Class of 2017
Ademuwagun, Christianah (Biology)
Correlations between Glial Cell Appearance and Accumulation and Cognitive Decline in Patients with Alzheimer's disease
Mentor: Dr. Mark Burke
Anyamele, Okechukwu (Biology)
Salvianolic Acid B Inhibits Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Growth by Regulation of miRNA Profile
Mentor: Dr. Xinbin Gu
Applewhite, Briana (Psychology)
The Impact of Severe Emotional Trauma and Alternative Ways to Cope: How Can Current Models Inform Future Theoretical Frameworks?
Mentor: Jules Harrell
Austin, Jace (Political Science)
The War on African Americans: Analysis on the Power of Destructive Media
Mentor: Dr. Clarence Lusane
Bailey, Tatyana (Political Science)
Death Over the Decades: The Unconstitutionality of the Death Penalty
Mentor: Dr. Daryl Harris
Bonam, Amanda (Sociology & Anthropology)
Cumulative Environmental Health Impacts in Southwest D.C.
Mentor: Dr. Tracy Perkins
Boyd, Alexis (English)
Engaging the Master's Tools: How Classical Western Ideology Complicates the Rhetoric of Protest and Resistance Literature
Mentor: Dr. Dr. Greene
Broughton, Mia (Biology)
Hypoxia facilitates neuroendocrine prostate cancer transdifferentiation
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
Bush, Andrea (Biology)
Neonatal Ethanol Exposure and its Effects on Hippocampal Structure and Function
Mentor: Dr. Mark Burke
Butler, Octavia (Political Science)
Pan-African elements of the Haitian Revolution: black solidarity, and unity within the paradigm of black agency, and self-determination
Mentor: Dr. John Cotman
Bynum-Cooper, Dominique (Biology)
Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Bacteria Associated with Two Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Robinson
Campbell, Laura (Biology)
The Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Hypertensive Mechanisms of Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor-alpha in the Brain during Angiotensin II Hypertension
Mentor: Dr. Dexter L. Lee
Campbell-Scott, Valynsia (Sport Medicine/ HHPLS)
A Pilot Study of High-Intensity Eccentric Exercise on Vascular Endothelial Function and Arterial Stiffness in Young Adult African-American Women With Without Parental Hypertension
Mentor: Dr. Vernon Bond
Carpenter, Priscilla (Biology)
Disruption of Nrf2 Alters Brain Amyloid-Beta Plaque Load in a APP+/PSI+ Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Joanne Allard
Clarke, Cameron (Biology)
Effect of Single-Dose and Fractionated Radiation on Fatty Acid Synthesis
Mentors: Dr. Adeola Makinde/Dr. Fatimah Jackson
Darko, Rachel (Biology)
Small compounds regulating Arabidopsis RACK1A protein modulate growth hormone gibberellin signaling pathways
Mentor: Dr. Hemayet Ullah
Francis, Berline (Biology)
Ethanol's Neurotoxic Effects on Amygdala of Primate Fetus
Mentors: Dr. Mark Burke / Courtney Robinson
Gilbert, Dometria (Biology)
Role of Prostate Derived Exosomes in Metabolism
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
Gittens, Nitya (Art) – late submission
Advertising as Advocacy: How Advertising Can Combat the Real-life Implications of the Muted Group Theory
Mentor: Dr. Mark Bartley
Goodly, Destini (Biology)
Role of PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway in Regulation of Expression of Androgen Receptor in ABCG2+ CWR-R1 Prostate Cancer Cells
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
Green, Alexandra (English)
New Master, Same House: The Paradox of Black Women's Self-Ownership in Beyonce's Lemonade
Mentor: Dr. Rachel Watson
Hunt-Stone, Keenan (Physics)
Constraining Lunar Surface Charging Using Apollo Observations
Mentors: Dr. Dr. Timothy Stubbs/ Prabhakar Misra
Isaac, Akira (Biology)
The Role of Spargal/dPGC-1 in the Growth of the Drosophila Ovaries
Mentor: Dr. Atanu Duttaroy
Jackson, Jarrett (Biology)
Expression of Claudin-5 Tight Junction Protein in SIV-Infected Primate Brain
Mentor: Dr. Mark Burke
Jackson, Niara (Sociology)
The Effects of Alcohol on the GPA of African American College Students: College Habits Affecting Academic Success
Mentor: Dr. Ralph Gomes
James, Dominique (English)
Looking Inside: Black Women's Literature, Healing from Crimes against the Black Female Body, and Revisiting Psychoanalysis
Mentor: Dr. Rachel Watson
