Class of 2006

Nailah Adams (Biology)
“Chronic Cocaine and/or Stress Exposure in Adolsescents and Adults Differentially Alters the Long-Term Consequences of Cocaine-Induced Reward and Psychomotor Stimulation”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sonya Sobrian, Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine

Olaoluwa Michael Akinyele (Economics)
“The Working Poor in the District of Columbia: Are They Making It?”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. C. Kenrick Hunte

Uchechi Anyanwu (Psychology)
“Evaluating the Impact of Group Identification on Perceptions of Responsibility and Liability Judgments following Hurricane Katrina”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Angela Cole

Michelle Boyd (Psychology)
“Ethnic Identity Development Among Three Immigrant Groups”
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Cynthia Garcia Coll, Brown University, Providence, RI

Christine Clarke (History & English)
“Aspects of Trinidad Carnival as Cultural Continuum of African Traditions”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Selwyn Carrington

Derrick Dennis (Mathematics)
“An Exploration of Ecological Models by Bifurcation Approach”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Faina Berezovskaya

Tamara DeSouza (Biology)
“An In Vitro “Mini-Heart” Model May Be Used to Identify Pharmacological and
Neurotransmitter Receptors, and Functional Myoneural Junctions”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Winston Anderson

Grace Duncan (Physics & Astronomy)
“The Phenomenology of Hurricane Katrina and Controlling Hurricanes”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tsann-Wang Yu

Amber Elliott (Political Science)
“The Uniting of Europe: Dealing with Race and Ethnicity”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lorenzo Morris

Josann Farrell (Psychology)
“Addressing Aggregation and Psychometric Parallelism”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jules Harrell

Shaunda Grisby (Biology)
“Characteristics Associated with Physician Use of Screening PSA”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Leon Dickson, Jr

Edna Hammett (Political Science)
“The US and Globalization Through UN Institutions: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Davis

Cyrus Hampton
“'The Very Time I Thought I Was Lost': The Fire Next Time Revisited and Otherness in James Baldwin’s Early Novels”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams

LaToya Jackson (Biology)
“Comparative Analysis of the Microbial Populations of Humans with Two Different Diets”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Nelson

Kisha Jones (Psychology)
“Motivation, Fairness, and Commitment Among Student Leaders at Howard”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Angela Cole

Tiffani Jones (English)
“The Construction of Whiteness in Passing Literature”
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Dana Williams

Alexis Logan (Political Science)
“Machine Politics and Urban America: The Logan Theory of Urban Political and Economic Development”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lorenzo Morris

Christopher McKnight (English)
“I’m Black and Got a Story to Tell: The African American Children’s Literature of Tony Medina and Its Influence”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams

Nicole Melton (Fashion Merchandising)
“Retail Marketing to the Ethnically Diverse Consumer: An Evaluation of Department Store Advertising, Visual Merchandising, and Product Assortment”
Faculty Advisor: Professor Doreen Vernon

Janie Miller (Biology) 
“Cloning, Expression, and Purification of a Soluble Human ABC Transporter, ABCFI”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Eckberg

Tara Moon (Biology)
“Comparative Analysis of Gastrointestinal Tract Microbial Populations of ChildrenAges 2 and 4”
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Karen Nelson

Shermena Nelson (Political Science) 
“Race-Related Student Activism: Where Have All the Radicals Gone?”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Darryl Harris

Patrick Odoi (Biology)
“Competitive Ability as a Measure of the Invasive Potential of Alyssum corsicum in Varying Nutrient Levels”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary McKenna

Nihja Oliver (Psychology)
“Career Decidedness and the Big Five Personality Variables: A Preliminary Typology of Black College Students”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan Browne

Candice Ottley (Physics & Astronomy)
“Spatio-Temporal Correlations and Risk Assessment of New Madrid Seismic Zone”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Lindesay

Tiffany Polk (Psychology)
“Shared and Simple Effects of Mean Arterial Pressure Determinants Among African American Males”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jules Harrell

Jacqueline Smith (Biology) 
“Subcellular Localization of Arabidopisis thalianaRACK1A Genes in Response to Various Abiotic Stressors”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hemayet Ullah

Halima Sow (Political Science)
“International Law: The Bush Doctrine and the U.S. Invasion of Iraq”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lorenzo Morris

Akilah Swinton (Psychology)
“The Influence of Racial Identity and Parental Involvement on the School Achievement of African American Adolescents”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Debra Roberts

Charla Taylor (Biology)
“The Association of Na+, K+-ATPase with B-COP and its Role in Cell Surface Expression”
Faculty Advisors: Dr. William Eckberg, Biology; Dr. Michael Caplan & Dr. Michael Morton
Yale University School of Medicine

Mahkada Taylor (Psychology)
“Predictive Influence of the ‘Big Five’ Personality Traits on Career Indecision”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan Browne & Dr. Jules Harrell

Traci-Amanda Washington (Psychology)
“Pathological Internet Use and its Effect on Health-Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors of African American College Students”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dominicus So

Denise Weathersby (Biology)
“The Regulation of Tristetraprolin Expression in Tumor-Associated Machropages by Breast Cancer Cells”
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Theodore Bremner

Veronica Womack (Psychology)
“Gender Differences and Dating Violence Among African American College Students”
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Dominicus So

Hanan Yehia (Political Science)
“International Law, the Bush Doctrine and Iraq”
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lorenzo Morris