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Indigenous Labor and Coercion on the Edges of the Hispanic World

David Rex Galindo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History

Project Summary: Dr. Galindo's research explores the complexities of exploitative labor systems and levels of unfreedom in the Hispanic world, from the Roman era to the 19th century. Although scholarly literature often broadly labels these systems as “slavery,” his project questions whether this term fully captures the diversity of human exploitation and unfree labor across different imperial contexts.

Integrating AI to Enrich Research and Mentorship in Counseling Psychology

NaYeon Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Project Summary: Dr. NaYeon Yang will expand her research capacity by completing three workshops on AI-assisted methods for systematic literature reviews, qualitative analysis, and exploratory analysis of complex datasets. Guided mentorship will further strengthen the application of these tools to current projects and facilitate research collaboration, innovation, and training in her lab.

Memory, Fiction, and Protest: Archival Research and Mentorship Toward Book Publication

Adam Manfredi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Project Summary: This project will support a weeklong research and mentorship trip to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to finalize a book manuscript on literature of the 1960s Japanese student movement. Archival research combined with mentorship from a senior scholar will deepen the manuscript’s historical context, theoretical framing, and scholarly impact.

Mentored Design of a Preschool Healthy-Weight Promotion Study Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST)

Yixun Xing, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Data Analytics and Statistics

Project Summary: Guided by mentors in intervention optimization and kinesiology, Dr. Xing will use the MOST framework to design trials that refine nutrition- and activity-based strategies to promote healthy growth and weight in preschoolers. The mentor-led consulting sessions and conference engagement will deepen her analytic skills and establish a lasting cross-disciplinary mentoring network.