20 Years - The Leadership Alliance

20 Years Of Supporting Research, Scholarship and Academic Excellence | 39
Jessica Cottrell................................. 11:45 AM, CC-25
Presentation Title: Implications of the Black Male Body:
An Analysis of the Societal Texts for the Young
African American Male
Research Mentor: Tera Hunter
Research Institution: Princeton University
Home Institution: Saint Edward’s University
Co-Authors: Tera Hunter, Princeton University
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Selena Crowley...................................4:00 PM, CC-25
Presentation Title: Native Nations’ Allocation of
Resources: Link to Development
Research Mentor: Robert Shapiro
Research Institution: Columbia University
Home Institution: Fisk University
Co-Authors: Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University
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Mack Curry IV................................ 11:30 AM, CC-27
Presentation Title: The Study of Black English
Vernacular: Its Usage in Literature and Music,
and the Incorporation of This Dialect into English
Teaching Curriculums
Research Mentor: Tsitsi Jaji
Research Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Home Institution: Hampton University
Co-Authors: Randolph Walker, Hampton University;
Tsitsi Jaji, University of Pennsylvania
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Dina Dajani........................................5:45 PM, CC-13
Presentation Title: Molecular Interactions of IQGAP2
and its Role in Mechanosensing
Research Mentor: Doug Robinson
Research Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Home Institution: University of Miami
Co-Authors: Vasudha Srivastava and Douglas
Robinson, Johns Hopkins University
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Omar Davila Jr.................................12:15 PM, CC-25
Presentation Title: The Impact of Feeling Understood
and Validated on Student Performance
Research Mentor: Margaret Clark
Research Institution: Yale University
Home Institution: CSU Monterey Bay
Co-Authors: Margaret Clark, Mark Graham and Oriana
Aragon, Yale University
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Taylor Davine.....................................5:45 PM, CC-25
Presentation Title: Examining the Relationship Between
Rumination and Perceived Stress Among Ethnic
Adolescent Females
Research Mentor: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Research Institution: Yale University
Home Institution: UC San Diego
Co-Authors: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Yale University
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Mark Davis.......................................12:15 PM, CC-22
Presentation Title: Imaging Monolayer ZrO2 on a Si
Substrate
Research Mentor: Fred Walker
Research Institution: Yale University
Home Institution: Lehman College CUNY
Co-Authors: Fred Walker and Divine Kumah, Yale
University
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Tahirah Dean.....................................5:15 PM, CC-26
Presentation Title: The Unheard Voice: American
Muslims Struggle for Political Inclusion
Research Mentor: Robert Shapiro
Research Institution: Columbia University
Home Institution: University of North Texas
Co-Authors: Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University
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Rebecca Denton.............................. 11:15 AM, CC-24
Presentation Title: Oriental Objects: Silks, Sultans, and
the Threat to “Englishness” in Jane Eyre
Research Mentor: Timothy Campbell
Research Institution: University of Chicago
Home Institution: University of Miami
Co-Authors: Timothy Campbell, University of Chicago
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Ashley Diaz........................................3:45 PM, CC-15
Presentation Title: The Role of Presenilin-1 (PSEN-1)
in Surfactant Production in Type II Lung Epithelial
Cells
Research Mentor: Heber Nielsen
Research Institution: Tufts University BioMedical
Sciences
Home Institution: Florida International University
Co-Authors: Najla Fiaturi, John Castellot and Heber
Nielsen, Tufts University School of Graduate
Biomedical Sciences
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