2025-2026 ASSURE Fellows
Kane Anaya
Biology
Mentor: Joseph A. Cook
Project: Speciation in the Arctic: systematics and biogeography of the collared lemmings
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Teresa Austin
Biology
Mentor: Davorka, Gulisija
Project: The Effects of Assortative Mating on Genetic Diversity in the Face of Environmental Change
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Hannah Bradley
Biology
Mentor: Barrow, Lisa
Project: Has there been a rise in cases of Ophidiomycosis in Southwestern snake species over the last 20 years?
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Patricia Sotelo Chavira
Biology
Mentor: Joseph Cook
Project: Future Persistence of Mammals on Sky Islands
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Alyssa Gregory
Biology
Mentor: Ben Hanelt
Project: Exploring the Positive Consequences of Parasitic Hair Worms
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Trinity Griffus
Biology
Mentor: David Hanson
Project: Remediating Sunflowers Grown in Exoplanet Regolith through the use of Mycorrhizae Fungi and Supplemental Nutrients
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Zoe Hunter
Biology
Mentor: C.M. Adema
Project: Water quality, impact from trematode parasitized P. acuta snails
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My Linh Lucero
Anthropology
Mentor: Wallace, Ian
Project: Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in High-Income Countries Compared to Non-Industrial Societies
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Janna Martinez
Biology
Mentor: Bixby, Becky
Project: Effects of Channel Structure and Suspended Sediments in Light Penetration in the Rio Grande
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Paloma Moore
Earth and Planetary Science
Mentor: Dr. Marisa Repasch
Project: Sedimentation Shaping the Yukon River Delta- Decoding Carbon Sequestration
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Monica Perez
Linguistics
Mentor: Shin, Naomi
Project: "This here, that there" Bilinguals' Conceptualization of Space
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Malaya Ramos
Public Administration
Mentor: Agustin Leon-Moreta
Project: New Mexico Project for Equity and Inclusion in Housing
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Mikayla Ransport
Biology
Mentor: Seth Newsome
Project: Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of gray whale baleen: Assessing nutritional stress in response to mortality events
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Sophia Rivera
Biology
Mentor: Barrow, Lisa
Project: Comparative Landscape Genetics Between Pseudacris maculata and Anaxyrus cognatus
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Isaac Sanchez
Psychology
Mentor: Hurlocker, Margo
Project: Social Anxiety and Substance Use
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Adela Sena
School of Public Administration
Mentor: Cartwright, Kate
Project: Investigating Rural Healthcare Workforce Challenges and Opportunities: A Qualitative Examination of Rural New Mexican Clinicians and Administrators
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Jordyn Suber
Department of History
Mentor: David Prior, Ph.D.
Project: Reconstruction in Post-War Societies
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Nicholas Underwood
Linguistics
Mentor: Vallejos, Rosa
Project: Exploring language change in an Amazonian language
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Freshness Uzo-Hez
Psychology
Mentor: Cavanagh, James
Project: Examining the role of Socioeconomic Status in the Relationship between Apathy and Executive Functioning among Traumatic Brain Injury Patients.
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| STUDENT | DEPARTMENT | FACULTY MENTOR |
|---|---|---|
| Monica Allen | Psychology and Native American Studies | Leola Paquin |
| Logan Ballou | Linguistics | Rosa Vallejos |
| Bianca Camacho | Geography & Environmental Studies and Psychology | Marygold Walsh-Dilley |
| Cameron Mroz | Biology and Chemistry | William Garver |
| Valeria Cortes-Mora | Geography & Environmental Studies | Liping Yang |
| Celina Eberle | Biology | Lisa Barrow |
| Braeden Fields | Physics & Astronomy | Ylva Pihlström |
| Shaleena Flores | International Studies & Economics | Matias Fontenla |
| Elizabeth Galles | Psychology and Philosophy | Eric Ruthruff |
| Fernando Garcia Cortez | Physics & Astronomy and Mathematics & Statistics | Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine |
| Andrew Gibson | Physics & Astronomy | Dinesh Loomba |
| Sa'angna Mi'ila Gollette | Earth & Planetary Sciences | Keith Prufer |
| Trinity Griffus | Biology | David Hanson |
| Murphy John | Mathematics & Statistics | Yan Lin |
| Cole Kochan | Economics and Mathematics & Statistics | Manuel Montoya |
| Melanie Lente | Linguistics | Joshua Birchall |
| Cheyenne Levy | Speech Language Pathology | Phyllis Palmer |
| Francine Lopez | Sociology | Noah Painter-Davis |
| My Linh Lucero | Anthropology and Psychology | Ian Wallace |
| Ian Malone | Earth & Planetary Sciences | Adrian Brearley |
| Janna Martinez | Geography & Environmental Studies | Becky Bixby |
| Rhoan McMaster | Economics | Yuting Yang |
| Aldo Morelli | Mathematics | Maxim Zinchenko |
