The 2026 University of New Mexico McNair Scholars Research Conference

Session #4, 11:00 to 11:20 a.m. SUB Top Floor Various Rooms
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Presentations:
Butler, Helina - Major: Cybersecurity , Harding University
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Santa Ana B
Title: Exploring the impact of marriage on college students

Cazares, Lourdes - Major: Chemistry and Psychology, University of New Mexico
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Acoma A
Title: Effect of third-trimester-equivalent alcohol exposure on neuronal densities in the cerebellar lobule VI and Crus I

Cervantes-Contreras, Emiltze - Major: Anthropology, Washington State University
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Luminaria
Title: Migrant Farmworker Culture and Its Effects

Draven, Elia - Major: Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Lobo A
Title: Dust in the Caldera: Glacial-Interglacial Sediment Transport in Northern New Mexico

Guadarrama, Gabriela - Major: Education with Bilingual Certification EC-6, Our Lady of the Lake University
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Fiesta B
Title: Voices of Aspiring Bilingual Educators: Lived Experiences within the Bilingual Education Student Organization 

Jimenez, Anabelle - Major: Psychology, Northeastern Illinois University
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Acoma B
Title: "I Swear I'm Happy for You": The Link Between Malicious and Benign Envy and Prosocial Behavior

LaTourrette, Ryan - Major: BME Instrumental Music Education, University of Northern Colorado
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Trailblazer/Spirit
Title: Piano Tuning- Stability and the Environment: A Scientific Method Case Study at the University of Northern Colorado

McQueen, Carlin - Major: Dance, Information Systems and Business Analytics, Loyola Marymount University
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Fiesta A
Title: The Tubman Project

Mendivil Cabral, Michelle - Major: Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Lobo B
Title: Characterization of Temperature Behavior and Distribution in a Mach 5 Ludwieg Tube
 
Munstedt, Saturn - Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Isleta
Title: Headache: An epitranscriptome disorder? The role of m6A RNA

Switzer- Tryon, Harmony - Major: Psychology , California State Polytecnic University, Humboldt
Oral Presentation Session #4, Room: Santa Ana A
Title: Examining the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Executive Functioning
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Oral Presentation Information for presenters:

• Format: 12-minute presentation, and 3 minutes for Q&A (15 min. total).  Please do not go over your allotted time so that everyone can have a full 15 minutes.
• Organization of presentations:  To enhance your presentation experience at our conference, there will be evaluators and moderators (faculty, staff and grad students) in attendance that will fill out evaluation forms to provide feedback to presenters. Therefore, your presentation will be at the exact time and location as it appears in the schedule. We will not deviate even if there is a no-show.
• Please bring your presentation saved onto a thumb drive/USB drive.  Please arrive at your presentation room early, locate the moderator and ask them to assist you in copying your presentation to the laptop desktop before the session begins.  Then eject your USB drive.  Open up your presentation and make sure it works properly.
• For more information about presentation format, equipment, etc click this link