HUMANITIES

ORAL	Michael A. Benjamin, II (Honors) "Hoop Dreams": Arguing For More Young Adult Fiction to be Written for Black Male Teenagers	English Dr. Dana Williams Dr. Alla Tovares
ORAL	Kristen Bushnell (Honors) Common Origins: The History of Christian/Jewish Polemic and the Debate Surrounding Isaiah 7:14	Greek Dr. Molly Levine
ORAL	Tiffany Bright (Honors) Return to the Nile: Establishing Egyptian Texts as the Origin of Classical Literatures	English Dr. Dana Williams Dr. Alla Tovores
ORAL	Keisha L. Brown No Offense: A Linguistic Analysis of the Structure and Function of Humorous Personal Insults in Friendship Development and Maintenance	English Dr. Alla Tovares
ORAL	Angela R. Cummings An Eternal Trial for the Living: Examining the Importance of Masculinity, Pride, and Community Responsibilty in A Lesson Before Dying	Physician Assistant Professor Sam Doku
ORAL	Macy Freeman Who Will Take Their Places? : Black Male Role Models and Education in A Lesson Before Dying	Print Journalism Professor Sam Doku
ORAL	Lauren-Nikai Harry Impact of Education in A Lesson Before Dying: Lack of Discipline Yields Unproductive Assets	Marketing Professor Sam Doku
ORAL	Shaneeca Hill Ironic Twist: Jefferson as Symbol of Redemption and Catharsis in Ernest Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying	Psychology Professor Sam Doku
ORAL	Rishi Jaglal Exploring the Swarthe of the Death Penalty in A Lesson Before Dying	Mechanical Engineering Professor Sam Doku
ORAL	Qi'Anne Knox Deconstructing Community, Education, and the Death Penalty in A Lesson Before Dying	Computer Science Professor Sam Doku
ORAL	Amanda Lockett Exploring the Reemergence of Queen Hatshepsut in Contemporary Black Literature	English Dr. Dana A. Williams
ORAL	RaShawn Mitchner Evaluating Language Change Influenced by Geography and Ethnicity	English Dr. Alla Tovares
ORAL	Imhotep Newsome (Honors) Origin Myths of the Septuagint: An Analysis of the Accounts of Aristeas, Philo, and Justin Martyr	Classics Dr. Molly Levine
ORAL	Amato Nocera An Inquiry into the Subjective Nature of Morality	Philosophy/ Afro-American Studies Dr. Segun Gbadegesin
ORAL	Jessamyn S. Perkins Subordination and Control: Slave Punishments in Ancient Rome	Classical Civilization Dr. Rudolph Hock
ORAL	Jahaan Shaheed (Honors) Images of Auset in Leon Forrest’s There Is A Tree More Ancient than Eden and Two Wings to Veil My Face	English Dr. Dana Williams

NATURAL SCIENCES

ORAL	Kristen J. Alston Cognitive Reframing and Affective State in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors at Entry in a Intervention Trial	Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
POSTER	Shorma Bianca Bailey Synthesis of Biocompatible Silver Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solutions	Chemical Engineering Dr. J. Mitchell
POSTER	Jasmine Beal An Investigation of the Role of Phosphorylation in the Dimerization of RACK 1-A Proteins	Biology Moulaye Ahmed Hemayet Ullah
ORAL	Maleka Brown (Honors) Racial Identity in African American Adolescents: Implications on Academic Achievement	Psychology Dr. Debra Roberts
ORAL	Spencer Carter A3G-bodies are Distinct from RNA Granules and Dispensable for HIV-1 Virion Incorporation of APOBEC3G	Biology Dr. Richard D'Aquila Kenneth Martin
ORAL	Michael James Cericola The effects of caudal autotomy on agility in Sceloporus jarrovii	Biology Dr. George Middendorf
ORAL	Cristin Chall Gödel, Bell, and Physical Immeasurability	Physics James Lindesay
POSTER	Shavonne Collins Marijuana and the Brain - Effects of Cannabinoids on Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb	Biology Dr. Thomas Heinbockel
POSTER	Gino A. Davis Surface energy budget at the Howard University Beltsville Campus site and implications on urbanization	Physics Dr. Everette Joseph
ORAL	Renee Davis (Honors) Exploring the Role of Cultural Identity in the Academic Achievement of Adolescent Minorities	Psychology Dr. Debra Roberts
POSTER	Rodricka Elliott, Angela Sloan Differential Perceptions of Black and White Bisexual Men	Psychology Dr. Jamie Barden Debbie Van Camp
POSTER	Heba Elnaiem Contact Angle of water on graphite and formation of Nanobubbles	Physics and Biology Dr. Silvina Gatica
ORAL	Lori Evans Genetic Screen of Drosophila PPAR-γ Coactivator-1 Mutant	Biology Dr. Atanu Duttaroy
ORAL	Ciara Gimblet Retention, proper utiliztion, and bio-efficacy of long lasting insecticide treated bed nets for malaria control	Biology Dr. Winston Anderson
ORAL	Aja B. Harvey (Honors) Environmental Justice: Inequitable Burdens	Biology Dr. George Middendorf
ORAL	Bianca Henny (Honors) The Effects of Exercise on Blood Glucose Levels in Women Diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes	Human Performance-Sports Medicine Dr. Michael Caprarola Deneen Long-White
ORAL	Whitney C. Henry The Black Sports Journalist (Or Lack Thereof):  A Triangulative Analysis of their Probable Impact on the African American Athletes’ Image	Sport Management Dr. Abdul Karim Banguara
POSTER	Elyse Holtz Effect of Soil Nickel on Seed Weight and Seed Nickel Levels in a Ni-Hyperaccumulator (Alyssum corsicum, Brassicaceae)	Biology Dr. Mary A. McKenna
POSTER	Kristin Jones, Robdeshia Jamison, Alexis Wilson, Thomaya Goode, Keisha Patterson, Alison Dingwall, Candace Wallace Ostracism Impacts on African American Students are Strong but Diminish Quickly	Psychology Dr. Lloyd Sloan
POSTER	Valerie Lee, Milesha Elumogo Race Category and Stereotype Beliefs Associated with the Down Low	Psychology Dr. Jamie Barden
ORAL	Sabrina Lynch The Salience of the African Conjuring Tradition in the Caribbean: A Case Study	Psychology Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Janielle Maynard (Honors) Confirmation of MicroRNAs in Zebrafish Hematopoeisis	Biology, Chemistry Dr. Winston Anderson Scott Lacadie
POSTER	Neggin Mokhtari Aerobic vs. Resistance Exercise on Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 in African American Males and Prostate Cancer Cells Growth	Sports Medicine Dr. Vernon Bond
ORAL	Trang Nguyen Distribution of Drug Resistance Among Coliforms Found on Lettuces and Cabbages in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.	Biology Zufan Sissay Mogessi Ashenafi Chanda Macias Winston Anderson
ORAL	Chinweike Okegbe Elucidating the mechanism of Colony Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA 14	Biology Dr. Winston Anderson
POSTER	Oluwatomi Oluwatola Advances in the Development of Positive Allosteric Modulators of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5 (mGluR5)	Chemistry Dr. Gary Sulikowski Dr. Craig Lindsley
POSTER	Oluwatomi Oluwatola Development of Precursors and Conditions for MOCVD of ZNO	Chemistry Dr. Jason Matthews
ORAL	Alicia Omans (Honors), Essie Collins Optical Recognition of Hazardous Metal Ions with a New Fluorescent Dendrimer	Chemistry Dr. Galina G. Talanova
ORAL	Michael Onwugbufor Rev1’s Catalytic Activity is Important for 4-Nitroquinoline-1-Oxide (4-NQO) Resistance and Induced Mutagenesis in Repair/Tolerance Deletion Backgrounds in S. cerevisiae	Biology Graham Walker Mary Ellen Wiltrout
ORAL	Jeanette Owusu, Aliza Ibad The Characterization and Identification of Airborne Arthrobacter	Biology Dr. Clarence M. Lee Mr. Andre McNair
ORAL	Antonia Phillip (Honors) Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Fermented and Non-Fermented Soy and Dairy milk at 30° C	Biology Dr. Broderick Eribo Dr. Mogessie Ashenafi
POSTER	Markeiya T. Polite Molecular And Genetic Analysis of Atypically Virulent Toxoplasma Strains	Biology Dr. Broderick Eribo Dr. Jeroen Saeij
POSTER	Michelle Ramos Studies on Tan Leaf Blotch of Magnolia – a Heretofore Unreported Leaf Disease	Biology Dr. Lafayette Frederick
ORAL	Natalie Lisa Margaret Ramsey Identification of Insulators in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum	Biology Dr. Winston Anderson
ORAL	Bryan Ramson (Honors) A Study of Cirrus Cloud Formation in Relation to General Circulation Models	Physics, Mathematics, Atmospheric Sciences Dr. Everette Joseph
POSTER	Phoenix Ricks The Characterization and Identification of Airborne Microbacterium	Biology Dr. Winston Anderson Mr. Andre C. McNair
POSTER	Daniel Robertson Physical Adsorption in bundles of Carbon Nanotubes	Physics and Astronomy Dr. Silvina Gatica
ORAL	Alison C. Rollins (Honors) The Relationship Between Hostility and IL-6	Psychology Dr. Mwendwa
ORAL	Andre D. Rosario Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Subversion of Epigenetic Programs Through Association with Polycomb Group Complexes	Biology Dr. Winston Anderson
ORAL	Dominic Smith The correlation of HLA-DRB1 SNP haplotypes with conventional HLA-DRB1 genotypying in Vitiligo	Biology Dr. Muneer Abbas
ORAL	Ameena Sweeting (Honors) Effects of parental involvement and student perception of racial discrimination on the academic achievement of African-American elementary school students	Psychology Dr. Debra Roberts
POSTER	Iman Sylvain and Tyrone Dash Response of an Alyssum Ni-hyperaccumulator and an Alyssum non-accumulator to variation in soil nickel	Biology Dr. Mary A McKenna
ORAL	Candice Thompson Synthesis and Evaluation of a Radical Trap	Chemistry Dr. Winston Anderson
ORAL	Jennifer Tiller (Honors) Morphological Variations among Populations of Gonatodes	Biology Dr. George Middendorf
ORAL	Erikka B. Vaughan (Honors) Relationships among Racial Identity, Discriminatory Experiences, and Depression among African American Youth	Psychology Dr. Debra Roberts
ORAL	Shanda Vereen Protective Effects of Low alcohol Concentrations against salsolinol Induced Toxicity	Biology Dr. Yousef Tizabi
POSTER	Chelsea Whittler (Honors) Consonance and Dissonance and their Effect on Heart Rate	Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
ORAL	Danielle Williams (Honors) PI 3-kinase p110β is linked to AKT activation and anti-apoptosis in prostate cancer cells	Biology Dr. Karen M. Hill-Williams
ORAL	Akilah Witherspoon The characterization and identification of airborne Exiguobacterium	Biology Dr. Clarence M. Lee Andre McNair, MS, PhD Predoctoral Fellow
ORAL	Weonpo Yarl Characterization and Identification of a Novel Airborne Bacterial Genus, Dietzia	Biology Dr. Clarence M. Lee Andre McNair
ORAL	Safiya Yearwood (Honors) Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Airborne Bacteria to Antibiotics	Biology Dr. Clarence M. Lee Andre McNair

SOCIAL SCIENCES

POSTER	Kathrina Aben Comparison of Artifact Collections, Hermosa, New Mexico	Sociology and Anthropology Dr. Eleanor King
ORAL	Sawdayah K. Brownlee A Gullah Worldview of Human Relationships – Adults and Young Adults in a South Carolina Community	Afro-American Studies Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Simone Davidson (Honors) No Caucasian Left Behind: The Color of Educational Opportunities in the U.S.	Political Science Dr. Holona Ochs
POSTER	Chioma Dike Does Institutional Corruption in Cameroon, West Africa Affect Other Aspects of Social Livelihood?	Political Science Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
ORAL	Justin Dunnavant (Honors) East Africans in the Atlantic Slave Trade	History Dr. Aziz Batran
ORAL	Aurora Ellis Radical Leaders of the 21st Century: Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales	Political Science Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
ORAL	Lanae Glosson P.L.U.R Across The Seas: A Cross-Continental Look At Rave Culture	Anthropology Dr. Eleanor King
ORAL	Ammanuel Haile-Leul Reversing the Negative images of Science and technology in the African World: Separating the Myths and Realities of Western Media and other obstacles for African Knowledge	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu
POSTER	Britton Hardin Role of Science and Technology in African Human Development: Water Purification as a case study	Advertising Dr. Alem Hailu
ORAL	Anoa K. Hunter Mad Scientists: J. Marion Sims Within the Ideological and Methodological Context of Early Anthropological Thought	Anthropology Mark E. Mack
ORAL	Natee Jappah The Obama Effect on Learning, Science and Technology in the African World	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu
ORAL	Lizeth Lewis The Significance of Race  in Volunteer Work	Sociology Dr. Ralph Gomes
ORAL	Florence Maher From Isolation to Integration: Social Relations on the German-Polish Border	Political Science, Economics Dr. John Davis
ORAL	Sean E. Mickens (Honors) Muslims: The European Negro	Political Science (International Relations) Dr. John Davis
ORAL	Tariqua J. Morrison Recidivism: How Does Race Affect Prison Re-entry?	Political Science Dr. Abdul KArim Bangura
ORAL	Joshua Myers Who is Qualified? The Quest for Normative Theory and the State of the Discipline of Africana Studies	Finance Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Amy Oyenuga, Gloria Jirsaraie, Marva Dixon Ignorance is Not Bliss for the Poor: A Content Analysis of the Quantity, Quality, and Utility of Health Care Literature in Urban Haiti	Sociology, English/Afro-American Studies, Philosophy, Political Science Dr. Tariqah Nuriddin
POSTER	Eunice Parker-Mann Fidelity vs. Serendipity in Archaeological Excavation Methods	Archaeology Dr. Eleanor King
POSTER	Lindsay Parme Traditional Male Role Norms and Health Risk Behavior in Black Males	Anthropology Dr. Marie Jipguep Edith Namaba
ORAL	Christian Plummer (Honors) Deracialized Campaign Strategies and The Future of Black Politics	Political Science Dr. Daryl Harris
ORAL	Anthony C. Pratcher, II "Racing" the Germans:  British Apprehension of a New Global Competitor, 1870-1914	History Dr. Margaret Crosby
ORAL	Dwayne Eulas Rax Jr. “Mu Kanda Ddiaku” (Concerning Your Community): A systematic analysis of the growing inaccessibility of traditional African cultural expressions among Afro-descendent communities in the Americas	History Quito Swan
ORAL	Dominique F. Saint-Fort (Honors) Black Politics: Past, Present and Future	Political Science and Psychology Dr. Darryl Harris
ORAL	George B. Washington Health, Well-Being and Science in the African world: Restoring the Legacy of Good Science and Wholesome Traditions	Physician Assistant Dr. Alem Hailu

INTERDISCIPLINARY

POSTER	Cyril Acholo and Tolu Akinyosoye Spin polarized current assisted switching of magnetization for magnetic recording technology	Computer Engineering (Acholo) Electrical Engineering (Akinyose) Dr. Mihai Dimian
POSTER	Tolu Akinyosoye Multi-disciplinary modeling of hysteretic phenomena	Electrical Engineering Dr. Mihai Dimian
ORAL	Lee Sandra Alexandre Naming Practices in the African American Coummunity	African American Studies Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Krystalyn Azikiwe Assessing Adequate Matriculation at Howard University	Management Dr. Greg Carr
POSTER	Iverson Bell Analysis of unconventional magnetic recording techniques	Electrical Engineering Dr. Mihai Dimian
ORAL	William A. Brown Capoeira: Origins and Philosophy	Finance Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Nina-Serena Burkett (Honors) Enslavement and the Epigenetic Repercussions: Exploring Genetic Memory in the African-American Population	History/Biology Dr. Quito Swan
ORAL	Shayna Cook (Honors) The Obsequious Freedman: An Investigation of Roman Social Relations	Greek Dr. Rudolph Hock
ORAL	Zuri A. Gracin Hand games in the African American Community	Business Management Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Lauren Jenkins Cellular Phone Technology and Its Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu
POSTER	Misty Major Gender Differences in Attitudes towards Physician Assisted Suicide	Psychology Rebecca Reviere Linda Berg-Cross Valerie Stackman (graduate student)
ORAL	Christian Montgomery Ailment: Brain Drain	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu
POSTER	Lindsay Moore Characterization of Ag-BSA nanoparticles	Chemistry Dr. Dharmaraj Raghavan
ORAL	Shamira Muhammad (Honors) President Obama's Policies: Negative for the Black Community	Political Science Dr. John Davis
POSTER	Oludotun Ode Energy of  two-dimensional lattices of C60 molecules	Electrical Engineering Dr. Silvina Gatica
POSTER	Minjal Pancholi In vitro Degradation of Biocompatible PHBV Matrix	Biology Dr. Dharmaraj Raghavan
ORAL	Angela Porter Race and Reporting: Interviews of the Formerly Enslaved	Legal Communication Dr. Richard Wright
ORAL	James Robinson Ancient Egyptian and Contemporary Sun Worship	Biology Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Jaminnia R. States The Arts of Orisa Devotion and the Cannons of Fine Form	Afro-American Studies, Anthroplogy Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Arianne St Louis (Honors) My research assesses the importance of a sense of place and also the extent at which “social amnesia” and “psychological migration” results from subsequent cultural dislocation.	English, Poltical Science Torelle Tsmondo
ORAL	Iman Sylvain The Dreadful Foundations of Homophobia in the African American Community	Biology Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Austin Thompson Does Political Cohesion Improve Crisis Response to Fiscal Shock? A Quantitative Study in Comparative Political Economy	Political Science Dr. Rodney Green
ORAL	Kai Adia Turner (Honors) Sickle Cell Anemia:  The Forgotten Disease	Biology Vicor Gordeuk, MD Margaret F-Akinsiku, RN
POSTER	Caress Ushry African Wisdom: Reconciling the lack of traditional practices in teeth maintenance	Psychology Dr. Alem Hailu
ORAL	Zelena Williams The Purpose and Function of Homosexuality in the Diaspora	Print Journalism Dr. Greg Carr

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ORAL	Tiffany Carter Inscribing meaning in films written by Spike Lee	Psychology Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Pamala Diggs Africana color stratification/hierarchy and its impact and relevance to Aesthetics in Black society	Audio Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL	Bob Jacob Role of crystal protein in ovarian cancer	Biology Elanar Rose
ORAL	Ashalyn Sims Black Participation in the Raid on Harpers Ferry	Piano Performance Dr. Anthony Randolph

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