Class of 2014

 

Chynere Best (Psychology)   

Caribbean Cultural Transmission: An Analysis of Second Generation West Indians                      

Mentor: Dr. Debra Roberts

 

Aisha   Brownlee (Psychology)

Structure vs. Function: The True Detrimental Effects on Black Male Academic Achievement                    

Mentor: Dr. Jules P. Harrell

 

Kyle R. Burton (Biology)

Quantitative Analysis of Hippocampal Neurons in Aged Vervet Non-Human Primates: a Potential Model of Early Alzheimer's disease               

Mentor: Dr. Mark Burke

 

Kia L.  Byrd (Biology)

The Neuroprotective Effects of IKK Inhibitors on Cytokine Expression in T-Lymphocytes of a Huntingtomn's Disease Patient

Mentor: Dr. Winston Anderson

 

Virginia S. Cooper (Chemistry)

The Synthesis and Characterization of Some Galloyl Amide Derivatives for Antileisha Studies                 

Mentors: Dr. Oladapo Bakare & Dr. Clarence M. Lee

 

Jasmine Felder  (Psychology)

Psychohairapy and Emotions: What Emotions and Moods are Represented in Stories About African American Hair?                     

Mentor: Dr. Afiya Margum

 

Simone Ferguson (HHPLS)

Differential Sensitivity and Correlation between Measures of Cardiac Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Activity before and After Encounters with Psychological Stimuli        

Mentor: Dr. Jules P. Harrell

 

Olivia  Ford (Political Science)

The Cost of Supremacy: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Social and Cultural Effects that are Crippling the People's Republic of China Using the Cultural Selection Theory      

Mentor: Dr. Darryl Harris

 

Ariel Gaines (Biology)

Supernumerary Centrosomes Contribute to Increase in Motility for Cancer Metastasis                 

Mentor: Dr. Winston Anderson

 

Melat Gebre (Biology)

Prenatal Valporic Acid Exposure in Rats and its Effects on Serontonergic Axons Innervating the Amygdala       

Mentor: Dr. Eva K. Polston

 

Zakyia Goins-McCants (History)

And Miles to Go Before We Sleep: Education Policy in Louisiana's Public Schools, 1979-2011    

Mentor: Dr. J. R. Kerr-Ritchie

 

Leah Hairston (Psychology)

The Corollary of the 1960 Guatemalan Civil War: Societal Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder           

Mentor: Dr. Maria Roof

 

Ashley Hill (Psychology)

Breaking Invisible Bonds: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa among African American Women           

Mentor: Dr. Alfonso L. Campbell

 

Lotanna Ikeotuonye (Mathematics)

Mathematical Analysis Modeling of Malaria Transmission in Nigeria        

Mentor: Dr. Katharine Gurski

 

Ines R. Kafando (Biology)

Effects of Pathogenic Serratia marcescens on Pieris rapae Larve   

Mentor: Dr. Courtney Robinson

 

Lorna L. Koumou (Biology)

Analysis of the Microbial Component of Senegalese Dust    

Mentor: Dr. Courtney Robinson

 

Dedriana Lomax (Biology)

Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriocin-Producing Bacteria from Retail Cheddar Cheese

Mentor: Dr. B. Eribo

 

Blanche Mahop (Mathematics)

Sensitivity Analysis: Extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test   

Mentor: Dr. K. Gurski

 

Cydney McGuire (HHPLS)

Applications of Paper Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) 

Mentor: Dr. Vernon Bond

 

Justin Nalos (English)

Sex and Satire: Responses of Asian American Writers to Stereotyped Identities

Mentor: Dr. Christopher Shinn

 

Karis M. Norwood (Biology)

The Effects of Dendritic Cell Vaccines on Naive T Cell Trafficking and the Tumor Draining Lymph Node

Mentor: Dr. Michael Lipscomb

 

Lauren Prince (Mathematics)

Using an SIR Model to Understand the Conditions that Cause Staphylococcus Aureus to Develop Resistance to Certain Treatments

Mentor: Dr. Katharine Gurski

 

Larry J. Sanders (Political Science)

An Outdated System: The Need for Public Education Reform in Detroit, Michigan

Mentor: Dr. Marilyn Lashley

 

Olusina Senu-Oke (Economics)

Does FDI Stimulate Economic Growth in Africa?    

Mentor: Dr. Cyril Hunte

 

Neena  Speer  (Psychology)

Hip Hop and Black Identity: Signs of Complacency 

Mentor: Dr. Campbell

 

Sheneese Thompson (Afro-American Studies)

Black Aesthetics, Mass Media Messaging, and its Effect on Academic Achievement in African American Youth         

Mentor: Dr. Gregory E. Carr

 

Taylor  Thompson (Biology)

Identification and Functional Validation of IMP2 Target Genes, [an mRNA binding protein implicated in the etiology of Type 2 Diabetes] analysis  

Mentors: Dr. Deidra Wrighting, Harvard and Dr. Winston Anderson, Howard

 

Jessica C. Williams (Biology)

Delivering a bundle of Compassion: The Life and Work of Dr. Lena Edwards       

Mentor: Dr. Fatimah Jackson

 

Jade Williams (Economics)

Poverty and Politics   

Mentor: Dr. Gaminie Maapagala

 

Ronald K. Williams (Political Science)

Evicting a People: A Triangulative Analysis of Gentrification's Adverse Effects on Black and Latino Communities in the United States Utilizing the Capitalist and Postcolonialist Theories     

Mentor: Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura

 

Aamir  Zariwala (Biology)

Examination of Kif23 in Dendritic Cells

Mentor: Dr. Michael Lipscomb