McNair Scholars Program

Current Mentors

Name	Title	Department
Sara Long	Professor & Assistant Chair	Animal Science, Food & Nutrition
Susan Ford	Chairperson	Anthropology
Jodi Huggenvik	Associate Professor	Physiology
Robert Clinton	Chair	College of Liberal Arts
Thomas Thibeault	Director	College of Liberal Arts
Lizette Chevalier	Chair	Civil & Enviromental Engineering
Mark K.Kittleson	Professor	Health Education
Diane Davis	Professor	Information Management Systems
Julia Patridge	Assistant Professor	Kinesiology
Sharon Peterson	Assistant Professor	Animal Science, Food & Nutrition
James Scales	Director and Adjunct Professor	Career Services
Max Yen	Director	Materials Technology Center
Kelly Bender	Assistant Professor	Microbiology
Patsy Manfreidi	Associate Professor	Philosophy
Celeste Montoya Kirk	Assistant Professor	Political Science
Ezemenari Obasi	Assistant Professor	Political Science
Ellen Teng	Assistant Professor	Psychology
Rheeda Walker	Assistant Professor	Psychology
Kitty Martin	Instructor	Rehabilitation Institute
Ruthanne Rehfeldt	Associate Professor	Rehabilitation Institute
Shane Koch	Associate Professor	Rehabilitation Institute
Robert Swenson	Associate Professor	School of Architecture
Naida Zukic	Assistant Professor	Speech Communication
Najjar Abdul-Musawwir	Assistant Professor	School of Art and Design
Tim Clark	Assistant Professor	Sociology
Cheryl Presley	Director	Student Health Center
Mandara Savage	Assistant Professor	Technology
Michael Sears	Assistant Professor	Zoology

Prospective Mentors

Name	Title	Department
Janet M. Fuller	Associate Professor	Anthropology
Boyd M. Goodson	Assistant Professor	Chemistry
Yuqing Hou	Research Assistant Professor	Chemistry
Scott E. Ishman	Assistant Professor	Geology
Stephen Ebbs	Assistant Professor	Plant Biology

Past Mentors

Name	Title	Department
William Wells	Assistant Professor	Administration of Justice
Melinda La Grace	Associate Professor	Architecture & Interior Design
Father Joseph Brown	Director	Black American Studies
Kevin Foster	Assistant Professor	Black American Studies
Lori Vermeulen	Associate Professor & Chair	Chemistry
Matthew E. McCaroll	Assistant Professor	Chemistry
Susanne Ashby	Graduate Student	Curriculam and Instruction
Daniel Primont	Professor	Economics
Lyle White	Chair & Professor	Ed Psychology & Special Ed
Chad Parmenter	TA	English
Karl Williard	Assistant Professor	Forestry
Belle Woodward	Assistant Professor	Information Management Systems
Kristine Kranenburg	Assistant Professor	Journalism
Laura Hlavach	Assistant Professor	Journalism
Walter Jaehnig	Director	Journalism
John Martinko	Associate Professor & Chair	Microbiology
Lydia A. Arbogast	Associate Professor	Physiology
Karen Renzaglia	Research Professor	Plant Biology
Dennis G. Watson	Associate Professor	Plant, Soil, Agricultural Systems
David Dilalla	Associate Professor	Psychology
David Gilbert	Professor	Psychology
Josephine D. Korchmaros	Assistant Professor	Psychology
Kathleen Chwalisz Rigney	Associate Professor	Psychology
Beverly Love	Lecturer	Radio & Television
Robert Benford	Professor	Sociology
Jeanie Akamanti	Graduate Student	Sociology
Mark Schneider	Associate Professor	Sociology
Cheryl Presley	Director	Student Health Programs