Alumni Spotlight

Current Position: PhD Dissertator in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology and MBA Candidate in Marketing Research University of Wisconsin-Madison Sheikh Omar Jobeis currently finishing his PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology and MBA in Marketing Research dual degree at the University of Wisconsin Madison.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Washington University with … Read more

Alicia Peaker is currently the CLIR/DLF Postdoctoral Fellow in the Digital Liberal Arts at Middlebury College. She successfully defended her dissertation, ‘Our English Ground’: Women, Literature, and the Environment, 1900-1950, at Northeastern University in April 2014. During her tenure as a graduate student she organized six graduate conferences and served as the PhD representative and … Read more

Current Position: Postdoctoral Resident San Carlos Apache Reservation Wellness Center Dr. Avila Cawston earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Eastern Washington University (EWU) in 2005; a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Psychology from Oklahoma State University in 2007; and a Psychology from Oklahoma State University in 2012. In her own words: “The McNair … Read more

Current Position: Executive Director and Senior Vice President First Nations Oweesta Corporation Mr. Panamaroff is an enrolled member of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, Alaska and a descendent of the Koniag Alaskan Native Cooperation. Prior to joining OweestaJon had spent his professional career in finance and Native American economic development.  He worked as Northwest Zone Credit … Read more

Current Position: Residential Faculty and Writing Program Administrator, English Department Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ) Dr. Micheal Callaway entered the TRIO McNair Program at Eastern Washington University in the summer after his sophomore year, in 1998. He completed a second summer of McNair research in 1999 and worked for the program teaching GRE preparation in … Read more