The College of Arts and Sciences Symposium on Undergraduate Research Committee would like to congratulate all Finalists!

Finalists must check the Program for the time and location of their presentations.

	Mentor Endorsement Received. Students without this icon (except graduating Honors students) have until Thursday, March 1st to provide their Mentor forms. After that, they are disqualified and removed from this list.
NB The minimum number of approved abstracts from each division is 6. If there are less than 6 approved abstracts from any division, students' submissions from the division will be included in the submissions of a closely related division for the purpose of evaluation and award of prizes.
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	Hewan Asfaw Double Consciousness and Africanism: A Fierce Battle to Reclaim Africa as One of Us	Biology Samuel Doku
	Candace Brown, Nia Oates and Clarence James (Graduating) The Question of Identity in Africana Philosophy	Marketing, Philosophy, Finance Dr. Segun Gbadegesin
	Kia Byrd (Honors) Myth or Fact?: Classical Influences on African-American Literature	Biology Dr. Dana Williams
	Sabian Hill (Graduating, Honors) The Exception of Darkness: American Literary Romanticism and the Shadowed Divergence of Edgar Allen Poe	English and Afro-American Studies Dr. Christopher A. Shinn
	Shaneeca Hill (Graduating, Honors) Children’s Literature During the Harlem Renaissance: The Birth of African-American Children’s Literature as a Genre	English Dr. Christopher A. Shinn
	Attiyah Lanier The Role of Double Consciousness in the Sustenance of Poverty among Minority Groups	Architecture Samuel Doku
	Christian Mallett Double Consciousness as Moral Revolution: Tackling Racism and Stereotypes on African Americans	Psychology Samuel Doku
	Leila Meliani (Honors) Call and Response Motif in Contemporary African-American Literature	English Dr. Dana Williams
	Mwesaila Yanick Saila-Ngita Girls Interrupted: The Women of the Red Army Faction in 1970’s West Germany	German Dr. Yvonne Poser
	Larry Sanders (Honors) We or Me?: The Tension Between Socialism and Libertarianism in Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Song of Solomon, and Tar Baby	Political Science, English Dr. Dana Williams
	Tomisha Stanford (Graduating, Honors) Popol Vuj vs The Holy Bible: A Comparison of Two Religious Texts	Spanish Dr. Maria Roof
	Ashley Williams Double Consciousness and the Confusion It Creates in Bi-Racial Bodies	Chemistry Samuel Doku
	Erin Williams (Honors) From Oedipus to Incendies	English Dr. Molly Levine
	Britney Wilson (Graduating, Honors) Word Is Bond: The Effect of Cultural Values and the Use of “Black Vernacular” on the Nature and Evaluation of Discourse in Legal Situations	English Dr. Alla Tovares
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	Breaunnah Bloomer The Effect of Calcium on Geopolymerization	Chemistry Katharine Page, Claire White
	Octavia Chambers, Teneisha McIntyre and Rahotep Alkebulan (Honors) The Impact of Racial Socialization on Resiliency and Types of Cultural Mistrust among African American College Students	Psychology Dr. Lloyd Sloan
	Alexandria Croom (Graduating, Honors) Reducing Crossing Number to Identify Projections of the Unknot	Mathematics David James
	Amber Demery (Graduating, Honors) Success of Black Students Attending HBCUs and PWIs. A meta analysis	Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
	Heba Elnaiem (Graduating, Honors) Observation of Primary Cilia Length Dynamics	Biology, Physics Dr. James Lindesay
	Cecily Fitts-Jackson and Raisa Stovell (Graduating, Honors) A Survey of Ants( Hymenoptera:Formicidae) Inhabiting Leaf Litter at Three Sites in Maryland: Use of Artificial Nesting Cavities	Biology Richard M. Duffield
	Natasha Graves (Graduating) The Effect of a HIV Education Session on Knowledge of Residents in the Lower 9th Ward	Health Education-Community Health Deneen Long-White, MS, CHES
	Ebony Hampton (Graduating, Honors) Soil Nickel Effects on Growth Patterns in a Hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale Waldst and Kit. (Brassicaceae)	Biology Dr. Mary A McKenna
	Jasmine Hopkins (Graduating) Mathematical Model of the Intercellular Biological Processes of the Influenza A Virus	Mathematics Dr. Talitha Washington
	Alexandria Igwe (Honors) Elemental Defense in Alyssum murale: Impacts on Specialist and Generalist Insect Herbivores	Biology Dr. Mary A. McKenna
	De’Ashia Lee Do the volatile composition differences found in fertile and sterile anthers in Mimulus guttatus contribute to inbred discrimination by Bombus impatiens?	Biology Dr. Mary A McKenna
	Alexandria Lowe (Graduating) Herpetofauna as Indicators of Urbanization	Biology Dr. George Middendorf
	Teneisha McIntyre (Graduating, Honors) Coping with Racial Discrimination: The Impact of Racial Socialization and Personality on health	Psychology Dr. Jules P. Harrell and Dr. Enrique W. Neblett Jr.
