Our Mentors & Graduates
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Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Program Director
African American Studies
Room 9.63.07 NB
646.557.4658

Dr. Ernest Lee
Associate Director
Room 9.63.11 NB
212.237.8760

Ms. Nadiya Kostyuk
Program Assistant
Room 9.62.01 NB
212.237.8760
McNair Mentors
Dr. Jama Adams, African American Studies
Dr. Marcia Esparza, Latin American and Latina/o Studies
Dr. Zelma Henriques, Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration
Dr. Elizabeth Jeglic, Psychology
Dr. Erica King-Toler, SEEK
Dr. William Gottdiener, Psychology
Dr. Carmen Solis, SEEK
Our Recent Graduates
Shea Alvarez – MA Program/Criminal Justice
– John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Fatima Burton – MSW Program – Howard University
Jewel Dunn – Ph.D. Program/Educational Policy and Theory
– The Pennsylvania State University
Jenny Escobar – Ph.D. Program/Social Psychology
– University of California, Santa Cruz
Marina Gadzhylova – MA Program/ Public Policy – Stony Brook University
Albert Gamarra – Ph.D. Program/Criminal Justice – John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Duquann Hinton – Ph.D. Program/Social Psychology – The Graduate School, CUNY
Aaron Ho – Ph.D. Program/Criminal Justice – Rutgers University
Amalia Paladino – Ph.D. Program/Criminal Justice – John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Melissa Pognon – Ph.D. Program/Human and Community Development
– University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign
Robert Reynoso – MA Program/Social/Organizational Psychology
– The Teachers College, Columbia
Isabella Riojas – Master Program in Psychology – New School for Social Research
Minette Russell-Irace – Psy.D. Program/Clinical Psychology – Yeshiva University
Lisa Shehata – Psy.D. Program/Clinical Psychology – Alliant International University
Alexandra Tellez – MA Program/Criminal Justice – John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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