Class of 2020
Nahlah Abdur-Rahman(POLI)
How Historical Stereotypes Impact the Media Perception of Black Women Politicians
Mentor: Dr. Niambi Carter
Jaquesta Adams (CHEM)
The effect of size, shape, and surface chemistry on the optical and electronic properties of gold nanoparticles
Mentors: Drs. Andre Clayborne and Steven Cummings
Daphney Bonner(BIOL)
Trees, Traffic, and Health: A Study of Tree Canopy Coverage, Traffic Patterns, and Aerial Particulate Matter in NW Washington, DC
Mentor: Dr. George Middendorf
Ari Brathwaite (ECON)
The Finances of Freedom: Economic Effects of South Africa’s Liberation from Apartheid
Mentor: Dr. Mika Kato
Morgan Cahoon(POLI)
The Penalties of Being Poor, Black, and a Woman During the War on Drugs Campaign
Mentor: Dr. Robinson Woodward-Burns
Daria Coffield (BIOL)
Racial Disparities Across the Five Major Cancer Types in the United States
Mentor: Dr. Fatimah Jackson
Carmen Crusoe(AFRO)
Staying Black as an Academic Discipline: A Sociopolitical and Cultural Examination of the Establishment of
the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University
Mentor: Dr. Mario Beatty
Reyan de Vertuil (IDS)
An Examination of the Living Conditions of Residents in Bateyes in the Dominican Republic
Mentor: Dr. Nikongo Ba Nikongo
Courtni Foster (BIOL)
Neuronal Populations in the Principal Sulcus of Prenatal Alcohol Exposed Vervet Monkeys
Mentor: Dr. Janelle Burke
Ashton Gabriel (BIOL)
The Role of the Suspensorium in Gill Ventilation
Mentor: Dr. Stacy Farina
Cyerra Haywood (IDS)
Law and Order: Then and Now A Comparative Study of Ancient and Modern Penal Systems
Mentor: Dr. Molly Levine
Paige Alexandria Hodges(BIOL)
Bringing Taxonomic Clarity to Artemisia L. by Categorizing Moroccan Species
Mentor: Dr. Janelle Burke
Mari Alice Johnson(POLI)
How Do Socio-economic Development IndicatorsMeasure the Progression of the Welfare of the South African People Against Benchmarks Set Forth by the African National Congress’s Freedom Charter?
Mentor: Dr. John Cotman
Omri Johnson (PSYC)
The Indirect Effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Personal Growth through Black Self-Hatred
Mentor: Dr. Jules Harrell
Taylor Jones (HIST)
A City Divided: Race, Stratification and the Indelible Legacy of Housing Discrimination in Cleveland, OH
Mentor: Kay Wright Lewis
Stacia King (PSYC)
Psychosocial Differences in College Experiences: HBCUs vs PWIs
Mentor: Dr. Debra Roberts
Oluwapelumi Kolawole (BIOL)
Assessing the Antileishmanial Activity of the Aminoglycoside Streptomycin Against Potential Drug Targets in Leishmania donovani
Mentor: Dr. Clarence Lee
Giordanne Logan(BIOL)
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell mRNA expression profiles from adults with sickle cell disease and red cell alloimmunization
Mentor: Drs. Janelle Burke and James Taylor
Autumn McNeill (IDS)
Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Washington, DC: The History of the District
Mentor: Dr. Janelle Burke
Michaella Moore(BIOL)
Neuronal Loss in the Anterior Cingulate Gyrus of Infant Macaques Infected with SIV
Mentor: Drs. Mark Burke and Janelle Burke
Janelle Nelson(MATH)
Incomplete draft received
Mentor: Dr. Drumm
Diana Obinna (PHIL)
The Moral Permissibility of Late Term Abortion
Mentor: Dr. Carter
William Pugh (POLI)
The Proper Place for Blame in the Criminal Justice System: A Critique of Erin Kelly’s The Limits of Blame and a Proposed Path Forward
Mentors: Dr. Niambi Carter and Brandon Carter
Sagar Raju (BIOL)
Predictions of the Post Translation Modification Sites in CTNNB1
Mentor: Dr. Shaolei Teng
Asha Robertson(PSYC)
The Influence of Perceived Stress, Self-Esteem and Social Comparison on Coping Strategies of Black, Emerging Adult College Students
Mentor: Dr. GiShawn Mance
Tah-jai Sharpe (BIOL)
Genealogical Genome of the African Diaspora derived from the Cobb Collection Novel Petrous Bone Extraction
Mentor: Dr. Fatimah Jackson
Alexia Sinclair (POLI)
The Unofficial Political Bodies of Jamaica
Mentor: Dr. John Cotman
Marquis Taylor (HIST)
Contested Freedom: Free People of Color and Enslaved People’s pursuit of Freedom and Economic Prosperity in Antebellum era Savannah, Georgia
Mentor: Kay Wright Lewis
Jaelyn Vigee (BIOL)
Investigating the Role of GPCR5A in RhoA Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer
Mentor: Dr. Michael Feigen
Lauryn Wedgeworth(POLI)
America’s Longest Tradition: Surveillance, Infiltration, and Destabilization
Mentor: Dr. Keesha Middlemass
Emma Jeanne Wilkin(BIOL)
Investigating the Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi Association on the Growth of Rumex spp.
Mentor: Dr. Janelle Burke
Erin Winrow (BIOL)
A Game of CAT and Mouse: Effects on tumor growth and immune response through Standard and Thermoneutral temperatures and the Self Selection of Ambient Temperature
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen