ANNUAL GRADUATE SCHOOL HOOD PRESENTATION ...
ANNUAL GRADUATE SCHOOL HOOD PRESENTATION ... ANNUAL GRADUATE SCHOOL HOOD PRESENTATION ...
PROFILES OF THE DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 2012-2013 Diana Nicole Edwards, Ph.D., Educational Psychology. B.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2004; M.A., Howard University, 2008. Honors and Awards: Second Place Poster Presentation, Graduate Research Symposium, 2008; Honors in the Major, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2004. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Kimberley Freeman. Dissertation Title: “Are My Grades a Reflection of Me?: Black College Students’ Attributions and Interpretations of Grades Received in the Classroom”. Research Specialization: Educational Psychology, Family Studies. Present Position: Evaluation and Research Analyst, Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C.; Graduate Research Assistant, Excellence and Motivation in Education and Research Group, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Esther Bassey Effiong, Ph.D., Chemistry. B.S., University of Uyo, Nigeria, 1992; M.S., University of Abuja, Nigeria, 2000. Honors and Awards: Minority Travel Program, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), IEEE; Fellowship, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, 2009. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Vernon Morris. Dissertation Title: “Physical and Chemical Characterization of Airborne Saharan Dust Aerosols During the Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE)”. Research Specialization: Chemistry. Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Ali E. Erol, Ph.D., Communication and Culture. B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2006; B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2006; M.S., George Mason University, 2009. Honors and Awards: Full Tuition and Stipend Award, McCormick Tribune Foundation, 2012-2013; Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, 2012-2013; Travel Grant, Doctoral Honors Program, National Communication Association, 2012; Second Place Poster Presentation in Arts and Humanities, Graduate Research Symposium, 2012; Summer Teaching Fellowship, 2012; Full Tuition and Teaching Stipend Award, 2010- 2012; Honorarium, Ethnic Studies Lecture Series, Shippensburg University, 2011. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. William Starosta. Dissertation Title: “The Internarrative State”. Research Specialization: Intercultural Communication and Rhetoric. Present Position: Graduate Assistant, Office of the Dean, School of Communications, Howard University, Washington, D.C. Sheronda R. Farrow, Ph.D., Psychology. B.S., Howard University, 2002; M.S., Howard University, 2004. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Debra Roberts. Dissertation Title: “Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Academic Functioning in a Referred Sample of Children”. Research Specialization: Clinical Psychology. Present Position: School/Day Treatment Psychologist, School Psychologist, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia Beach, Virginia. 20 Annual Hood Presentation Ceremony - Howard University Graduate School
PROFILES OF THE DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 2012-2013 Herman W. W. Fennell II, Ph.D., Biology. B.S., North Carolina A&T State University, 1999; M.S., North Carolina A&T State University, 2003. Honors and Awards: Teaching Assistantship, 2010-2012; Summer Fellowship, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2010; National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), 2010; GK-12 Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2008-2010; National Zoological Park (NZP) Summer Fellowship, Smithsonian Institute, 2009; Dr. John P. Rier, Jr. Travel Grant, 2009; Travel Grant, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, 2009; Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) Travel Grant, The Biophysical Society, 2009, 2008; Travel Grant, ASPB, 2008; Teaching Assistantship, 2005-2008; Travel Grant, ASPB, 2007; Teacher of the Summer Award, Upward Bound, 2007. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Hemayet Ullah. Dissertation Title: “Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana Scaffold Protein Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) Mediated Environmental Stress Signaling Pathways”. Research Specialization: Molecular Biology. Present Position: NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow in Oncogenic Signals and Chromosome Biology, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California. Rikesha Lené Fry Brown, Ph.D., Counseling Psychology. B.A., Hampton University, 2003; M.Ed., Florida A&M University, 2006. Honors and Awards: Graduate Feeder Fellowship, Florida A&M University, 2005; Delores Auzenne Fellowship, Florida A&M University, 2004-2005; Hampton University Honors College Scholar, 2000-2003. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Angela Ferguson. Dissertation Title: “The Sista Stereotype: Media, African-American Women’s Identity Development and Stereotype Endorsement”. Research Specialization: Counseling Psychology. Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Network for Education & Therapeutic Support, Lithonia, Georgia. O’Shan Darius Gadsden, Ph.D., Counseling Psychology. B.P.S., Metropolitan College of New York City, 2003; M.A., Columbia University, Teachers College, 2005. Honors and Awards: Trustee Scholarship, School of Education, 2009; First Place Oral Presentation in Social Science Division, Graduate Research Symposium, 2009. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Kamilah Woodson. Dissertation Title: “Gender Role Conflict, Racism, Parental Contact, Religiosity, and Spirituality: Predictors of the Presence of Hypermasculinity in African-American Adult Males”. Research Specialization: Counseling Psychology. Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Outpatient Methadone Clinic, JFK Behavioral Health Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (Fall 2013) Assistant Professor, APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program, Alliant International University, Fresno, California. Georica Kimberly Gholson, Ph.D., Psychology. B.A., University of Memphis, 2005; M.S., Howard University, 2009. Honors and Awards: American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 Conference Student Scholarship Award, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic and Minority Issues, 2012; Teaching Assistantship, 2007- 2011; Excellence in Campus Leadership Award (ECLA) for Campus Representatives, American Psychological Association for Graduate Students, 2009; Clinical Psychology Stimulus Grant Recipient, 2009; Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Graduate Exchange Student, Howard University and Utrecht University, Netherlands, 2008. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Denee Mwendwa. Dissertation Title: “Psychosocial Profile for Patients At-risk for Renal Disease”. Research Specialization: Clinical Psychology. Annual Hood Presentation Ceremony - Howard University Graduate School 21
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PROFILES OF THE<br />
DOCTORAL CANDIDATES 2012-2013<br />
Diana Nicole Edwards, Ph.D., Educational Psychology. B.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2004; M.A.,<br />
Howard University, 2008. Honors and Awards: Second Place Poster Presentation, Graduate Research Symposium, 2008;<br />
Honors in the Major, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2004. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Kimberley Freeman.<br />
Dissertation Title: “Are My Grades a Reflection of Me?: Black College Students’ Attributions and Interpretations of Grades<br />
Received in the Classroom”. Research Specialization: Educational Psychology, Family Studies. Present Position: Evaluation<br />
and Research Analyst, Georgetown Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Howard University,<br />
Washington, D.C.; Graduate Research Assistant, Excellence and Motivation in Education and Research Group, Howard<br />
University, Washington, D.C.<br />
Esther Bassey Effiong, Ph.D., Chemistry. B.S., University of Uyo, Nigeria, 1992; M.S., University of Abuja, Nigeria, 2000.<br />
Honors and Awards: Minority Travel Program, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), IEEE;<br />
Fellowship, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, 2009. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Vernon Morris. Dissertation Title:<br />
“Physical and Chemical Characterization of Airborne Saharan Dust Aerosols During the Aerosol and Ocean Science Expeditions<br />
(AEROSE)”. Research Specialization: Chemistry. Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Howard<br />
University, Washington, D.C.<br />
Ali E. Erol, Ph.D., Communication and Culture. B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2006; B.A., Pennsylvania State<br />
University, 2006; M.S., George Mason University, 2009. Honors and Awards: Full Tuition and Stipend Award, McCormick<br />
Tribune Foundation, 2012-2013; Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship, 2012-2013; Travel Grant, Doctoral Honors Program,<br />
National Communication Association, 2012; Second Place Poster Presentation in Arts and Humanities, Graduate Research<br />
Symposium, 2012; Summer Teaching Fellowship, 2012; Full Tuition and Teaching Stipend Award, 2010- 2012; Honorarium,<br />
Ethnic Studies Lecture Series, Shippensburg University, 2011. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. William Starosta. Dissertation Title:<br />
“The Internarrative State”. Research Specialization: Intercultural Communication and Rhetoric. Present Position: Graduate<br />
Assistant, Office of the Dean, School of Communications, Howard University, Washington, D.C.<br />
Sheronda R. Farrow, Ph.D., Psychology. B.S., Howard University, 2002; M.S., Howard University, 2004. Dissertation<br />
Advisor: Dr. Debra Roberts. Dissertation Title: “Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Academic Functioning in a Referred Sample<br />
of Children”. Research Specialization: Clinical Psychology. Present Position: School/Day Treatment Psychologist, School<br />
Psychologist, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia Beach, Virginia.<br />
20 Annual Hood Presentation Ceremony - Howard University Graduate School
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