Maira Birrueta Bio
Maira Birrueta
Major: Psychology & Spanish
Minor: Human Development
Year: Senior
McNair Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Kwon
Research Project Title: The Role of Hope in Academic Perseverance among Ethnic Minority College Students
Research Interests:
My research interests include factors that enhance resilience, retention rates in college, stress reduction, and disparities among underrepresented populations in college.
Current Research:
I have currently put my research on hold while I am applying to graduate school, but my McNair faculty mentor and I are working on getting my McNair project published in a journal.
Future Plans:
I am applying to Ph.D. programs in Counseling Psychology this semester, and I am hoping to start graduate school in the fall of 2016.
As a McNair Scholar:
My experience as a McNair Scholar in the program has been rigorous and rewarding. I would not know what to expect from graduate school without the McNair program. I feel prepared to take-on the challenge of graduate school because of the various writing assignments, panels, conferences, presentations, advising, and completion of my own undergraduate research. Although all of these tasks posed different challenges, I benefited immensely from these experiences. Without my experience in the McNair program I would not be nearly as prepared for graduate school as I am, and my goals would not be nearly as ambitious as they are.
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