UNM Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Xi Gong is a co-convener of the UNM Grand Challenges Level 2 team Child Health Team. The group’s work aims to develop and operationalize the systematic, data-driven approach needed to empower child maltreatment prevention in New Mexico. “Child maltreatment is a multi-faceted issue, with health, public health, economic, […] Read More
UNM Institute of Meteoritics Senior Research Scientist Chip Shearer is a co-lead of the UNM Grand Challenges Level 2 Sustainable Space Research team, which aims to develop a hub of space science exploration at the university. The center of excellence will bring together existing and upcoming work at UNM, including on space exploration research and technology, […] Read More
Name:Dr. Renée F. Brown Title:Research Assistant Professor Department:Biology Describe your research in about 200 words.I am an ecosystem ecologist and ecoinformatician with a passion for blending technology with field-based research to explore how dryland ecosystems respond to environmental change. Specifically, I make use of environmental sensor networks and long-term datasets to unravel how changes in climate, along with […] Read More
Name:Kaitlin Bryson Title:Lecturer III Department:Art and Art History Describe your research in about 200 words.I am an ecological/bio artist concerned with environmental and social justice. I primarily work with fungi, plants, microbes, and biodegradable materials to engage more-than-human audiences, while also facilitating human communities through social practice and environmental stewardship. My practice is research-based and most often collaborative, […] Read More
UNM Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies Melinda Morgan is leading a network of researchers looking at water, food and energy and systems from interdisciplinary and community-based perspectives. The Transformation Network is a National Science Foundation Sustainable Regional Systems Network program that is a partnership between eight Western U.S. universities with over 50 partner […] Read More
UNM Professor of Math Matt Blair received a Frontiers of Science Award at the inaugural International Congress on Basic Science in Beijing. The award stems from his co-authorship on a paper that appeared in Inventiones Mathematicae and is entitled “Logarithmic improvements in Lp bounds for eigenfunctions of the critical exponent in the presence of nonpositive curvature.” […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Yolanda Lin is part of a team leading a new NSF-funded catalyst center that aims to increase societal resilience to earthquakes through collective impact hazard research. Lin is working with the Center for Collective Impact in Earthquake Science (C-CIES) at the University of Texas-El Paso on […] Read More
UNM Associate Professor of History Tiffany Florvil has been selected as a 2023 – 2024 Radcliffe Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. She will continue her research on the life and legacy of Black German May Ayim. Ayim was a spoken-word poet, an essayist, an intellectual, an activist, and an educator who co-founded the […] Read More
Name:Dr. Ahmed Hasan Title:Lecturer III and Research Professor Department:Mechanical Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.Experience in the interaction of inorganic contaminants with mineral surfaces, colloidal transport of radioactive and metal contaminants and their applications to remediation, physicochemical characterization of soil and mineral surfaces, development of geochemical codes, and radionuclide migration. Experience includes the backend of nuclear […] Read More
Name:Dr. Kenneth Oravetz Title:Lecturer of Critical Text Analysis Department:Academic Communities, University College Describe your research in about 200 words.My research interests are twofold. I am interested in both literary approaches to experimental graphic novels and in innovative reading and writing pedagogy. My literary research turns to formal experimentations in contemporary independent comics to develop new frameworks for comics […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kari Schleher was awarded a $349,999 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a pottery storage project that will safeguard important cultural objects. The NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage grant will allow the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology at UNM to better care for archaeological and ethnographic collections with new compact […] Read More
Name: Dr. Luotao Lin Title: Assistant Professor Department: Individual, Family, & Community Education Describe your research in about 200 words. I have focused my research on nutrition epidemiology including discovering temporal dietary and lifestyle patterns and their relationship with health outcomes like obesity, improving food security among low-resource populations, and providing precise […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Diana Dragomir has received a $750,000 NASA grant to continue her work studying exoplanets. Dragomir leads 60 astronomers to use the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) telescope, which surveys the sky for exoplanets orbiting stars in the Solar neighborhood. NASA launched TESS in 2018, and the work funded by […] Read More
Name: Dr. Stephanie Bunt Title: Assistant Professor Department: Architecture Describe your research in about 200 words. My work examines cross-disciplinary building design processes in emerging digital tools and identifies opportunities for improvement in the multi-objective education of future designers. Focusing on computational design techniques, such as design space exploration and optimization, my […] Read More
Name:Gwyneth Doland Title:Professor of Practice Department:Communication and Journalism Describe your research in about 200 words.As Professor of Practice I’m devoted to creating a pathway for our students to graduate and succeed as journalists who help support a vibrant democracy. I teach multimedia writing and other skills courses, while running a successful fellowship and internship program that places students […] Read More
UNM Distinguished Professor of Sociology Sharon Erickson Nepstad has received a FulbrightSpecialist Award at the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora in Brazil, where she will offer workshops on academic writing and publishing. Nepstad also will also meet with faculty to develop recommendations and strategies to increase their departmental ranking within Brazil’s public university system. During her […] Read More
UNM Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director of Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addiction (CASAA) Katie Witkiewitz and CASAA Research Professor Matthew Pearson are overseeing two major research projects related to chronic pain and opioid use. Funding for both programs recently was renewed by the National Institutes of Health HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) […] Read More
UNM Professor of Landscape Architecture Katya Crawford has published an essay celebrating the importance of landscape architecture design competitions in the LA+ Journal. The essay, “Let’s smoke, walk and enter competitions,” explores the thrill of competitions, whether entrants win or not. It points to well known landscape architecture projects that might not have been built if […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of English Nahir Otaño Gracia has been named as one of 10 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders for 2023. Her work for the fellowship explores the construction of whiteness in medieval Arthurian texts. “Earning a Mellon Emerging Faculty leader award means the world to me because it validates my commitments to responsible and critical […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor of Biology Alex Webster will lead a team of researchers across six universities that will study water quality and quantity in headwater stream networks. Research for the $2.5 million, two-year award from the Department of Energy’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program will take place in five headwater stream networks across […] Read More
Name:Dr. Karen J. Leong Title:Associate Professor Department:History Describe your research in about 200 words.I research 20th century U.S. social and cultural history, with a focus on nationalism, borders, and citizenship as articulated through popular culture, immigration policy, and social formations at the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and other social factors. My scholarship seeks to demonstrate […] Read More
UNM assistant professor Myrriah Gómez has published a book exploring nuclear colonialism in New Mexico. Gómez spent more than 10 years on the research behind Nuclear Nuevo México, which considers the effects of the nuclear industrial complex on Nuevomexicanas/os, Hispanic New Mexicans. Gómez said she wrote the seed essay as a Master’s student […] Read More
UNM Associate Professor Stephanie Beene and a colleague at Oakland University have published a new paper exploring conspiracy theories presented by library patrons. The work, “Library workers on the front lines of conspiracy theories in the US: one nationwide survey,” was written by Beene, an Art, Architecture, and Planning Librarian in the College of University Libraries […] Read More
Name:Mariana Sabino Salazar Title:Lecturer III Department:Latin American and Iberian Institute Describe your research in about 200 words.My work delves into the representation of diasporic and immigrant populations in Latin American popular culture from a trans-Atlantic perspective. For the last twelve years, my research has focused on Romani Latin American history and the Gypsy stereotype in film, music, and […] Read More
Name:Dr. Madura Pathirage Title:Assistant Professor Department:Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words.As climate concerns grow, concrete, which is the most used man-made product in the world, is well-positioned to help society meet tomorrow’s challenges. While solutions that can adapt to the effects of climate change are already a reality […] Read More
