Student Research @ NNMC
NORTHERN New Mexico College provides students with unique academic opportunities including in UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH. @NORTHERN, you can dive right in to research experience early in your college career!

17th Annual Academic Research Symposium (ARCS) / Spring 2021
Biology and Math
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Analysis of T cell Movement within Lymph Nodes
Dominik Martinez, Dorothy Dean, David Torres, PhD -
Leptin Receptor Expression In Breast Tumors and Chromatin Modulators: A Comparative Study
Sara Pacheco* B.S, Evelyn Juarez* B.S, Sushmita Nandy, PhD *Equal contribution authors
16th Annual Academic Research Symposium (ARCS) / Spring 2020
Humanities, Social Sciences, BAIS Psychology
- Historical Trauma and the Impacts toward Healing Pueblo Communities
Jenyce Baca - How Does Lifestyle Affect College Students' Academic Performance
Angela A. Cordova - The Experience of Undocumented Mexicans in New Mexico
Karla Dominguez - Elder Abuse Prevention
Makayla D. Duran - The Intersection of Advocate Positionality: Compassion Fatigue in Domestic Violence Advocacy
Mollie (Leila) Kelly - The Integration of Self-Service Technology: A Necessity or a Nuisance for Fast-Food Establishments?
Joshua López - Vulnerable Attachment, Influential to Emotional Regulation
Kimberly K. Lucero - Theory of Deterrence & DWI: A Relationship in Question within the State of New Mexico
Alyson Martinez - Missing Voices: Viewing the Epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
Juan N. Palacios - The Experience of Drug Recovery
Enrico Rodriguez - The Prevalence of Social Anxiety: Mental Weakness Classified as Social Anxiety Disorder
Ruben S. Rodriguez - Stigmas Toward Breastfeeding in Public
Tamara Romero - Comprehending Homelessness in New Mexican Communities
Santana Salazar - An Examination of Substance Use Disorder & Treatment Outcomes
Meghan Trujillo
Mathematics, Biology
- Analyzing Genes for T-ALL CNS Infiltration
Megan Osmus, Sebastian Salazar, David Torres
- Analysis of T Cell Movement within Diverse Tissues
Arrick Gonzales, Evelyn Juarez, Paul Mrass, Judy L. Cannon, David Torres
15th Annual Academic Research Symposium (ARCS) / Spring 2019
Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences
- FT-IR Study of Pollen of Juniperus Monosperma in Northern New Mexico
Viviana Sandra Balzaretti Maggi and Brenda M. Linnell PhD - Impact of Abnormal Glycemic Levels on Feeding Behavior Caenorhabditis Elegans
Phil Duran, Andres Romero, Patrick Sancez, Catherine Davis-Sparks, Shae Madrid, Ulises M. Ricoy PhD, and Sushmita Nandy PhD - Genetic Analysis of Cajal Bodies and Their Role in Telomere Biogenesis
Raeanne Herrera, Alondra Villalba1, Andres Romero, Samantha Drysdale, Dorothy Shippen, and Mario Izaguirre-Sierra - Spawning Behavior and Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Pupfish Cyprinodon Variegatus
Michael Justus, Jonathan Enrique Madrid, and Rhiannon West - Imaging the Caenorhabditis Elegans Germline
Shae Madrid, Patrick Sanchez, Phil Duran, Catherine Davis-Sparks, Ulises M. Ricoy PhD, and Sushmita Nandy PhD - Constructing Linked Gene Sets by Analyzing RNA-Seq and Microarray Data
Ened McNett, Arrick Gonzales, Ana Vasilic, Sushmita Nandy PhD, and David Torres - Examination of Pollutants in Trout Species in the San Juan River
Melissa M. Montaño, Zacharias Trujillo, and Dr. Teresa Beaty - Telomeres, Cajal Bodies, and the Biogenesis of Ribonucleoproteins
