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Present your
COAS research
at the University
of Maryland's
POPsmARTs Symposium!
April 19, 2008
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The Armour J. Blackburn University Center
April 14th and 15th, 2008
8:00 – 5:00 p.m.
The
2008 Symposium is over. Please check the Finalists/Winners page
for this year's Winners.
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7:45 - 8:45am
Registration in Ballroom Lobby (2nd Floor)
[Continental Breakfast in West Ballroom]
8:45 - 8:55am
Welcome - Dr. James A. Donaldson, Dean
[West Ballroom]
Session I
9:00 - 10:20am [The Forum]
JUDGES: Professor
Patricia Noone (Humanities), Prof. Patricia Shaw, Dr. Rudolph Hock
MODERATOR: Dr.
Rudolph Hock
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Maryann Flanigan (Modern Languages and Literatures)
Observations of the Female Character in Works by Mariama Bâ
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Wallace
Carlos Trotman (Modern Languages and Literatures)
The Inception of a Linguistic Apocalypse: The Causes of Language Endangerment
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mercedes V. Tibbits
Melanie Chambliss (English)
Not at the Price of Seeming to Be Who We are Not: An Analysis of Alain Locke’s Influence on the Representation of Black Identity in the Harlem Renaissance and the Negritude Movement
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alla Tovares
Michelle A. Raysor (Communications/Speech)
Juxtaposing Langston Hughes’s Poem“What Happens to a Dream Deferred?” to Bigger Thomas’s Character in Richard Wright’s Native Son
Faculty Advisor: Professor Samuel Doku
Beatrice Akers and Michelle Gonzales (Chemistry)
Re-examining and Re-invigorating W.E.B. DuBois vs. Booker T. Washington on the Importance of Intellectual Betterment Past and Present
Faculty Advisor: Professor Samuel Doku
Jeremiah Holston (History)
Challenging Familial Structures through Edward P. Jones’s All Aunt Hagar’s Children
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams
Candace Bouknight (Psychology)
Sexual Orientation and Gender in Jury Decision Making
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Angela Cole
Ashley Blanco (Psychology)
On the Outside Looking In: An Exploration of Juvenile Detention Center Staff Attitudes
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alfonso Campbell
Kristen J. Alston (Psychology)
Exposure to Gun Violence Among African American Youths in Washington, D.C.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Donna Holland Barnes
Alisha M. Brown (Psychology)
Learning More Than ABCs and Race Self Complexity Academic Environment Emotion
Theory: Are Emotions Represented in Race Narratives Constructed in Educational
Environments?
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Winston
Megan Goins (Psychology)
Race Self Complexity Narrative Environment Place Meaning Theory: What Locations
are represented in the narrative reconstruction of autobiographical memories
of race?
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Winston
Erika M. Dawkins (Psychology)
Race Self Complexity: An Instrumental Case Study of Interpersonal Influences on Multiracial Identity Construction
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Winston
10:25 - 10:35am BREAK [West Ballroom]
10:40 - 12:00pm [The Forum]
JUDGES: Professor Cara Spencer, Professor
Marlena E. Bremseth
(Humanities), Dr.
