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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: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 8.20pm

ORAL - FINE ARTS
     
   
ORAL - HUMANITIES
  Brian Menifee
Capitalism as a Stifling and Choking Force in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Samuel Doku
  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
  Cynthia Snyder
Examining the Trope of Realism in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon
Communications and Culture
Professor Samuel Doku
  Kirsten Stowe
Discovering the Future through the Past in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon
Marketing
Professor Samuel Doku
   

ORAL - NATURAL SCIENCES
  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
  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
  Lori Evans (Honors/Graduating Senior)
An Investigation of Drosophila melanogater spargel, a PGC-1 Orthologue
Biology
Dr. Atanu Duttaroy
  Michael Onwugbufor (Honors/Graduating Senior)
The Biological Significance of Yeast Rev1 for DNA Damage Tolerance and Induced Mutagenesis
Biology
Dr. Winston Anderson
   

ORAL - SOCIAL SCIENCES
  Chioma Diké
The Effects of Institutional Corruption on the Social Livelihood of Cameroon
Political Science
Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
  Chantal Hailey (Honors)
HOPE VI: The Contribution of Community and Supportive Service Program to Residents’ Self-Sufficiency at East Capitol Dwellings
Sociology
Marie Kouassi
  Llewingtina King (Honors/Graduating Senior)
Social Media's Effect on Barack Obama's Campaign and the Evolution of Campaigning
Political Science
Dr. John Davis
  Michelle Ricks (Honors)
Life Expectancy: A Look into Its Key Variables
Economics
Dr. Augustine
  Ashley Williams (Honors/Graduating Senior)
The Battle for Healthcare
Political Science
Dr. John Davis
   
ORAL - INTERDISCIPLINARY
  Christian Brown
A Future Blighted: Economics or Voodoo as the Cause of Haiti’s Quagmire?
Chemistry
Professor Doku
  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
  Paige Mitchell-Spears
How Prevalent Maladies within African Americans affect the Inner Ear
Engineering
Dr. Sonya Smith
   
POSTERS - NATURAL SCIENCES
  Beatrice Akers, Peter Kibanyi
Role of Arabidopsis RACK1 Proteins on the Environmental Stress Signaling Pathways
Biology
Dr. Hemayet Ullah
  Denzell Bolling
Dye-Sensitive Solar Cells
Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Hammonds
  Shannon Chiles (Honors)
The Influence of Triglyceride Levels on Verbal Learning and Memory in African Americans
Psychology
Dr.Regina Sims
  Tena Hunter
Extractive Determination of Silver
Chemical Engineering
Dr. James Mitchell
  Michelle Ramos
Studies on Tan Leaf Blotch of Magnolia – a Heretofore Unreported Leaf Disease
Biology
Dr. Lafayette Frederick
  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
  Shari Sawney
Ants nesting in dead stem of the Hyrangea shrub
Biology
Dr. Richard R. Duffield
   

POSTERS - SOCIAL SCIENCES

Kathrina Aben
On the Heels of Freedom: The Socioeconomic Status of Women in Nicodemus
Sociology & Anthropology
Dr. Flordeliz T. Bugarin
  Violet King
Reconstructing Hermosa: Piecing Together the Past Using Historical Archaeology
Anthropology
Dr. Eleanor King
   

POSTERS - INTERDISCIPLINARY

Angela Porter
Race & Reporting: Interviews of the Formerly Enslaved
Legal Communications
Dr. Greg Carr
   

 

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