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 Professor of Psychology Dr. Katie Witkiewitz is spearheading a new program to provide mentorship for graduate students who are working to address issues of health inequities in New Mexico. According to the New Mexico Department of Health, New Mexico had the 15th highest drug overdose death rate in the […] Read More
Visiting University of New Mexico Biology Associate Professor Dr. Diana Northup studies the external microbiome of bats at Carlsbad Caverns National Park to detect potential natural defenses against the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), a common bat disease. Northup currently has three Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CPCESU) grants for […] Read More
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 warming on […] 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
UNM anthropologist Dr. Melissa Emery Thompson is leading a project funded by the National Institute on Aging examining the human aging process by studying one of our closest relatives — chimpanzees. The project focuses on how chimpanzees age and what sort of factors affect their health as they get older. Ultimately, the goal is […] Read More
UNM women in STEM across campus are taking action against the current COVID-19 pandemic and asking how they can best serve their community in the fight against this virus. From the creation of virtual exhibitions to 3D printing face masks for health care workers, they are on a mission to keep New Mexicans not […] Read More
Updated September 30, 2020
Letter of support for Africana Studies and faculty from ADVANCE at UNM We, the ADVANCE (NSF) leadership team at UNM, stand in solidarity with Africana Studies and its faculty, students, and staff. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the criminal anti-black racist attacks on Africana Studies and its leadership. Africana Studies is a […] Read More
Kim Fournier, Associate Director for UNM Center for Teaching Excellence, and Stephanie Spong, Associate Director of UNM’s Center for Digital Learning, give tips and recommendations on how to best transition to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Mary Beth King / UNM UCAM Four students at The University of New Mexico are getting real-world experience creating digital and social media content through a multimedia communication internship that recently was cited by the National Science Foundation as a national model for employing students and highlighting the work of women and minority […] Read More
UNM’s parental leave policy works well in units in which the leadership understands the policy, is supportive of faculty using the policy, and can help departmental faculty with the implementation and subsequent evaluation of faculty accomplishments. Supportive colleagues clearly play an important role in the experiences of new parents. Likewise, unsupportive or uninformed leadership and […] Read More
The Advance at UNM Social Science Research Team (SSRT) is working towards publishing journal articles about three different University of New Mexico campus climate studies. Through two of the three studies, the team found that women and underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in STEM fields perceive an overall lower climate than white men in STEM fields. […] Read More
Dr. Koritha Mitchell, an associate professor of English at Ohio State University, will be reviewing two faculty book proposals on March 13. Mitchell is an award-winning author and professional development expert with a specialty in African American literature. She has spoken to scholars at every stage of their careers concerning professional development. The one-on-one book […] Read More