	Nicole McLean, Kirstie Boykin, and Donte Pennington Heart Rate Variability In Young Normotensive African Americans With An Exaggerated Pressor Response To Exercise	Sports Medicine Dr. Vernon Bond
	Britney Morgan, Melanie Baker, Lauren Bolden, and Donte Pennington Cerebral Blood Flow During Exercise In Normotensive Young Adult African Americans With An Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure Response	Sports Medicine Dr. Vernon Bond
	Abdulquadri Olawin (Graduating, Honors) Hexokinase Dependent Rare Sugars Allose and Psicose Regulate Model Plant Arabidopsis Growth and Development	Biology Dr. Hemayet Ullah
	Chinedu Okpala, Kenneth Boyd (Honors) Hydrolysis of Phosphate Esters	Mathematics, Biology Dr. Yilma Gultneh
	Gerneiva Parkinson (Graduating, Honors) Understanding Polyhydroxybutryrate (Phb) In The Gram-Negative Bacterium Caulobacter Crescentus	Biology and Chemistry Dr. Winston Anderson
	Amanda C. Patterson (Graduating, Honors) Obesity as a Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer in African American Men	Biology Dr. Theodore Bremner
	Natondra Powell (Graduating, Honors) The Development of Kisspeptin Neurons and their Role in GnRH Neuronal Activation During Puberty	Biology Dr. Eva K. Polston
	Amirah Saafir (Graduating, Honors) Reviewing African American Achievement from a Cultural Perspective	Psychology Dr. Debra Roberts
	Derrick Simmons Appending the Same Digit Repeatedly on the Left of a Positive Integer to Generate a Sequence of Composite Integers	Mathematics Glen Wilson
	Marlena Spikes, Mary Brown, Janene Cielto, Janea Reed (Graduating) Perceived social support moderates the relationship between self-affirmations and ostracism on social well-being	Psychology Dr. Lloyd Sloan
	Brittany Stallworth (Honors) Interactions Between Fungi and the Ni-Hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale	Biology Dr. Mary A McKenna
	Ashia S. Williams Using Drosophila as a Tumor Model to Study Oncogenes	Chemistry Amanda Simcox
	Charles Williams & Deanna Hairston (Honors) Reversing the Effects of Exposure to Violence on Cognitive Skills	Psychology Dr. Debra Roberts
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	Monica O. Adedeji (Graduating, Honors) A study of several measures of cardiac autonomic balance: Intercorrelations and relationships to resting blood pressure	Biology and Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
	Giavanni Babb, Takiyah Johnson (Honors) Effects of Nutrient Deficiency on the mechanism of the Rack-1 Gene in Arabidopsis thaliana	Biology/French Dr. Hemayet Ullah
	Abasi Bomani, Naim Quail (Honors) Fluorescent Calix[4]arenes for Optical Sensing of Mercury(II)	Biology, Sports Medicine Dr. Galina Talanova
	Jon Brown, Justin Shipp, Michael Wallace, Haywood Smith, and Donte Pennington Total Peripheral Vascular Resistance At Rest And During Exercise In Young Adults With An Exaggerated Exercise Blood Pressure Response	Sports Medicine Dr. Vernon Bond
	Kelly Brown Upgrading the Design and Enhancing the Performance of a Traditional Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment: Determining the Heat of Vaporization (ΔHvap) of a Pure Liquid	Sports Medicine Dr. Shawn M. Abernathy
	Kerisha Burke, Nathan Lopez, Jasmine Osorio (Honors) Investigating the Use of Volatility Derivatives to Hedge Portfolios	Mathematics Dr. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, (Dr. Marcel Blaise)
	Yasmin Chin, Dwayne Brown (Honors) Investigation of Possible Neuroprotective Effects of Low Alcohol and Nicotine Concentrations Against Lps-Induced Toxicity in Cultured Cells	Biology Dr. Yousef Tizabi
	Virginia Cooper, Joshua Thomas (Honors) Synthesis and characterization of some galloyl amide derivatives	Chemistry, Biology Dr. Oladapo Bakare
	Devin Cromartie (Graduating, Honors) Anxiety and autonomic functioning in young women during executive tasks	Biology Dr. Jules Harrell
