Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Abstracts
There are currently SROP abstracts for the following years:
| Advisor |
Title |
Author | Major | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. Andrejasich | "Green" Technologies and Construction Methods for Affordable Housing | Jorge A. Santory | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua | "I'se in Town Honey": African American Women's History Viewed through the Prism of the Pancake Queen Aunt Jemima | Nicole S. Franklin | History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Robin Jarrett | "Train up a Child": An Analysis of the Relationship Between Parental Involvement and Goal Orientation Among African American High School Students | R. La'Toya Ashford | N/A | Jackson State University |
| Arlene Torres | (Dis)Empowering Spaces and Places: Colonial Subjectivities in Puerto Rico, 1880-1980 | Dania Matos | Latina/o Studies and International Relations | Brown University |
| Todd Shaw | A comparison study of nationalist ideologies among Afro-Americans and Puerto Ricans | Sixto Olmo - Rodríguez | Political Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Sumie Okazaki | A Scale to Measure Bicultural Competence | Richard H. Nobles, Jr. | Psychology | Yale University |
| William Berry | A Tale of Two Perspectives - Representing and Misrepresenting the Dominican Republic in Selected Magazines | Jennifer Guilamo | Spanish | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Adele Proctor | A Thematic Curriculum: Effectiveness in Teaching Spanish to Preschoolers | Arika Harper | Spanish | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Janet Reis | Acculturation and Bulimia Nervosa Symptoms in Mexican American College Women | Jeanette Torres | Psychology | University of California at Irvine |
| Steve Hall | Advertising Education: An analysis of best practices for undergraduate advertising programs | Chevonne R. Collins | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Angharad N. Valdivia | America and the Huxtables: The Legacy of "The Cosby Show" | Krystal R. Wilson | Broadcast Journalism | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Jonathan Fineberg | American Art in the 20th Century | Kristina Rodriguez | Graphic Design | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Phillip Newmark | An Examination of Chemotaxis in Planarians | Bolajoko Adeniyi | Premed. Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Adele Proctor | An Investigation of the Performance of African American College Students on a Measure of Executive Function and Memory | Alexis Washington | Speech and Hearing Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Michael J. Plewa | Analysis of Commercial Agricultural Waste Products for Antioxidant and Chemoprotective Activity | Margo Mejia | Microbiology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Umberto Ravaioli | Analysis of Deep Submicron MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) | Mohamed Mohamed | Electrical Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Lisa Bievenue | Analyzing the Differences of the Effectiveness of Physical Manipulatives and Virtual Manipulatives | Aubrey L. Hall, Jr. | Mathematics Education | Jackson State University |
| Jason Chambers | Are You Wearing the Hair Or Is the Hair Wearing You: A Qualitative Research Study on Black Women's Hair in Advertisements in Essence Magazine From 1971 to 2001 | Jessica L. Smith | Mass Communication | Grambling State University |
| Janet Reis | Beyond the Retirement Years: A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Living Arrangements for the Elderly population | Qiana C. Crosby | Social Work / Gerontology | Jackson State University |
| Steven Leigh | Brain Growth Development in South African Baboons | Leigh Ann Martinez | Anthropology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Lawrence Parker | Brown by Choice and Policy: 1st Generation Mexican Immigrants in Higher Education | John Arrona | Sociology, Latino American and Latino Studies | University of California at Santa Cruz |
| Roch Ducey | Building Integrated Photovoltaics Used in Residential Construction | Aprille Bethel | Architectural Engineering | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Adele Proctor | Characteristics of Stuttering in Dysfluent Preschoolers | Blair Tenllado | N/A | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Michael R. Murphy | Chemotaxis in Rumen Protozoa | Marlene Rivera | Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Janet Reis | Chickenpox Vaccine: Parental Attitudes Towards the Chickenpox Vaccine in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois | Nkiruka Ukawuba | Health Planning and Administration | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Eric Jakobsson | Communicate effectively: Internet content development for the researcher and other academic writers | Carrie Sawyer | New Media and Information Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Arlette Willis | Computer Technology in Education | Arelia C. Christian | Education | Livingstone College |
