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Christina Crawford graduated from Virginia State
University in May of 2011 with a
Bachelor’s of Science degree in
Psychology. She was accepted into the
Master’s of Psychology program at
Virginia State University in August of
2011. As an undergraduate student,
Christina was an LSAMP scholar, she
researched The Effects of Age and Body
Mass on Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress. Christina has
presented her research at the ERN conference, and the
Virginia Psychological Association Convention.
Joe Allain Dollete earned his B.S. in Manufacturing
Engineering from Virginia State University
in May 2009. He was an LSAMP Scholar
who worked on The Effect of Compacting
Pressure and Sintering Temperature on
Copper Powder Metallurgy. He received
the Educational Advancement Alliance
Graduate School Fellowship in STEM and
went to Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ and
graduated in May 2011 with a Master in Engineering in
Mechanical Engineering with concentration in Manufacturing
Processes. In Fall 2011 he became a faculty at Virginia State
University. in the Department of Technology.
A. Hassan Abraham graduated from Virginia State
University in December 2007 with a
Bachelor’s of Science degree in
Manufacturing Engineering. He was an
LSAMP scholar from 2006-2007. Hassan
continued his graduate studies at VSU and
completed his Master’s in Computer
Science in May 2010. Currently, Hassan
works as System Analyst at Luckstone and as an Adjunct
instructor at VSU in the Computer Science Department.
Terrell Jones graduated from Virginia State University in Fall
2010 with a Bachelor’s of Science in
Computer Engineering. He is currently
pursuing his Master’s in Project
Management at Virginia State University.
As an LSAMP scholar, Terrell researched
Stolen Car Recovery Systems. He had the
opportunity to present his research at NSF
supported conferences.
Tashia Brewer graduated from Virginia State University in
May of 2010 with a Bachelor’s of
Science degree in Psychology. Upon
graduation, She entered the Master’s of
Psychology program at Virginia State
University. Tashia was an LSAMP 2010
Summer Research Intern. She was able to
present her research at various
undergraduate research conferences and she also co-authored
two published research reports. In addition, Tashia won first
place for her poster presentation at the 2009 National
Conference supported by NSF.
Brittany Johnson graduated from Virgnia State University in
December 2010 with a Bachelor’s of
Science degree in Computer Science with
a minor in Mathematics. She is currently
pusuing her graduate studies in Computer
Science with Concentration in Computer
Security and Information at VSU. As an
undergraduate, Brittany researched Child
Saver: Cross-Platform Visualization
Display derived from a Collaboration of Databases on
LSAMP 2010 Summer Research Internship.
Latasia Jones was an LSAMP scholar from 2009-2010. She
graduated with a B.S. in Biology in May 2010. Her
undergraduate research has been presented at the annual
meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science and the Plant and
Animal Genome Society. Also as an
undergraduate, Latasia two of her works
published. Ms. Jones is now pursuing her
M.Sc. degree. She spent Summer 2011 in
Ghana and now she is working towards a
career in Tropical Medicine.
Ebony Asburry-Taylor graduated from Virginia State
University in May of 2010 with a Bachelor’s of Science
degree in Psychology. She entered the
Master’s of Psychology program at
Virginia State University in the Fall of
2010. As a participant in HBCU-UP
funded research, Ebony presented at two
undergraduate research conferences-the
HBCU-UP National Conference and
the Virginia State University.
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