Current and Past McNair Scholar Mentors

McNair Mentors are distinguished members of the University of Missouri who assist McNair Scholars by introducing them to the nature and rigors of research; serving as classroom role models; helping them build professional networks with other scholars in their fields; and participating in social as well as academic activities with their proteges. Below are the current and former McNair Mentors.

2020-2021 McNair Mentors

Hongbin Ma	Ronald Revord
Justin Legarsky	Craig Kluever
Bret Ulery	Kuanysh Kabytaev
Chunyan Peng	Bryce Reeder
Timothy Domeier	Sheng Wang
Kate Kelley	Francisco Sanchez
Stephen Graves	Tashel Bordere
Robert Sites	Manuel Leal
Thomas Bonnot	Matthew Foulkes
Aaron Morton	Steven Segal

2019-2020 McNair Mentors

Nathan Hofer	Damon Hall
Samuel Cohen	Robert Walsh
Brent Rosenblad	Moshe Naveh-Benjamin
Adam Schrum	Ashley Woodson
Chiswilli Chabu	Jamie Hall
Laura King	Kate Trusler
Dennis Lubahn	Habib Zaghouani
Nancy Cheak-Zamora	Victoria Vieira-Potter
Kenneth Sher	Carol Waudby
Timothy Domeier	Nicole Campione-Barr

2018-2019 McNair Mentors

Antoinette Landor	Sandy Rikoon
Mansoo Yu	Kristen Hawley
Lisa Sattenspiel	Carolynn Orbann
Stephen Anderson	Wendy Reinke
Keith Herman	Nicole Campione-Barr
Claire Syler	Hani Salim
Virginia Ramseyer-Winter	Jay Sexton
Chris Slaten	Mary Hendrickson
Susan Lever	Laura King
David Braun	Donald Burke-Aguero
Aaron Thompson

2017-2018 McNair Mentors

Matthew Foulkes	Kelli Canada
Patrick Pinhero	Mona Roxana Botezatu
Laura King	J. Chris Pires
Wendy Reinke	Antoinette Landor
Keona Ervin	Aaron Stoker
Jeanne Mihail	Moshe Naveh-Benjamin
Shawn Christ	Rebecca North
Catherine Rymph	Matthew Burns
Alexandru Radulescu	Mark Morgan
Bin Wu	Charles Borduin

2016-2017 McNair Mentors

Ming Xin	Christopher Slaten
David Amponsah	Mary Shenk
Rebecca Scott	Jaume Padilla
Aaron Bonsall	Grace Yan
Carolyn Orbann	Jacob McFarland
Bumsuk Hahm	Yangchuan “Chad” Xing
Grant Scott	Roger Fales
Charles Menifield	Charles Nilon
Keith Greenwood	Antoinette Landor
Gary Baker	Nicole Campione-Barr

2015-2016 McNair Mentors

Hani Salim	Kevin Shelton
Douglas Hurt	Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale
Christine VanPool	Ibitola Pearce
Mary Shenk	David Beversdorf
Briana Kille	Melissa Stormont
Matthew Gordon	David Schramm
Wayne Brekhus	Antoinette Landor
Ron McGarvey	Robert Smale
Chi-Ren Shyu	Keith Herman
Maithe Enriquez	Ann Bettencourt

2014-2015 McNair Mentors

Nicole Campione-Barr	Scott Brooks
Sheila Grant	Matthew Gordon
Rainer Glaser	William Folk
Mark Flinn	Kristin Flynn Peters
Ibitola Pearce	Shastri Sandy
Wilson Majee	Ray Semlitsch
Cynthia “Cyndi” Frisby	Charlotte Phillips
Colleen Heflin	David Schenker
John Huntley	Alina Zare
Ty-Ron Douglas

