Title with Advance at UNM: Leadership team member Your background in academia: Melanie E. Moses is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico and an External Faculty Member at the Santa Fe Institute. She earned a B.S. from Stanford University in Symbolic Systems and a Ph.D. in Biology from UNM. […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Leadership team member Your background in academia: Steven P. Verney, Ph.D., is an Alaska Native (Tsimshian) professor in the department of psychology at UNM. His research and professional interests include cultural factors in cognitive assessment, cognitive aging, cultural psychology, and health inequities in underserved populations, especially American Indians and […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Social Science Research team member Your background in academia: Dr. Kamilla Venner is an associate professor in Psychology and is a UNM alumna. Her research aims to reduce health disparities for American Indians/Alaska Natives by focusing on culturally tailoring evidence-based treatment and highlighting cultural strengths. Currently, she has federal funding […] Read More
Kate Krause Title with Advance at UNM: Social Science Research Team member Your background in academia: Dr. Kate Krause is a professor of economics at the University of New Mexico and serves as the dean of University College and the Honors College. She earned her B.A. in economics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities […] Read More
Brittany Ortiz Title with Advance at UNM: Survey and data analyst Your background: Brittany Ortiz received her B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Public Policy, both from the University of New Mexico. Before joining the Advance team she was a data manager and research analyst at Research & Polling in Albuquerque. Why were […] Read More
Title with Advance at UNM: Advance Director, Co-lead of the the Advance / FIRST Evaluation Core Your background in academia: Dr. Julia Fulghum is a professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the College of Arts & Sciences. She served as UNM’s vice president for research and economic development […] Read More
Stephanie Forrest Title with Advance at UNM: Co-principal investigator Why were you attracted to this project? For the first 15 years of my career at UNM, I was the only tenure-stream female faculty member, and when I joined UNM there was only one other female faculty member in the entire college. I have seen firsthand […] Read More