| Kelly Dilks | Constructing a Dynamic Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan for the Fort Benning Installation of the U. S. Army | Kenshasa Barnette | Computer Science | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Tom Napier | Deconstruction: Is it a Feasible Alternative for Demolition? | Nicholas E. Lee | Architectural Engineering | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Yuqing Li | Determination of barrel field morphological changes in tyrosine kinase B receptor-deficient transgenic mice | Diana Nortey | Biology | Lincoln University |
| Karl Rosengren | Development of posture & balance control: A comparison of African American and Caucasian American children | Douglas Johnson | Kinesiology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Norman Denzin | Digesting African-American Cinema: Art for the people, but not always by the people | Raphael Nash | Photography and Cinema Studies | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Reginald J. Alston | Disability Awareness Among White and African American Ministers | Scoie Centil Green | Rehabilitation Services | Southern University and A&M College at Baton Rouge |
| William J. Qualls | Diversity in Corporate America: Myth or Reality? | Simeko Tanye Washington | N/A | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Shelley Tischkau | Effect of cardiac arrest on neurons in the hippocampus and suprachiasmatic nucleus regions of the brain | Jared Cohen | Biology General | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Lucio Soibelman | Effectiveness of Preventive Maintenance on Deteriorating Systems: A Maintainability Based Approach | Alicia Garcia | Mechanical Engineering | University of New Orleans |
| Janice Juraska | Effects of Stress and Ovarian Hormone Levels on Learning and Memory | Alexandra Evans | Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Mark Aber | Examining Racial Profiling Within the Champaign Police Department: Does Racial Profiling Exist? | April Denise Thames | Psychology | California State University, Long Beach |
| Frankie Santos Laanan | Factors Influencing College Attendance of African Americans From Urban Public High Schools | Rochelle L. James | Psychology | Loyola University at New Orleans |
| Adriana Umaña-Taylor | Familial ethnic socialization among Mexican born and U.S. born Mexican mothers | Grace Gedar | Human Development and Family Studies | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Hadi Esfahani | Federal Budget Deficit and Budget Institutions | Preshawn Ford | Economics and Marketing | Grambling State University |
| Glaucio H. Paulino | Finite Element Modeling of Cracks in Functionally Graded Materials | Arnaldo Martínez Padilla | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Michael Palencia-Roth | Gabriel García Márquez's "Cien anos de soledad": The Irrationality of Love and How it Exists within a Rational World (Spanish Text) | Jessica Moore | Comparative Literature | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Norman Denzin | Gender, Power, and Politics: Reshaping Black Images in Contemporary Film | Tiffany Arnold | Journalism | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Stewart Berlocher | Geography, Host Plants, and Genetic Differentiation | Adeoti E. Oshinowo | Biology Honors / Biochemistry | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Vernon Burton | Harlem Hellfighters: The True Story of the 369th Infantry Regiment | Charles Terry | N/A | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Cynthia Fisher | How do infants learn phonotactic regularities? | Curneisha L. Bryant | Language - Hearing - Speech Science / Audiology | University of South Florida |
| Ananda Ganguly | Human Behavior and Investment | Chukwuemeka David Nwosu | Accounting | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Brenda Wilson & Mengfei Ho | Identification of Ganglioside Receptors on Mammalian Cell Membranes for Echerichia coli Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 2 (CNF2) | Ijeoma M. Asota | Microbiology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Steve Hall | Image is everything: Cultural influences of African American female body image satisfaction | Nicole Seals | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Jonathan Fineberg | Imagining Cindy Sherman: A Representation of the Themes of Modern American Art | Tess Schwab | Art History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Edward Roy | Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors | Dianna Thompson | Biological Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Laurence Parker | Impact of Hip-Hop Culture on African American teachers' perceptions of adolescent African American Males | Dominique N. Brown | Sociology | Grambling State University |
