McNair Senior Scholars

Zainib Al-Jayashi

PSYCHOLOGY & ETHNIC STUDIES

Zainib Al-Jayashi

 

Zainib Al-Jayashi is a psychology and ethnic studies major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Zainib is conducting research with Dr. Trey Andrews from the Department of Psychology.

Summer 2025 Research Poster: Help-Seeking Preferences Among Latine Immigrants: Impact of Immigration-Related Stressors on Seeking Formal vs. Informal Care

 

Maathir Basi

PSYCHOLOGY

Maathir Basi

 

Maathir Basi is a psychology major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Maathir is conducting research with Dr. Kathy Chiou from the Department of Psychology.

Summer 2025 Research Poster: Depression and Other Psychiatric Outcomes in People who Inject Drugs with a Probable Brain Injury 

Sarah Diaz

PSYCHOLOGY

Sarah Diaz

 

Sarah Diaz is a psychology major from Hastings, Nebraska. Sarah is conducting research with Dr. Kathryn Holland from the Department of Psychology.

Summer 2025 Research Poster: Yes, but not really. The relationship between consensual unwanted sexual experiences and body image in Queer women 

Gabriel Macias-Villegas

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Gabe Macias

 

Gabriel Macias-Villegas is an electrical engineering major from Lexington, Nebraska. Gabe is conducting research with Dr. Jung Wang, from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Summer 2025 Research Poster: Accessible and Accurate Q-Meter to Evaluate High Frequency Magnetics for the Next Generation of Power Converters

Carlo Santos 

PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS

Carlo Santos

 

Carlo Santos is a physics and mathematics major from Omaha, Nebraska. Carlo is working with Dr. Martin Centurion from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Summer 2025 Research Poster: Modeling Gas Phase Ultrafast Electron Diffraction

Alex Tapia

PSYCHOLOGY

Alex Tapia

 

Alex Tapia is a psychology major from Omaha, Nebraska. Alex is working with Dr. Timothy Nelson from the Department of Psychology.

Summer 2025 Research Poster: Executive Control as a Mediator Between Early Adversity and Academic Outcomes