Jett, Rashaad-Dreana (HHPLS)
A Preliminary Study of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Total Peripheral Resistance During Mental Stress in Young Adult African Americans
Mentor: Dr. Vernon Bond
Johnson, Monica (World Languages and Culture)
Minorities Studying Abroad: Possible Issues Affecting Participation
Mentor: Dr. James Davis
Kennard, Nicole (Biology)
Photoacoustic Monitoring of Radation-Induced Salivary Gland Damage
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
LeMorin, Ruby (Political Science)
Battling Sexual Assault: An Epidemic on College Campuses
Mentor: Dr. Josephine Dawuni
Lewis, Demi (Biology)
Enhancing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitory Effects In Preclinical Models of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
Mack, Angelica (Chemistry)
5a-Reductase Inhibitory Activity (in silico):Synthesis of Avicequinone C and Derivatives
Mentor: Dr. Lorraine Fleming
McLennon, Negene (Chemistry)
Formulation of Silver Phosphate/Poly (3-hydrocybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (Ag3PO4/PHBV) Films
Mentor: Dr. Dharmarcy Ragharan
Michel, Romie (Sociology and Criminology)
The Effect of Class Attendance on Grade Point Average After Controlling Selected Socio-demographic Variables
Mentor: Dr. Ralph Gomes
Mosley, Allegra (Political Science)
A Global Philosophical Crossroad: An Examination of the Intersectionality of Eastern and Western Philosophy and Globalization in the Iran Nuclear Talks
Mentor: Dr. Daryl Harris
Nawaz, Saba (Biology)
Hermaline Induced Tremor is Associated with Reduced Sensory-Motor Activity in Mice
Mentor: Dr. Xiping Zhan
Ndukwe, Precious (HHPLS)
A Study of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Heart Rate Variability During Mental Stress in Young Adult African Americans
Mentor: Dr. Vernon Bond
Okolo, Rita (Biology)
Characterization of Cancers in the Cobb Collection: Historic Washington DC African American Population
Mentor: Dr. Fatimah Jackson
Olu, Morenike (Biology)
Characterizing Models of Indolent and Aggressive Prostate Cancer (CaP)
Mentor: Dr. Anna Allen
Osby, Alexis (HHPLS)
Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Prefrontal Electroencephalographic Asymmetry and Mood Responses: Function of Gender
Mentor: Dr. Vernon Bond
Owens, Morgen (Biology)
Edaphic factors influence stomatal development and physical defense in a Ni-hyperaccumulator
Mentor: Dr. Mary McKenna
Owolabi, Ayodele (Music)
The Retention of the Functional Nature of African Music within African American Music
Mentor: Dr. Sais Kamalidiin
Parker, Termara (Biology)
Immunohistochemical localization of parvalbumin calcium-binding protein in the pediatric SIV hippocampus
Mentor: Dr. Mark Burke
Peterson, Khaliah (English)
Labor of Love: Literary Criticism in the Creative Writing of Fanfiction
Mentor: Dr. Sheshalatha Reddy; Dr. Rachel Watson
Pompey, Fayola (Biology)
The Microbial Community Associated with Senegalese Dust
Mentor: Dr. Courtney Robinson
Scott, Brittany (Economics)
Oppressed but never Enslaved: Youth Unemployment at the Hands of a Post-Apartheid Nation
Mentor: Dr. Amy Yeboah/ Mika Kota
Shearlds, Cydnea (Political Science)
The New Black Urban Myth: A Qualitative Analysis of the Portrayal of African Americans in the Post Slavery Media Using the Social Learning Theory
Mentor: Dr. Daryl Harris
Shell, Christopher (History)
Mass Appeal: Garveyism, the UNIA, and the Transatlantic Connection between the United States and South Africa
Mentor: Dr. Edna Medford
Smith, Sergio (Physics & Astronomy)
Fundamentals of the Anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory Correspondence
Mentor: Dr. James Lindsey
Taylor, Krista (Chemistry)
Biochemical Characterization of PbAp46/48 Interactions in Sin3/HDAC Complexes
Mentor: Dr. Hussan Ashktorab
Tyree, Andrea (Political Science)
United States Humanitarian Intervention: To Lead or Empower Others?
Mentor: Dr. Aaron Hanna
Ude, Uzoamaka Ude (Philosophy)
A Discourse on the Formation of Misogyny into Ethics and Law
Mentor: Dr. Brandon Hogan
Walker, Alexa (Political Science)
African American Women in Connection to Sex Trafficking in the United States
Mentor: Keneshia Grant
Weatherly, Ambriel (Biology)
Effect of SIV Infection on Hippocampal SOX-2
Mentor: Dr. Mark Burke