Volume 4 (2026)
Welcome to the Fourth Edition of The Agora!
The Agora, an NMSU Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, presents its fourth edition. This edition is part of an annual publication powered by NMSU students.
Introduction
Note from the Editor
Mason Kokovay
Full Length Articles
Hormetic Ethanol Effects on Fitness and Attraction in Irradiated Aedes Aegypti
Kayden Robey, Gabriel Borg, and Immo Hansen
Responsibility Without Rescue: Community-Based Participatory Research, Legal Insecurity, and Ethical Accountability in Borderland Courtrooms
Ruben Morales Jr.
The Genetics of Sex
Fortis Brown
The Ways Green Chile Impacts the Land of Enchantment
Edith Hancock
Creative Pieces
A Review of “Enlightenment: An Oak Tree (Koan)”
Elijah Arenas
Light and Dark
Quinn Marshall
Lyreen, Maynooth
Gage Anderson
Student Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Mason Kokovay
- Editorial Board
- Gilbert Bustillos
- Sofia Isella Cisneros-Alonzo
- Isaac Cramer
- Dante Galaz
- Nina Gallegos
- Amy Gray
- Angela Korte
- Quinn Marshall
- Kaden Martinez
- Amelia Sanchez
- Chantay Herrera
Faculty Advisor
Peer Reviewers
- Maria Chavez, Ph.D
- Judith Chavira, Ph.D
- Ryan Cull, Ph.D
- Jennifer Curtiss, Ph.D
- Tanner Guskey, Ph.D
- Gustavo Larach, Ph.D
- Carlos Posadas, Ph.D
- Mikaela Prouty
- Sarah Ruiz, Ph.D
- Julia Soares, Ph.D
- Stephanie Walker, Ph.D
- John Xu, Ph.D