Class of 2007

Tolulope Adesiyun (Chemistry)
Solution-Phase Parallel Synthesis and Characterization of a Twelve-Member Library of Dimethyldithiocarbamate Ester Derivatives
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Oladapo Bakare

Brittanie Anderson (African Studies)
Convened Black Space: Conversations in Diasporic Fashion
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mybe Cham (African Studies) & Dr. Gregory Carr (Afro-American Studies)

Marcus Bellamy (Spanish)
Autobiographies of Blood: The Afro-Colombian Genocide
Faculty Advisor: Professor Kevin Bryant

Marilyn Braxton (English)
“ […] can that child talk?”: The allegorical characterization of children as an unconscious patriiiiiarchal intent in Eudora Welty’s A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
Faculty Advisor: Dr. R. Victoria Arana

Giselle Burnett (Biology)
Macrophage-derived MIF: a possible role in tumor cell survival and anti-cancer drug resistance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Theodore Bremner

Carmen Byrd (History)
Voltaire: The Undergraduate Deist Philosopher
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Grace Vuoto
George Washington Law School

Darcelle Charles (French & Spanish)
Jean-Paul Sartre and the Negritude Movement
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Wallace

Katie Chipungu (Psychology)
Principal Component Analysis and State Anger Ratings in Violent and Non-Violent Situations
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jules Harrell
University of Miami Clinical Psychology – PHD Program

Dionne DaCosta (Biology)
A Fall Survey of Container-Breeding Mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) within the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Duffield

Stephanie Day (Biology)
Behavioral Observations in Polistes erythrocephalus and Polistes carnifex 
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Raymond Petersen

Jade Duncan (Biology)
The Effects of Aids, Civil Conflict and Global Warming on the Rising Indicents of Malaria in 3rd World Countries
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Duffield
Howard University Dental School

Nikki Faison Miller (Political Science)
No Child Left Behind Act: A Policy Analysis
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Frazier

Damilola Familoni (HHPLS Sports Medicine)
Autism: Its Impact on Individuals and Society
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Caprarola

Leia Foster (Biology)
Effectivity and Tolerance of Methylphenidate drugs vs. Amphetamine drugs in children with ADHD
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Broderick Eribo and Dr. Karen Nelson
Research Assistant – Children’s National Medical Center

Nyasha George (Physics)
An Algorithm for Single Molecule Sequencing of DNA
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Lindesay

Christina Gordon (Psychology)
Sexual Risk Taking Among Heterosexual African American College Students
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joneis Thomas

Howard Hamilton III (Biology) Magna cum Laude
Competitive Interactions between White Clover (Trifolium repens) and Three Species of Mint (Lamiaceae)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary McKenna

Nina Harrison (English)
The Farming of Bones Drags Colonial Racism on the Island of Hispaniola Into the Twenty-First Century
Faculty Advisor: Dr. R. Victoria Arana

Stephanie Hicks (Psychology)
Acting White: A Study of How the Formation of an Oppositional Identity May Lead Black Adolescents to Underachieve
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Debra Roberts
Georgetown University Law Center

Jana Homes (English & Psychology)
Shylock as Support for a Moral Message in The Merchant of Venice
Faculty Advisor: Dr. R. Victoria Arana
University of Minnesota Graduate School

Alicia Howard (Biology & Psychology)
The Effectiveness of Kainate Currents at Modulating Interneuron Firing Frequency
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abner Lall

Elizabeth Jamison-Dunn (Political Science)
Educational Inequity in the African American Community: Solutions for Triumph
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lorenzo Morris

William Lambert (Biology)
Prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis in the Genetic Farm of the National Artificial Insemination Center, Ethiopia
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Winston Anderson
NYU Medical School Sackler Graduate Program – PhD Immunology

Allison Mathews (Sociology)
The Economic Influence on Progressive Legislation: An Example of Affirmative Action from 1940 to Present
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ralph Gomes
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill– PhD - Sociology

Tristan Mitchell (Economics)
Ongoing Displacement: An Examination of Gentrification in Atlanta
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cyril Kenrick Hunte

Olubunmi Ogunwole (Chemistry)
Synthesis and Characterization of Anthracen-1-yl Amide derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Oladapo Bakare

Nadege Petit-Clair (Biology)
Determinant of P-Insulin from the Seed Extracts of Momordica charantia 
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Winston Anderson

Justin Polk (English)
The Victorian Other
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams

Ebony Ramsey (Political Science)
Race, Rhyme & Reason: A New Era in Racial Identification and Group Consciousness
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julia Jordan-Zachery

Nicole Ramsey (Biology)
Investigating the relationship between Hemoglobin S, malarial infection, and anemia among children in the village Sirakoroba of Kolokani, Mali
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Winston Anderson

Patrick Rogers (Chemistry)
Synthesis and characterization of a twelve-member library of fatty acid and amide derivatives of morpholino dithiocarbamate ester
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Oladapo Bakare

Jason Rodriguez (Political Science)
The Effect of Tax Cuts on the Economy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lorenzo Morris

Erin Scott (English, Magna cum Laude)
The Great Debate: Whole Language versus Phonics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams

Ayesha Smith (Biology)
The Competitive Ability of the Nickel Hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale from Bulgaria in Various Nutrient Levels
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary McKenna

Shannon Smith (Biology)
A Survey of the Distribution of Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the Howard University Campus
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Duffield

Gaspar Stinfil (Political Science)
American Slavery and the Necessity of Affirmative Action: Applying International Standards for Positive Policy Change
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Davis

Whitney Tims (Psychology)
American Policy and Genocide
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Davis

Curtisha Travis (Chemistry)
Syntheis and Surface Characterization of Oligo (Phenylene Ethnylene) Molecular Wires in Self-Assembled Monolayers on a Gold Surface
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Charles Hosten
Teach for America – High School Chemistry – Newark, NJ

Gabriel Vernon (History)
African-American Theatre, the Black Aesthetic, and the Continuity of African-American Culture
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jude Okpala

Stacy Whyte (Political Science)
Welfare Reform and Recipient Well-Being: How is America Doing?
Faculty Advisor: Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

Vonetta Williams (Biology)
Synthesis and Characterization of Naphthalene-2-yl-benzamide derivatives With Potential Anticancer Activities
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bakare Oladapo

Dominique Winters (Political Science)
Rehnquist and Stevens: Two Conservatives in Opposition
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abdul Bangura