Major: American Studies and Ethnicity | Faculty Mentor: Viet Nguyen, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Dornsife: English and American Studies and Ethnicity | McNair Project: “The Role of the Paris by Night Variety Show in Vietnamese-American Identity Formation”
Belen Chairez
Major: Neuroscience | Faculty Mentor: Dave Lavond, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Psychology | McNair Project: “Understanding Perceptions of Mental Illness: Tailoring Questionnaire to Latino Community”
Alberto Edeza
Major: Biological Sciences | Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Unger, Ph.D. | Department: Keck: Institute for Prevention Research | McNair Project: “Factors Influencing Alcohol Abuse in Urban Adolescent Latino Populations”
Luna White
Major: Sociology | Faculty Mentor: TBD | Department: Dornsife: Sociology | McNair Project: “Helping Us and Helping Others: Social Identity, Altruism, and Pro-social Behavior”
Justin Kuang
Major: Electrical Engineering | Faculty Mentor: Murali Annavaram, Ph.D. | Department: Viterbi: Electrical Engineering | McNair Project: “Warp Splitting and Lane Shifting: improving energy efficiency of GPUs through thread remapping.”
Sean Hernandez
Major: Environmental Studies and Economics | Faculty Mentor: Steven Lamy, Ph.D. | Department: Dornsife: Political Science & International Relations | McNair Project: “The Darkest of Greens: Measuring the Incidence and Character of Eco-Depression in Undergraduates”