| Cynthia Fisher | Infants Learning of Second Order Phonotactic Constraints | Candice McCarty | Speech-Language Pathology / Audiology | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Diane Mann | Instilling the Future...Preserving the Past... | Anthony B. Yepa | American Indian Studies | Haskell Indian Nations University |
| Thomas K. Srull | Interdisciplinary Analysis of Human Behavior in the Marketplace: The Drives to Acquire, Learn, Bond and Defend | Erin D. Malone | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Tiffany Barnett White | Investment Risk Perceptions: Understanding Middle-Class African-Americans | Richard L. Robertson | Finance | Southwest Texas State University |
| James Anderson | Latina Representation in Mainstream Media | Wendy Lozano Lopez | Psychology | University of California at Santa Cruz |
| Frankie Santos Laanan | Latinas in higher education: What are they doing to navigate their challenges? | Karen Lucero | Psychology | University of California at Irvine |
| Frankie Laanan | Latinos/as at Risk: The Increasing Number of Latino Deaths in the Workplace | Verónica Morales-Lleras | Labor Relations | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras |
| James Anderson | Maintaining Diversity throughout Higher Education: Successful contentions utilized in defending Affirmative Action in the United States Court System | R. Scott Rochelle | English | Morehouse College |
| Jennifer A. Lewis | Mechanical Properties and Behavior of Three-Dimensional Periodic Ceramic Composites | Pedro O. Lopez - Montesinos | Mechanical Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| James Anderson | Mentoring and the Academic Success of Minority Undergraduates | Jillian D. Owens | Sociology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Bonnie B. Armbruster | Naturally Occurring Behaviors in the Tutoring Relationship | Nicole S. Little | Elementary Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Wanda Pillow | Non-Traditional Age Undergraduate Students: Their Perspectives of How Their Special Academic Needs Are Addressed | Natalie Blanchard | Psychology | Chicago State University |
| Steve Hall | Off Target: The Negative Effects of Target Marketing on African Americans | Kimberly Clark | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Karen Chapman-Novakofski | Osteoporosis: Calcium intake validation and heel ultrasound | Akpene Ama Atiedu | Human Nutrition | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Marcelo García | Oxygen Transfer between Resuspended Organic Sediments and the Fluid Media | Javier Ancalle | Civil and Environmental Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Ronald Peters | Patterns of Union Participation by Activists in their Unions Including African - Americans, Hispanics, and Women | Sherrika Ellison | Speech Communication | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Rahim Benekohal | Pedestrian Behavior Modeling in ITS Environment | Richard Rivera Lugo | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Mark Aber | Peer Court: The Relationship Between Offense, Sanction, and Sentence Completion | Kristin Tubre | N/A | Loyola University at New Orleans |
| Adele Proctor | Performance of Latina/o students on measures of executive function and memory | Adrienne Torres | N/A | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Al Beitelman | Performance of Moisture Cure Urethane Paints | Freda Singletary | Chemical Engineering | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Edward McAuley | Physical Activity and Psychological Health in Latinos | Natalie Overman | N/A | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Stuart Foltz | Programming a Database on a Compaq iPaq Pocket PC using embedded Visual Basic | Maewanda Warrick | Electrical Engineer | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Robin Jarrett | Resilience in Low-Income African-American Single Mothers | Stephanie E. Gantt | Psychology | Dillard University |
| Charles F. Zukoski | Rheological Behavior of Cement Paste Adding a Chemical Admixture | Julissa Hidalgo | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| James Anderson | Search for Identity: The role of African and African American perceptions of identity in shaping how they relate to each other | Olanipekun Laosebikan | N/A | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Elvira de Mejia | Soybean Proteins in Cancer Treatment | Traliece Bradford | Nutritional Sciences | Grambling State University |
| Esmail Meisami | Study of cytochrome oxidase staining patterns in peripheral olfactory system of newborn rats | Cassandra R. Johnson | Biology | Jackson State University |
