TRIO McNair Scholars Journal

The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program prepares low-income, first-generation college students and students from underrepresented groups to pursue graduate study that culminates in PhD degrees. At the encouragement of the McNair Foundation, Congress named the program to honor the legacy of Ronald McNair, an African American NASA astronaut and physicist who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. Each year, the UO supports approximately twenty-eight qualifying undergraduate McNair Scholars who show potential and commitment to complete doctoral-level work. Over the past several years, the TRIO McNair Scholars Program partnered with the Oregon Undergraduate Research Journal (OURJ) to publish a collection of McNair Scholars’ capstone research projects. Recently, this publication has been coined the TRIO McNair Scholars Research Journal. The following works were reviewed and approved by McNair Faculty Mentors and copy-edited/formatted by the OURJ Editorial Board.

Spring 2024

Somos de Muchas Voces: Science and Environmental and Climate Justice Radio Reporting in the Willamette Valley
        Maya Rios, Dr. Catalina de Onís

Breaking the Mold: A Content Analysis of ESPNʼs Written and Broadcast Coverage of the 2023 Womenʼs College World Series
        Nina-Grace Montes, Lori Shontz

The Foster Care System: A Segue to Sex Trafficking
        Blu Mackey, Dr. Jeff Todahl

Afro-Nordic Raciolinguistic Landscapes
        Amara Frost, Dr. Rachel Weissler