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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 - 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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