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2010 Received Abstracts

The College of Arts and Sciences Symposium on Undergraduate Research Committee has received the following abstracts. Please note that this list only confirms receipt of an abstract and appearance on this list does NOT constitute an accepted abstract.

Mentor Endorsement Received Mentor Endorsement Received - Applicants who have not submitted Mentor Endorsement Forms by March 12, 2010 will be unable to participate. Non-graduating Honors students are also required to submit Mentor Endorsement Forms.

LAST UPDATE: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 3.33pm

FINE ARTS  
ORAL Khadijah Abdus-Salaam (Honors)
Black Composers/Musicians of the 18th Century: A study of their works and contributions
English/ Music minor
Dr. Sais Kamalidiin
   
HUMANITIES  
ORAL Michelle Brown
Flying From the Past
Biology
Professor Samuel Doku
ORAL Brian Menifee
Capitalism as a Stifling and Choking Force in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Samuel Doku
ORAL Stephanie Pounds
Poetics and Drama: The Influence of Religion on Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon
Theater Arts
Professor Samuel Doku
ORAL Ruth Rasby
Detach and Care: The influence of literature on Russian thought and implications for American philosophic thought today
Philosophy/ Russian Studies
Dr. Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz
ORAL Cynthia Snyder
Examining the Trope of Realism in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon
Communications and Culture
Professor Samuel Doku
ORAL Kirsten Stowe
Discovering the Future through the Past in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon
Marketing
Professor Samuel Doku
   

NATURAL SCIENCES  
POSTER Beatrice Akers, Peter Kibanyi
Role of Arabidopsis RACK1 Proteins on the Environmental Stress Signaling Pathways
Biology
Dr. Hemayet Ullah
POSTER Denzell Bolling
Dye-Sensitive Solar Cells
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Hammonds
POSTER Shannon Chiles (Honors)
The Influence of Triglyceride Levels on Verbal Learning and Memory in African Americans
Psychology
Dr.Regina Sims
ORAL Shavonne Collins (Honors/Graduating Senior)
The Anticancer Drug, Doxorubicin, In Combination With Eosinophil Cultured Supernatants Inhibits Mcf-7 Breast Cancer Cell Growth In Vitro
Biology
Paulette Furbert-Harris
POSTER Eunice E. Dixon
Cytotoxicity of 1, 4-Napthoquinone Analogs in Androgen-Dependent
and –Independent Prostate Cancer Cell Lines
Pharmacology
Karen Hill Williams, Ph.D.,
Robert L. Copeland, Ph.D.
ORAL Kiona S. Ervin (Honors/Graduating Senior)
Edaphic and density effects on the competitive ability of the Ni-hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale Waldst. and Kit. (Brassicaceae)
Biology
Dr. Mary A. McKenna
POSTER Tena Hunter
Extractive Determination of Silver
Chemical Engineering
Dr. James Mitchell
ORAL Rachel B. Livingston
Temporary Hearing Loss Related to Sickle Cell
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Sonya Smith
ORAL Lori Evans (Honors/Graduating Senior)
An Investigation of Drosophila melanogater spargel, a PGC-1 Orthologue
Biology
Dr. Atanu Duttaroy
ORAL Michael Onwugbufor (Honors/Graduating Senior)
The Biological Significance of Yeast Rev1 for DNA Damage Tolerance and Induced Mutagenesis
Biology
Dr. Winston Anderson
ORAL Aleja Parsons (Honors/Graduating Senior)
The Relationship Between Causal Attribution Style and Depressive Symptomology Among African Americans
Psychology
Dr. Harrell
POSTER Michelle Ramos
Studies on Tan Leaf Blotch of Magnolia – a Heretofore Unreported Leaf Disease
Biology
Dr. Lafayette Frederick
ORAL Brittany Richardson (Honors/Graduating Senior)
Left ventricular changes in contractility and function during late stages of cardiac eccentric hypertrophy
Biology
Georges Haddad, Ph.D
POSTER Kafi Rudolph (Honors/ Graduating)
Identification of Cyclin A2 Contributing to Breast Cancer Mortality in African-American Women
Biology
Leon A. Dickson, Jr., Carolyn Broome, & Desta Beyene
POSTER Shari Sawney
Ants nesting in dead stem of the Hyrangea shrub
Biology
Dr. Richard R. Duffield
ORAL Ariel Smith and Tiorra Ross
Implementing Ni-LDH in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Chemistry
Dr. Raghavan
   