2013-2014 McNair Mentors

Leigh Tenkku	Gustavo Carlo
Allison Kabel	Kenneth Sher
Gail Raskin	Sheila Grant
Stefan Sarafianos	James Lee
Catherine Peterson	Marybeth Brown
James Bryan Mann	Craig Paukert
Timothy Trull	Scott Peck
Jane Armer	Kim Anderson
Lea Lowery	Carol V. Ward
Nicole Campione-Barr

2012-2013 McNair Mentors:

Stefanos Sarafianos	Gustavo Carlo
Judith Goodman	Jane Armer
Ulus Atasoy	Wendy Reinke
Signe Cohen	Duane Rudy
David Schramm	David Beversdorf
A. Sherif El-Gizawy	Alan Whittington
Rose-Marie Muzika	Debora Bell
Jerry Atwood	Leo Saguiguit
Enos Inniss	Carol V. Ward

2011-2012 McNair Mentors:

Alejandro Morales	S. Ratneshwar
James C. Lee	Gary L. Solbbrekken
Sergei Kopeikin	Douglas Moesel
Peter Cornish	David Schramm
H. Carl Gerhardt	Craig Palmer
Sheila Grant	William Folk
Laura A. King	Matthew Gompper
John Viator	William Folk
Kalea Benner	Heidi Appel

2010-2011 McNair Mentors:

Laura A. King	Peter Mueser
Paul F. Miceli	Francisco Gomez
David W. Emerich	Mike Dunn
Daniel Turban	Ann Harrell
Mark W. Lee	Mary Shenk
Shelia Grant	Sonja Wilhelm Stanis
Melissa Mitchum	Vitor Trindade
William Hawk	Jessica Thornton
Elizabeth Behm Morawitz	Michael Garcia
George E. Davis	J. Chris Pires
Wayne Brekhus	Seth Meyer

2009-2010 McNair Mentors:

Paul Miceli	Wayne Brekhus
Nicole Campione-Barr	Robert Weagley
Pamela Hinton	Amit Prasad
Lori Franz	Peggy Placier
L. Marvin Overby	Stephen Ball
Anna Ball	Wayne Brekhus
Paul Weirich	Robert Weems
LeeAnn Whites	Rabia Gregory
Joan Hermsen	David Brunsma

2008-2009 McNair Mentors:

Stefan Sarafanos	Rebecca Johnson
Christine VanPool	Michael Ugarte
Ronald Phillips	Shubhra Gangopadhyay
Carol Anderson	Stacy Wagovich
Jae W. Kwon	Andrew McClellan
Cheryl Offutt	Marc Johnson
P. Frank Pai	Robert Torres
Wilma King	Hani Salim
H. Carl Gerhardt

2007-2008 McNair Mentors:

Lisa Flores (Educational, School and Counseling Psychology)	Bradley Curs (Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis)
Michael Lambert (Human Development and Family Studies)	Judith Goodman (Communication Science & Disorders)
Galen Suppes (Chemical Engineering)	Alan Whittington (Geological Sciences)
Moshe Naveh-Benjamin (Psychological Sciences)	Lori Franz (Business Management)
Carol Anderson (History)	John Evelev (English)
Nicole Campione-Barr (Psychological Sciences)	Stefanos Sarafianos (Molecular Microbiology & Immunology)
Michael Mobely (Educational, School and Counseling Psychology)	Robert Hayward (Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences)
Lori Eggert (Biological Sciences)	Lisa Sattenspiel (Anthropology)
Karen Cockrell (Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis)	Charles R. Brown (Veterinary Pathobiology)
Shila Grant (Biological Engineering)

2006-2007 Mentors

William R. Folk	Ulus Atasoy
John S. Howe	Raymond Semlitsch
Joan Hermsen	Kristin Hawley
Adam Helfer	Gregory Triplett
Gabor Forgacs	Kitty Holland
Charles Brown	Anna Bardone-Cone
Shuqun Zhang	Larry Brown
Juanita Simmons	Per Stromhaug
Jenice Prather-Kinsey

2005-2006 Mentors

Dong P. Yoon	John Galiher
Paul Duval	Matthew Gomper
Anne Dannerbeck	Frank Pai
Kevin Cokley	Robert Weagley
Debora Bell	Ibitola Pearce
Lisa Flores	Don Spiers
Sue Langdon	Earnest Perry
Judith Goodman	Douglas Moesel
Marjorie Sable	Mark Ryan

2004-2005 Mentors

Michael O’Brien	Abner Womack
Karen Weston	Theodore Koditschek
William Benoit	C. Michael Greenlief
Judith Miles	John F. Galliher
Cynthia McDonald	Sam Kiger
Patrick Market	Zoe Smith
Peter Tipton	Michael Prewitt
Karen Piper	Marjorie Sable
Douglas Moesel	Joshua Millspaugh

2003-2004 Mentors

James Endersby	Clyde Ruffin
Cerry Klein	James Williams
Ruth MacDonald	Marian Minor
Frances Dickey	Charles Nilon
Duane Rudy	Allen Bluedorn
Wayne Brekhus	Elaine Lawless
Reed Wadley	MaryAnn Gowdy
Abdullahi Ibrahim	Linda Day
Kim Leon	Carol Ward

2002-2003 Mentors

Michael Budds	Anna Bardone-Cone
Rick Lapan	Joshua Millspaugh
Philip Dale	Christopher Robert
Joe Parcell	Kelly Nelson
Donald Riddle	Clyde Bentley
Jenice Prather-Kinsey	H. Carl Gerhardt
Gardenia Harris	Jerry Berneche
Fu-Hung Hsieh	George Kracke
Charles Nilon	Carol Ward

2001-2002 Mentors

Ann Bettencourt	Pat Okker
Nelson Cowan	Jeff Pasley
Georgia Davis	Clyde Ruffin
Charles Geiss	Lisa Sattenspiel
George Kracke	Ken Sheldon
David Lee	John Stowe
Joe Lo Piccolo	Julius Thompson
Gerardo Lopez	Carol Ward
Johnetta Morrison	Roger Worthington

2000-2001 Mentors

Jane Armer	Rebecca McCathren
Jay Dow	Kerry McDonald
Frank Feng	K.C. Morrison
John Galliher	Satish Nair
Richard Hessler	Hani Salim
Bill Johnson	Ken Sheldon
George Kennedy	Donald Sievert
Dennis Lubahn	Harry Tyrer
Joel Maruniak	John Walker

1999-2000 Mentors

Danita Allen	Helen Neville
Diana Baldwin	Lizette Peterson-Homer
Teresa Cooney	Jill Raitt
Nelson Cowan	Michael Stadler
Michael Devaney	Michael Sturek
Jeffre Firman	Grace Sun
Jere Gilles	Paul Wallace
Dennis Lubahn	David Webber
Richard McGuire	Betty Winfield
	Sharon Wright

1998-1999 Mentors

Craig Anderson	Paul Johnson
Ann Bettencourt	David Larsen
Marilyn Coleman	Rick McGuire
DAvid DuBois	Mary Jo Neitz
Lillian Dunlap	Kathleen Newton
Weldon Durham	Michael Porter
David Emerich	Joan Quilling
Mark Fine	Jill Raitt
Judith Goodman	Marcus Rautman
William Hawk	Oliver Schuchard
Richard Hessler	Marjorie Skubic
Jean Ispa	Michael Underwood

1997-1998 Mentors

John Beem	Rich Lapan
Debora Bell-Dolan	Lee Lyman
John Bonagura	Johnetta Morrison
Ann Brill	Neil Mosey
Tom Clevenger	Helen Neville
Patricia Crown	Byron Scott
Mark Estes	Don Seivert
Gene Garrett	William Benoit
Miriam Golomb	Judy Wall
Norman Land	Carol Ward
Flore Zephir

