Class of 2021
Ashley Achonye (BIOL)
Analyzing Patterns of Nucleotide and Haplotype Variation at the Vitamin D Receptor Gene in Global Populations
Mentor: Dr. Michael Campbell
Comfort Adegboye (BIOL)
Genome Annotation of Contig34 of Muller D Element of Drosophila Ananassae
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
Alexandria Adigun (BIOL)
An Analysis of Small Heat Shock Proteins: GroEL and GroES
Mentors: Drs. Kari Thompson and Courtney Robinson
Yasmine Allen (SOCI)
Revisiting the 2017 Hurricane Season: Examining Experiences post-Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria by Race
Mentor: Dr.Teri Adams
Ilana Aaquil (SPAN)
Afro-Colombian Music as Political Resistance
Mentor Dr.Clement Akassi
Kim Austin (POLI)
Disparidad Económica: Racial Discrimination in Santiago de Cali’s Labor Market
Mentor: Dr.Jo Von McCalester
Kela Bakari (BIOL)
Relating Occlusal Offset to Diet in Piranhas and Pacus
Mentor: Dr. Stacy Farina
Zaire Bartholomew (PHIL)
The Role Identity Plays in the way African American Women are Treated Within Healthcare
Mentor: Dr.Brandon Hogan
Cienna Alisse Benn (AFRO)
Cultural Compositions: Gordon Parks and the Early Articulations of Black Aesthetics in American Photography
Mentor: Dr.Greg Carr
Nadiya Blair (POLI)
An Autoethonographical Analysis of the Pushout Effect of Black Girls in Schools
Mentor: Dr.Keesha Middlemass
Taylor Borgelt (BIOL)
Identifying the spatiotemporal expression and functionality of the various ETR-1 isoforms in C. elegans
Mentor: Dr.Anna Allen
Nina Brown (BIOL)
The Novel Corona Virus’s Impact on Health Disparities in African Americans: a Literature Review
Mentors: Dr.Dexter Lee/Courtney Robinson
Imani Bryant (POLI)
Thus Saith the Lord: On Black LGBTQ Inclusion in Black Power and Black Theology
Mentor Dr.Keesha Middlemass
Kailande Cassamajor (BIOL/PSYC)
The Influence of Social Support on Psychological Distress among African American Breast Cancer Survivors and the Mediating Role of Fear of Recurrence
Mentor: Dr.Teletia Taylor/Courtney Robinson
Camryn Clanton (PHIL)
The Harm That Has No Name: Same Race Street Harassment
Mentor: Dr.Brandon Hogan
Sydney Coleman (AFRO)
The Historic Preservation Efforts of the National Council of Negro Women
Mentor: Dr.Valethia Watkins
Shalom Entner (BIOL)
Ecological and Evolutionary Influences on Butterfly Wing Morphology
Mentor: Dr.Mary McKenna
Ayanna Fowler (THEA)
From Mammy to Baby Momma’s: The Lasting Effects of Minstrelsy on Black Women and Actresses in Film
Mentor: Dr.Ricky Ramon
Alexandria Frank (PSYC)
The Symbiosis of Literature and Experience for African American Women in the Workplace: A Critical Discourse
Mentors: Drs.Cynthia Winston-Proctorand Denée T. Mwendwa
Warren Fuselier (POLI)
Drought in the Black Oasis On the gradual decline of Black Tulsa, marking the economic descent of Greenwood’s Black Wall Street District
Mentor: Dr.Jo Von McCalester
Sabin Gaire (MATH)
Erroneous Examples Learning in Algebra
Mentor: Dr.Christina Barbieri (Univ. of Delaware)
Briah Glover (PSYC)
A New Approach to the Study of Black American Development
Mentor: Dr.Jules Harrell
Ayanni Godbold (CRIM)
Society May Be To Blame But So Are You!