SOCIAL SCIENCES  
POSTER
Kathrina Aben
On the Heels of Freedom: The Socioeconomic Status of Women in Nicodemus
Sociology & Anthropology
Dr. Flordeliz T. Bugarin
ORAL Chioma Diké
The Effects of Institutional Corruption on the Social Livelihood of Cameroon
Political Science
Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
ORAL Chantal Hailey (Honors)
HOPE VI: The Contribution of Community and Supportive Service Program to Residents’ Self-Sufficiency at East Capitol Dwellings
Sociology
Marie Kouassi
ORAL Carmen Hills
Disparities in Youth Voting and its Effect Policy Making
Political Science
Alicia Petersen
ORAL Llewingtina King (Honors/Graduating Senior)
Social Media's Effect on Barack Obama's Campaign and the Evolution of Campaigning
Political Science
Dr. John Davis
POSTER Violet King
Reconstructing Hermosa: Piecing Together the Past Using Historical Archaeology
Anthropology
Dr. Eleanor King
ORAL Michelle Ricks (Honors)
Life Expectancy: A Look into Its Key Variables
Economics
Dr. Augustine
ORAL Ashley Williams (Honors/Graduating Senior)
The Battle for Healthcare
Political Science
Dr. John Davis
   
INTERDISCIPLINARY  
ORAL Christian Brown
A Future Blighted: Economics or Voodoo as the Cause of Haiti’s Quagmire?
Chemistry
Professor Doku
ORAL Shaleeka Cornelius
The Keys of History: Music as a Therapeutical and Mollifying Tool in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Biology
Professor Doku
ORAL Rhonda Davis
Computational Biology Abstract
Computer Science
Dr. Chunmei Liu
ORAL Nirvana Deonauth
This paper will focus on the integration of problem-based learning (PBL) and project-based learning in the Mechanical Engineering Design sequence at Howard University
Mechanical Engineering
Grant Warner
POSTER
Lloyd Eley
Tacoma Power Demand Response
Engineering
Dr. Charles Kim
ORAL Kendall Hogg
Dividing to Conquer: America’s Complicity in Haiti Dating Several Years Back
Architecture
Professor Sam Doku
ORAL Jasmine Ipaye
Chaos, Confusion, and Catastrophe: The Profundity of Haiti’s Stagnation, an American Problem
Journalism
Professor Sam Doku
ORAL Bryan Jordan
The Envrionment In Africa: Oil in Uganda
African Studies
Dr. Alem Hailu
ORAL Paige Mitchell-Spears
How Prevalent Maladies within African Americans affect the Inner Ear
Engineering
Dr. Sonya Smith
ORAL Chizoba Okafor
Hegemony and Its Curse: America’s Complicity in the Downfall of Haiti
School of Business - Finance
Professor Sam Doku
ORAL Victoria Pope
The Creative Force of History and the Importance of Legacy in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Health Management
Professor Sam Doku
POSTER Angela Porter
Race & Reporting: Interviews of the Formerly Enslaved
Legal Communications
Dr. Greg Carr
ORAL Ashley Smith
Health and Well-Being in the African World:
Integrating Traditional Knowledge and Modern Scientific Approaches
African Studies
Dr. Alem Hailu
ORAL Howard Sueing & Jamahrae Jackson
The Modeling and Analysis of the Washington Metropolitan Area Bus System as a Wireless Vehicular Node Network
Systems & Computer Science
Dr. Niki Washington
   


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