Emilola Abayomi   •  Albany State University  •  Mathematics

Shear Wave Propagation in Visco-Elastic Media

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Richard Superfine

Joseph Anthony  •   Alabama A&M University  •  Biology

Methods of Increasing Geocoding Accuracy and Match Rates

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Kathy Rose

Maria Asencio  •   Florida Atlantic University  •   Management

Mapping the Piedmont:  A Search for 18th Century Parcel Adjacency Clues

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Solomon

Danny Baez   •  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott Campus) •

    Aeronautics & Global Security Intelligence

The Guantanamo Bay Detainees and Its Impact on US Interests

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Isaac Unah

Mitsy Chanel-Blot  •   CUNY at Hunter College  • Anth. & Women's Studies

Second Generation Haitians: Language and the Formation of Cultural Identity

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sandra Smith-Nonini

Daud Cole • North Carolina A&T State University •   Biology

The role of phosphatidylserine and calcium in the regulation of factor IXa

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Barry Lentz

Melody Cooper  •   Claflin University • Philosophy & Religion

“Voice-Throwing,” “Speaking In Tongues,” Black Women’s Resistance, and Liberation Theology

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Mae Henderson

Allyson Criner  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  •  History

Matching Fire with Hell Fire: The Power of the Garvey Movement

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jerma Jackson

Alisha Curry  •  Pennsylvania State University •  Economics

Placage and Anne Rice’s Female Gens de Couleur Libre

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Tammi Duncan   •  Arizona State University •  Microbiology

A Strategy for Identifying Suppressors involved in the Twin-arginine Translocation (Tat) Pathway in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Miriam Braunstein

Atim Enyenihi  • University of Missouri-Columbia  •  Chemistry & Spanish

Optimization of Atmospheric Pressure Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (AP-MALDI) for Characterization of Peptides in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Gary Glish

Anika Gray • North Carolina A&T State University • Romance Lang. & Lit.

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Leticia Romo

Eboni Green  •    Howard University  •   Audio Production/Sociology

Flipping the Script: How Ex-Slaves Manipulated the WPA Narratives

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jerma Jackson

Sheena Green   •  Delaware State University • Physics/Medical Emphasis

Templated Alginate Scaffolds Are Potentially Useful for Tissue Growth

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sean Washburn

Erin Gunter •  North Carolina A&T State University  •   Psychology

Is Epstein Barr Virus a Plausible Measure of Stress That Can Be Used in Epidemiologic Studies of Preterm Delivery?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Vijaya Hogan

Kimberly Hardy  •  Jackson State University • Speech Communication Studies

In My Own Little Corner:  A Critical Look at Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997)

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Soyini Madison

Shalay Jackson   •  Florida State University  •  Social Work

Expanding the Responsibilities for the Educational Outcomes of Adolescents in Foster Care:  Implications for Coordinating the Child Welfare and Education Systems

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Patricia Parker

William Jackson •  Norfolk State University  • Pre-Chemical Engineering

Controlling the Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Properties of a Patterned Polymer Nanorod Surface

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sean Washburn

Dexter Jason  •  Shaw University  •   Mathematics

Treatments of Pancreatic Cancer: Using SEER/Medicare Data for Research

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Paul Godley

Derek Johnson   •  University of Wisconsin-Whitewater • Sociology/Crim. Justice

Critical Race Theory:  Breaking the Barriers of Upward Mobility of African American Males

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Soyini Madison

Rebekah Jordan  •  Salem College  •  Biology

Do the PI3K/Akt and Estrogen Receptor pathways cross talk in normal stromal cells?

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. David Kauffman

Antonette King  • San Francisco State University •  Psychology

Maternal HIV/AIDS and Child Internalizing Symptoms: The Role of Maternal Physical Health Status and Depressive Symptoms

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Deborah Jones

Kelly Kitchens   • Shaw University  •  Elementary Education

Recruitment Refusal Rates for Research Volunteer Registry

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith

Antoinette Landor  • Grambling State University •   Psychology

Can We Honestly “Blame It on the Media?:” A Conceptual Analysis of Influences on Adolescent Sexual Behavior

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Patricia Parker

Maát Lands • Tennessee State University  • Biology

Analysis of Wnt5a Over-Expression in SW480 Human Colon Cancer Cells

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. David Threadgill

Christina Lee  •  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Sociology

Applying Sociology to Journalists’ Routines: Evaluating the way in which print media represents international news and influences public opinion

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Everette McKoy   • Fayettville State University  •  Biology

Purification of γ/γ’ heterodimers from Variant Recombinant Fibrinogen

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Susan Lord

Collin Nelson •  University of Georgia • Psychology

Factors Contributing to the Development of Antisocial Behaviors among Male Youth

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Henry Frierson

Roxanne Paisible   •  Hamilton College  • Africana Studies & French

The Untold Story: Political, Social, and Religious Contributions of the Haitian Diaspora to the United States, 1791-1896

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. James Coleman

Miriam Perez  •  Swarthmore College •  Sociology & Anthropology

But What if Something Goes Wrong?: Childbirth in a Hospital Setting

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Sandra Smith-Nonini

Lorie Perez   • Texas Southern University   •   Mathematics

RMX Rotational Mixing Experiment

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Richard McLaughlin

Shantae Perkins   • Virginia State University  •   Psychology

Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income African-American Mothers with HIV/AIDS

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Deborah Jones

Lynette Prophyl   • Virginia Union University  •   Chemistry

The Synthesis of Asymmetrical Anti-Microbial Porphyrins

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Louise Ball

Lizette Ramirez    • Texas Southern University •  Chemistry

High Amplitude Short Time Excitation Using Argon

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Gary Glish

Liana Rebollo  •  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Intl. Studies & Political Science                 

To the Promised Land: Rural to Urban Migration in China and its Political, Economic, and Social Consequences

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Isaac Unah

Jacina Redden  •  Texas Southern University  •  Chemistry

New Functionalized Liquids for Proton Exchange Membranes in Fuel Cells

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Joseph DeSimone

Holly Riley  •  Spelman College •  Biology

Effects of Gestational Cocaine Exposure on Specific Brain Areas in First Generation Offspring of Sprague-Dawley Rat Dams

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Josephine Johns

Jessica Rodriguez  •  Muhlenberg College  •  Biology & Philosophy

Sensitization of Mice Liver to Apoptosis After Ischemia/Reperfusion: Role of Disappearence of X-Linked Inhibitor of Apotosis Protein (XIAP) During Ischemia

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. John Lemasters

Keita Rose Atkinson •  Princeton University • Psychology

Does Race Matter? Exploration of the Factors Influencing Intensity of Racial Identification

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. William Darity

Alexandriana Spivey •  Shaw University   •   Biology

Microsatellite Mutation Rates in DNA Mismatch Repair-Proficient and -Deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Rosann Farber

Daytheon Sturges •  Louisiana Tech University  •  Animal Biology

Intra-Rater Reliability of an Instrument for Auditing the Neighborhood Environment

Faculty Preceptors: Dr. Kelly Evenson & Dr. Barbara Laraia

Rachel Upton •  University of Tennessee-Knoxville •  Math & Statistics

The Educational Diversity Project: Multiple Imputation and Missing Data Analysis

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Abigail Panter

Adrienne White • Virginia Commonwealth University • Psychology

Airing Out Their Dirty Laundry: Exploring the Black Generation Gap

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Leticia Romo

Breia Williams •  Norfolk State University  •  Chemistry

Synthesis of Functionalized Vinylcyclopropanes via Sulfonium Ylides and Conversion to Dihydrofuran Derivatives via Metal-Catalyzed Ring Cleavage

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Jeffrey Johnson

Samathryn Witham  •  The College of Wooster • Black Studies & English

Ordinary Oracles: Narrating the Narrated

Faculty Preceptor: Dr. Mae Henderson