Marjorie Leppo (Natural Sciences)
MODERATOR: Muhammad Abdur-Rashid
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Courtney M. Javois (Afro-American Studies)
Spirituality and the Haitian Revolution
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Carr
Tatiana A. Ware (Political Science)
U.S. Policy toward Cuba during the Clinton Administration and its Influences
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John W. Cotman
Jaminnia R. States (Afro-American Studies)
Afrofuturism in Black Music: A History
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Carr
Kara Akins (Political Science)
The Failures of the UN in Border Conflicts in Africa
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Lorenzo Morris and Dr. Julius Ndumbe
Shibrika Pansy (Economics)
The Impact of Tenure, Race, and Income on the Housing Market in Atlanta, Georgia
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Emily Blank
Monique Liston (Sociology)
Questions, Quotients & Quality: A History of Black Students and Standardized Tests
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Carr
Leigh Anderson (Sociology/Anthropology)
Heroines of the Genocide: Their Extraordinary Burdens yet Unprecedented Opportunities
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ralph Gomes and Dr. Terri Adams-Fuller
Michelle Harper (Theatre Arts)
The Rebirth of England: Changes That Directly Influenced the Theater
Faculty Advisor: Professor Kim Bey
Saidiya Chiphe (Theatre Arts – Dance)
Rites of Passage: Exploring the Sacred Dances of Enslaved West Africans and Their Transition into the Secular Arena
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sherrill Berryman Johnson
Rée-An Augustin (Art/ Graphic Design)
The Secret of Successful (RE) Branding: Revealed
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Starmanda Bullock
12:00 - 1:15pm LUNCH BREAK for Conference Participants
[West Ballroom]
1:30 - 2:45pm [East Ballroom]
JUDGES: Dr. Alexander Tulin (Humanities), Professor Kim Bey (Fine Arts),
Dr. Daniel Williams,
Dr. Lloyd Sloan (Natural Sciences), Dr. Folohan Ayorinde,
Dr. Alexander Tulin,
Dr. Michael Frazier,
Dr. Alem Hailu,
Dr. Robert Catchings
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Poster Presenters
*All posters should be up by Monday at 9:00 a.m.
Exhibitors are asked to arrive in Blackburn by 8:45 a.m.
2:45 - 3:00pm AFTERNOON BREAK
[West Ballroom]
Elizabeth Williams (Chemistry)
Methanol electro-catalytic oxidation mediated by layered double hydroxides for fuel cell technology
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dharmaraj Raghavan
Michelle A. Burke (Mathematics)
Kinetic Modeling of the Maillard Reaction
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Williams
Ashley N. Crump (Mathematics)
Entropy in Biosurveillance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
Michael Varner (Political Science)
The Strategic Importance of Africa Command
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Frazier
Ava Wilson (Afro-American Studies)
The Influence of Arab Colonization and Slavery in the Western Sudan in Africa and Its Aid to European Presence in the Region
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Carr
Uloma Chiakpo, Reid Brownsmith, and Yann T.
Integrity of China and Africa’s Partnership through Observing the Engagement of Nigeria and China Within the Oil Industry
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Almaz Zewde and Dr. Jill McGowan
3:00 - 4:20pm [Blackburn Room 148]
JUDGES: Dr.
Daniel
Williams,
Dr. Lloyd Sloan (Natural Sciences)
MODERATOR: Obinna Morton
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Ashlee Brown
(Biology)
Characterization of Endospores Produced by Various Bacillus spp.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Broderick Eribo
Kyle Monk (Biology)
Androgen Receptor Regulation in Prostate Cancer
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Nelson
Ashley Nicole McWilliams (Biology)
The Effects of Radiation Dose Rate on DNA Colon and Examination of DNA Damage induced by Chronic Low Dose Ionizing Radiation
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Theodore Bremner
Jerod Franklin (Engineering)
The Gratuitous War in Iraq
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Kevin D. Bryant
Kimberly
Martin (Anthropology)
The Effect of Philosophy on Chinese Language
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Ferrell
Christopher
Goodine (Business/Marketing)
The Theory of Evolution Dismantled
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Kevin D. Bryant
3:00 - 4:20pm [Blackburn Auditorium]
JUDGES: Prof. Hemayet Ulla
MODERATOR: Andre McNair
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Tiffany Taylor (Biology)
Calcitriol Upregulates MIF Protein in Activated Macrophages
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Theodore Bremner
Lorin
Hay (HHPLS/Sports
Medicine)
The Effects of Consecutive Days of Aerobic Exercise and Resistance Exercise
on Serum Concentration of Testosterone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and LNCaP
Prostate Cancer Cell Growth in Vitro
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Caprarola and Dr. Vernon Bond
Courtney
A. Hudson (HHPLS)
Lifestyle of Physical Activity on Testosterone, IGF-1, and LNCaP Prostate Tumor
Cell Growth In Vitro Among African-American Men
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Michael Caprarola and Dr. Vernon Bond
Daniel B. Gilmer (Biology)
Intracellular metallic interactions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell types
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Winston Anderson
7:45 - 8:45am
Registration in Ballroom Lobby (2nd Floor)
[Continental Breakfast in West Ballroom]
8:45 - 8:55am
Greetings - Brief Remarks
[West Ballroom]
Session I
Amanda Dean (Engineering and Mathematics URE)
Segmentation of Medical Images
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohamed Chouikha
Dominic A. Smith (College of Medicine)
The Neurophysiological Basis of Behavior
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Gnadt
Elizabeth Blackman (Sports Medicine/HHPLS)
Breast Cancer and Ionizing Radiation
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marilie Gammon and Dr. Michael Caprarola
Taneeka
Hanna(English)
Violence Against Women and Children: Understanding the Roots and Consequences of an Underestimated Social Problem
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alem Hailu and Dr. John Davis
Shirilyn D. Clark and Sarah Williams
Restoring Ownership: The Significant Past and Future of Science and Technology in the African World
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alem Hailu
Paul R.
Jackson, Jr. (English)
Inequalities in Politics and Economics, Experienced by Poor and Middle Class
Citizens
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Kevin Bryant
Lucky
Adike (Computer Engineering)
Alex Haley’s Dishonest Persona and the Credibility of His Works
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Kevin Bryant
Tyra
Pendergrass (Biology)
Soil Nickel Effects on Survivorship, Growth, and Reproduction in
the Hyperaccumulators, Alyssum murale and Alyssum corsicum (Brassicacae)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary McKenna
Shelby Burks (Biology)
An Investigation of the Impact of Landscape Morphology on Leaf Litter Decomposition
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary McKenna
Brittani D. Saafir
(Biology)
Assessing the Ability of Predicting Factor to Aide in Locating Study Participants Who Are Lost to Follow Up
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Nelson
Lizeth
Lewis (Sociology)
Ancient Egyptian Morals: an Examination of Maat
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Charles Verharen
Shari Inniss-Grant (English)
When the Private Becomes Public: Crafting of Intimacy in the Personal Essay and the Short Story
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yasmin Y. DeGout
Amber Moody (English)
Limitations of Black Female Archetypes in Hip-Hop/Urban Culture
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Keil
10:25 - 10:35am BREAK [West Ballroom]
Alexia Hogan (English)
Representations of Black Womanhood and Domesticity in the Writings of Gwendolyn Brooks
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marc Singer
Ashley Newman (English)
Alice Walker’s Use of Pedagogy in Meridian
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams
Erica Jai Lindsay
Rationalism and Empiricism in Langston Hughes’s autobiography, The Big Sea
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Samuel Doku
Tiffany Bright
A Study of the Rhetorical Devices Used in Nelson Mandela’s Long
Walk to Freedom
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dana Williams
Kalima Smalls (Psychology)
Raising Awareness of Viral Hepatitis Among Methadone Patients: A Pilot Study
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jules Harrell
Lia N. Rohlehr (Psychology)
The Effect of Peer Influence on Adolescent Coping with Exposure to Violence
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mark Aber and Dr. Alfonso L. Campbell, Jr.
Darcia
Rufus (Administration Justice/ Sociology)
Gentrification and its Effects on the Re-entry of the Ex-Offender
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ernest Quimby
Amysha Cole (Psychology)
The Effects of Parental Involvement in the Academic Achievement of African-American Elementary School Students
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Debra Roberts
Damien Robinson
(Psychology)
The Effects of Selective Attention on Implicit Learning in 10 year-old Children
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Thomas
Terrina A. Price (Psychology)
Social Identity Threat: Implications for Self-Presentation Strategies
Faculty Advisor: Dr. J. Nicole Shelton and Dr. Alfonso Campbell
12:00 - 1:15pm LUNCH BREAK for Conference Participants
[West Ballroom]
1:30 - 2:45pm [East Ballroom]
JUDGES:
Dr. Alexander Tulin (Humanities), Professor Kim Bey (Fine Arts),
Dr. Daniel Williams,
Dr. Lloyd Sloan , Dr. Folohan Ayorinde (Natural
Sciences),
Dr. Alexander Tulin, Dr. Michael Frazier, Dr. Alem Hailu,
Dr. Robert Catchings
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to Judge
Poster Presenters
*All posters should be up by Monday at 9:00 a.m.
