Major: English Literature | Faculty Mentor: Arely M. Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Program for Environmental and Regional Equity | McNair Project: “Spatial Fantasies: Place and Temporality in Mosquita y Mari (2012) Queen Womyn Color in Southeast Los Angeles”
Mariangela Ruiz-Hernandez
Major: Psychology | Faculty Mentor: Karen Hennigan, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Psychology | McNair Project: “Gang Involvement and the Individual”
Martin Arredondo
Major: Human Biology | Faculty Mentor: Andrew Gracey, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Marine Environmental Biology | McNair Project: “Effects of Temperature on Tidal Gene Expression Rhythms in Mytilus californianus”
Luis Torres
Major: Biomedical Engineering | Faculty Mentor: Ellis Meng, Ph.D. | Department: Viterbi: Biomedical Engineering | McNair Project: “Maximizing Voltage Inductance in Battery-less Biomedical Devices”
LaVasjah Williams
Major: Communication | Faculty Mentor: Michelle Gordon, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: English and Gender Studies | McNair Project: “Existing in the Margins of the Past: The Portrayal of Black Women in Reality TV”
Kim Luong
Major: Business Administration | Faculty Mentor: Michael Nichol, Ph.D. | Department: Marshall: Accounting | McNair Project: “The Effect of Narcissistic Tendencies in CEO on Accounting Fraud”
Frederick Brindopke
Major: Global Health | Faculty Mentor: Michael Nichol, Ph.D. | Department: USC School of Pharmacy | McNair Project: “MRSA Prevention, Practice, and Policy: A Case Study Approach”
Eva Ortega
Major: Psychology | Faculty Mentor: Kate Crowley, Ph.D. | Department: Ostrow: Occupational Therapy | McNair Project: “Autism, play, and inclusive environments”
Elizabeth Soriano
Major: Communication | Faculty Mentor: Krishna S. Nayak, Ph.D. | Department: Annenberg: Communication
Christopher Sandino
Major: Electrical Engineering | Faculty Mentor: Krishna S. Nayak, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Viterbi: Electrical Engineering | McNair Project: “Flexible Dynamic 2-D Cardiac Phantoms for Evaluating MRI Data Acquisition and Reconstruction Methods”