Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Abstracts
There are currently SROP abstracts for the following years:
| Advisor |
Title |
Author | Major | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James D. Anderson | A Comparative Study of African-American Vernacular English in the Northeastern region of the United States and the Southern region of the United States | Kirby P. Riley | Social Work | Livingstone College |
| Deborah E. Rupp | A Retrospective Analysis of the Measurement of Source in Organizational Justice: Further Support for the Multifoci Model | Kisha S. Jones | Psychology | Howard University |
| Shelley Tischkau | A Study of the Effects of Light on Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Signaling | Kara Escutia | Animal Sciences Biotechnology, Pre-Veterinary Medicine | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James Anderson | African American Attitudes Towards Medical Professionals: Impact on Disease Prevention and Awareness | Arthur B. Boyd III | Moleculary and Cellular Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James D. Anderson | African American Culture and Educational Achievement: An Assessment of the Historical Scholarship | Matthew Rollack | Humanities | New Mexico State University |
| Paul McNamara | Are individuals ready to manage private retirement accounts? An analysis of the Survey of Consumer Finances with implications for the Social Security privatization debate | Alisha White | Consumer Finance | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Laurie Kramer | Are Middle Children Always Left Out? Differences in Interaction Styles between Two-Child and Three-Child Families | Audrey Jones | Psychology | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| William Patterson | Articulating reality and speaking into existence: Hip-Hop and its potential for revolutionary activism and praxis in the role of the MC | Gabriel Peoples | English and Afro American and African Studies | University of Michigan |
| Steve Hall | Bringing Diversity to Advertising | Kenyetta Puckett | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Reginald Alston | Capitalism and African America Popular Culture: The Lack of Health Information in African American Popular Culture Literature | Chrishanna C. Carter | Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James Morrissey | Characterization of the Procoagulant Activity of a Novel Thromboplastin Reagent | David A. Barounis | David A. Barounis | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Helen Neville | Contextual Factors Related to Color-blind Racial Ideology Acceptance among African American students | Sika Koudou | Sociology | Yale University |
| Jason Chambers | Contradictions between advertising and editorial content in women's health and | Yolanda Davis | Mass Communication | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Susan Farner | Dietary food recalls for hispanics | Maricsa Sanchez | Community Health | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Susan Farner | Dietary food recalls for hispanics | Maricsa Sanchez | Community Health | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| William Berry | Eating Ourselves To Death: From Super-Size to Super-Sick | James W. Brown | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| John G. Georgiadis | Energy Requirements and Costs for Modern Water Desalination | Erik D. Sanchez | Civil and Mechanical Engineering | Allan Hancock College |
| Nicholas Burbules | English as the Primary Language of Information and Communication | Tracey M. Taylor | Elementary Education K-4 | Jackson State University |
| James Anderson | Examination of University of Michigan's Campus Climate and Equity Programming | Christina A. Bortey | Sociology | Pennsylvania State University |
| Isabel Molina | Examining the Relationship Between Women and Children Living in a Communal Environment | Jacqueline Arellano | Sociology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Sam Kamin | Fast Fourier Transform Implementation by Runtime code generation through Jumbo | Brett Daniel Lopez-Handley | Computer Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Nicole Allen | Focusing on the Rape Advocate: What Factors Influence the Effects of Secondary Trauma? | Nicole Sorell | Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Jeffrey Roesler | Fracture properties of multi-layered steel fiber-reinforced concrete | Victor Cervantes | Civil Engineering | California State Univeristy Northridge |
| Jeffrey Roesler | Fracture properties of multi-layered steel fiber-reinforced concrete | Victor Cervantes | Civil Engineering | California State Univeristy Northridge |
| Joseph Broschak | Gender and manager turnover in advertising: Are women better than men in sustaining | Alice Joan Pérez Vera | Business and Management | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Ponce |
