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University of New Mexico Biology Professor Dr. Jenn Rudgers is leading a team of 35 scientists in a study of climate dryness and variability at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge.
Researchers at the University of New Mexico are hoping to better understand the campus climate for underrepresented minority and white women faculty in STEM fields and across the university as part of a five-year National Science Foundation grant. As part of their research to gauge general campus climate and support […] Read More
Kendra Koivu Title with Advance at UNM: Faculty Member Your background in academia: I am an assistant professor of political science at the University of New Mexico. I received my doctorate from Northwestern University where I studied comparative politics, qualitative methods, and international relations. My substantive research interests include organized crime, narcotics trafficking, early twentieth […] Read More
Ruth Juárez Title with Advance at UNM: Internal Evaluation Team member Your background in academia: Ruth works at both the University of New Mexico Cradle to Career Policy Institute (CCPI) and as part of the Mission: Graduate initiative of the United Way of Central New Mexico. At CCPI, her work is focused on data analysis […] Read More
Lynn Beene Title with Advance at UNM: Consultant Your background in academia: Dr. LynnDianne Beene earned a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Arkansas in English Literature and Rhetoric and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in Linguistics and Language Theory. As a faculty member, she is the author of several books including […] Read More
Long-time UNM professor wades in to water quality studies over the years Dr. Laura Crossey is no stranger to the vast world of geology and has been improving the University of New Mexico with her research and presence for 34 years. Having almost continuous funding over the duration of her career from several different institutions […] Read More
New UNM professor focuses on water resources planning, development, and sustainability Lani Tsinnajinnie is a new assistant professor in UNM’s Community and Regional Planning Department. She will focus on water resources planning, development, and sustainability. Tsinnajinnie graduated from UNM with a bachelor’s degree in Native American Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science in […] Read More
Political science prof named one of UNM’s New Teachers of the Year Dr. Jami Gayle Nelson-Nuñez has been named one of UNM’s 2017-2018 New Teachers of the Year. Nelson-Nuñez, who works in the Department of Political Science, studies the politics of providing services, like drinking water and improved sanitation, in developing contexts. Another area of […] Read More
Database expert hired by UNM computer science Dr. Soraya Abad-Mota recently was hired full time hire in UNM’s Department of Computer Science. She will lead computer programming courses and systems courses, along with the an elective course on databases in Spring 2018 and the CS capstone, a software development program required for students to graduate. […] Read More
Dr. Cindy Gevarter receives 2018 Women in STEM award Dr. Cindy Gevarter, an assistant professor in the UNM Speech and Hearing Sciences Department is a recipient of a 2018 Women in STEM award at UNM. Gevarter recently has published several articles, including studies concerning children with autism and children with ASD. Two of the […] Read More
Assistant research professor wins award for preservation project UNM Assistant Research Professor Angelyn Bass has been awarded the 2018 Arizona Governor’s Heritage Preservation Honor Award for her research on the Montezuma Castle and Casa Grande Ruins Preservation Project. This award was given to Bass, who works in UNM’s Anthropology Department, and colleagues Douglas Porter (University of […] Read More
UNM professor creating body scan database Dr. Heather Edgar, an associate professor in the departments of Anthropology and Pathology, has been awarded a $702,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to convert a dataset of whole body decedent CT scans into a searchable database that will be available and free to researchers online. “A […] Read More
UNM prof is digitizing paleontologic treasures Dr. Corinne Myers, an assistant professor in UNM’s Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, has been awarded a grant through NSF’s Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Program (ADBC). The grant allows her to hire students to aid her in digitizing paleontologic collections at UNM. Myers, a paleobiologist, is studying how long […] Read More
You may have heard recently about the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin. Dr. Marie Vasek, an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science at UNM is a specialist in computer security who studies cybercrime. Besides leading StopBadware, an anti-malware organization she began working for in 2011, her work and findings have recently been […] Read More
Dr. Heather Canavan, an associate professor in both biomedical engineering and chemical and biological engineering at UNM, has been named a 2018 AVS (American Vacuum Society) fellow. She will be honored at the AVS award ceremony on October 24, 2018, at the 65th AVS International Symposium and Exhibition in California. Canavan is a recipient of […] Read More
Dr. Katie Witkiewitz named to NIH committee UNM psychology professor Dr. Katie Witkiewitz has been named as a chairperson of the Addiction Risks and Mechanisms Study Section for a two year term. She was offered this position based off of her achievements, publications in scientific journals, and honors in the realm of biomedical research. According […] Read More