	Raleigh Fatoki Synthesis and Characterization of Some Amido-Substituted 1,4-Naphthoquinone Derivatives	Economics Dr. Oladapo Bakare
	Gina Greenidge (Graduating, Honors) Spray Pyrolysis growth of ZnO and doped ZnO thin films	Chemistry, Biology Joshua Halpern
	Asha Hopkins, Jessica Desalu Centrality, Family Income and its Influence on Unconscious Skin Color Preference in African American Undergraduate Students	Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
	Kendra S. Jackson, Allison L. Latimore, Analise Y. Vincent (Honors) The Effects of Valproic Acid on Neurotransmitters in Prenatally Exposed Rat Offspring	Biology Dr. Eva K. Polston
	Joshua A. D. Johnson (Graduating, Honors) Gender differences in attention: A psychophysiological approach	Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
	Nicole Lee (Graduating, Honors) A closer look at the effect of body image on sexual risk taking in African-American women	Psychology Dr. Jules Harrell
	Blanche Ngo Mahop, Jasmince Wallace, Oladotun Opasina (Honors) Competitive Graph Coloring	Mathematics Dr. Leon Woodson
	Camille McCallister, Daksh Choudhary (Graduating) The Study of Calreticulin Function Beyond the Endoplasmic Reticulum: Characterization of Protein Acyltransferase Activity	Biology Dr. Lystranne Maynard-Smith
	Troy Mosby Jr. (Honors) Social Comparison as an Impetus for Pursuing Racial Identity Development	Psychology Dr. Jamie Barden
	Malaika Noguera (Graduating, Honors) A Comparison of Ethnic Identity and Self-Perception among Selective Children of the New Zealand Maori and the Caribbean	Psychology Wade Boykin
	Michael Ongele The Role of plasma IL-6 and IL-10 during DOCA-salt hypertension	Biology Dr. Dexter Lee
	Dominique Rice (Graduating, Honors) The Character Table for the Binary Polyhedral Group Corresponding to the Tetrahedron	Mathematics Dr. Mark Behrens
	Brianna Stokes, Sharriann Turnbull, Wen-kuni Ceant (Graduating) Integration & Mainstream Race-Related Coping Strategies’ Relationship with Perceived Stress and Substance Use Coping	Psychology Dr. Lloyd R. Sloan
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	Eboni Blenman (Graduating, Honors) Instruments of Violence or Unwitting Pawns: A Triangulative Analysis of the Recent Phenomenon of Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq	Political Science and Spanish Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
	Cassandra Booker (Graduating, Honors) National Responsibility and the Contributing Influences of Colonialism and Neo-colonialism in Corruption: Results from a Critical Ethnographic Fieldwork in Kenya and Tanzania	Political Science Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
	Keara Davis (Graduating) Don’t Worry Be Happy	Administration Of Justice Dr. Ernest Quimby
	Agnes M. Erskine Knowledge, Social Awareness and New Realities in the Internet Age: Assessing the Impact of Technology on the Youth	Audio Production Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Joy Gary (Graduating, Honors) Children's Rights in Connecticut	Political Science Jay Stewart
	Andrew Hairston (Honors) One Hundred Years Later: A Qualitative Analysis of the Progression of the African National Congress through the Presidency of Jacob Zuma Using the Marxist Theory	Political Science Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
	Zaisha Heardmon (Graduating, Honors) From Slave to Prisoner: Exploring Black Imprisonment and Political Exclusion	Political Science Dr. Daryl Harris
	Kiara McCalvin The Closer I Get To Food, The More It Kills My Mood: Research on Nutrition, Health, and Sustainable Development in the African World	French Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Alexandria McKee (Graduating, Honors) The Deterioration of the African American Male: A Cognitive Treatise	Political Science Dr. Harris and Dr. Bangura