Exhibitors are asked to arrive in Blackburn by 8:45 a.m.
2:45 - 3:00pm
AFTERNOON BREAK
[West Ballroom]
Kimberly Glover and Marquis Harrington
Impact of the Family and Community on Urban Conflicts: Examining Correlates of Gang Violence in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Alem Hailu and Dr. John Davis
Rodricka Elliott
Civil War and Ethnic Violence in the Global Village: Understanding the Historical and Sociopolitical Roots of Violence in Kenya
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alem Hailu and Dr. John Davis
Zeakela McRae
Political Mismanagement and Corruption as Major Factors of Political Violence: Understanding the Roots and Negative Consequences of Public Policies on Nations in Crisis
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alem Hailu and Dr. John Davis
James McDowell, Charles Frazier, and Ibiann A. McKenzie
Education and Skills as Major Factors in Reducing Violence and Crime:
Investigating the Links Between Education and Incidents of Violence
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alem Hailu and Dr. John Davis
Kamiah Rose (Biology)
Area Centralis (fovea) Photo-Receptor Mosaic in the Retina of Frog Rana pipiens
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abner Lall
Michael J. Cericola
(Biology)
The Effect of Autotomy on Righting Behavior in Sceloporus Jarrovii
Faculty Advisor: Dr. George Middendorf
Jordee Wells (Biology)
Homo/Heterodimerization Studies of RACK1 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hemayet Ullah
Obinna Umunakwe (Chemistry)
Silver Nanoparticle Formation through Chemical Reduction of Silver Ions by Cellulose Fibers
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James W. Mitchell
Patience Green, Dwayne Wright, and Solaide George (Chemistry)
Comparative Mass Spectrometry Studies of Dithiocarbamate Ester Analogs of 4-Methylpipiridine
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Oladapo Bakare
Faith Anne Brown (Chemistry)
Preparation and Synthesis of New Cross-Linking Reagents for Hemoglobin: Metallic Salt of 2-(Difluoro-Phosphono-Methyl)-4,4-Difluoro-4-Phosphono-Butyric Acid as a Substitute for 2,3-Diphosphonoglycerate
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jason Matthews
Chibuzo Okoro and Tyrone Dash, II (Psychology)
Cough Etiquette: Education May Control the Emergence of National and Global Pandemics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lloyd Sloan
Lisandra Green (Psychology)
Psychology as a major: The effectiveness of a career course on the career-decision making self-efficacy on a group of psychology majors
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joan M. Browne
Travara
Farmer (Theatre Arts)
The Media: The Influence and Perpetuation of African-American Stereotypes
Faculty Advisor: Professor Kim Bey
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To correct any information, please send an email to
mahmed@howard.edu.
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College of Arts and Sciences Symposium on Undergraduate Research Committee
Ms. Miriam Ahmed (Fine Arts)
Dr. Lila Ammons (Afro-American Studies)
Dr. Kim J. Bey (Fine Arts)
Ms. Teresa A. Bush (Office of the Dean)
Dr. Robert M. Catchings (Physics and Astronomy)
Dr. James J. Davis (Modern Languages and Literatures)
Dr. Derayeh Derakhshesh (Modern Languages and Literatures)
Dr. Ralph Gomes (Sociology and Anthropology)
Dr. Patrick Goodin (Philosophy)
Dr. Barbara Griffin (English)
Dr. Rudolph Hock (History)
Ms. Linda G. Jones (Office of the Dean)
Dr. Kitty Ellison (English)
Dr. Marjorie L. Leppo (Philosophy)
Dr. Lloyd R. Sloan (Psychology)
Dr. Charles Verharen (Philosophy)
Dr. Daniel A. Williams (Mathematics)
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