1996-1997 Mentors

Wayne Anderson	Dennis Lubahn
Debora Bell-Dolan	Peter Markie
Charles Borduin	Hayden Mattingly, GA
Joel Brereton	Peter Mueser
Tom Clevenger	Lizette Peterson-Homer
David Dubois	Michael Prewitt
Louanna Furbee	Joan Quilling
Mariam Golomb	Don Ranly
Julia Hillbrick	Charles Rabeni
Noman Land	C.David Roberts
Wayne Loch	John Stowe

1995-1996 Mentors

Craig Anderson	Lee Lyman
Erma Ballenger	Gail S. Ludwig
Pam Benoit	James McCartney
Nathaniel Brickens	Roxanne McDaniel
Suzanne Burgoyne	Charles Nilon
Martin Camargo	Lizette Peterson-Homer
Marilyn Coleman	Ralph Rowlett
Susan Flader	Lisa Sattenspiel
William Folk	Tina Stacy
Valerie Heitshausen	Frederick vomSaal
Richard Hessler	John Stowe
Trudy Lewis	Gilbert Youmans

1994-1995 Mentors

Craig Anderson	Kerby Miller
Rakesh Bajpai	Mary Jo Neitz
Robert Benfer	Helen Neville
Marilyn Coleman	Lynn Pike
Nelson Cowan	David Retzoff
Michael Bernard Donals	Ralph Rowlett
Louanna Furbee	Marjorie Sable
Elizabeth Geden	Wes Sherman
Calvin Hal	Inez Stafford-Segert
Walter Johnson	Herb Thomas
George Kracke	Daniel Turban
Geta LeSeur	Suresh Tyagi
Jerry Lipsey	John C. Walker
Jon Meese	Robert Weems

1993-1994 Mentors

Craig Anderson	George Kracke
Tobia Baskin	Stanley Manahan
Steve Borgelt	Mary Jo Neitz
Thomas Cooke	Catherine Parke
Gary Ehrhardt	Martha Parnell
Howard Falwiler	Kevin Shelton
J. D. Firman	Jenice Prather-Stewart
Tim Gallimore	Peter Tipton
Darlaine Gardetto	Harry Tyrer
Whitney Hicks	Michael Underwood
Inder Khurana

1992-1993 Mentors

Gail Baker Woods	Magdalena Garcia-Pinto
Erma Ballenger	Whitney Hicks
Charles Borduin	James Holleran
George Brown	Fu-Hung Hsieh
William Bunnelle	Ben Londeree
Winfield Burggraaff	Thomas Mawhinney
Priscilla Callison	Kathleen Newton
Jan Colbert	Doug Nolte
Marilyn Coleman	Frank Schmidt
Harris Cooper	John Stowe
Thomas Dougherty	Alexander Von Schoenborn
Margaret Flynn	Carol Ward
Joseph Wehrmeyer

1991-1992 Mentors

Vairam Arunachala	Ruth McDonald
Barbara Bank	Johnetta Morrison
Mary Bixby	Charles Nilon
Marilyn Coleman	Thomas Phillips
Robert Collins	Michael Porter
William Folk	Mark Ryan
David Geary	Daniel Scroggins
Michael Harmata	John Stowe
Douglas Krull	Peter Tipton
Karen McCurdy	Abner Womack
Donald York

1990-1991 Mentors

Marina Arbetman	Elaine Lawless
John Brown	Joanne Mermelstein
James Bullock	Catherine Park
Lillian Dunlap	Mort Sajadian
Ron Farmer	Frank Schmidt
William Folk	Byron Scott
Elizabeth Geden	John Stowe
Allen Hahn	Gerald Summers
Michael Harmata	Daniel Turban
Gretchen Hill	Harry Tyrer

1989-1990 Mentors

Robert Bender	Whitney Hicks
Lois Bryant	Nancy Beth Jackson
Gregory Casey	John R. Jones
Elaine Charlson	Geta LeSeur
E.H. Cole	Karen McCurdy
Joseph Davenport	John T. O’Connor
Carl Gerhardt	William E. Robertson
Henry Hager	Elmer Schlemper
Jean A. Hamilton	Daniel Scroggins
Kenneth Sher