project: “Closing the Educational Gap: A Comparison of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] Country Educational Policies on Migrant Education”
Vladimir Medenica
Major: Political Science and Psychology | Faculty Mentor: Jane Junn, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, Sciences Administration | McNair Project: “Posting Political Participation: Young Voter Political Engagement on Social Networking Sites”
Victor Paredes-Colonia
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”