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December 19, 2022


The Research Report will be on hiatus over the Winter Break and will return on January 9, 2023. Enjoy your time off and we will be back in your inboxes next year with more research highlights from the College of Arts & Sciences.


 
 



ADELINA ADAMS

Speech & Hearing Sciences

Project Title: Speech diadochokinetic rates as potential biomarkers for neurologic decline in professional fighters

Mentor: Amy Neel, PhD


JESUS AGUILAR

Physics & Astronomy

Project Title: Compact Symmetric objects and the evolution of active galactic nuclei

Mentor: Gregory Taylor, PhD


IRVIN ARROYO-TORRES

Biology

Project Title: Have Crotalus atrox size, diet, and parasites changed since the 1950s in New Mexico?

Mentor: Lisa Barrow, PhD


ASHELY BEARD

Linguistics

Project Title: Increasing the Visibility and Representation of Indigenous and Signed Languages in Cross-linguistic Databases

Mentor: Joshua Birchall, PhD


MICHAEL BESS

Physics & Astronomy

Project Title: Atmospheric Characterization of L 248-27b

Mentor: Diana Dragomir, PhD


DEJA BROWN

Linguistics

Project Title: The Language of Advertisement and Social Class

Mentor: Dawn Norquist, PhD


MARK CAMPBELL

History

Project Title: From Revolutionary to Bureaucrat: Women’s Transition from Armed Combatants to Government Officials in Sandinista Nicaragua

Mentor: Elizabeth Hutchinson, PhD


CRYSTAL CEVERING

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Project Title: Development of Lab Techniques Through the Mentorship of UNM Faculty and ASSURE

Mentor: Mark Walker, PhD


ALEXIS CRAIG

Physics & Astronomy

Project Title: Long-period evolved stars

Mentor: Ylva Pihlstrom, PhD


RIOS FERNANDEZ

Chicana/o Studies

Project Title: An Interdisciplinary Rediscovery of Cultural Healing Expressions Among Queer Chicana/o/x Individuals

Mentor: José Luis Serrano Nájera, PhD


TIZIANA FRIEDMAN

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Project Title: What counts as sex?

Mentor: Benjamin Abbott


ANDREW GIBSON

Physics & Astronomy

Project Title: R&D Projects for the Migdal Search

Mentor: Dinesh Loomba, PhD


MI'ILA SA'ANGNA GOLLETTE

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Project Title: Constructing a Paleorainfall Model for Southern Belize

Mentor: Keith Prufer, PhD


MEGAN HONNOLD

Sociology

Project Title: Homeschool Movement: Literature Review

Mentor: Ryan Goodman, PhD


MURPHY JOHN

Mathematics & Statistics

Project Title: Integrating Big Data with Individual-Level Data to Improve Modeling and Prediction of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Dynamics in Native American Communities

Mentor: Yan Lin, PhD
 

Congratulations to


THE SPRING 2023 ARTS & SCIENCES SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES (ASSURE) RECIPIENTS

 
 

FRANCINE LOPEZ

Sociology

Project Title: Criminal Legal System Reform

Mentor: Noah Painter-Davis, PhD


SEAN MAEZ

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Project Title: Investigation of Iron Complex Metal to Ligand Charge Transfer

Mentor: Jeffrey Rack, PhD


ALEXANDRA MIRABAL

Geography & Environmental Studies

Project Title: Mapping for Community Empowerment in South Valley, NM

Mentor: K. Maria D. Lane, PhD


UKI OSBORN

Linguistics

Project Title: Producing Reference Materials from Historical Language Documentation

Mentor: Joshua Birchall, PhD


JENNIFER PATTERSON

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Project Title: Uranium Contamination of Laguna Pueblo due to Jackpile Mine

Mentor: Adrian Brearley, PhD


BENJAMIN RODRIGUEZ

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Project Title: Incision History of the Jemez River

Mentor: Karl Karlstrom, PhD


MELISSA RUDDEN

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Project Title: Room Temperature, Light-addressable Dimer Compounds for Quantum Information Science

Mentor: Jeffrey Rack, PhD


KATHERIN SALAZAR

Biology

Project Title: Lexicographic documentation of flora and fauna in the Amazon

Mentor: Rosa Vajellos, PhD


JOHN SAN NICOLAS

Philosophy & Religion

Project Title: The Affectivity of Doctrine: Moving Towards an Ecumenical, Ever-Dissenting Orthodoxy

Mentor: Richard Wood, PhD


ANDREW SCHUMANN

History

Project Title: A Historical Assessment of Trump and the Foreign Press

Mentor: David Weiss, PhD


MARTIN SOTO

Mechanical Engineering

Project Title: Creating an Online Lexical Database For the Kukama Language

Mentor: Rosa Vajellos, PhD


JORDYN SUBER

Linguistics

Project Title: What is a "Reconstruction"?