| William Qualls | Supplier Diversity: A Beneficial Component of Corporate Diversity | Khadijah Aziz | Marketing | Grambling State University |
| Robert Novak | Survey of Champaign-Urbana Mosquito Populations for West Nile Virus | Heather Rooney | Microbiology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Vernon Burton | Tale of Two Elections: A Comparison of the 1876 and 2000 Presidential Election in Florida | Kwame Holmes | History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Ollie Watts Davis | The Bel Canto Style of Singing: Its Development and Decline | Shänka Falls | Vocal Performance | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Peter Colwell | The Biases of the Section 8 tenant based Program | Malika Edwards | Finance | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Norman Denzin | The Chicken or the Egg: The Loss of African-American Women | Christy McGowan | Sociology & Philosophy | Tuskegee University |
| James Rounds | The Effect of Personality and Ethnic Identity on Attributions of Racism Among African American Students | Shannon Talonne Robertson | Psychology | University of California at Irvine |
| Karl Rosengren | The Effects of Changing Base of Support on Balance Strategies | Holly Wilson | N/A | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Rex A. Hess & Kay Carnes | The Effects of ICI 182,780, an anti-estrogen on the male reproductive system | Roshonda Jackson | Molecular and Integrative Physiology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James Rounds and Hsin-Ya Liao | The Effects of Race on the Perception of Racism for White Participants | Gregory I. Smith | Psychology | Grambling State University |
| Laurence Parker | The Effects of Retention Programs on Latino Undergraduate Students in Higher Education: A TRIO Student Support Services Program Examined | Lindsay Huber | N/A | University of California at Irvine |
| James Anderson | The Effects of Skin Tone on an Individual | Xochitl Casillas | Psychology | University of California at Santa Cruz |
| Tiffany White | The Impact of Celebrity Endorsers on Brand Image and Purchase Intent | Herbert M. Milton | Computer Information Systems | Grambling State University |
| Frankie Santos Laanan | The Implications of Music Therapy on the Grief Counseling Process for College Students | Monique Mendoza | Psychology | University of California at Irvine |
| Brian Wansink | The Inaccuracies of Mental Accounting: What factors can increase or decrease accuracy | Raul Piña | Accounting | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Wanda Pillow | The Mis-education of Latino/a Undergraduates: Institutionalized Racism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Sylvia Caballero | English / Philosophy | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| David Wilson | The Puerto Ricans Immigrant in New York City between 1920 and 2000 | Yarimar Lopez-Vega | Geography | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Brenda Wilson & Mengfei Ho | The role of REEL sequence in the activity of Pasteurella multocida toxin | Limaris Ayala | Microbiology | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao |
| Michael Madonick | The Transcendence of African American Stereotypes Through Literature, Advertisement and Film From 1900 to 2000 | Aaron D. Coats | English Literature and Rhetoric in Creative Writing | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| William Berry | Through Eyes of the Beholder: Racist and Stereotypical Representations of African Americans in Black Memorabilia | Gaylie R. Cotton | Liberal Arts English | Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis |
| James Anderson | To what extent do the allocations of aggregate fiscal resources affect the achievement gap? | Samantha Fields | Economics | Spelman College |
| Jo Ann Cameron | Transformation of Digit Identity in the Tadpole and Axolotl | La'Tara Ashford | Biology | Jackson State University |
| Margarita Alario | US National Energy Policy: Promoting sustainable use of energy resources? | Gustavo Garcia Lopez | N/A | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras |
| Diane Mann | Using ArcView GIS to map cemeteries and burial sights of the Creek people within current Oklahoma boundaries | Julie A. James | Environmental Science | Haskell Indian Nations University |
| Marcelo Garcia | Wave-Current induced mine burial due to sediment scour | Karen A. Matos Rivera | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| David Sinow | What is the value? A study of firm valuation and financial forecasting | Malcolm Williamson | Actuary Science and Finance | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Christopher Silver | Zoned Use Or Mixed Use; The Key to Renewal in Our Cities | Erica Enright | Architecture | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |