Name: Dr. Ranita Ray Title: Associate Professor and Maxine Baca-Zinn Endowed Professor Department: Sociology Describe your research in about 200 words. I am interested in how racially and economically oppressed children and youth navigate schooling and labor systems, and how racial and gender violence, racial capitalism, and academic and public discourses impact […] Read More
Name: Dr. Yuting Yang Title: Assistant Professor Department: Economics Describe your research in about 200 words. My primary research interest lies in the evaluation of environmental regulations and public policies related to climate change. Specifically, I study the effectiveness of energy transition policies, the design of electricity tariffs with growing renewables, the […] Read More
Name: Dr. Noory Etezady Title: Visiting Assistant Professor Department: Marketing, Information Systems, Information Assurance, and Operations (MIDS) Describe your research in about 200 words. Cyber physical systems are described as smart systems that are comprised of engineered networks of physical and computational components that interact with each other. Examples of cyber […] Read More
Name: Lidón Patiño Berjas Title: Lecturer II in Flamenco Department: Theatre and Dance Describe your research in about 200 words. My research is focused on transmitting what Flamenco in particular and dance in general have done in my life and in the people and artists I know. One of my great objectives […] Read More
Name: Dr. Georgiann Davis Title: Associate Professor Department: Sociology Describe your research in about 200 words. My intellectual passion is nestled around the social construction of medical knowledge, specifically how diagnoses are defined and experienced through a gendered framework by medical professionals, patients, and their families. Given such, my research is centered […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Communication intern Your background: Raneem is an Honors College student majoring in Business Administration / Management Information Systems. Why were you attracted to the project? Raneem became attracted to Advance when she learned that Advance focuses on empowering women and minorities in STEM. She is also interested in learning more […] Read More
Seven winning projects will look at better ways to manage water, how healthy brains age, and methods for transferring knowledge between robots Twelve faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2021 Women in STEM awards. Winning projects this year will look at new ways to reduce the environmental impacts of […] Read More
UNM biology professor studies role of water source in shaping algae communities Key info: Through the award, Dr. Becky Bixby aims to understand the role of water sources in shaping groups of algae diversity in alpine streams. Quote: “Research at the intersection of climate change, ecology, and biodiversity is a real draw for me,” […] Read More
In this video, hear from Dr. Heather Edgar, an associate professor of anthropology at UNM, about her project ”Improving Identification for Missing and Murdered American Indians.” The work uses pre-existing post mortem CT scans and collects measurements from American Indians who have died in New Mexico over the last 10 years. The goal is […] Read More
Anthropology professor creating better way to identify Native American remains Key info: Dr. Heather Edgar’s work expands the number of CT scans available for researchers looking to make positive identifications of deceased people. The sample size in a widely used database is woefully inadequate, leading to delays and in some cases misidentifications of a […] Read More
UNM Electrical and Computer Engineering professor researches resource management in 5G systems Key info: Through the award, Dr. Tsiropoulou aimed to “rationalize” the resource allocation process in cyber-physical social systems including 5G wireless communication systems and Internet of Things infrastructures Quote: “The main objective we fulfilled in this project is the autonomy in 5G networks […] Read More
Hear from four University of New Mexico faculty members about their research in 7-minute presentations each month during the Lightning Lounge events. The April speakers were: Sarita Cargas, an associate professor in the Honors College whose presentation was “Hungry for Human Rights: Meeting Our Students’ Basic Needs,” Lisa Marchiondo, an assistant professor at the […] Read More
How do you develop a five-year plan for your research and scholarship? Why should you do so? What benefits can come from this exercise? Listen to UNM’s new VPR Ellen Fisher in this workshop and she steps you through the process of planning ahead and thinking collaboratively.
Three linguistics professors research child acquisition of minority languages Key info: The group looked at how language develops in children when exposure to a language is limited, as is often the case for children learning minority languages in the United States. Quote: “Even though research has shown that bilingualism is beneficial in so many ways, […] Read More
Sandia National Labs is a major research partner of UNM and there are a number of ways to initiate collaborations with colleagues at the labs.Advance at UNM hosted a workshop in 2020 on ways to work with Sandia. See a video of that event here and read more tips in the sheet we’ve compiled below. Read More
Hear from four University of New Mexico faculty members about their research in 7-minute presentations each month during the Lightning Lounge event. The February speakers were: Rebecca Bixby, a Research Assistant Professor in Biology whose presentation is “Looking for the Light: the Dynamics of Algae in Aridland Rivers”; Jason Moore, an Associate Professor in […] Read More
Recommendations include changes in annual and milestone review expectations and continued flexibility in remote work During the second half of the fall 2020 semester, ADVANCE at UNM asked all full-time main campus faculty to participate in a climate survey that included questions about the impact of COVID-19. The ADVANCE Social Science Research Team has […] Read More
UNM voting faculty are invited to submit proposals for internal funding for small grants (budgets that are less than $4,000 per proposal), and large grants (budgets between $4,000 and a maximum of $10,000 per proposal), with proposal duration of 18 months from the receipt of funds. We have recently modified the review rubric for proposals and […] Read More
The Sustainable Water Resources Grand Challenge is developing a list of faculty and staff that are engaged in water-related research and interested in being involved in Grand Challenge activities. We will use this to develop a listserv as well as post information about each researcher on the grand challenge website to facilitate collaboration opportunities. If […] Read More
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Despite women tending to outlive men in almost all societies, they experience more sickness along the way. This gender-health paradox has long puzzled researchers. Biological differences between the sexes — females’ higher body fat percentage, for example — are often thought to be the reason why women are subject to a higher burden of […] Read More
In the fall of 2020, we began to host the UNM Faculty Lightning Lounge events online. See the playlist of those events here. We invite you to join us for these monthly events to meet and hear from colleagues, who give 7-minute presentations on their work. If you are interested in presenting your work, […] Read More
UNM Provost James Holloway and Senior Vice Provost Barbara Rodriguez answered questions from recently promoted associate professors during a Q&A event on Oct. 23.
