A few of our scholars alongside their faculty mentors during the 19th Annual McNair Scholars Program Research Internship.

McNair Faculty Mentors

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Faculty mentors for the McNair Scholars Program work closely with scholars throughout their time in the program.

They provide guidance, as well as assist scholars with action plans to achieve their goals for graduate school.  They meet regularly with scholars during their summer research internship and offer constructive feedback.

Faculty Mentors

Emily Barton, PhD

Jessica Boyette-Davis, PhD

Amy Concilio, PhD

Michael Disch, PhD

Katherine Goldey, PhD

Lisa Holleran, PhD

Angela Ju, PhD

Jooyoun Lee, PhD

Moira Martin, PhD

Adam McCormick, PhD

Gianncarlo Muschi, PhD

Kadie R. Rackley, PhD

Brian Smith, PhD

David Thomason, PhD

Christie Wilson, PhD

Teri Lynn Varner, PhD

Balyssa Bell, PhD

Claire Edwards, PhD

Kristopher Row, PhD

Bilal Shapiro, PhD

Kathleen Wilburn, PhD

Brittney Johnson, MAT Ed, MS CogSci

Laura Wood, PhD

Emily Hilz, PhD

Among the variety of resources that we offer to our McNair scholars at St. Edward’s University, one of its most innovative and unique is the Pre-Graduate School Partnership.

This mentorship program pairs McNair Scholars with seasoned UT graduate students, who are also McNair Scholars, in their area of study to learn about unique aspects of graduate study. McNair Scholars and their mentors design the specific details and tasks of the partnership experience. Activities, assignments and tasks are determined through negotiation between scholars and their graduate student mentors, and a partnership contract ensures that there is both structure to and accountability for the experience.

Some examples of activities might include:

  • attending graduate classes, seminars and departmental research colloquia,
  • observation of graduate student teaching,
  • discussions of an academic discipline, graduate study and career development with faculty and graduate students,
  • attending meetings of graduate professional organizations, journal groups, lab sessions and other academic gatherings for graduate students and faculty, and
  • undertaking a research project.
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Sarahi Enriquez, St. Ed's McNair Scholar, with her IE mentor Marta Sans, doctoral candidate in Analytical Chemistry

Pictured: Sarahi Enriquez, St. Ed's McNair Scholar, with her IE mentor Marta Sans, doctoral candidate in Analytical Chemistry

 

Contact Us

Hours

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location

Moody Hall 
Room 126

Get in Touch

McNair Scholars Program 
mcnairscholars@stedwards.edu 
(512) 428-1268