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   University of Washington Ronald E. McNair Program

2009-2010 McNair Staff

2009-2010 McNair Team

From Left to Right: Ms. Rosa Ramirez (Student Services Coordinator);Dr. Gabriel Gallardo (Associate Vice President of OMAD/Director of McNair/EIP) ; Ashley McClure (Graduate Student Advisor); Jorge Martinez (Graduate Student Advisor);Dr. Gene Kim (Associate Director of McNair/EIP).

The staff is composed of a program director, associate director, counseling services coordinator, and two graduate advisors who are in the process of obtaining doctoral degrees.

The EIP/McNair staff welcomes you to drop in or schedule an appointment to meet with us. Please see the Advisor Schedule if you would like to make an appointment with a specific Graduate Advisor. Each advisor's e-mail username is listed below.

All e-mails should be addressed to user at u.washington.edu

Directors and Coordinator

Gabriel Gallardo, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity/Principal Investigator and Project Director

email: gabegms


Dr. Gallardo earned his Ph.D. in Geography. His research interests include the geography of race and ethnicity, Latino settlement in the U.S., and the socio-spatial dimensions of ethnic economies. His dissertation research focused on the social, economic, and geographic dimensions of African American, Chinese, Korean, and Mexican entrepreneurship. He is also interested in minority student access to graduate education and graduate retention issues.

Dr. Gallardo's research interests and professional experience

Gene Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Director

email: genekim
 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow 1999-2001,

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education.
Ph.D. Education 1999,

University of Wisconsin-Madison.
M.S. Counseling 1995,

University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Gene's research and life interests/experience

Rosa E. Ramirez

Counseling Services Coordinator

email: rosaelia

 

Rosa is a UW graduate with a BA in Art History.  She has been working for the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity full time now for the last 3 years.  She is very interested in learning about other cultures and languages.  She plans on returning to the UW to pursue her Masters in Public Administration & International Studies.

 

 

Graduate Student Advisors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jorge Martinez

email:mcnair1

Jorge Martinez is a third year graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington.  Though originally from Houston, TX, he earned his B.A. in Sociology at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.  He is currently working on his thesis titled "Uncovering the Prison Gang Problem in Washington State" as part of a Washington State Department of Corrections Mental Health Consultation conducted by UW.  His research interests include crime and deviance, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, immigration/assimilation, and demography.  When diverting himself from work, Jorge enjoys running around the park with his dog and exploring the frontier that is Washington State.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashley McClure

Graduate Student Advisor

email:mcnair2

 

Ashley McClure is in her second year of study in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington.  She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Sociology from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX before coming to the University of Washington to work on a Ph.D.  Her interests in sociology are family, gender, and demography.  Ashley's current research projects include constrained choices between men and women in career and family life and the resulting health disparities between the genders.  Ashley enjoys living in Seattle after spending the majority of her life in West Texas but is always on the lookout for good Mexican food. 

 

The University of Washington McNair Scholars Program is a TRIO Program funded by the United States Department of Education, and the University of Washington, and the UW Office of Minority Affairs (OMA).