*2023 URCAS Roundtable on Faculty Mentorship

 

2024 URCAS Faculty Mentors

Dr. Jeff Amato, Geology
Zarmina Amin, Kinesiology
Dr. Amanda Ashley, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Ryan Ashley, Animal & Range Sciences
Susan Beck, Library
Dr. Catherine Brewer, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Joseph Burchett, Astronomy
Dr. Judith Flores Carmona, BEST
Dr. Maria G. Castillo, Biology
Katrina Chandler, Art
Rose Conley, English
Dr. Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, ROLE & TPAL
Dr. Andrew Conway, Psychology
Dr. Nathan Craig, Anthropology
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss, Biology
Adan Delval, Computer Science
Dr. Martha Desmond, Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Ecology
Dr. Scott Folkman, Chemistry
Dr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, Electrical & Computer Engineering 
Adam Gomez, Biology & Biochemistry
Nicholas Grijalva, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Melissa Guynn, Psychology
Dr. Ivette Guzmán, Plant & Environmental Sciences
Dr. Salman Habib, Electrical & Computer Engineering 
Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Manal Hamzeh Al Smadi, BEST
Dr. Kathryn Hanley, Biology
Dr. Neil Harvey, Government
Dr. Jennifer A. Hernandez Gifford, Animal & Range Sciences
Dr. Kevin Houston, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Jessica Houston, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Dr. Anne P. Hubbell, Communication
Mari Langford, Computer Science
Renita Lovell, Computer Science
Dr. Justin MacDonald, Psychology
Olivia Manley, Biology (Northwestern)


 

 

 

 

Dr. Michael Marks, Psychology
Jesus Martinez, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cabel McCandless, Kinesiology
Director Ryan McMullen, NMSU Dance Program
Dr. Concepcion M. Miller, DACC Sciences
Dr. Frannie Miller, Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Business
Dr. Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, English
Dr. Brook Milligan, Biology
Dr. David Mitchell, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Joann Mudge, National Center for Genomics Research (NCGR)
Camilo Muñoz-Pena, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Shannon Norris-Parish, Agricultural Communication & Extension
Prof. Kathleen O'Conner, Education (NMSU Grants)
Dr. Teri J. Orr, Biology & Bat Lab
Dr. Ilhuiyolitzin V. Pedraza, Astronomy (DACC)
Dean Enrico Pontelli, Computer Science
Edward Rivota, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Ashley Rodhe, Biology
Dr. Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Biology
Scarlet Sellers, Biology
Dr. Elba Serrano, Biology
Dr. Juie Shetye, Astronomy
Dr. Di Shi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Charles B. Shuster, Biology
Dr. Peter Smoak, Kinesiology
Dr. Sergio Soto-Navarro, Animal & Range Sciences
Dr. Lois Stanford, Anthropology
Dr. Steve Stochaj, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Dr. Ani Ter-Mkrtchyan, Government
Dr. Larissa True, Kinesiology
Dr. Graciela Unguez, Biology
Samantha Valentino, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Alyssa Vanderlinden, Kinesiology
Dr. Jean-Paul Vessel, Philosophy
Dr. Paulette Vincent-Ruz, Chemistry
Shawn Werner, Honors College
Dr. Erik Yukl, Chemistry & Biochemistry

2023 URCAS Faculty Mentors

Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Jeffrey Amato, Geology
Dr. Amanda Ashley, Chemistry and Biochemistry 
Dr. Donovan Bailey, Biology
Professor Susan Beck, Library
Dr. Catherine Brewer, Chemical Engineering 
Dr. Phame Camarena, Dean of Honors
Dr. Rebecca Campbell, Honors
Dr. Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, Educational Leadership and Administration
Dr. Douglas Cortes, Civil Engineering
Dr. Stephen Cowen, University of Arizona
Dr. Jennifer Curtiss, Biology
Professor Brita d’Agostino, MFA, Art
Dr. Ehsan Dehghan-Niri, Civil Engineering
Adan Delval, Computer Science
Dr. Glenn W. Fetzer, Languages and Linguistics;
Dr. Judith Flores Carmona, Borderlands and Ethnic Studies
Dr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Ivette Guzman, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Kathryn Hanley, Biology
Professor Lisa Hermanson, Theatre Arts
Dr. Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, Animal and Range Sciences
Dr. Jean Hertzman, HRTM
Dr. Jessica Houston, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Kevin Houston, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Eric Nielsen, Astronomy
Dr. Teri Orr, Biology