| Eileen Diaz McConnell | Getting Ahead: Post-HB60 Educational Challenges for Latino Undocumented Students in Ilinois | Diana Mora | Sociology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Barry Lewis | Hearths, Ballcourts and the Evidence for Contact Between the Casma Valley, Peru and the Highlands of Mexico | Josi Mata | Anthropology | University of Texas Pan-American |
| David O’Brien | Holy Emperor Maximiliano: Visual Representations in 19th-century Mexico and France | Daniel B. Román | Art History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James D. Anderson | Inequalities in Urban School Districts: A Case Study of Chicago | Daniel Davis | American Studies and Sociology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Helen Neville | Is it Right or Wrong? Examining Latino Adolescent's Definitions of Sexual Coercion | Tomas Cabeza De Baca | Psychology | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Yoon Pak | Laotian American Educational Experiences: An Exploratory Study | Yenhoa Ching | History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Luis F. Mirón | Latinas in the Midwest: An Analysis of Barriers that Impede Participation in Higher Education | Daisy M. Perez | Tourism Management | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Michael Andrejasich | Master Plan for Urban Revitalization of Downtown Champaign, Illinois | Victor Jimenez | Architecture | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Umberto Ravaioli | Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) | Caiseen Ward | Electrical Engineering | Clark Atlanta University |
| Steve Hall | Minority Internships in Advertising | Kelly Moorehead | Communications | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Yoon Pak | Multiracial Identity—A Study of Multiracial Students and their Experiences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Jessica Rubenacker | Art History and Painting | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Adele Proctor | Narrative Performance in Monolingual Spanish and Bilingual Spanish-English Children | Elizabeth J. Addison | Speech and Hearing Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Madhu Viswanathan | North America Free Trade Agreement in Texas: Employment Construction or | Monica Gisela Saldivar | Business and Management | St. Edward's University |
| Michel Bellini | Nuclear Distribution of the Cohesin in the Amphibian Oocyte | Geronimo Caldwell | Molecular and Cellular Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Timothy Strathmann | Oxidative Strength of Visible-Light Activated Nanophase Titanium Oxide Materials | Hagar ElBishlawi | Environmental Chemistry | Columbia University |
| James D. Anderson | Perseverando: The Educational Barriers that Latino Immigrant Students and Their Parents Face in the Champaign School District | Yesenia Sánchez | International Studies | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James D. Anderson | Poverty's Affect on Educational Achievement for Minorities | Courtney Aja Smith | Political Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Chris Barkan | Process improvement techniques for railroad classification yards | Ahsan F. Alvi | Civil Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Bernice McNair Barnett | Race and Societal Reactions to Brown vs. Board of Education: A Sociological Analysis of Selected Newspapers in the North, 1954-2004 | Tamika A. White | Sociology and Social Work | Dillard University |
| David W. Miller | Reducing Radiation Exposure to Physicians' Hands | Jason M. Razo | Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Frances Wang | Representation of Hypertetrahedra Using Three-Dimensional Cross Sections | Blair A. Flicker | Computer Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Paul S. Cooke | Role of Skp2 in Ovarian Development and its Effects on Granulosa Cells | Juanmahel Dávila-Gómez | General Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| Jason Chambers | Sex Sales: Sexually Implicit Messages and Imagery in Advertising | Aleesha Smith | Mass-Communication/Advertising | Tougaloo College |
| Elizabeth Ainsworth | Significant Gene Expression in Soybean Cultivars Utilizing SoyFACE and Microarray Data Analysis Experimentation Methods | Jared A. Fire | Computer Science | University of Kansas |
| Bernice McNair Barnett | Societal Perceptions of Brown v. Board of Education as Reflected in Selected Newspapers in the South, 1954- 2004: A Sociological Analysis | Janeé Mitchell | Criminal Justice | University of Illinois at Springfield |
| David Quinto-Pozos | Specific Language Impairment in American Sign Language | Keena P. James | Communicative Sciences and Disorders | Hampton University |
| Adele Proctor | Sports Related Head Injuries: Knowledge and Experience of Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults | Jessica Sanchez | Communication Disorders | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Virginia France and Michael Sandretto | State Mandates for Financial Literacy | Irma L. Briones | Business and Management | St. Edward's University |
| Virginia France and Michael Sandretto | State Mandates for Financial Literacy | Kimberly A. Ng | Business and Management | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico at Ponce |
