Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Abstracts
There are currently SROP abstracts for the following years:
| Advisor |
Title |
Author | Major | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarek Abdallah | Using Renewable Energy Sources in the State of Texas | Aaron H. Curry | Electrical Engineering | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Susan Farner | Universal Health Care: 2008 Presidential Candidates' Proposals on Future Health Care | Titilope Ademokun | Community Health | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Carla D. Hunter | Undeniable Racism: The Role of Coping, Racial Identity, and Race-related Stress among African American College Students | Ashley Thomas | Psychology | University of Michigan |
| Junaid Rana | Transnationalism and Duranguense: Music's Influence on Identity in Mexican Chicago | Verónica Cortez | International Studies, Hispanic Studies | Brown University |
| James D. Anderson | The Upward Bound College Prep Academy and the Politics of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) | Emerald Chapple | English | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Helen Neville | The Influence of Multicultural Activities on Students' Colorblind Racial Ideology | Pamela D. Scott | Psychology | Grambling State University |
| James D. Anderson | The Garrison Dam Changes Life Amongst the Three Affiliated Tribes on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota | Sallie L. Wilkinson | Liberal Arts | Haskell Indian Nations University |
| James D. Anderson | The Failed Dreams of African-American Soldiers after the Civil War | Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. | History | University of Central Florida |
| Romana Nowak | The Expression of Adhesion Molecules in the Sertoli Cells and Germ Cells of Male Mice That Lack the Basigin Gene | Valerie A. Cruz Flores | Human Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| Elvira de Mejia | The Effects of Natural Caffeine versus Synthetic Caffeine On Rat Body Weight and Food Intake | Allison Kennedy | Chemistry | Middle Tennessee State University |
| Phillip Newmark | The effects of ethanol on planarian regeneration | Priscilla E. Jackson | Chemistry | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao |
| Donna Korol | The Effects of Estradiol and Exercise on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Untrained, Naïve Female Rats | Lauren Lilly | Molecular and Cellular Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Mark S. Aber | The Effect of Peer Influence on Adolescent Coping with Exposure to Violence | Lia N. Rohlehr | Psychology | Howard University |
| Jason P. Chambers | The African American Hip-Hop Generation as Consumers: Are They Trying to Keep Up with the Jones's | Renata M. Alford | Psychology/Spanish | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Edward Roy | Targeting of brain tumors by bone marrow-derived macrophages and Dendritic Cells | Vivian V. Pérez-Crespo | Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla |
| Arthur Kramer | Synchrony Effects on Aging | Kristin M. O’Connor | Psychology | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Alexander Scheeline | Superoxide Generation from Potassium Superoxide | Francisco Javier Chaparro Carrasquillo | Chemistry | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Satish K. Nair | Structural Studies of Synthetic Inhibitors that Target the Sortase A Protein from Staphylococcus aureus | Valencia Quarles | Chemical Engineering | Dillard University |
| Elizabeth A. Ainsworth | Stomatal Density in Cotyledons Grown in Elevated [CO2] | Phoebe M. Mbuvi | Molecular and Cellular Biology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Adele Proctor | Sports Related Head Injury: Competitive Cheerleading | Krista Wilkins | Speech and Hearing Science | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Justin S. Rhodes | Specificity Acamprosate on Ethanol Intake Using Drinking-in-the-Dark in C57BL/6J Mice | Marina Martinez | Microbiology | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao |
| James D. Anderson | Silenced Warriors: African American Women in the North during the Civil Rights Movement | Courtney S. Pierre | History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Steven Sweeney | Shear Strength Evaluation of Masonry Walls with Fiber Reinforced Polymer | Harold Stallworth | Architectural Engineering | North Carolina A&T State University |
| Joshua M. Gulley | Repeated amphetamine exposure induces sensitization and may also alter impulsivity | Acidalia Ortiz-Rivera | Psychology | University of Puerto Rico at Ponce |
| Marie-Claude Hofmann | Regulation of Notch 1 Expression in Neonatal Mice Spermatogonia | Mayela M. Díaz Díaz | Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| Tracy Sulkin | Reaching Out to Latino Voters: A Systematic Analysis of Senate Political Advertisements and Legislative Activities | Gabriel Rodriguez | Political Science and Speech Communication | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Jorge Ramirez Garcia | Psychosocial Risk Factors and Latino Youth Substance Use | Jessica Woodward | Psychology | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Edelyn Verona | Psychopathic Traits in a Treatment-Referred and Community Adolescent Sample: Reliability and Validity of Two Measures | Lacy A. Olson | Psychology | San Diego State University |
| James D. Anderson | Nine Numbers away from my Education: A Study of Key Policies that Address Latino Immigrant Students in California Higher Education | Joanna B. Perez | Sociology | University of California at Los Angeles |
| Janice Juraska | Neurogenesis in the adolescent rat prefrontal cortex | Isamarie Frontany | Chemistry | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao |
| Christina P. DeNicolo | Mi Lucha: The Voices of Mexican Immigrant High School Students on Schooling and their Access to College Resources | Nayeli Yazmín Fernández | English | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Lydia P. Buki | Mentoring Latinas in Academe | Yadira Montoya | Community Health | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Frances Gateward | Maid or Mistress: Subverting Stereotypes of Mexican-American girls in Coming-of-age Independent American Cinema | Veronica Banda | History and Biology | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Christina DeNicolo | Life in Two Languages: Discovering Latina/o Cultural Identity through Dual Immersion Programs | Alma I. Flores | Psychology | University of California at Los Angeles |
| James D. Anderson | Learning Beyond Borders: The Multicultural Curriculum and Academic Achievement | Tanya Gaxiola | Psychology | University of California at Los Angeles |
| Angharad Valdivia | Latina Lesbians Speak Out About Gender, Sexuality and Interpretation of Popular Culture | Maria E. Vargas | Psychology and Spanish | New Mexico State University |
| Yoon Pak | Laotian American Educational Experiences: An Exploratory Study | Yenhoa Ching | History | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| James M. Slauch | Investigating the Growth of Salmonella in Amoebae to Determine Virulence Factors | Joseph Battle, Jr. | Biological Sciences | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Lisa K. Bates | Impact Mortgage Brokers have Foreclosure Rates within Lower-Income and Minority Community Areas in Chicago | Brandon D. Moss | Social Sciences | Grambling State University |
| Jonathan Sweedler | Identification of Active Neuropeptides in Rat Spinal Tissue through Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MALDI MS) Imaging | Teresa R. Hardison | Chemistry and Biology | Lawrence University |
| Gene Robinson | How is aggressive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster regulated by nutritional state? | Gisela Rosario Rosario | Biological Sciences | University of Puerto Rico at Humacao |
| Richard T. Rodriguez | From Chicana to Chica: The Cultural Politics of Sexuality, Home, and Women's Solidarity in works by Sandra Cisneros and Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez | Sonia A. Rodriguez | English | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Glaucio Paulino | Fracture Testing of Functionally Graded Fiber Reinforced Cement Composite | Gienell Declet-Martinez | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| James D. Anderson | Fighting for the Right to Education: Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Education | Cynthia Laguna | Sociology | University of California at Irvine |
| Wilfred van der Donk | Establishing the Intermediates in the Biosynthesis of the Phosphonate Antibiotic A53868 | Luis M Negron | Chemistry | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras |
| William Greenough | Effects of Prolonged Exercise on Angiogenesis in Macaque Monkey Hippocampus | Vivian Hernandez | Biological Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Paul S. Cooke | Effects of Genistein on Inflammatory Markers in Adipose Tissue | Pilar E. Silva Meléndez | Human Biology | University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón |
| David A. Lange | Effect of Cement Paste Content on Shrinkage of Concrete | José A. Sánchez | Civil Engineering | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Joshua M. Gulley | Drug-induced impulsivity or impulsivity-induced addiction? An Amphetamine Study | Hector Marquez Avila | Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Anna-Maria Marshall | Domestic Violence and Immigrant Women: Improving the Accessibility of Services | Jessica L. Chen | Psychology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Deborah Leckband | Defining Design Rules for Protein Resistant Polymer Coatings for Biomedical Applications | Pedro J. Báez | Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Jodi Byrd | Decolonization Matters: Diné Literature as Case Study | Ashley Tsosie-Mahieu | Comparative Literature | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Julia George | Conformational Changes in Alpha-Synuclein Upon Binding to Fatty Acids | Farnaz Bakhshi | Biological Sciences | California State University, Fullerton |
| Diane L. Smith | Assessment Procedures used by Healthcare Professionals to Identify Abuse in Women with Disabilities | LaIda Nicole Blair | Health Science | University of Arkansas |
| Assata Zerai | An Africana Feminist Perspective on HIV Prevention Policies in Southern Africa | Ronmonique Poree | Sociology and Social Work | Dillard University |
| James D. Anderson | Always Mentioned, Never Seen: Ethnic Identity Development in African American and Biracial Students at a Liberal Arts College | Erinn Brooks | Social Sciences | Beloit College |
| Frances Gateward | African American Women Filmmakers: Creating Counter Cinema | Jade Petermon | African and Black Diaspora Studies | DePaul University |
| Adele Proctor | African American English and its Presence in Standardized Articulation and Phonology Tests | Alexandria Willis | Communicative Sciences and Disorders | Hampton University |
| Deborah E. Rupp | A Mulifoci Approach Connecting Organizational Justice to Job Satisfaction | Brandon E. Davis | Psychology | California State Univeristy Northridge |
| William Berry | "You're Pretty For a Dark Girl": A Comparative Analysis of Light-Skin vs. Dark-Skin Subjects on the Covers of Essence Magazine 1985-2005 | Shawna M. Maurice | Mass Communications | Prairie View A&M University |
| Erik S. McDuffie | "One Hundred Twenty Pounds of Money": An Organizational History of the Hands off Assata Movement and its Opposition to the War on Terror | Wendy Marie Finley | Anthropology | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |