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
Women in STEM researchers from across the UNM linguistics department have recently created the Lobo Language Acquisition Lab (LLA LLA), a new research lab focused on child minority language acquisition. Dr. Naomi Shin, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Hispanic Linguistics, and co-founder Dr. Jill Morford, Professor of Linguistics, created the lab in fall 2019 […] Read More
Dr. Lani Tsinnajinnie, an assistant professor of Community and Regional Planning at the UNM School of Architecture, Water, and Natural Resources, will serve as Co-PI on an NSF project to research indigenous-based STEM education. The work will be in collaboration with CIRCLES Alliance (Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education and STEM). The project is […] Read More
Work-life balance has been a longstanding challenge for faculty, particularly along the lines of gender and race. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified and added to these challenges in unique ways. Learning about these obstacles can provide academic leaders with tools to try to alleviate them. In the report below, we present quantitative and qualitative data […] Read More
Our fall workshop schedule is here! This semester, join us for a variety of workshops including New Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research and Education at UNM, a presentation on Research and Scholarship Resources and a panel on Using Wrong-Thinking and Universal Design in Your Research Planning. We’ll also be hosting our workshops for newly promoted associate […] Read More
In this video, Dr. Angela Catena, Title IX coordinator at UNM, explains the changes made to Title IX effective August 14, 2020 that UNM faculty should know about. The Department of Education released its final regulations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The Department of Education is giving […] Read More
People of color are being disproportionately infected by the novel coronavirus, professor of computer science and biology at UNM Melanie Moses and associate professor of political science Kathy Powers say in an article published in the Santa Fe Institute Transmission series. Racial disparities related to COVID-19 have been observed nationwide. The Center for Disease […] Read More
While examining how first-generation immigrant communities in New Mexico interact with long-standing northern New Mexican communities, Dr. Lillian Gorman found the convergence of cultures affected not only Spanish language use but also views on personal identity. Gorman, an assistant professor of Spanish sociolinguistics and U.S. Latinx cultural studies at the University of Arizona, worked […] Read More
Winning projects will develop sustainable concrete for 3-D printing, analyze social media discourse about the novel coronavirus and study groundwater resources on the Navajo Nation. Eight UNM faculty members at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2020 Women in STEM awards. Their work includes research on the impact of global […] Read More
During the COVID-19 outbreak, universities also should do more than extend tenure clocks to limit inequalities, professor Mala Htun says in a letter published in Science The extension of tenure clocks for faculty at universities around the country is a helpful step toward mitigating academic setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic but isn’t enough and […] Read More
