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...
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Research Presentations
Research Presentation: Hannah Cantrell
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...
Research Presentation: Ana Aguirre
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...
Research Presentation: Mario Ulloa
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...
Research Presentation: Adela Borjas
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...
Research Presentation: Ani Baca
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...
Research Presentation: Velanie Chavez
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...
Research Presentation: Melissa Rudden
Light-Addressable Binuclear Complexes for Quantum Information Science The need for faster computers with increased computing power, and the desire to miniaturize has led to the creation of the emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS). QIS merges Information...
Research Presentation: Raven Alcott
Humidity Seasonal Cycle Changes with Global Warming in United States Southwest Anthropogenic climate change poses detrimental consequences to land, community, and human health. Global observations of land have shown increased surface temperatures and decreased...
Research Presentation: Abrianna Morales
Pandemic Justice: System Professionals’ Collaboration and Facilitation of Procedural Justice in Light of COVID-19-Era Changes As we emerge into a world post-pandemic, many jurisdictions are considering whether to permanently adopt procedural changes brought on by...