Anelisia Pena, Alondra Villalba, and Mario Izaguirre-Sierra - Characterizing Vibration Frequency Sensitivity and Neural Activity in Escaping Earthworms
Andres Romero, Wes Colgan, and Ulises M. Ricoy PhD - Characterization of Alternative Polyadenylation and Gene Expression Profile in the tcab1 Arabidopsis Mutant
Antonio Serrano, Zoe Ruff, Alondra Villalba, Mario Izaguirre-Sierra, Laura de Lorenzo
Alliance for Minority Participation / AMP
- Solar Battery Charge Controller
Edwin Felter, Lynette Baca, Antonio Martinez, and Daniel Vigil - The Mathematics of Scheduling
Alexis Martínez and Dr Ana Vasilic - Study of Radioactivity in Cs and Ba Clusters
José Pacheco, Jareth Baca, David Nunn, and Mario Valerio - The Pythagorean Forest
Josef Weese, Joshua Martinez, Christian Caraveo, and Jesse Atkinson
Criminal Justice
- An Investigation of Campus Safety and Security in Terms of the Broken Windows Theory and Student Reports of Incidents
Chavez, Lucas - Research Study to Interview Correctional Officers about Their Opinions on the Causes and Prevention of Prison Riots
Augustus Cuch - Comparing Parenting Styles An Investigation of NNMC Student’s Attitudes about Parenting Styles
Pretty Water Duran
Engineering & Technology
Group Posters, Mentors: Sadia Ahmed, PhD, Steve Cox, PhD, and Ashis Nandy, PhD
- Flow Past a Circular Cylinder with Symmetric & Asymmetric Boundary Layer Trips
Levi Albert, Jason Lewis - Guitar Hero or Geek?
Adam A. Martinez, Laura R. Romero - Northern New Mexico Wireless Internet Study
Anthony Rodriguez, Dominic Montoya - Physics Animations Web App
Roman Padilla, Vikram Ahluwalia
Psychology - Exploratory Research of Students at Northern New Mexico College
- Attitudes about Anger and How They Are Influenced by Stress
Alyssia R. Baca - Athletes & Non-Athletes Attitudes about Stress in Academics
Cheyenne Cordova
- Attitudes about Addiction, Its Causes & Behaviors
Amanda Coriz - Attitudes and Perspectives Towards Composting, Recycling, and Environmental Education of NNMC Students
Alexa Jaramillo
- Erratic Behavioral Expression in Nominal Individuals: A Study of Eros & Thanatos
Keith E. Marcus - Empirical Investigations of NNMC Student Attitudes Regarding Family Structure
Kristina Ortíz - Stress, Health, and Cognition the First Weeks Prior to Midterms
Irene Panas - An Investigation among Students Regarding Their Attitudes about and Experience of Substance Abuse and Parenting
Larleen Rael
- An Exploratory Study of the Existence of Intergenerational Trauma as Reported by NNMC Students
Holly Woodbury
14th Annual Academic Research Symposium (ARCS) / Spring 2018
Abstracts
Criminal Justice
Engineering
Group Posters, Mentor Dr. Sadia Ahmed
- ePMPMobile App With SharePoint Connection:
Krishia Artieda, Kasey Valdez, David DeAguero, Mario Valerio - Capstone Video Compression:
Marcos Garcia, Dominic Montoya - NNMC Tree Mobile Application:
Krishia Artieda, Kasey Valdez, David DeAguero - Northern New Mexico Wireless Study:
Adrian Baca, Nathan Torrez, Florian Castillo - Drag Crisis: Flow Past a Circular Cylinder:
Elizabeth Browne, Kenneth Passmore
Jasmine Lopez (student research intern)
Annual Academic Research, Creativity & Scholarship Symposium (ARCSS) / Spring 2017
Sociology 101: Student Perspectives on Social Change
Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science
- Britney Martinez
- Desiree Griego & Marissa Salazar
- John Archuleta & Catherine Pacheco-Quintana
- Jose Pacheco III et al
- Maria Orozco & MariJo DeAguero
- Matthew Herrera & Kenneth Lopez
- Phil Duran
Engineering