Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
Meet our 2010-2011 Early Identification Program Presidential and
Boeing Scholars!
2010-2011 Early Identification Program Presidential Scholars
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Albert Han
Faculty Mentor: Professor Nathanael
J. Fast
My primary research interest is in the psychology of power.
More specifically, I am interested in the effects of
possessing (or lacking) power on self-concept. My research
is project being conducted under Dr. Nathanael Fast. In this
study, we make two predictions: (1) that power will increase
the degree to which people are expected to demonstrate
fairness, and (2) that minority powerholders will find it
even more challenging to demonstrate fairness than do
non-minority (i.e. majority) powerholders. The theoretical
rationale is based on the conceptualization of power as a
role that comes with expectations. Furthermore, when
supervising a minority subordinate, a majority powerholder
can more easily offer assistance to the subordinate without
appearing to show bias, while a minority powerholder
offering the same support may be especially concerned about
appearing to show favoritism. This research is being
supported by the UW’s EIP Presidential Scholarship.
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Phillip Poonka
Faculty Mentor: Professor Paul
Yager
Phillip is a senior in the UW Bioengineering Program. He is
primarily interested in biomedical instrumentation, with a
focus on diagnostic tools. His past research experiences
include studies with prospective ECG gated cardiac CT
through the UW Department of Radiology and studies of
genetically modified rat cardiomyocytes through the UW Heart
and Muscle Mechanics Lab as an Amgen Scholar. Phillip is
currently working on a capstone project with the Paul Yager
Group to help elucidate the flow behavior of fluids in the
2D Paper Network, a low-cost point-of-care medical
diagnostic device which is capable of complex multi-step
processes like chemical amplification. His personal project
is the development and implementation of a flow velocimetry
tool that utilizes electrochemical marking to obtain
knowledge of flows, which is crucial for designing
multi-step devices where timing is important. This research
is being conducted in hopes of directly improving the
development of a highly versatile point-of-care medical
diagnostic platform which may profoundly impact healthcare
in both developed and developing nations.
Phillip is currently being supported by the EIP Presidential
Scholarship and has received academic funding through the
College of Engineering General Scholarship. Phillip is a
first generation college student who comes from a
Russian-Finnish family. He enjoys experiencing new cultures
and is able to use his Russian language skills for medical
interpretation. This summer, he eagerly embraced his first
opportunity to experience studies in a foreign country and
cultivated his passion for art and creativity through a UW
Exploration Seminar in Italy, studying art in beautiful
cities like Florence, Rome, Pisa, and Venice. He is
grateful and honored to receive the Benjamin A. Gilman
International Scholarship and the Global Opportunities
Scholarship to support his international program. Apart
from his studies, his personal interests include playing and
listening to the piano and practicing Taekwondo. He feels
very blessed to receive support from EIP and the McNair
Scholars Program in preparation for his future studies and
career.
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Sarah Jasmine Stork
Faculty Mentor: Professor
Jeanette Bushnell
I am in my senior year, getting degrees in Comparative
History of Ideas, Medical Anthropology and Global Health,
and Individualized Studies- Public Health, with a Diversity
minor. I am interested in American stigmas against fatness
and obesity and the ways that existing research and health
programs can impact and perpetuate such stigmas, as well as
the ways that being stigmatized affect how people understand
and think about what it means to be “healthy”.
I am also interested in the concept of mixed race in the US
and have been working with a group of fellow undergraduate
students to create and teach a course called Mixed
Identities and Racialized Bodies. Our course provides a
cooperative learning space for people who are or, are
interested in, mixed race to explore concepts using both
academic resources and personal experience as learning
tools, and which attempts to move past mono-racial academic
discourse by centering mixed race as the lens through which
topics are explored.
Through personal experiences with volunteering both locally
and during study abroad programs, I have come to highly
value collaborative learning and research with communities I
am a part of, and with organizations doing work that
compliments my interests, and I plan to make all of my
research as collaborative as possible. I plan to pursue a
Masters in Public Health and to spend time working in and
with a community on health concerns before continuing on to
a PhD program, which will allow me to help bridge the gap
that often exists between people in academia and people in
communities outside of academia.
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2010-2011 Early Identification Program Boeing Scholars
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Jerica Green
Faculty Mentor: Professor Julianne
Dalcanton and
Dr. Benjamin
Williams
Jerica is a Senior at the University of Washington studying
Astronomy and Physics. She was born and raised on the Big
Island of Hawaii and moved to Seattle in 2006 with her
family, to pursue a better education. Jerica is now working
with Dr. Benjamin Williams, using the 3.5 meter telescope at
the Apache Point Observatory to obtain optical information
from X-ray sources in the direction of the Andromeda galaxy.
So far the preliminary classifications of these objects
include nine Active Galactic Nuclei (a very large black hole
in the center of a distant galaxy), one super nova remnant,
and the first two possible high mass X-ray binary star
systems found in Andromeda. Jerica is part of a telescope
engineering group which works with machining parts for the
Sloan Digital Sky Surveys 2.5 meter telescope at the Apache
Point Observatory. She is also an engineer for the Manastash
Ridge Observatories 30 inch telescope, and studies planetary
nebula found within our very own Milky Way Galaxy. Other
activities she enjoys are international downhill longboard
racing, playing piano and bass guitar, and any type of
dancing.
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Thien-Y Le
Faculty Mentor: Professor Caroline
A.E.Strömberg
Thien-Y Le is a senior at the University of Washington,
majoring in Plant Biology. She works with professor
Caroline Strömberg and graduate student Regan Dunn in the
Paleobotany and Paleoecology Laboratory (PPL) in the Biology
Department. She first became curious about plants back in
high school and has continued to pursue her interest ever
since. After volunteering and working in the PPL as a lab
assistant, she was able to conduct her own independent
project and begin the road to becoming a researcher with
support and guidance from the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute Integrative Research Internship Program.
Currently, she is researching the effects of light on
epidermal cell shapes of grasses by looking at modern
grasses and phytoliths (microscopic plant bodies made from
silica). This work will be a stepping-stone in helping the
lab reconstruct the paleovegetation of South America during
the middle Cenozoic time period. Outside of lab, Thien-Y
loves to swim and hopes to be skilled mandolin player.
After graduation, she hopes to continue her studies in plant
biology at the graduate level.
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