May 2, 2022

As the academic year winds down, I want to extend my appreciation to all of you for everything you have done to advance our research mission during another year of transitions and adaptation. Thanks to the efforts of our faculty, staff, and students, the College of Arts & Sciences is emerging from the largest public health crisis in modern history better positioned than ever to answer the most vexing questions of today and train the leaders of tomorrow to do the same.

I also wanted to pass along a special thanks to those who helped make this year’s novel research development initiatives, the Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE), Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH), and the Community-Based Research Initiative (CBRI) in partnership with the Center Regional Studies, successes. The scholarship and commitment to excellence in team science on display at this year’s Team Research Symposium was nothing short of inspiring, and was only possible because of the spirit of collaboration and commitment to excellence amongst the research community at UNM, and Arts & Sciences in particular. A very special thanks to the superbly capable and committed staff that have made all these events and programs, and research more generally, possible.

I hope that this summer brings you some much needed relaxation and recuperation, in addition to the time to focus more intently on your research program. In recognition of the important role summer plays in allowing the time and focus to advance your research, community, and educations programs, the Research Report will be transitioning to a monthly publication beginning after our May 9^th issue. We will be back on a weekly basis beginning August 22^nd. Until then, follow us on our new Twitter page and keep sending your research wins to ResearchWins@unm.edu.

Congratulations to the students who will be graduating next week, and to those who helped them get there!

Warmly,

Christopher D. Lippitt, PhD

Associate Dean for Research

College of Arts & Sciences

Congratulations to the following on new

awards received in April 2022

Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 U.S. Southwest hot drought

Co-Authors: Tomer Duman, PhD and Marcy E. Litvak, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Global Change Biology

Comparison of Reptilian Genomes Reveals Deletions Associated with the Natural Loss of γδ T Cells in Squamates

Lead Author: Kimberly A. Morrissey, PhD Candidate

Co-Authors: Jordan M. Sampson, PhD Candidate; Megan Rivera; Lijing Bu, PhD; Robert D. Miller, PhD

Department: Biology, Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology

Publication: The Journal of Immunology Vol. 208, Issue 9

The Impact of Training on Beef Cattle Farmers’ Installation of Biogas Digesters

Co-Authors: Jingjing Wang, PhD and Xiaoyang Wang, PhD

Department: Economics

Publication: Energies 2022

Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums

Co-Authors: Mariel L. Campbell; Joseph A. Cook, PhD; Jonathan L. Dunnum, PhD

Department: Museum of Southwestern Biology

Publication: BioScience

Mental Health Risk Profiles and Related Substance Use During Coronavirus Pandemic Among College Students Who Use Substances

Lead Author: Margo Hurlocker, PhD

Department: Psychology

Publication: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2022)

Sexual Assault, Psychological Distress, and Protective Factors in a Community Sample of Black, Latinx, and White Lesbian and Bisexual Women

Lead Author: Gabriela López, PhD

Co-Authors: Elizabeth A. Yeater, PhD; Kamilla L. Venner, PhD; Steven P. Verney, PhD

Department: Psychology

Publication: Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Aided Language Measures: Establishing Observer Agreement for Communicators in Early Language Phases

Lead Author: Jisun P. Lee, MS, CCC-SLP

Co-Authors: Cathy Binger, PhD; Nancy Harrington; Seana Evelyn; Cindy Gevarter, PhD; Jessica Richardson, PhD; 

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Publication: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Beer and Society: How We Make Beer and Beer Makes Us

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology



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