	Rene C. Morgan (Graduating, Honors) Safe Havens: After School Programs’ Role in Positive Youth Development in At-Risk Neighborhoods	Sociology Dr. Ralph C. Gomes
	Larissa Ollivierre (Graduating, Honors) Immigration Policy sb1070 and Its Perceived Effect on the Prospect of Liberty for Current and Future Immigrants: A Comparative Analysis of sb1070 and the Expanded Powers of the Police in the Rule of Law Resolution in Prince William County, Virginia Utilizing the Libertarian Theory	Political Science Dr. Daryl Harris
	Yejide A. Olutosin (Graduating) The Narcissism of Minor Differences Magnified: Exploring the Effects of Mutual Misperceptions and Media Stereotypes on African-African American Relations	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Kelsey S. Perdue (Graduating) Volunteer Satisfaction at a Washington, DC Non Profit	Human Development Dr. Veronica G. Thomas
	Tahrir Rasool, Kristina Jacobs, Robert Moore and Jamal Jones Cervical Cancer - A Global Tragedy: Socioeconomic Disparities in the United States and Southern Africa	Biology, Psychology/English Dr. Alem Hailu
	Benjamin Rosa (Graduating, Honors) The Stability in Howard University’s Organizations Over Time	Economics/ Mathematics Dr. Omari Swinton
	Kyle Simmons (Graduating, Honors) Narcoterrorism and Drug Trafficking in Central America and the Caribbean	Political Science Dr. John Cotman
	Amelia Swygert (Graduating, Honors) The Misuse of Information: Cyber Bullying on the College Campus	Anthropology Dr. Bugarin
	Dana Walker (Graduating, Honors) The Movement of America Towards Fascism Post-9/11	Political Science Dr. Daryl Harris
	Verice Williams (Graduating, Honors) Capital Punishment: The Deadly Truth	Administration of Justice Dr. Vernetta Young
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	Raleigh Fatoki, William Mannie Economic Study of Factors Influencing Student Exercise on Howard University’s Campus	Economics Dr. Deniz Baglan
	Jade Fleming Social Media, Youth Awareness and Political Change	Psychology Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Ashelee Gerald, Kara Cotton (Graduating) Effects of Colonialism on Cultural Identity and Variability in the Gambia	Anthropology Dr. Flordeliz Bugarin
	King Griffin Images Rule the World: The Impact of Transmitted Ideas on Sociopolitical Change	Psychology Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Alexis Morris Faunal Remains on James Island: Uncovering the Diet of Slaves Under Colonialism	Anthropology Dr. Flordeliz Bugarin
	Alexis Morris, Mandisa Thomas Identification of Apache Sites in the Black Range of New Mexico through Botanical Remains	Anthropology Dr. Eleanor King
	Shayla Monroe (Graduating) More Precious than Money: Common Cents at L’Hermitage Plantation	Anthropology / English Dr. Eleanor King
	Chinonso Opurum (Graduating, Honors) Economy of Greece: Global Impact of a Greek Default	Economics Jude Dieli
	Antoinette West (Honors) The Voice of New Philadelphia: Reconstructing the General Store	Anthropology Dr. Eleanor M. King
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	Anuli Akanegbu Fashion's Moral Dilemma: Exploring How A Lack of Moral Rights in the United States Disproportionately Harms Emerging Fashion Designers	Communication and Culture Atty. Angela Minor
	Aldel Brown (Graduating, Honors) A Case Study on Urban Montessori Literacy within the District of Columbia	History Dr. Quito Swan
	Brandon Cahee (Graduating, Honors) Punishment of the Criminally Intent: Cruel or Unusual, or Justifiable by Relative Factors?	Political Science Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
	Uloma Chiakpo Science, Technology and Development in China and the African World: Shared Cultural Currencies, Similar Struggles	Economics Dr. Alem Hailu Wheeler Winstead
