July 5, 2022

In April, I announced the College’s partnership with the Center for Regional Studies to provide the Community-Based Research Initiative, a new opportunity that will support the development of practical solutions to challenges faced by our communities. Through this award, two community-based research projects that engage with the state of New Mexico or a Southwest community will receive $30,000 to support their efforts over the 2022-2023 academic year.

Congratulations to the first recipients of this award:

Melvatha Chee

Assistant Professor

Linguistics

Project: Nihiyázhí bizaad: Investigating Navajo Child Language Development 

In collaboration with the Saad K’idilyé Diné Language Nest, the Navajo Language Program, and the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab, this project will be the first of its kind to document and examine Navajo child-directed speech from infancy in order to preserve the Diné Bizaad language.

Noah Painter Davis

Associate Professor

Sociology

Project: Re-Envisioning Diversion Through Community Engagement

Traditional diversion programs through the criminal legal system have significant pitfalls related to design and implementation, which often disadvantage those of lower socioeconomic status and minoritized racial/ethnic groups. Through a community-based approach, this project will address those barriers in an effort to reduce the negative consequences of criminal legal system contact.

As a reminder, we would like to highlight more projects such as these to exemplify the significant impacts our faculty and students make in cooperation with our communities. To share a little about your community engaged projects for our marketing and outreach efforts, please fill out this form at your convenience.

Congratulations again to Melvatha and Noah, and I look forward to spreading the word about more projects such as these.

Christopher D. Lippitt, PhD

Associate Dean for Research

UNM College of Arts & Sciences

Body size from unconventional specimens: A 3D geometric morphometrics approach to fishes from Ancestral Pueblo Contexts

Author: Jonathan Dombrosky, PhD

Co-Authors: Thomas F. Turner, PhD, Emily Lena Jones, PhD

Department: Anthropology and Biology

Publication: Journal of Archaeological Science

Tradeoffs in milk immunity affect infant infectious disease risk

Co-Author: Siobhan Mattison, PhD

Department: Anthropology

Publication: Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health

An Investigation of Diachronic Trends in El Paso Polychrome Painted Designs of the Jornada Mogollon 

Author: Thatcher A. Seltzer-Rogers

Co-Author: Alexander Kurota

Department: Anthropology and Office of Contract Archaeology

Publication: Kiva

Multi-proxy approach for studying the foraging habitat and trophic position of a migratory marine consumer in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Co-Authors: Alexi Besser, PhD and Seth Newsome, PhD 

Department: Biology 

Publication: Marine Ecology Progress Series

Temporal effects of monsoon rainfall pulses on plant available nitrogen in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland

Author: Renee Brown, PhD

Co-Authors: Robert Sinsabaugh, PhD and Scott Collins, PhD

Department: Biology 

Publication: JGR Biogeosciences

Emerging Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in Neurodevelopment

Author: Amalia Parra, PhD

Co-Author: Christopher Johnston, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Journal of Developmental Biology

Bulk and amino acid nitrogen isotopes suggest shifting nitrogen balance of pregnant sharks across gestation

Author: Oliver Shipley, PhD

Co-Author: Seth Newsome, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Oecologia 

Assessment of Potential Augmentation and Management Strategies for Razorback Sucker Xyrauchen texanus in Lake Mead and Grand Canyon: A 2021 Science Panel Summary 

Co-Author: Thomas F. Turner, PhD

Department: Biology

Publication: Ecology Center

Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Copolymers Containing Transition-Metal Complex: Intrachain Magnetic Exchange Interactions and Magneto-optical Activity

Co-Authors: Emigdio Turner and Jeffrey Rack, PhD

Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Publication: Chemistry of Materials

Squeezing Data from a Rock: Machine Learning for Martian Science

Author: Timothy Paul Nagle-McNaughton, PhD

Co-Author: Louis Scuderi, PhD 

Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Publication: Geosciences

Developing ecological endpoints for valuation of semi-arid riparian ecosystem services

Co-Authors: David Brookshire, PhD and Jennifer Thacher, PhD

Department: Economics

Publication: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Harnessing Natural Attenuation to Reduce CAFOs Nitrate Emissions: An Integrated Modeling Approach

Author: Jingjing Wang, PhD

Department: Economics

Publication: Ecological Economics

Undocumented Irish Need Apply: Ethnic Whiteness, Immigrant Rights, and the Campaign for US Diversity Visas in the 1980s

Author: Sarah Townsend, PhD

Department: English Language and Literature

Publication: Radical History Review

Individual level spatial-temporal modelling of exposure potential of livestock in the Cove Wash watershed, Arizona

Author: Zhuoming Liu, PhD

Co-Author: Yan Lin, PhD and Daniel Beene

Department: Geography & Environmental Sciences

Publication: Annals of GIS

New Directions in Feminism and Global Race Studies: A Book Conversation

Author: Tiffany Florvil, PhD

Department: History

Publication: Signs

Expressive and receptive performance with graphic symbol sentences by individuals who use aided communication

Co-Author: Jill Morford, PhD

Department: Linguistics

Publication: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Multicompartmental models and diffusion abnormalities in paediatric mild traumatic brain injury

Co-Author: Erik Erhardt, PhD

Department: Mathematics & Statistics

Publication: Brain

Wallacean and Melanesian Islands Promote Higher Rates of Diversification within the Global Passerine radiation Corvides

