By Jade Serna, Outstanding Research Story, UROC 2026. My introduction to research came when I was accepted into the 2023-2024 El Puente Research Fellowship cohort the summer before my sophomore year at UNM. My interest in research was tentative at that point and the...
By Layla Martin, Research Story, Honorable Mention, UROC 2026. My life has never followed a straight path, but I’ve always been inquisitive, with a drive to learn. Grade school was filled with academic pentathlons, science fairs, and even a scholarship to Space Camp....
By Brandon T. Jackson, UROC Research Story 2025 I went to a college prep school; the expectation was that I would go to a university for a STEM field right after graduation. However, I had a general disdain for school and could not see myself proceeding down that...
Demonstrative Comprehension in Spanish/English Bilingual Children UNM’s Lobo Language Acquisition Lab aims to provide useful insights for communities that seek to support the Spanish/English bilingual families in their community. One important project being pursued in...
Farmers vs. Foragers: Developmental Stress Throughout the Maya Agricultural Transition This novel contribution to the ongoing Bladen Paleoindian and Archaic Archaeology Project investigates developmental stress in a sample of the Maya and pre-Maya. These were...
Checking Things Off the List: Facing the Foster Care System Typically, in New Mexico there are between 2,000 and 2,600 children in foster care each year (New Mexico Child First Network, n.d.). This study contributes to ongoing literature about the challenges faced in...
The Implied Who: Recognition Attempts in Post-Colonial Films What is the social function of a film? My analysis takes a normative approach to answer this question by redeploying Hegelian theories of recognition and intersubjectivity produced by Frantz Fanon, Francis...
Reconstruction of an Historical Structure Using Restoration Theory | Tucumcari Bathhouse Tucumcari located in Eastern New Mexico, has had a rich agricultural history. The climate of this area made it perfect for recreational use, especially a bathhouse. The bathhouse...
Developing Fragility Curves to Assess Post-Wildlife Flood Risk in Ohkay Owingeh Wildfires and post-wildfire floods have devastated Native American communities in New Mexico for the past 20 years, leading to loss of life, damage to infrastructure, and negative economic...
The Relationship Between Social Inequalities and Mental Health Among Latinx Immigrant Newcomers in New Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for further research into already existing social inequalities...