	Britni Cuington Earned Civil Rights, The Military and Social Transformations: The U.S. Armed Forces as Drivers of Change and Equality	Economics Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Joseph Dillard (Honors) Toni Morrison the Black Political Scientist of American Literature	Political Science Dr. Dana A. Williams
	Lennex Cowan The Price They Paid:  African Educational Strategies, Integration and the Politics of Black Student Excellence	Afro-American Studies Dr. Greg E. Carr
	Tretitia Hobbs The Collapse of the Mubarak Regime & Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood: Change in Egypt	Chemistry Dr. Alem Hailu & Dr. Helen Bond
	Evelyn Kahsay (Graduating) Capitalism, Conspicuous Consumption, and Art as Commodity	Art History Dr. Gwendolyn Everett
	Erin Keith (Honors) Restoring the Capstone:  A Comparative Study of Educational Values and Intellectual Philosophy at Howard University, 1867-Present	Afro-American Studies Dr. Greg E. Carr
	Mayra A. Medina (Graduating) Adsorption of Carbon Dioxide on Carbon Nanotubes	Chemistry Dr. Silvina Gatica
	Makeda Njoroge (Graduating, Honors) Culture and Human Agency in Viable Peace: The Role of African Centered Conflict Resolution as a Strategy for Ending Ethnic Conflicts	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu, Dr. Daryl Harris
	Samantha Obuobi (Honors) “Just the Truth”: Dr. Ernest Everett Just and Howard University	Afro American Studies, Biology Dr. Greg E. Carr
	Yejide A Olutosin (Graduating) From Birmingham, to Tunisia, to Egypt: Investigating The Transatlantic Road to Revolution	African Studies Dr. Alem Hailu Dr. Helen Bond
	Lisa Pegram An exploration of African American Voter Turnout at the Post Secondary Level	Psychology Patricia Noone
	Charise Pinkston Double Consciousness and the African-American’s Subconscious Strategy to Achieve Socioeconomic Power in America	Dance Samuel Doku
	James Robinson Where Hip-Hop Meets Scripture: Hip-Hop as an African Cultural Phenomenon	Afro-American Studies / Biology Dr. Greg E. Carr
	Stephen Simpson (Graduating) A Comparative Study of Self-Identity and Intercultural Communication Within Pan-African Communities	Afro-American Studies Dr. Greg E. Carr
	Jack Solano Culture, Language and Survival in an Integrated World: Addressing the Negative Effects of Cultural Globalization	Political Science & Philosophy Dr. Alem Hailu
	Tamara Thomas (Graduating, Honors) The Relationship between Art and Spirituality the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival	Anthropology and Art History Dr. Mario Beatty
	Sheneese Thompson (Honors) Creating a Theory of Black Aesthetics: A Normative and Critical Approach	Afro-American Studies Dr. Greg E. Carr
	Katy Turner (Graduating, Honors) The impact of social and ethnic awareness on consumption decisions: Purchase for Africa and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities students’ buying preferences for apparel	Fashion Merchandising Dr. Elka Stevens
	Christine Williams Exploring the Best Strategies to Address the Overrepresentation of Minority Students in Special Education	English, Secondary Education Dr. Kenneth A. Anderson
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	Shelese Lyng and Tamika George Global Land-Ocean Surface Temperature from 1981-2011	Post Bacc and Biology Dr. Jill McGowan
	Richa Mandlewala (Graduating, Honors) Integral Integument: African American Women and Skin and Hair Health, Ages 18-35	Anthropology Dr. Florie Bugarin
	Kenneth Miles Music, Technology and Political Transformation:  Rhythm and Evolutionary Changes in the African World	Audio Production Dr. Alem Hailu
	Toni-Ann Wiggan (Graduating, Honors) Effect of Metformin treatment on neuropathology and neurotropic factors in the APP+/PS1+ mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	Biology Dr. Joanne Allard
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