| Ashley Olson | Biology | Mubarak Hussain Syed |
| Stephanie Paiva-Flynn | Physics & Astronomy | Mousumi Roy |
| Jennifer Patterson | Environmental Science | Adrian Brearley |
| Mikayla Ranspot | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Seth Newsome |
| Benjamin Rodriguez | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Karl Karlstrom |
| Simon Ruybalid | History and Anthropology | Kimberly Gauderman |
| John San Nicolas | Religious Studies and Philosophy | Richard Wood, PhD and Frank Yates, PhD |
| Jason Sanchez Hernandez | Economics | Melissa Binder |
| Madison Shindler | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Adrian Brearley |
| Renae Simonson | Biology | Mubarak Syed |
| Serena Smith | Anthropology and Psychology | Benjamin Clark |
| Jordyn Suber | International Studies | David Prior |
| Ariadna Torres | Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology | Lisa Barrow |
| Amber Wood | Biology | Joe Cook |
| STUDENT | DEPARTMENT | FACULTY MENTOR |
|---|---|---|
| Adelina Adams | Speech & Hearing Sciences | Amy Neel |
| Jesus Aguilar | Astrophysics, Applied Math. | Gregory Taylor |
| Irvin Arroyo-Torres | Biology | Lisa Barrow |
| Ashley Beard | SLIP | Joshua Birchall |
| Troy Bencoe | Biochemistry | Brian Gold |
| Michael Bess | Astrophysics | Diana Dragomir |
| Deja Brown | Linguistics | Dawn Norquist |
| Mark Campbell | History, Women's Studies | Elizabeth Hutchinson |
| Trinity Casaus | Biology | Sara Brant |
| Crystal Cevering | Biochemistry | Mark Walker |
| Alexis Craig | Astrophysics | Ylva Pihlström |
| Fernando Garcia Cortez | Physics, Pure Mathematics | Kevin Cahill |
| Rios Fernandez | Psychology, Chicana/o Studies | José Luis Serrano Nájera |
| Tiziana Friedman | WGSS, Africana Studies | Benjamin Abbott |
| Andrew Gibson | Astrophysics | Dinesh Loomba |
| Sa’angna Mi’ila Gollette | Earth & Planteray Sciences | Keith Prufer |
| Megan Honnold | Sociology | Ryan Goodman |
| Murphy John | Applied Mathematics | Yan Lin |
| Haydee Liu | Biochemistry | Brian Gold |
| Francine Lopez | Sociology | Noah Painter Davis |
| Sean Maez | Chemistry | Jeffrey Rack |
| Alexandra Mirabal | Geography | K. Maria D. Lane |
| Abrianna Morales | Psychology, Criminology | David Witherington |
| Dante Olivas | Sociology, Chicana/o Studies | Patricia Perea |
| Carlos Ortega Lujan | Economics, Statistics | Jingjing Wang |
| Uki Osborn | Linguistics | Joshua Birchall |
| Jennifer Patterson | Environmental Science | Adrian Brearley |
| Benjamin Rodriguez | Earth & Planetary Sciences | Karl Karlstrom |
| Melissa Rudden | Chemistry | Jeffrey Rack |
| Katherin Salazar | Biology | Rosa Vallejos |
| John San Nicolas | Religious Studies, Philosophy | Richard Wood |
| Andrew Schumann | Political Science, History | David Weiss |
| Martin Soto | Mechanical Engineering | Rosa Vallejos |
| Abigail Stewart | Psychology | Jeremy Hogeveen |
| Jordyn Suber | International Studies, Linguistics | David Prior |
| Haris Tanvir | Biology | Helen Wearing |
| Ariadna Torres | Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology | Lisa Barrow |
| Cheryn Vigil | Geography | K. Maria D. Lane |
| Melina Vugrin | Environmental Sciences | Zachary Sharp |
| Amber Wood | Biology | Joe Cook |
| Elizabeth Zellner | Spanish, Psychology | Anna Nogar |
| STUDENT | DEPARTMENT | FACULTY MENTOR |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriella Atencio | Psychology | Vince Clark |
| Anastasia Baca | Geography | Yolanda Lin |
| Claire Benton | Psychology | Benjamin Clark |
| Alicia Broun | Linguistics | Joshua Birchall |
| Jude Chavez | Psychology | Matthew Pearson |
| Naija Cuzmar | Biology | Lisa Barrow |
| Abhinav Dev | Economics | Sarah Stith |
| Connor Dixson | Biology | Lee Taylor |
| Valerie Fong | Mathematics & Statistics | Owen Lewis |
| Megan Friedman | Speech & Hearing Sciences | Phyllis Palmer |
| Adriana Fuentes | Biology | Dave Hanson |
| Alexa Gonzalez | Biology | Mubarak Hussain Syed |
| Jonte’ Green | Biology | Dave Hanson |
| Cory Henn | Biology | Irene Salinas |
| Ninel Hernandez | Speech & Hearing Sciences | Amy Neel |
| Christopher Holets | Linguistics | Rosa Vallejos |
| Keda Kanye | Linguistics | Naomi Shin |
| Sean Maez | Biology | Mubarak Hussain Syed |
| Roxanne Marquez | Biology | Jennifer Rudgers |
| Jordan Minke | Linguistics | Joshua Birchall |
| Nalanie Miranda | Biology | Lisa Barrow |
| Jadin Moore | Linguistics | Christian Koops |
| Samantha Morowski | Speech & Hearing Sciences | Phyllis Palmer |
| Franklin Pezzuti Dyer | Mathematics & Statistics | Monika Nitsche |
| Jessica Ramirez Morales | Psychology | Erik Ruthruff |
| Damen Reyes | Physics & Astronomy | Ylva Pihlström |
| Benjamin Rodriguez | Earth & Planetary Sciences | Karl Karlstrom |
| Bryana Romero | Psychology | Kristina Ciesielski |
| Melissa Rudden | Chemistry | Jeffrey Rack |
| Hugo Saavedra | Mathematics & Statistics | Maxim Zinchenko |
| Brigid Shaski | English | Marissa Greenberg |
| Matias Shedden | Mathematics & Statistics | Stephen Lau |
| Veronika Simko | Communication & Journalism | David Keating |
| Jordin Tafoya | Sociology | Colin Olson |
| Muhammad Tanvir | Biology; Mathematics & Stats. | Helen Wearing |
| Mattylin Wiseman | Psychology | David Witherington |