| Virginia France and Michael Sandretto | State Mandates for Financial Literacy | Clarissa Turner | Accounting | Livingstone College |
| Susan Farner | Student attitudes toward adulthood: "Breaking out of the womb" | Edward E. Brown | Community Health | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| John G. Georgiadis | Study of Water Diffusion through Hydrogels | Marco P. Bagnas | Chemistry | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
| Christopher Edgar | Superior Temporal Gyrus Gamma Band and Low Frequency Activity in Patients with | Angelique Matos-Lamourt | Psychology | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras |
| Shelley Tischkau | Targeting the Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Neurons with Green Fluorescent Protein and Rodhamine | Aurora M. Cruz Torres | Human Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James H. Morrissey | The Binding of Polyphosphate to Thrombin | Fatima J. Zapata | Biochemistry | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Dianne Pinderhughes | The Civil Society's Affect on African Americans Right to Vote "The Black Struggle for Equality" | Dominique Nute | Political Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Tiffany Barnett White | The Components of Hip-Hop Music that Influence and Impact Consumers Buying Behavior | Shyesha Osler | Music Business | Howard University |
| Jessica Millward | The degradation of Black women in musical media | Jayda D. Thompson | Communications | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Thomas Ginsburg | The Draft Constitution for Europe: Boon or Bane of the European Court of Justice? | Alexis Wheeler | History and Political Science | University of Washington |
| Dianne Pinderhughes | The Evolution of Conservative Organizations in the late 20th Century | Mark Reynolds | Political Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Humphrey H-C Yao | The Expression Patterns of the Activin Receptors During Embryonic Gonadal | Sheila I. Concepción Alfonso | Human Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| John Jennings | The Identity of Women of Color in Hip Hop | Tamika D. Jackson | Advertising | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| David Miller | The importance of cation-independent phospholipase A2 on sperm motility | Naomi Alvarez-Gonzalez | Human Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| Christopher Span | The Placement Rate of African American Students with Emotional/ Behavior Disorder (E/BD) Labels | Damien R. Howard | Special Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Helen Neville | The Relations between Parental Racial Socialization and Racial Beliefs among Black Americans | Latina Franklin | Psychology | Howard University |
| David MillerDavid Miller | The role of Ca2+ flux in the Acrosome Reaction | Yohanis O’Neill | Human Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| Madhu Viswanathan | The Role of Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 on the Big Four Accounting Firms | Sharvon L. Nelson | Accounting | Jackson State University |
| James D. Anderson | The Upward Bound College Prep Academy and the Politics of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) | Emerald Chapple | English | Tougaloo College |
| John Jennings | The Use of Photovoice in Depicting Hip-Hop's Influence on Youth | Selenne A. Mayoral Cruz | Photography/Painting and Graphic Arts | Interamerican University of Puerto Rico - San German Campus |
| James Anderson | The Validity of the LSAT Measuring Merit | Henry S. Max | Political Science | Pennsylvania State University |
| John Jennings | To Flash or not to Flash: A comparative study of interactive Flash websites and HTML/CSS websites | Stephen Adetumbi | Digital Multimedia/Communications | Andrews University |
| Yi Lu | Towards a Model of the Heme-FeB site in Nitric Oxide Reductase | Leah Michelle Johnson | Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Assata Zerai | Transitioning from Colonial to Postcolonial: Examining the Land Reform Program in Zimbabwe | Ashleigh Greene | Humanities | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Ruth King | Transmission media: How they work and facilitate in the network | Vanessa M. González Pagán | Vanessa M. González Pagán | University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla |
| William T. Greenough | Viral Vector-mediated Addition of the Fmr1 Gene to Fmr1 Null Mice | Michael N. Alonso | Molecular and Cellular Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Dianne Pinderhughes | Voter Disenfranchisement in the 2000 Presidential Election | Roger Mosley | Political Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| N.R. Aluru | Water-flow characteristics in Nanofiltration systems | Koffi Gangba | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Iowa State University |
| Paula Treichler | What's up with the Down Low: The Media's Impact on the AIDS CRISIS | Ashley Hoard | Psychology | Dillard University |