McNair Center Admin

Director

Ed Egan: ed.egan@rice.edu, 617 415 8097, Office 230 Baker Hall

Research Assistants

Spring Term 2016 Schedule

Name	School	Year	M	Tu	W	Th	F	Rice Email	Phone	Join No.
Albert Nabiullin	SS	Sophomore	3-6	11-12	4-6	11-12	1-5	an22@rice.edu		1
Carlin Cherry	SS	Freshman	1-4:30	1-2	4-5:30	1-2	1-3	cec14@rice.edu	903 504 9287	2
Rachel Garber	SS	Senior	4-5:30	1-5	4-5:30	1-5	1-4	rlg6@rice.edu		3
Iris Huang	SS	Junior	1-5		1-5		10-12 1-5	xh12@rice.edu	281 796 4360	4
Komal Agarwal	SS	Senior	12-5		12-5		12-5	kka1@rice.edu	281 768 0122	5
Meghana Gaur	SS	Freshman	2-5		2-5		2-5	mg62@rice.edu	512 739 7105	6
Jackie Li	SS	Junior			2:20-5:30	1-5		Jackie.J.Li@rice.edu	832 542 3112	7
David Zhang	SS	Junior	4-6		4-6	4-6	4-6	yz53@rice.edu	832 914 5004	8
Julia Wang	SS	Freshman			1-5		1-5	jw71@rice.edu	408 396 2943	9
Jason Isaacs	SS	Senior	10-12	9-10:30	10-12	9-10:30	10-12	jki1@rice.edu		10
Alex Jiang	CS	Freshman	12-5		12-3		1-6	ayj3@rice.edu	713 454 3948	11
Leo Du	CS	Senior		12-2:15; 4-6	1-6	12-2:15		leo.du@rice.edu	832 807 0265	12
Kunal Shah	CS	Sophomore			2-5		2-5	ks45@rice.edu	914 355 8653	13
Sahil Patnayakuni	CS	Freshman	1-5		1-5		1-5	sp50@rice.edu	256 529 8614	14
Ben Baldazo	SS	Sophomore	1-5:30		1-5:30			bjb10@rice.edu	512 966 5987	15
Will Cleland	SS	Sophomore	3-5:30	2:30-5:30		2:30-5:30		wjc1@rice.edu	913 800 1728	16
Mallika Miglani	SS	Junior				3-5	1-3	mm73@rice.edu		17
Ramee Saleh	SS	Freshman	1-5			4-5:30	1-5	trs6@rice.edu	210 860 7626	18
Claudio Sanchez-Nieto	SS	Freshman		1-4		1-4		cs64@rice.edu	713 876 3409	19
Harsh Upadhyay	CS	1st year MCS	3-4:30	3-5	4-6	3-5	4-6	Harsh.Upadhyay@rice.edu	832-926-8228	20

Email addresses

Director:

• ed.egan@rice.edu

Center:

• admin@mcnaircenter.org (goes to director's gmail)
• mcnair@rice.edu (goes to a dedicated Rice email box. Log in at https://webmail.mail.rice.edu/)

Researchers (copy and paste for distribution):

an22@rice.edu,cec14@rice.edu,rlg6@rice.edu,xh12@rice.edu,kka1@rice.edu,Meghana.Gaur@rice.edu, Jackie.J.Li@rice.edu,yz53@rice.edu,jw71@rice.edu,jki1@rice.edu,ayj3@rice.edu,leo.du@rice.edu, ks45@rice.edu,sp50@rice.edu,bjb10@rice.edu,wjc1@rice.edu,mm73@rice.edu,trs6@rice.edu, cs64@rice.edu,Harsh.Upadhyay@rice.edu

Hiring Instructions

For those hired for pay:

1. Log in to Esther and complete a SPAF (Student Personnel Action Form) - just search for it and it comes up pre-populated. Print out the completed form, sign it, and return it to Ed or to the finance office downstairs. Don't worry about completing the job title, rate, or other fields. This will be done for you.
2. If you don't have an I-9 employment verification filed with Rice University, you'll need to get one. You'll have one if you've worked for Rice before. Otherwise, bring your passport (original, not a copy of the page) to the Baker Institute's finance team during regular business hours, and they will help you. If you can't find the finance office, ask Ed to be taken downstairs to see Giovanna or Christine, or ask the receptionist on the 1st floor for directions.
3. If you haven't already set yourself up for direct deposit, you can do that through Esther.
4. Complete your timesheets (available through Esther) every two weeks. These are now submitted electronically. They are checked by Ed and the Baker administration, so make sure that you complete them correctly. Do not report more than 20hrs of work in a given week.

Social Science Internship

Social science students with a declared major, who have not previously taken SOSC421, may take SOSC421 and gain 3 graded general degree credits for an internship with the McNair Center. The intern must work at least 10hrs a week for at least 8 weeks, and cannot receive other compensation for their efforts. Students selected for 3 credit internships must read the syllabus document, and complete the online intern agreement. The program is administrated by the Social Sciences Gateway office. As a part of the program the student must complete two one-page written descriptions of the internship and one self-evaluation. The center's director will provide two additional evaluations, and a grade.

More information is available from:

• https://socialsciencesgateway.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=2147484424&libID=2147484424

Login information

Twitter

The Center's Twitter Account:

admin@mcnaircenter.org
Password: 9million

Local Machines

Usernames and passwords for local machines are:

.\McNairCenterLocal
9million

Dropbox

The center's dropbox account is:

admin@mcnaircenter.org
9million

Hardware and software

MAC Addresses:

• Komal's Laptop: 70:56:81:b9:40:ef

Install TextPad from http://www.textpad.com (it's nag-ware with a free download and install).

Current projects

Albert Nabiullin:

Carlin Cherry: researching topics related to the SBA, including a general understanding of the organization itself, borrowers and loan types, and SBA problems (data reporting, technological issues)

Rachel Garber:

Iris Huang:

Komal Agarwal:

Meghana Gaur:

Jackie Li:

David Zhang:

Julia Wang:

Jason Isaacs:

Alex Jiang:

Leo Du:

Kunal Shah:

Sahil Patnayakuni:

Ben Baldazo: Researching Entrepreneurship in the Houston Area

Will Cleland:

Mallaka Miglani:

Ramee Saleh:

Claudio Sanchez-Nieto:

Harsh Upadhyay: