UNM professor founds research fund to conduct new and innovative cannabis research University of New Mexico Psychology Associate Professor Jacob Vigil is leading the push for conducting new cannabis research at the university. In 2016, he founded the Medical Cannabis Research Fund (MCRF) to support innovative and multidisciplinary studies in marijuana. “At the end of […] Read More
Name: Dr. Carlos Nye Title: Assistant Professor Department: Speech & Hearing Sciences Describe your research in about 200 words. I research how to best treat bilingual children with speech sound disorders. Additionally, I am interested in how to train graduate and undergraduate students to be prepared to work with culturally and linguistically diverse populations. […] Read More
Name: Dr. Paulo Dutra Title: Assistant Professor Department: Spanish and Portuguese Describe your research in about 200 words. I specialize in the intersections of race and artistic and cultural production in Luso-Brazilian/Latin-American context. I am interested in developing independent approaches to literary and cultural production, hence presenting alternatives to mainstream practices, in order to promote a […] Read More
Name: Dr. Joshua Shapero Title: Assistant Professor Department: Anthropology Describe your research in about 200 words. Are the diverse ways that humans approach with the “natural” world a consequence of cultural differences, or is it the other way around? As this question takes on new significance in the face of ecological crisis, my research aims […] Read More
UNM professor hired as rotator in the National Science Foundation Cultural Anthropology Program University of New Mexico Assistant Professor Dr. Siobhán Mattison was recently hired as a rotator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Cultural Anthropology Program, where she will serve as a program director. “I’m very excited by this opportunity. Obviously, it’s going to […] Read More
Associate Dean of Research and biology professor Tom Turner and Architect and Project Manager from Van H. Gilbert Architects Michael Borowski showed all the features the new Physics, Astronomy and Interdisciplinary Sciences building (PAIS) has to offer. “It really does create something that we think is really going to take research and education and training to […] Read More
Name: Dr. Allison Nannemann Title: Assistant Professor Department: Special Education Describe your research in about 200 words. My research interests pertain to secondary mathematics education for students with disabilities. Not only am I interested in math interventions for students with visual impairments and learning disabilities, I also plan to consider how to best prepare […] Read More
Name: Dr. Tiffany Otero Title: Assistant Professor Department: Special Education Describe your research in about 200 words. My primary research interests are behavioral interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, social inclusion and social skill intervention, and improving assessment practices of children with developmental differences. My current projects are focused on identifying variables that contribute […] Read More
Name: Dr. Maryam Hojati Title: Assistant Professor Department: Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering Describe your research in about 200 words. During my academic experience over the past few years, I worked on a variety of research studies that equipped me with the skills to conduct diverse research in the area of material and structural […] Read More
UNM researchers are using a mobile phone app to analyze the real-time effects of cannabis therapy. The app, called Releafapp, allows cannabis users to record the form of cannabis they are using as well as the real-time effects they experience. The research team, Dr. Jacob Vigil and Dr. Sarah See Stith, discovered that the therapeutic effects of THC […] Read More
UNM faculty members heard tips on how to address the broader impacts portion of their research proposals during a workshop hosted by Advance at UNM April 26. Stephanie Tofighi, a faculty research support officer with the Office of the Vice President of Research, and Monica Kowal, the Director of Community Engagement Initiatives with […] Read More
UNM Assistant Professor Dr. Jin Zhang was awarded an NSF CAREER grant in March to pursue her new research on the elastic anisotropy of mantle minerals and the potential relationships with mantle flows. The Faculty Early Career Development, known as the CAREER program, offers the National Science Foundation’s “most prestigious award,” according to […] Read More
UNM faculty who recently received grant funding for their research heard key tips on how to correctly and ethically handle the grant process during a workshop sponsored by Advance at UNM and Contract and Grant Accounting. Presenters at the You Got Funded, Now What? workshop provided tips on how to correctly manage grants throughout the […] Read More
Two UNM professors are among the women being honored at the 2019 Women in Technology Celebration at the end of March. Computer Science professor Melanie Moses, PhD, and Biomedical Engineering assistant professor Christina Salas, PhD are being honored for their work in their respective fields. The Women in Technology Celebration is an […] Read More
UNM Political Science professor wins award for best human rights book The Logics of Gender Justice: State Action on Women’s Rights around the World by UNM Political Science Professor Mala Htun, was recognized as the best book on Human Rights 2018 by the International Studies Association. Htun said that she was delighted to win […] Read More
Mary Jo Daniel, director of the Faculty Research Development Office and Co-PI for Advance at UNM, gave UNM faculty several tips on creating effective management plans for research proposals during a presentation in February. “Today we will be focusing on proposal management plans, which are — woohoo — exciting,” Daniel said. Her interactive […] Read More
Dr. Nancy Wayne shared her expertise in creating more female leaders during two workshops at UNM in February 2019. Wayne is a professor of physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The first workshop was Negotiating What You Want, which was aimed at helping women faculty with developing successful negotiating strategies. In […] Read More
UNM political science professor received award for “innovative” Facebook research UNM Political Science Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Feezell was awarded the 2018 Walter Lippmann award last year for the best published article in political communication. “I think [the article] it’s innovative, and I think it won the award because of the method and technique,” Feezell […] Read More