 

 

Dr. Megan Papesh, Psychology
Dr. Moire Prescott, Astronomy
Dr. Jennifer Randall, Plant Molecular Biology
Dr. Alvaro Romero, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
Dr. Adriana Romero Olivares, Biology
Nathaniel Roth, Experimental Psychology
Dr. Soum Sanogo, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
Dr. Mary Alice Scott, Anthropology
Scarlet Sellers, Biology
Dr. Juie Shetye, Astronomy
Dr. C. Brad Shuster, Biology
Dr. Lois Stanford, Anthropology
Dr. Tyson Stolte, English
Dr. Liang Sun, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. April Ulery, Plant and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Graciela Unguez, Biology
Samantha Valentino, Chemical Engineering
Abhilasha Vishwanath, University of Arizona
Dr. Timothy Wright, Biology
Dr. Erik Yukl, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Stefan Zollner, Physics
Dr. Michael Hout, Psychology
Professor Ilana Lapid, MFA, Creative Media
Professor Larissa Lury, Theatre Arts
Dr. William Maio, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Shadai Martin, Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Sergio Martínez Monteagudo, Family and Consumer Sciences
Dr. Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, English
Dr. Brook Milligan, Biology

2022 URCAS Faculty Mentors

Abdessattar Abdelkefi (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Christopher Aiken (Kinesiology)
Amanda Ashley (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Ryan Ashley (Animal and Range Sciences, endocrinology)
Christopher Baker (Chemistry)
Catie Brewer (Chemical Engineering)
Maria Castillo (Immunology)
Kevin Cheung (Public Health, Cancer Research)
Douglas Cortes (Civil Engineering)
Lon Chaffin (Music Composition)
Christopher Cramer (Crop Genetics, Plant and Environmental Sciences)
Jennifer Curtiss (Biology & Genetics)
Ehsan Dehgan-Niri (Structural Engineering)
Marlene Fraune (Social Robotics, Psychology)
Kathryn Hanley (Virology)
Jessica Houston (Chemical Engineering)
Kevin Houston (Chemistry)
Colleen Caldwell (Fish, Aquatic Ecology)
Phame Camarena (Sociology, Family and Consumer Sciences)
Rebecca Campbell (Education)
Ivan de la Rosa (Social Work)
David Dubois (Climatology)
Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo (Electrical Engineering & Robotics)
Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre (Educational Leadership, TPAL)
Judith Flores Carmona (Education, Borderlands & Ethnic Studies)
Jeff Frawley (Creative Writing)
Paul Furth (Engineering Technology)
Motoko Furuhashi (Art)
Andreas Gross (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Ivette Guzman (Plant and Environmental Sciences, Medicinal Plant compounds)
Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)


 

Neil Harvey (Government)
Sabine Hirschauer (Government)
Omar Holguin (Water Resources)
Sang-Rok Lee (Exercise Physiology)
Shelley Lusetti (Chemistry)
Nancy Macmillan (Geology)
Michael Mapp (Music and Bands)
Sergio Martinez (Family and Consumer Sciences)
Tracey Miller-Tomlinson (English)
Martha Mitchell (Chemical & Materials Engineering)
Shannon Norris (Agricultural Leadership & Communications)
Kathryn Olszowy (Biomedical Anthropology)
Teri Orr (Biology, Bat Lab)
Young Park (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)
Nicole Pietrasiak (Soil Sciences, PES)
Adriana Romero-Olivares (Biology)
Soum Sanogo (Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science)
Sergio Soto (Animal Science)
 Julie Steinkopk (Sociology)
Marat Talipov (Chemistry)
Mary Alice Scott (Medical Anthropology)
Elba Serrano (Neuroscience)
Charles Shuster (Biology)
Sarah Thomson (Museum of Natural History and Science)
Patrick Traino (Applied Statistics)
April Ulery (Plant and Environmental Sciences)
Graciela Unguez (Biology, muscle development)
Lee Uranga (Chemistry)
Delia Valles-Rosales (Industrial Engineering)
Timothy Wright (Biology, Avian Behavior)
Stefan Zollner (Experimental Physics)
Jiannong Xu (Biology)
Meng Zhou (Chemical Engineering, Energy Storage)