Mentor: David Prior, PhD


HARIS TANVIR

Biology

Project Title: Assessing the impact of scaling up treatment and prevention of methamphetamine use on the hepatitis C epidemic

Mentor: Helen Wearing, PhD


ARIADNA TORRES

Biology

Project Title: Comparing Pathogen Detection Efficacy of Differing Tissue Types Using Museum Frozen Collections

Mentor: Lisa Barrow, PhD


CHERYN VIGIL

Geography & Environmental Studies

Project Title: Community-Engaged Research for Wildfire Recovery in Mora, New Mexico

Mentor: K. Maria D. Lane, PhD


AMBER WOOD

Biology

Project Title: DNA Barcoding Central Asia Small Mammals

Mentor: Joe Cook, PhD
 
 

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LOCAL/NATIONAL NEWS





FROM THE UNM NEWSROOM
 
 


Language assessment in multilingual settings

Innovative practices across formal and informal environments



Edited by

Eva Rodríguez-González 

Associate Professor & Coordinator of Spanish as a Second Language Program

Spanish and Portuguese
 
 
 

Closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation of slow wave oscillations during sleep reduces declarative learning the next day

Lead Author: Bradley M. Robert, PhD Candidate

Co-Authors: Aaron P. Jones, PhD; Teagan S. Mullins, PhD Candidate; Michael C. S. Trumbo, PhD Candidate; Vincent P. Clark, PhD

Department: Psychology, Psychology Clinical Neuroscience Center

Publication: Brain Stimulation




Alcohol use disorder conceptualizations and diagnoses reflect their sociopolitical context

Lead Author: Cassandra L. Boness, PhD

Co-Authors: Victoria R. Votaw, PhD Candidate and Katie Witkiewitz, PhD

Department: Psychology, Center on Alcohol, Substance use, and Addictions

Publication: Addiction Research and Theory
 
 
 
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LIMITED COMPETITIONS


DOE Research in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering - SOIs due December 22, 2022


NSF Strengthening Cyberinfrastructure Professionals Ecosystem (SCRIPE) - SOIs due January 6, 2023


NEA Challenge America and Grants for Arts Projects - pre-proposals due January 10, 2023


View more opportunities here




UNM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS


Simons Foundation Autism Initiative: Bridge to Independence Award Program- First-stage applications due February 16, 2023. Contact CFR@unmfund.org if interested in applying.


Integrative Computational Tools for Systems Biology Research Funding Opportunity- required pre-applications due January 10, 2023 at 5:00pm ET; Applications due March 28, 2023 by 11:59 pm ET


SNL University Partnership Network Collaboration-Building Seed Funding Opportunity AY 2022-23 - Submission deadline: February 10, 2023

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES


The Teagle Foundation's Cornerstone: Learning for Living Initiative - reach out to Ellen Hull for next steps


McKnight Scholar Awards - due January 1, 2023


The Leakey Foundation Research Grants - due January 10, 2023


Whitehall Foundation Grant Programs - due January 15, 2023


Sandia National Laboratories LDRD Collaborations - registration and research summary email due January 20, 2023

LDRD Announcement

LDRD Research Needs



L'Oréal USA Women for Science Program- applications due by 5:00pm ET on Friday, January 27, 2023


Retirement Research Foundation - LOIs due February 1, 2023; and May 1, 2023


The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Bridge to Independence Award Program - due February 16, 2022





FOR STUDENTS


Paid Graduate Student Fellowship Opportunity for Summer 2023 at Sandia National Laboratories - applications due January 31, 2023


The Savannah River Environmental Sciences Field Station - applications being accepted through March 15, 2023


UNM Divison for Equity and Inclusion: Indigenous Research Experience & Scholarship (I-RES) - application deadline March 11, 2023






 

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