2026-2027 ASSURE Fellows

Misa Bloom
Dr. Elizabeth Perez-Chiques

Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Perez-Chiques

Project: Artificial Intelligence implementation in municipal public administration through an effective, sustainable, and ethical manner in New Mexico

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Molly Boone
Linguistics

Mentor: Dr. Rosa Vallejos Yopán

Project: Developing a lexical database for an indigenous Amazonian language

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Seeun Choi
Economics

Mentor: Brady Horn

Project: Structural Causes of Nursing Shortages in New Mexico: Wage Disparities, Travel Nursing, and WICHE

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Olivia Cole
Anthropology

Mentor: Dr. Osbjorn Pearson

Project: Does non-average height make it harder to estimate sex using bony measurements?

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Quil del Villar Seguin
Linguistics

Mentor: Naomi Shin

Project: A bilingual advantage in cognitive development? A study of Spanish-English Bilingual Children in New Mexico

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Kellen Eisner
History

Mentor: Katherine Massoth

Project: Atomic Influences: Gendered Impacts on Navajo Uranium Miners in the Atomic Age

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Samuel Goodrow
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Mentor: Anisha Shakya

Project: Nucleic Acid Structure Regulated Phase transitions in Gene Expression

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Izuru Hayama
Economics

Mentor: Andrew Goodkind

Project: The Feasibility of Implementing the Emission Trading System in New Mexico

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La Ban Hendricks
Linguistics

Mentor: Dr. Jill P. Morford

Project: Hand Talk Collaborative - Native Signed Language Revitalization

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Evelyn Kill
Speech and Hearing Sciences

Mentor: Dr. Cindy Gevarter

Project: Undergraduate Training in Echolalia Measurement: Supporting Systematic Review, Behavioral Coding, and Tool Development

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Andrew Klein
Physics

Mentor: Sally Seidel

Project: Characterization and Performance Optimization of Trenched 3D Silicon Detectors

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Brandy Menahem
Biology

Mentor: Diana Gamba

Project: Habitat suitability and ecology of peripheral plants in New Mexico

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Marylene Mey
Psychology

Mentor: James F. Cavanagh

Project: Does Anxiety Independently Shape the Brain's Reward Signal?

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Jenny Nguyen
Psychology

Mentor: Matthew Pearson

Project: Using Advanced Quantitative Methods to Identify Critical Predictors of Substance Use in New Mexico Youth to Inform Prevention

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Shakkri Ortega
Sociology and Criminology

Mentor: Andrea Román-Alfaro

Project: Reframing the Urban Margins: Young people’s perspectives on violence, social inequality, and persistence in Albuquerque’s International District

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Jessica Romero
Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Mentor: Dr. Anna M. Nogar

Project: Regional, Hispanophone Public Humanities: Connecting Research to Community

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Allison Shaver
Physics and Astronomy

Mentor: Dr. Diana Dragmoir

Project: Improving the detection of exoplanet transits using machine learning

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Isaac Suarez Flint
American Studies

Mentor: Dr. Francisco Galarte

Project: Toward a Trans Materialist History of New Mexico

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Trinity Swisher
Biology

Mentor: Lisa Barrow

Project: Hepatozoon blood parasites and their association with Bd infections in frogs

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Francesca Vogel Castillo
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Mentor: Marisa Repasch

Project: Analyzing Sediment Runoff and its Effects on Harmful Algae Blooms in the Yukon River Delta, Alaska

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Past ASSURE Fellows