Akua Agyapong  • Hampton University  • Mathematics

Behavior of Vertical Jets In Stratified Environments

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Richard McLaughlin, Dr. Anne Kruger

Juan Alduey • City College- CUNY • Latin American History

“Storyteller”: Leslie Marmon Silko’s Move Toward a Global Narrative

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Rosa Perelmuter

Stephanie Allen  • Columbia University • English/Creative Writing

Creating More Spaces: Black Feminist Criticism as Creative Expression

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. James Coleman

Carl Bailey  • Hampton University • Computer Science

Multi-variate Visualization Programming

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Rassell Taylor, Dr. David Marshburn

Kathryn Bailey • Albany State • Biology

Characterization of Sponge Associated Microbial Communities

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Jeremy B. Weisz, Dr. Niels Lindquist

Niya Bealin  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater • Psychology

A Black Mother’s Concern for her Children:The Influence of Perceived Racism

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Anissa Vines

Geronald Bell  • Morehouse College •  Economics

School of the Future? A Study of a School Reform Program that has Shown Results in Raising the Scores of Minority Students

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Tonisha Boykin  • Bennett College • English

A Love for Women in The Color Purple

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. James Coleman

Roderick Brannon • Texas Southern University • Mathematics

The “Best” Statistical Test for the Two Sample Location Problem for Small Samples

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Schell

Ashley Brooks  • Hampton University • Computer Science

Nanoscale Education Project

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Gail Jones, Dr. Russ Taylor

Argelia Byers  • Hunter College at CUNY • Psychology/Spanish

Delayed Childbearing and Cognitive Development Outcomes In Infants of Women of Color

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Shawn Bediako

Laveda Casterlow   • North Carolina A&T State University • Biology

Promoter Interference in a Targeting Vector with a Switchable 3’ UTR is Blocked by a DNA Insulator

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. M. Kakoi, Dr. H. Kim, Dr. D. Ciavatta, Dr. O. Smithies

Eileen Chanza   • City College- CUNY • English Literature

Los Desheredados: The Rise of Cultural and Political Nationalism in Puerto Rico

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Rosa Perelmuter

Bionca Chapman  • North Carolina A&T State University • Mass Comm.

Sterilization in North Carolina: An Examination of Newspaper Coverage from 1958-1960 & 1972-1974

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Charlene Register

Sonja Cooke  • Morgan State University • Food & Nutrition

Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Multi-Ethnic Groups

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Alice Ammerman, Dr. Benita Weathers

Edwin Cuc   • Texas Southern University • Computer Science/ Mathematics

Collecting Z-Slices (Stacks) using IPLab

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Russell Taylor, Dr. David Marshburn

Jasmine Davenport   • North Carolina A&T State University • Physics

Magnetophoretic Separation of Nanometer Objects

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sean Washburn

Amber Evans • North Carolina A&T State University • Chemistry

The Role of Beta-Diketones in the Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Copper

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Joe DeSimone

Ayanna Franklin • Shaw University • Math Education

Perceptions of African Americans and Whites on Genetic Research

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith

Jennifer Franks • Hampton University • Computer Information Systems

Multi-Variate Visualization Program

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Russell Taylor, Dr. Davis Marshburn

Christopher Gaffney • Florida A&M University • Biology

Choline: An Essential Nutrient for Lowering Plasma Homocysteine

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kerry Ann da Costa

Jocelyn Galloway • Hampton University • Cellular & Molecular Biology

Telomere Addition to Double Strand Breaks in DNA

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Dale Ramsden

Stephanie Gordon • Grambling State University • Chemistry

The Effects of Different Nitrogen Regimes on Cylindrospermopsis and Anabaena

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Hans Paerl, Pia Moinsider

Jaclyn Guess • St. Augustine's College • Biology

The Location of Myosin 10 During Phagocytosis

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Omar Quintero, Richard Cheney

Amber Holloway • Carleton College • Political Science

Race Discrimination in Jury Selection

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Isaac Unah

Hisani Horne • Hampton University •  Molecular Biology  

Replication Timing Map of a 145-kb Region of Human Chromosomal Band 1p36.1

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. B. Brylawski, Dr. S. Cohen, Dr. M. Coreira-Stone, Dr. D. Kaufman

Quiniece Hurdle • Norfolk State University • Biology

The Effect of MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells on hFOB Osteoblast Cell Proliferation

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Craig Albright, Dr. Erich Klem

Crystal Jackson • Delaware State University • Food & Nutrition

The Perception of Body Image: A Comparison of African American and Caucasian Women

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Anna Siega-Riz

Kimberly Jefferson • Johnson C. Smith University • Biology

Targeting Telomerase Assemblage: Using Oligonucleotides to Block Telomerase Assemblage

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michael Jarfster

Tiffany Jenkins • Washington & Lee University • Management & Economics

Animation and Print Advertisement

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Benita Jones • Yale University • Political Science & History

The Crisis of Partisanship: The Representation of African-American Interests in the Two-Party System

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Isaac Unah

Chrystal Kay • University of North Carolina at Pembroke • Elementary Ed.

How Accountable is North Carolina’s ABCs of Accountability?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Curtis Langley, Jr. • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Psychology

Gender Differences in the Educational Attitudes of African-American Studies

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Beth Kurtz-Costes

Talisha Lee • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Psych. & Sociology

The Effect of Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Outcomes

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Chenequa Walker-Barnes

Nigel Lewis • Grambling State University • Biology  

Perceived Racism and Blood Pressure

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Anissa Barnes

LáShaunna Lipscomb • Morgan State University • Psychology

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Parental Warmth and Gang Related Behaviors in Adolescents

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Chenequa Walker-Barnes

Abigail Matthews • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Sociology

The Construction and Representation of Biracial and Interracial Identities on the Internat

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michele Berger

Mikal McMillan • Hampton University • Electrical Engineering

Six-Pole Amplifier for the Three Dimensional Force Microscope

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Leandre Vicci

Tamarrow Meminger • Claflin University • Sociology

The Presence of Africanisms in Gullah Culture: An Examination of South Carolinian Gullah’s Concept of  Death and Afterlife and Language Patterns

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Chinyere Mgbenka • Bowie State University • Computer Science

3D Stack Collector and IPLab Software for Windows On Hercules Microscope

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Russell Taylor,Dr. David Marshburn

Vanessa Michelous • University of South Carolina • Marine Science

Impacts of Lysogeny in a Highly Eutrophic Lagoonal Estuary, the Neuse River Estuary

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Rachel Noble

Danielle Newsome • Johnson C. Smith University • Biology

The Dnl4 Gene

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Mitch McVey

Paul Ojevwe • State University of New York • Biochemistry

Development of a Non-Invasive Assay for Tissue Hypoxia

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. James Raleigh

Olalani Oyegbola • Washington & Lee University • Accounting

The Perceptions of White Students and Their Black Counterparts

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Shelli Pace • Southern University • Physics

Virus Binding in Flow Channels: How is Binding Influenced by Flow Velocity

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sean Washburn

LaKishia Partman • North Carolina A&T State University • Psychology

The PRAISE! Project: Determining Intervention Components for Dissemination

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Alice Ammerman

Lawrence Ralph • Georgia Tech University • History, Tech, & Society

Rhyme Rebels: Rap, Resistance, and the Postindustrial City

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Karla Slocum

Traci Reeves • University of Southern California • Cinema-Television

Deconstructing the Dialogue: Black Male and Female Relationships in Hip-Hop Films

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Charlene Register

Jonathan Silver • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Biology

Characterization of B Lymphocyte Phenotypes in ANCA Patients and Anti-MPO Light Chain Transgenic Mice

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Donna Bunch

Renard Spratling • North Carolina A&T State University • Computer Science

Investigating Key Sequences as Digital Video Surrogates

Faculty Preceptor: Dr.

Jennifer Staten • North Carolina Central University • Biology

Effects of Polydora Infestation in Eastern Oysters

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Niels Lindquist

Marla Stewart • San Francisco State University • Psychology

Dialectics of Desire: A Qualitative Analysis of the Teachings of Black Lesbian and Bisexual Young Women

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Michele Berger

Diana Tyson • Columbia University • Psychology

Role of Teacher Involvement in the Academic Achievement of African American Students

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Shawn Bediako

Emma Walker • Albany State University • Biology

Expression of IP3 Receptor Subtypes In Fresh Renal Preglomular Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Arendshorst

Raquel Washburn • Chaminade University • Forensic Science

A LC-MS Method for Measuring Hexamethylene Diisocyanate

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. James Swenberg

Angelina Washington • Alabama A&M University • Computer Science & Math

Identifying Computational Techniques

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Wei Wang, Dr. Jun Huan

Jessica Welburn • University of Pennsylvania •

Black Student Extracurricular Involvement at the University of Pennsylvania

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Karolyn Tyson

Tiffany Woods • Tougaloo College • Biology

Heritability of Lipid Content in Gray Treefrogs: A Link Between Father and Offspring Quality?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Allison Welch