Alumni Cohort Year 2020 - 2021
CSULB McNair Scholars
Jessica Crisantes
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Research Title: Payload Stabilization and Pointing for an All-Rotating Aerial Vehicle
Faculty Mentor: Praveen Shankar, Ph.D.
Kylie Foster
Major: Psychology
Research Title: Responses to Ethanol in Male and Female rats
Faculty Mentor: Yada Treesukosol, Ph.D
Hailey Fulcomer
Major: International Studies & German
Research Title: Passport to Personhood: Subjectivity and State Documents in Christa Wolf’s City of Angels
Faculty Mentor: Robert Blankenship, Ph.D.
Rebeca Griego
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Research Title: Research & Development: Powder Bed 3D Printer
Faculty Mentor: Mahdi Yoozbashizadeh, Ph.D.
Gisselle Moreno
Major: Dietetics Food Adm Nutrition
Research Title: Morningness/Eveningnes, Diet and Adiposity in Latino Children
Faculty Mentor: Selena Nguyen-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Mark Ortiz-Payne
Major: Psychology
Research Title: Fandoms as Community Spaces and Sites for Collaborative Expression of Identity Among LGBTQ+ Individuals
Faculty Mentor: Danielle Kohfeldt, Ph.D.
David Ramirez
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Research Title: Influence of HTPB Variants on the Wettability of Ammonium Perchlorate
Faculty Mentor: Joseph Kalman, Ph.D.
Alexi Reed
Major: Chemical Engineering
Research Title: Collagen-Based Scaffolds for Muscle Regeneration
Faculty Mentor: Perla Ayala, Ph.D.
Glennys Rubio
Major: Dietetics Food Adm Nutrition
Research Title: A Literary Analysis of Pediatric Practices around Nutrition in Primary Care
Faculty Mentor: Virginia Gray, Ph.D.
Jessica Valencia Alvarado
Major: Pure Mathematics
Research Title: Predatory Lending in Low-income Latinx Communities
Faculty Mentor: Alfredo Carlos Marquez, Ph.D.
Taryn Williams
Major: Supply Chain Management
Research Title: Multiple Regression Analysis of Predictive Factors Leading to Increased Overdose Rates in America
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Nash, Ph.D.
