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Current Scholars 2011-2012 Cohort

As an HBCU (Historical Black College University) McNair Scholars Program, diverse fields of interest and disciplines are represented by underrepresented scholars. Please see our  previous scholars for more areas of study represented

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JaCoya Thompson

Name: JaCoya Thompson
Major: Math and Computer Science
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Perry Gillespie, Ph.D.

Research Title: A Predictive Analysis on Graduation and Retention Rates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Fayetteville State University

Name: Tierra Savage
Major: Psychology
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Marciea McMillian, Ph.D.

Research Title: Are preschool Attendance, Gender, and Home Stimulation Predictive of Achievement?

Tierra Savage

Michelle Norman

Name: Michelle Norman
Major: Psychology
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Laura Coyle, Ph.D.

Research Title: Predictors of Resiliency in African American College Students

Name: Karlesia Montague
Major: Psychology
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Elizabeth Quinn, Ph.D.

Research Title: Dating Violence Among College Students

Karlesia Montague

Latasia Jones

Name: Latasia Jones
Major: English and Literature
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Phyllisa Deroze, Ph.D.

Research Title: Love Relations and Rape across Racial Lines in Early America

Name: Lashanda Hicks
Major: Psychology
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Samantha Daniel, Ph.D.

Research Title: An Exploration of Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder in Men

Lashanda Hicks

Sherie Delaine

Name: Sherie Delaine
Major: Birth-Kindergarten Education
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Beverlyn Cain, Ph.D.

Research Title: Teaching While Male: Factors and Negative Stigmas that Contributes to the Demise of Males in Early Childhood Environments

Name: Kurkessa Springs
Major: Sociology
Classification: Senior
Mentor:  Nicole Lucas, Ph.D.

Research Title: Informal Social Support Received by African American Men and Women within the Church

Kukessa Springs

Jonela Rogers

Name: Jonela Rogers
Major: Biotechnology
Minor: Biology
Classification: Senior
Mentor: Abdelmajid Kassem, Ph.D.

Research Title: Responses of Selected Soybean [Glycine max (L.)Merrill] Breeding Lines Under Mild Water Deficit

Name: Asia Scales
Major: Biology
Classification: Junior
Mentor: Sherrice Allen, Ph.D.

Research Title: pKOG-folP: A Mobilizable Suicide Vector for folP Chromosomal Inactivation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PA01

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Name: Eric McLean
Major: Biology
Classification: Senior
Mentor: Shubo Han, Ph.D.

Research Title: The Impact of Copper (II)- Flavanoid Complex Formation in Preventing the Onset of Parkinson's Diseas

Name: Amber Birden
Major: Elementary Education- Biology
Classification: Senior
Mentor: Shirley L. Chao, Ph.D.

Research Title: Science Inquiry on Pre-Literacy Skills and Interest in 3-5 year old

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Lewis Williams

Name: Lewis Williams
Major: Mathematics
Classification: Senior
Mentor: Xin Tang, Ph.D.

Research Title: The Poincare-Birkhoff-Witt (PBW) Basis and Monomial Basis of U⁺ r,s,T (ѕℓ₃)

Name: George Alvarez
Major: Chemistry
Classification:Senior
Mentor: Subir K. Nagdas, Ph.D.

Research Title: Evidence for the Presence of Phosphate Groups on the Two Major Proteins of the Hamster Sperm Acrosomal Matrix and Their Potential Role in Acrosomal Hydrolase Binding Activities 

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Marcus Smith

Name: Marcus Smith
Major: Middle Grades Mathematics/ Politcal Science
Classification:Senior
Mentor: Peter M. Eley, Ph.D.

Research Title: Analysis of Mathematics Achievement Among High Schools in Cumberland County

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