Major: English and Minor in Advertising | Faculty Mentor: Michael du Plessis, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism | McNair Project: “After the Fall: Neoliberalism, Bodily Trauma, and the Global Latin American Novel”
Trinidad Rios
Major: Communication and American Studies & Ethnicity | Faculty Mentor: Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism | McNair Project: “Addressing Ethnic Diversity with Multi-Lingual Online News: Alhambra Source as an Inter-Ethnic Bridging Tool”
Jon Rocha
Major: International Relations | Faculty Mentor: Jody Vallejo, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | McNair Project: “Middle Power Foreign Policy Orientation: A Comparative Analysis of Brazil and Sweden”
Christina Wilkerson
Major: Sociology | Faculty Mentor: Jody Vallejo, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | McNair Project: ““I’M A DREAMER”: Undocumented Latino Youth in Los Angeles and the Federal DREAM Act”
Christelle Williams
Major: Psychology | Faculty Mentor: Michael Dawson, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | McNair Project: “The Effects of Avatar Customization and Point of View on Psychophysiological Arousal and Self-Report Responses”
Charnan Williams
Major: African American Studies and History | Faculty Mentor: George Sanchez, Ph.D., Francille Rusan Wilson, Ph.D. | Department: Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism LAS- Social Science & Communications | McNair Project: “”Lost in the City of Angels: A Comparative Analysis of Central Avenue and Leimert Park as Black Cultural Spaces”