mcnair scholars - Academic Achievement Programs - University of ...
mcnair scholars - Academic Achievement Programs - University of ...
mcnair scholars - Academic Achievement Programs - University of ...
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
8 <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Maryland • Inaugural Edition<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Maryland • Inaugural Edition 9<br />
Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
Part One: 2007 Summer Research Institute Abstracts<br />
Raising Social Capital throughout the African Diaspora<br />
with Reparations ..................................................................... 10<br />
Calvin Anderson-Vines<br />
The Central American Free Trade Agreement:<br />
From Ratification to Implementation with an Emphasis<br />
on Poverty in the Rural Areas <strong>of</strong> El Salvador ............................... 12<br />
Isabela delCarmen Azucena<br />
Kenya’s Social Revolution: Mau Mau and Its Impact on<br />
Contemporary Kenyan Social Movements .................................... 14<br />
Amina Brown<br />
Using Network Theory to Reveal Cooperative Motion<br />
in Granular Materials Close to Jamming ..................................... 15<br />
Emmanuel Cephas, Jr.<br />
The Effect <strong>of</strong> Gender on Leadership Perception .............................. 16<br />
Hali Chambers<br />
Minority College Students’ Perceptions <strong>of</strong> College Preparation<br />
Experiences and Their High School Counselors ........................... 17<br />
Brittney Chisley<br />
A Fundamental Right: Justice Anthony Kennedy and Privacy ........... 18<br />
Mark Collier, Jr.<br />
African American Females Battling Juvenile Delinquency ................ 19<br />
Kelie Marie Darbouze<br />
Synthesis & Purification <strong>of</strong> Bio-5'-AMP .......................................... 20<br />
Sharis Erwin<br />
Physiological Changes in Alfalfa Plants Due to Injury<br />
Induced by Potato Leafhopper ................................................... 21<br />
Oluwabunmi Fakiled<br />
Parenting <strong>of</strong> Black/White Biracial Children ................................... 22<br />
Dawnyea Jackson<br />
Selenium-Induced Senescence for LnCAP and PC-3 ....................... 23<br />
Mandy Kang<br />
An Experimental Investigation <strong>of</strong> Unsteady Jet Mixing<br />
<strong>of</strong> Non-Newtonian Fluids in a Waste Tank ................................... 24<br />
Ren Liu<br />
Information Systems and Information Technology .......................... 25<br />
Arlene Logan<br />
The Burden <strong>of</strong> Low Income Populations:<br />
Never Ending Rising Gasoline Prices .......................................... 26<br />
Riane E. McWain<br />
The Influence <strong>of</strong> Religion and Ancient Law<br />
on Today’s Criminal Justice System ............................................ 27<br />
Jessica J. Membreno<br />
Associations between Negative Parenting and<br />
Children Developing Behavioral Problems .................................. 29<br />
Nichelle Newton<br />
Eating Behaviors, Food Consumption and Hunger<br />
<strong>of</strong> Low-Income, Urban Students ................................................. 30<br />
Zainab Okolo<br />
The Future <strong>of</strong> Work: Understanding the Attitude<br />
Towards Technological Changes in the Workplace Among<br />
Undergraduate Students at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Maryland ................. 31<br />
Adanze Okoroha<br />
How has the Civil War in Sierra Leone Manifested<br />
the Use <strong>of</strong> Prosthetic Devices? .................................................... 32<br />
Omolola I. Olakanye<br />
Identifying Expression Variation Caused by FZF1<br />
Protein Divergence .................................................................... 33<br />
Robert Patterson<br />
African Retention in America ....................................................... 34<br />
John Edwards Sanders<br />
Constructing Race in Campaign 2008: A Textual Analysis<br />
<strong>of</strong> the PBS All American Presidential Forum<br />
featuring the Democratic Candidates at Howard <strong>University</strong> .......... 36<br />
Shavonne Shorter<br />
How Does Media Coverage in the Washington Post<br />
Depict Young People Engaged in Violent Crimes? ........................ 37<br />
Tahera Sparks<br />
The Economic Impact <strong>of</strong> Hispanics in Maryland ............................ 38<br />
Leimer Tejeda<br />
West African Immigrants: The Mother Daughter Relationship .......... 39<br />
Manuela Tingbo
Change language