Mentor: Dr.Walda Fishman
Nadia Greene (IDS)
The Movement that Moved the World: The Global Impact of the Black Lives Matter Campaign
Mentor: Dr.Clarence Lusane
Zoe Haynes (POLI)
An Analysis of Racial Disparities in Public School Funding as seen in the District of Columbia Public School System
Mentor: Dr.JoVon McCalester
Morgan Hopkins (POLI)
The Consequences of Irresponsible Leadership: a paralleled case study comparing executive leadership throughout the coronavirus epidemic to that during the 2020 California wildfires
Mentor: Dr.Keesha Middlemass
Nnyla Lampkin (POLI)
The Application of Du Bois’ Educational Theory to the Black Student in Conversation with Modern Day Education Reform
Mentor: Dr.Joshua Myers
Bishop Lawton (HIST)
Africans in America: The Role of African-Immigrants in the Production of Pan-African Ideology in the United States
Mentor: Dr.Kay Wright Lewis
Jana LeBert (PSYC)
Evaluation of Children’s Hospitals Mental Health Investments in Vulnerable Communities Mentor: Dr.Debra Roberts
Ciara Lopez (SOCI)
Fatty Liver Disease in a Liver Androgen Receptor Knockout (LivARKO) Mice
Mentor: Dr.Terri Adams
Gabryelle Matz-Carter (POLI)
The Origins of the Kleptocracy, Nepotism, and Cronyism in Nigeria Unveiling Neocolonialism in Africa in the 21st Century: Can Nigerian Government be Salvaged? Mentor: Dr.Ben Fred Mensah
Christina McBean (PHYS)
Study of Molecular Adsorption on Two-Dimensional Materials using Density Functional Theory
Mentor: Dr.Pratibha Dev
Pharren Miller (AFRO)
Crown Under Siege: The Policing of Black Girls' Hair in Schools
Mentor: Dr.Amy Yeboah
Sydney Montgomery (SOCI)
Mass Incarceration: An Examination of Achievement for Children with Incarcerated Parents in the Black Family while Breaking the Cradle to Prison Pipeline
Mentor :Dr.Bahiyyah Muhammad
Jade Morgan (POLI)
The Application of Science Fiction in American Politics Examined Through The Works of Octavia Butler
Mentor: Dr.Keesha Middlemass
Kae'la Morton (CRIM)
Exploring the Incarceration of Juveniles in Adult Prisons and Jails and the Effects of Juvenile Incarceration in Adult Facilities
Mentor: Dr.Terri Adams
Sirajul Mustafa (BIOL)
The Role of Receptor for Activated C KINASE1 (RACK1) PROTEIN IN REGULATING NITROGEN STRESS IN ARABIDOPSIS; GENOME ANNOTATION TUTORIAL OF CONTIG10 OF MULLER F ELEMENT OF DROSOPHILA BIARMIPES
Mentor: Dr.Hemayet Ullah
Rasheed Muhammad (POLI)
The Northern Triangle: Immigration’s Root Causes and How to Address Them
Mentor: Dr.Ben Fred Mensah
Kone Nesengani (IDS)
Argentina and its Human Rights Problem
Mentor: Dr.Clarence Lusane
Jennifer Nnadozie (HHPL)
An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Structural Racism and Implicit Bias on the Pregnancy and Childbirth Experiences of Black Women in the United States
Mentor: Dr.Roberta Hollander
Ramzee Nwokolo (ECON)
Breaking Even: Consumption Inequality in the Divided States of America
Mentor: Dr.Gerald Daniels, Jr.
Olufolakemi K. Olusanya (BIOL)
MiaA impacts the expression of GroEL and GroES in Esherichia coli: A systematic review Mentor :Dr.Karl Thompson/Courtney Robinson
Adjoa Osei-Ntansah (BIOL)
Impact of High Fat Diet on Mechanisms of Androgen-induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Liver Androgen Receptor Knockout (LivARKO) Mice Model
Mentor: Dr.Stanley Andrisse/Courtney Robinson
Abolade Oyetunji (POLI)
How America Failed the Black Woman
Mentor :Dr.Keesha Middlemass
Joshua Phillips (POLI)
CAFO is King: An Unbiased Study of Industrialized Farming in Relation to Environmental Racism
Mentor: Dr.Keesha Middlemass
Taylor Phillips-Jones (BIOL)
Differential Activation of Neurons in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus in a Rodent Model of Binge Eating Disorder
Mentor: Dr.Kimberlei Richardson/Courtney Robinson
Jade Pinnock (PSYC)
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Psychosocial Skills and Academic Achievement of African American Middle School Students.
Mentor :Dr.Debra Roberts
William Reed (POLI)
Voter Suppression in North Carolina
Mentor: Dr.JoVon McCalester
Sheila Shaheed (BIOL)
A Systematic Review of Cerebellar Behavioral Tasks for Development of Virtual Data Collection Using Cellphones
Mentor: Dr.Dominique Pritchet
Maya Louise Shed (THEA)
REVOLUTION. CELEBRATION. REFLECTION. A Philosophical and Historical Exploration of Black Theatre and its Purpose in the African American Community
Mentor: Dr.Ricky Ramon
Faith Simmonds (BIOL)
Patterns of nucleotide and haplotype variation at the Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 gene in globally diverse populations
Mentor: Dr.Michael Campbell
Jamaica Simmons (BIOL)
The Characterization of the Urohyal and Asymmetrical Gill Ventilation in Flatfishes Mentor: Dr.Stacy Farina
Sydney Stephens (BIOL)
Mechanism and Comparative Study of Ventilation in Knifefish
Mentor: Dr.Stacy Farina
Chyna Syncon (POLI)
Locked Up: An Analysis of the Effects of Mandatory Minimums on the Black Community in Georgia
Mentor :Dr.Javon McCalester
Madison Thibeaux (POLI)
Reimagining Restorative Justice
Mentor: Dr.Madison Thibeaux
Maci Thomas (CRIM)
Captain America, Militarism, and Consent
Mentor: Dr.Ernest Quimby
Zack Thomas (BIOL)
Analyzing the Association between the Variation of Oral Cavity Components and Sleep Mentor: Dr.Courtney Robinson
Ashley Tousana (IDS)
Reconditioning of Hegemonic Western Development Practices with Mindful Exclusion of Recolonization Through an In-Depth Review of Two (2) Chinese Development Efforts in Kenya
Mentor: Dr.Clarence Lusane
DuPree Walker (SPAN/IDS)
The Impact of Neocolonialism on the Quechuan Culture
Mentor: Dr.Amelia Mondragon
Nina Wallace (BIOL)
Examining Population Substructure of the Arabian Peninsula
Mentor: Dr.Fatimah Jackson
Jalen Watson (POLI)
Disenfranchisement of Ex-felons in Miami, Florida
Mentor: Dr.Jo Von McCalester