December 5, 2022

As the Fall semester comes to a close, I want to congratulate those who will be graduating in just a couple of weeks as well as those who helped get them there. A lot of hard work and dedication has gone into getting to this point, and we cannot wait to see all of the good you do as alumni of the UNM College of Arts & Sciences.

To the faculty and staff who have worked hard to help get students over the finish line, please know how appreciated you are for everything that you do. As we have seen in this newsletter throughout the course of this year, your accomplishments are many. Your commitment to research excellence and research education is a driving force of this College and The University.

From the launch of the Community-Based Research Initiative and the Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE), to the introduction of the Writing Subvention Program and Travel+ supplemental travel program, this past year has been focused on better supporting your scholarship. This week, we’ll be celebrating another milestone as the first cohort of the Fostering Research Excellence in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program completes their training. I look forward to working with you all to continue elevating the quality and impact of research in the college and making clear why WeR1 at the College of Arts & Sciences.

Thank you for everything you do. I hope that the upcoming winter break provides you all with some well-deserved rest and relaxation with your families.

Until next year,

Chris Lippitt, PhD

Associate Dean for Research

UNM College of Arts & Sciences

Weak, but not strong, ties support coalition formation among wild female chimpanzees

Lead Author: Stephanie A. Fox, PhD Candidate

Co-Authors: Martin N. Muller, PhD; Drew C. Enigk, PhD; Melissa Emery Thompson, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: The Royal Society

Does gender structure social networks across domains of cooperation? An exploration of gendered networks among matrilineal and patrilineal Mosuo

Lead Author: Siohán M. Mattison, PhD

Co-Author: Tami Blumenfield, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Biological Sciences

Market Integration, income inequality, and kinship system among the Mosuo of China

Lead Author: Siobhán M. Mattison, PhD

Co-Authors: Peter M. Mattison; Ruizhe Liu, PhD candidate; Tami Blumenfield, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Evolutionary Human Sciences

Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century

Co-Authors: Nadia C. Neff, PhD and Keith M. Prufer, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Cell

High diversity and low specificity of fungi associated with seedless epiphytic plants

Co-Author: Donald Lee Taylor, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: BioTropica

Herbivory damage but not plant disease under experimental warming is dependent on weather for three subalpine grass species

Co-Author: Jennifer Rudgers, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Journal of Ecology

Time to move on

Author: Scott L. Collins, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Bioscience

Inter- and intraspecific trait variability differentially affect community-weighted trait responses to and recovery from long-term drought

Co-Author: Scott L. Collins, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Functional Ecology

Examination of Amino Acid Hydrogen Isotope Measurements of Scalp Hair for Region-of-origin Studies

Lead Author: Christy J. Mancuso, PhD

Co-Author: Seth D. Newsome, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Rapid Communications of Mass Spectrometry

Georeferencing Accuracy Assessment of Historical Aerial Photos Built Online Georeferencing Tool

Lead Author: Su Zhang, PhD

Co- Authors: Hays A. Barrett; Shirley V. Baros; Paul R. H. Neville; Sandeep Talasila; Lisa L. Sinclair

Department: Geography and Environmental Studies, Earth Data Analysis Center

Publication: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Structured variation, language experience, and crosslinguistic influence shape child heritage speakers' Spanish direct objects

Lead Author: Naomi Shin, PhD

Department: Linguistics and Spanish & Portuguese

Publication: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition

Community norms and lexical frequency shape U.S. bilingual children's subject pronoun expression

Lead Author: Sarah Lease, PhD Candidate

Co-Authors: Naomi Shin, PhD and Emily Bird-Brown

Department: Linguistics

Publication: Heritage Language Journal



Depression increases smoking

Lead Author: Erik Erhardt, PhD

Department: Mathematics and Statistics

Publication: Advanced Data Analysis 1

Peptide Selection of MMP-1 for Electrochemical Sensing with Epitope-Imprinted Poly(TPARA-co-EDOT)s

Co-Author: James L. Thomas, PhD

Department: Physics and Astronomy

Publication: Biosensors

High-precision estimation of emitter positions using Bayesian grouping of localizations

Lead Author: Keith A. Lidke, PhD

Co-Authors: Mohamadreza Fazel; Michael J. Wester, PhD; and David J. Schodt

Department: Physics and Astronomy

Publication: Nature Communications

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Jon Williams

PhD Candidate

Sociology

Jon Williams recently defended his dissertation “The role of the Mexico – U.S. Border in the promotion of “American” nationalism, 1821-1920.”

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