Author: Jenna McCullough

Co-Author: Michael Anderson, PhD

Department: Museum of Southwestern Biology

Publication: Systematic Biology

US cities' permitting or restriction of housing development

Co-Authors: Michael Wester, PhD; David Schodt; and Keith Lidke, PhD

Department: Physics & Astronomy

Publication: Journal of Visualized Experiments

Geocultural variation in correlates of psychological distress among refugees resettled in the United States

Author: Meredith Blackwell, PhD

Co-Authors: Ryeora Choe and Jessica Goodkind, PhD

Department: Psychology and Sociology

Publication: Journal of Traumatic Stress

Preliminary longitudinal evidence for stability of maternal behavior and infant stress regulation among infants born preterm at 4 and 9 months during the Still Face paradigm

Author: Sarah Erickson, PhD

Co-Authors: Suzanne Vaccaro; Davood Tofighi, PhD

Department: Psychology

Publication: Infant Behavior and Development

A mobile-based pregaming drinking prevention intervention for college students: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Co-Author: Katie Witkiewitz, PhD

Department: Psychology 

Publication: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

US cities' permitting or restriction of housing development

Author: Augustin Leon-Moreta, PhD

Department: Public Administration

Publication: Cities

Citizen satisfaction with public service delivery: A test of alternative theories

Co-Author: Bruce J Perlman, PhD

Department: School of Public Administration

Publication: Canadian Public Administration

Memoria Colectiva y el Derecho a la Tierra (Tóxica)

Co-Author: Maricarmen Hernandez, PhD

Department: Sociology

Publication: Instituto Colombiano de Estudios Superiores

Masks

Author: Korey Tillman

Department: Sociology

Publication: The Sociological Review

Early Interventionists' Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices for Autism

Author: Cindy Gevarter, PhD

Department: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Publication: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Border Bodies

Author: Bernadine Hernandez, PhD

Assistant Professor

English

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Software Submission Form

Research Project Submission

Chris Cutter

Undergraduate Student

Biology

Ashley Loehn

Undergraduate Student

Biology

Mollie Hanttula

Graduate Student

Water Resources Program

(Alumna of Biology)



A big thank you to these three students for their support with the execution of the 2nd Southwest Native American Workshop on Bats which took place from May 18 - 19. Together, they helped run the registration desk, assisted with various tasks, and helped in the field.

Emily Castillo

Graduate Student

Sociology



Congratulations to Emily Castillo who has been awarded the Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Beth B. Hess Memorial Dissertation Scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year. The scholarship includes a stipend of $18,000 as well as meeting travel and professional membership to SWS, the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) and American Sociological Association (ASA).

Ruizhe Liu

Graduate Student

Sociology



Congratulations to Ruizhe Liu for her NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant "Does reliance on kin erode with market integration? A social network perspective." The project will use theory from human behavioral ecology and cultural evolution to test the hypothesis that market integration causes a decline in kin density in social networks. Ruizhe will head to China in the next year to conduct the research over 12 months among the matrilineal Mosuo.

Korey Tillman

Graduate Student

Sociology



Congratulations to Korey Tillman who received an honorable mention from the Society of the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Poverty, Class, and Inequality Division's Michael Harrington Award for his article, Carceral Liberalism: The Coloniality and Antiblackness of Coercive Benevolence.

Genevieve Woodhead

Graduate Student

Anthropology



Congratulations to Genevieve Woodhead, who has been awarded an NSF DDRIA for her project entitled, "The Effect of Local-Newcomer Interactions on Ceramic Practice in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico." Genevieve will use the $26,942 award to examine stability and change in communities of practice among migrant potters from the Mesa Verde area and local Chaco Canyon potters using a suite of techniques including x-radiography and petrography.  

Belinda Wallace, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of English Language and Literature

Congratulations to Belinda Wallace who has been awarded with the 2022 Prize for Best Article from the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality for her article titled, Our Lives: Scribal Activism, Intimacy, and Black Lesbian Visibility in 1980s Canada.

Felisa Smith, PhD

Professor

Biology

Congratulations to Felisa Smith who has been awarded with the C. Hart Merriam Award by the American Society of Mammalogists. The C. Hart Merriam Award is given to eminent scholars in recognition of outstanding research in mammalogy over a period of at least 10 years.

Jonathon Dombrosky, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Anthropology

Thomas F. Turner, PhD

Professor

Biology

Emily Lena Jones, PhD

Assistant Professor

Anthropology

The Journal of Archaeological Science Spotlight Initiative selected Body Size from Unconventional Specimens: A 3D Geometric Morphometrics Approach to Fishes from Ancestral Pueblo Contexts as a featured article in Volume 142. The article, which was authored by Dombrosky and co-authored by the above faculty including Alexandra Harris (BS, 2021) examines a comparison with a reference library of 3D scans of modern fish, since archaeological assemblages of bones that are not complete enough for study with traditional methods can be used to measure body size. Applying this approach to sites in southwestern USA showed that Ancestral Pueblo fishing strategies were associated with energy maximizing foraging behavior.

To nominate A&S research faculty, staff, or students for a future Highlight, please send an e-mail to ResearchWins@unm.edu



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Submit your "Research Wins" to ResearchWins@unm.edu to be featured in a future issue of the Research Report.