Christine Acevedo • North Carolina State University • Psychology

The Effects of High Quality Inclusion and Individual Disability on the Frequency of Embedded Instruction in Child Care

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Robin McWilliam

Shareefah Al’Uqdah • North Carolina Central University • Psychology

Alcohol-Related Aggression on a Predominantly African American Campus

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Valerie Williams

Katiana Anglade • Smith College • Government/ Urban Studies

Loyalty and Rewards:  African American Party Identification and Economic Development in Boston 1978-2000

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Isaac Unah

Marissa Archibald  • North Carolina Central University • Environemental Science & Biology

Sustainable Development In the Caribbean: A Look at Two Approaches the Organization Of American States (OAS) Has Taken Toward Achieving Sustainable Development

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Karla Slocum

Adrienne Bailey • Bethune-Cookman College • English

How We Make Work First Work: A Preliminary Assessment of the Challenges of Implementing the Work First Program with Hard to Serve Clients in Wake County, NC

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Reginald Hildebrand

Tiffani Bailey • Hampton University • Chemistry

Synthesis of Fluorinated Homopolymers by ATRP and Their Extent Solubility in CO2

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Joseph M DeSimone

Joy Barnes • North Carolina State University • Biology

The Effects of Altered Expression of the GPA1 Gene on the Shoot Apical Meristem in Arbidopsis

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Alan Jones

Judyann Bentick • Skidmore College • Government

The Origin of Ethnic Fragmentation in Guyanese Society:  An Examination of Post-Emancipated British Guyana

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael West

Philathia Bolton • Spelman College • English

Across the Americas:  The Depiction of Black Women in the Poetry of Nicolás Guillén and Langston Hughes

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Rosa Perelmuter

Annette Booker • Norfolk State University • Computer Science

Integral Apollonian Circle Parking and C++

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Gary Bishop

Tanilla Brown • University of Pennsylvania •

Polymerase mu and End Joining in Mammalian Cells

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Dale Ramsden

Chemarra Bryant • Kent State University • Family Studies

The Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Management Among African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Carmen Samuel-Hodge

Mary E Burroughs • University of Florida • English & Visual Art Studies

The Ambiguity of Good and Evil in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Sula

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. James Coleman

Angleo M Covington  • Appalachian State University • Psychology

An Investigation of the Effect of Multiculturalism on Communication Behaviors in African American/White Interracial Couples

Faculty Preceptor: Dr.

Robynn Cox  • Duke University • Economics/Spanish

Does Cheap Labor Create a Competitive Advantage for the Firm?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Mario Curtis • Tennessee State University • Biochemistry

The Technological Stock Boom: Confidence In Revolution or Speculation for Profit

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Travis Dangerfield • University of Maryland-Eastern Shore • Chemistry

Synthesis of A Heterobifunctional Cross-linker, Succinimidy
1-4-(N-Maleimidomethyl) Cyclohexane-1-Carboxylate

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Moo Cho

Harold Davis, III  • Winthrop University • Biology

A Modular Screen for Pattern/Epidermal Mutants in Drosophilia

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Mark Peifer

Allison Dawson • Tuskegee University • General Dietetics

Fast Food Game Pilot Study: Promoting Healthy Choices as Fast Food Restaurants

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Alice Ammerman

Allie Figueroa-Greene • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Art

Testimonial Art:  A New Genre?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kimowan McLain

Deen Freelon • Stanford University • Psychology & Communications

Usability Matters:  A Qualitative Comparison Of Two Electronic Table Software Applications

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Gary Marchionini

Joseph Frierson, Jr  • North Carolina A&T State University • Political Science

Majority-Minority District in the State of North Carolina: Beneficial Gerrymandering

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Isaac Unah

Eugene Gibbs-Flournoy • North Carolina A&T State University • Biology

Does Loss of hsnf5 Affect Cell Cycle Regulatory Proteins in Pediatric Tumor Cells?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Bernard Weissman

Lesley Hall  Duke

Hospital Competition and Quality of Care

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Christian Harris • North Carolina Central University • Economics & Chemistry

Photoluminescence and the Effect of Growth Rate and Light-Soaking on Amorphous Silicon Solar

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Laurie McNeil

Kristian Jeffress • Norfolk State University • Biology

Mutagencity and Toxicity of Meso-Substituted Porphyrins

Faculty Preceptor: Dr.

Chrystina Jeter • Loyola Marymount University • Biology

The Role of DsrA in Serum Resistance in Haemophilus ducreyl

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Christopher Elkins

Mallorye Lovett • North Carolina Central University • Family & Consumer Science

Diet Affect on Birth Outcome

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz

Ashley Martin • North Carolina A&T State University • Broadcast Production

Tears, Blood, and Destruction: A Comparative Analysis of The Chicago Defender and The New York Times Coverage of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Charlene Regester

Carolyn Mitchell • Norfolk State University • Computer Science

Web Search Retrieval with Visualization

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Greg Newby

Corey Nickens • University of Maryland-Baltimore • Inf. Systems Management

A Model of the tumor suppressor adenomatous Polyposis coli (APC) in Drosophila

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Greg Newby

Perzavia Praylow • Drew University • History

Building Community:  Black Woman’s Survival and Agency within Predominantly White Colleges and Universities;  A Case Study of Black Women Enrolled in the Woman College of Duke University, 1963-1976

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Reginald Hildebrand

Crystal Reynolds • Norfolk State University • Chemistry

Mutagenesis of Autophosphorylation Site in GRK 7 and Expression in Mammalian Cells

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Ellen Weiss

Melicent Robinson • North Carolina A&T State University • Biology

The Study of the Trend of Epidermal Growth Factor and Sex Steroids and Their Affects on Cell Adhesion Molecules of Human Endometrial Cancer Cell Lines (Ishikawa and ECC-1) Under Different Integrin Conditions

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Ruth Lininger

Tanya Scarlet • Norfolk State University • Chemistry

Synthesis and Cytotoxicity of Cyanoborane Adducts of N6-Benzoyladenine and 6-Chloropurine

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Iris Hall

Natasha Smith • Hampton University •  Chemistry

Analytical Approaches to Evaluate Potential Sulfate Deficit in Autistic Children

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kim Brouwer

Byrant Suitte • North Carolina A&T State University • Chemistry

Designing Photoresist Systems for Carbon Dioxide

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Joseph DeSimone

Amber Summers • Winthrop University • Human Nutrition

Relationship Among Nutrition Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior of Caregivers

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Janice Dodds

Kimberly Taylor • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Psychology

The Effects of Praise on the Motivation And Performance of Young Children

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes

Danielle Thompson • Florida A&M • Chemistry/Molecular Biology

The Association of Body Fat Distribution as Measured by the ody-mass index and waist Circumference to impaired glucose tolerance In middle-aged adults The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Gerardo Heiss

Sharon Walker • Kent State University • Biology

Affinity of Novel Antimicrobial Agents for the I1 Imidazoline Receptor

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Richard Tidwell

Christen Wiley • Ohio University • Sociology

Skin Color, Class and the African American Experience

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Donald Nonini

Tamona Williams • Norfolk State University• Chemistry

Synthesis of Cationic Nanogels through Microemulsion Polymerization

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Rubinstein

Tarrah Williams • Tennessee State University • Chemistry

A Pathological Study of the Niemman-Pick Disease Type C in the Murine Model

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Phillip Smith

Kristen Wright • Johnson C. Smith University • Biology

Understanding the Physical Mechanisms of T Cell Activation

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Edward Collins

Meccasia Zabriskie • Duke University • Economics/African-American Studies

Graphic Visualization of the Change in

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity