Schedule of oral presentations - Howard University, Graduate School

SCHEDULE OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS
(ALL POSTERS WILL BE DISPLAYED FROM 9 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON IN THE
BALLROOM OF THE BLACKBURN CENTER) SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
ROOM 148
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
DIVISION 1
9:00 A.M. -10:00AM
9:00 – 9:05 Introductions by Moderators
9:05 – 9:15 Annie Duru (Communication and Culture)
Third Wave Feminism and Consciousness Raising of Nigerian Women
Expatriates through Popular Culture
9:15 – 9:25 Keisha Mathews (Communication Sciences and Disorders)
An Examination of Assessment and Treatment Procedures for Bilingual
Children with Language Disabilities
9:25 – 9:35 Sonia Mae Brown (English)
Male-Male Homoeroticism in Antony and Cleopatra
9:35 – 9:55 Questions and Answers
10:00 A.M. -11:00AM
10:00 – 10:05 Introductions by Moderators
10:05 – 10:15 Kela Francis (English )
The Serious Side of Folly: Making Faces, the Internalized “Other,” and Jim
Dixon’s Class Rebellion
10:15 – 10:25 Whitney Gibson-Cooke (English)
Thematic Recurrences in the Work of Victor Sejour
10:25 – 10:35 Corey Lamont (English)
“Ou Libéré?” (Are you free?): Paradox of Dis(Embodiment) in Edwidge
Danticat’s Breath, Eyes and Memory
10:35 – 10:55 Questions and Answers

11:00 A.M. -12:00 PM
11:00 – 11:05 Introductions by Moderators
11:05 – 11:15 Angela McCovery (English)
(Re)Visions of the Look: The Female Gaze in Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie
John, Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory, and Jean Rhys’s Wide
Sargasso Sea
11:15 – 11:25 Kendra Parker (English)
Revising the Classic Detective Tale: Hagar’s Daughter as a Medium for
Social Change
11:25 – 11:35 Candice Pitts (English)
Configuring a Third Space: Beka Lamb’s Formulation of an Autonomous
Identity in the Socio-Cultural and Political Matrices of Pre-Independent
Belize
11:35 – 11:55 Questions and Answers
12:00 PM- 1:00 PM
12:00 – 12:05 Introductions by Moderators
12:05 – 12:15 Audrey-Ann Sairsingh-Mills (English)
The Presence of Africa in Selected August Wilson’s Plays
12:15 – 12:25 Imani Cheers (Mass Communication and Media Studies)
“Controlling Our Images” Black Women Watching Living Single
12:25 – 12:35 Nicole Files-Thompson (Mass Communication and Media Studies)
The Economics of Baby Boy
12:35 – 12:55 Questions and Answers
1:00 PM -2:00 PM
1:00 – 1:05 Introductions by Moderators
1:05 – 1:15 Linda Jones (Mass Communication and Media Studies)
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Snow Removal
1:15 – 1:25 Ashley Torrence (Mass Communication and Media Studies)
Can I Get an Amen? The Relationship between Call and Response and
Church Membership
1:25 – 1:45 Questions and Answers
HILLTOP LOUNGE
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
DIVISION 2
9:00 AM -10:00 AM
9:00 – 9:05 Introductions by Moderators
9:05 – 9:15 Fufa Temesgen (Biochemistry)
The Eleven-nineteen Lysine-Rich Leukemia Protein (Ell) Assembles
Multiprotein Complexes Containing Transcription Elongation Factors and
Epigenetic Signaling Molecules
9:15 – 9:25 Christopher Agard (Biology)
The Effects of Caudal Autotomy on Righting Behavior in Sceloporus
Jarrovii
9:25 – 9:45 Questions and Answers
10:00 AM -11:00 AM
10:00 – 10:05 Introductions by Moderators
10:05 – 10:15 Nabanita Kundu (Biology)
Role of Sumoylation and Phosphorylation: Arabidopsis Scaffold Protein-
Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) Mediated Protein-Protein
Interactions
10:15 – 10:25 Subhas Mukherjee (Biology)
SOD2, the Principal Scavenger of Mitochondrial Superoxide, Is Essential
for Adult Survival but Dispensable for Pre-Adult Development
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10:25 – 10:35 Daniel Oyugi (Biology)
Characterization of Major Anticancer Agents in Vernonia Amygdalina
Fractions
10:35 – 10:55 Questions and Answers
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
11:00 – 11:05 Introductions by Moderators
11:05 – 11:15 Damien Myers (Genetics and Human Genetics)
Interrogation of the Promoter Region of Chromodomain Helicase DNA-
Binding Gene 5- A High GC-Rich Region Frequently Hypermethylated in
Human Cancer
11:15 – 11:25 Akua Boateng (Nutritional Sciences)
Estimate of Zinc Deficiency in the Ghanaian Population through the use of
Phytate and Zinc Values in Common Foods
11:25 – 11:35 Martha Gay (Pharmacology)
Caffeine Promotes Cell Survival and Proliferation in Human Prostate
Cancer Cells
11:35 – 11:55 Questions and Answers
12:00 PM -1:00 PM
12:00 – 12:05 Introductions by Moderators
12:05 – 12:15 Carlana Ramlochansingh (Pharmacology)
Combination of Low Alcohol and Nicotine Concentrations Leads to
Apoptosis in SH-SY5Y Cells
12:15 – 12:25 Chintan Bhanushali (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Abdominal Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in African American: Effect
of Alcohol, Smoking and Depression
12:25 – 12:35 Amanda ElBassiouny (Psychology)
Components of Religious Identity as both Individual and Social
Dimensions
12:35 – 12:55 Questions and Answers
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 – 1:05 Introductions by Moderators
1:05 – 1:15 Shayla Hart (Psychology)
Retrospective Memory and Working Memory as Predictors of Prospective
Memory Performance
1:15 – 1:25 Ayanna Shivers (Psychology)
Social Support Dissected: Sources of Support and their Impacts on
Aspects of Health and Well-being.
1:25 – 1:35 Candice Wallace (Psychology)
Racial identity moderates the impact of ostracism and the race of the
source on self-esteem for African-Americans.
1:35 – 1:55 Questions and Answers
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
2:00 – 2:05 Introductions by Moderators
2:05 – 2:15 Veronica Womack (Psychology)
Coping strategies moderate the relationship between cultural mistrust and
perceived stress in African Americans
2:15 – 2:25 Brittney Autry (Psychology)
Race Self Complexity: The Representation of the Family within
Autobiographical Memories of Race
2:25 – 2:40 Questions and Answers
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
DIVISION 3
ROOM 150
9:00 AM -10:00 AM
9:00 – 9:05 Introductions by Moderators
9:05 – 9:15 Yaitza Luna-Cruz (Atmospheric Sciences)
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Investigating the Impact of Saharan Dust on Tropical Cyclones using
Airborne Measurement from the NASA DC-8
9:15 – 9:25 Moses Ukaoma (Chemical Engineering)
An Investigation of Biotransformation and Bioaccumulation of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Vermicompost Systems Using
Eisenia Foetida Earthworms
9:25 – 9:35 Yakini Brandy (Chemistry)
An Improved Synthesis of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Imido-
Naphthoquinone Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Compounds
9:35 – 9:55 Questions and Answers
10:00 AM -11:00 AM
10:00 – 10:05 Introductions by Moderators
10:05 – 10:15 Pogisego Dinake (Chemistry)
Selective Recognition of Mercury (II) Using New Conformationally
Preorganized Fluorogenic Calixarenes
10:15 – 10:25 Esther Effiong (Chemistry)
Air Quality and Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol in NW
Washington, DC Airshed
10:25 – 10:35 Malik Lewis (Chemistry)
Synthesis and Characterization of a Small Library of Dithiocarbamate
Ester Analogs of Gallic Acid
for Anticancer Studies
9:35 – 9:55 Questions and Answers
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
11:00 – 11:05 Introductions by Moderators
11:05 – 11:15 Moussa Doumbia (Mathematics)
Relationships between Malaria Prevalence and Mosquito Populations in
both Irrigated and Non-irrigated Regions
11:15 – 11:25 Timothy Myers (Mathematics)
Some Applications of the Sequence 1,5,22,93, 386,… to Ordered Trees
and Mountain Range Paths
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10:25 – 10:35 Dev Phulara (Mathematics)
Synthesis and Characterization of a Small Library of Dithiocarbamate
Ester Analogs of Gallic Acid
for Anticancer Studies
9:35 – 9:55 Questions and Answers
12:00 PM -1:00 PM
12:00 – 12:05 Introductions by Moderators
12:05 – 12:15 Daniel Casimir (Physics and Astronomy)
Formation and Stability of Nanobubbles on Material Substrates.
12:15 – 12:25 Philip Kurian (Physics and Astronomy)
Markov Processes and the McEliece Cryptosystem
12:25 – 12:35 Mbaye Mamadou (Physics and Astronomy)
Anomalous Effective Dimensionality on Quantum Gas Adsorption Near
Nanopores
12:35 – 12:55 Questions and Answers
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
1:00 – 1:05 Introductions by Moderators
1:05 – 1:15 Dinku Adale (Systems and Computer Science)
Image Steganography System by Cryptography and Encryption
Techniques
1:15 – 1:25 Nana Osafo (Systems and Computer Science)
Malicious Software Threats in Ghana
1:25 – 1: 40 Questions and Answers
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
DIVISION 4
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM Group (Gallery Lounge)
2:00 PM-5:00 PM Group (Room 148)
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9:00 AM- 5:00 PM Group
9:00 AM -10:00 AM
9:00 – 9:05 Introductions by Moderators
9:05 – 9:15 Marvette Abdu (African Studies)
Education in Complex Emergencies and in Post Conflict Reconstruction:
A Case Study of the Rwandan Genocide
9:15 – 9:25 Christopher Daniels (African Studies)
State Failure Piracy and Terrorism in an Inter-Connected World: Somalia
as a Test Case for the Global Security Concerns of the 21 st Century
9:25 – 9:35 Chika Ezeanya (African Studies)
Education and Development in Africa: Indigenous Knowledge and
Orthopedic Medicine in West Africa
9:35 – 9:55 Questions and Answers
10:00 AM -11:00 AM
10:00 – 10:05 Introductions by Moderators
10:05 – 10:15 Yohannes Haile (African Studies)
A Critical Analysis of Employment Related Services as a Determinant of
Employability among HOPE VI Residents
10:15 – 10:25 Cara Moyers (African Studies)
Projecting Nation: Cinema and the Creation of a National Identity in Post-
Apartheid South Africa
10:25 – 10:35 Salia Zouande (African Studies)
Governance and democratic transition in Africa: Understanding “Ivoirité”
and its repercussions on citizenship and nation-building in Côte d’Ivoire
10:35 – 10:55 Questions and Answers
11:00 AM -12:00 PM
11:00 – 11:05 Introductions by Moderators
11:15 – 11:25 Kirk Adair (Economics)
Lab Attendance Rates and Academic Performance
11:25 – 11:35 Effua Afful (Economics)
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Globalization and Poverty: Differential Effects of Globalization on
Poverty and Inequality Between Highly Globalized and Relatively Non-
Globalized Countries
11:35 – 11:45 Grant Erhuanga (Economics)
Does Foreign Direct Investment play a significant role in the productivity
growth of a country?
11:45 – 11:55 Questions and Answers
12:00 PM -1:00 PM
12:00 – 12:05 Introductions by Moderators
12:15 – 12:25 Belinda Mambo (Economics)
Does Trade Composition have an Effect on Medium Run Growth? A Time
Series Analysis based on 14 Developed and Underdeveloped Countries
12:25 – 12:35 Maryam Vuai (Economics)
Globalization and Income Inequality: A Case for Developing Countries
12:35 – 12:45 Nicholle Hill (Education)
Redefining Parent Abuse and Determining its Prevalence, Impact, and
Risk Factors in the African American Community
12:45 – 12:55 Questions and Answers
1:00 PM -2:00 PM
1:00 – 1:05 Introductions by Moderators
1:05 – 1:15 Courtney Hives (Education)
Reducing Recidivism in Adolescent African American Females Through
Holistic Healing
1:15 – 1:25 Camila Pereira (Education)
An Examination of Title I Expenditures: A Case Study in the District of
Columbia Public Elementary Schools
1:25 – 1:35 Neisha-Ann Thompson (Education)
All I Really Need to Know…I Learned in Kindergarten: An Evaluative
Analysis of the Perceived Versus Actual Language Development of
Hispanic Students in the Pre-Kindergarten Incentive Program
1:35 – 1:55 Questions and Answers
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2:00 PM -3:00 PM
2:00 – 2:05 Introductions by Moderators
2:05 – 2:15 Melinda Williams (Education)
Utilization of a Womanist Perspective When Examining the Motivators
and Barriers of Black Women’s Professional Attainment
2:15 – 2:25 Melvin Barrolle (History)
Identity Formation in Liberia: Exploring a New Paradigm
2:25 – 2:35 Jude Daceus (History)
Saint-Domingue a Difficult Case: Class Struggle before Marx
1625-1791
2:35 – 2:55 Questions and Answers
3:00 PM -4:00 PM
3:00 – 3:05 Introductions by Moderators
3:05 – 3:15 Jametta Davis (History)
Aren’t I an American? Black Women and the Great Depression
3:15 – 3:25 Jarvis Hargrove (History)
United States Navy and the Africa Squadron: The Role of Krumen in the
Suppression of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade from West Africa
3:25 – 3:35 Marcia Headley (History)
Nineteenth Century Haiti through British West Indian Eyes
3:35 – 3:55 Questions and Answers
4:00 PM -5:00 PM
4:00 – 4:05 Introductions by Moderators
4:05 – 4:15 Myra Houser (History)
Standing by the Main: A Brief History of the Southern Africa Project of
the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law
4:15 – 4:25 Ronald Noel (History)
African Initiatory Rites and Secret Societies: The Ethnic Disposition of the
African Persona
4:25 – 4:35 Pedro Rivera (History)
Carlos A. Cooks: Bridging Two Eras of Black Nationalism
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4:35 – 4:55 Questions and Answers
2:00 PM -5:00 PM Group
2:00 PM -3:00 PM
2:00 – 2:05 Introductions by Moderators
2:05 – 2:15 Stephen Graves (Political Science)
Promoted to First Class: A Theoretical Approach to the Study of African
American Identity, Citizenship, and Standing
2:15 – 2:25 Caroline Harper (Political Science)
The Ability of Specialized Programs to Provide Psycho-Social Support to
Black Women with Breast Cancer
2:25 – 2:35 Ravza Kan (Political Science)
Turkey as "The Other" In the EU Discourse
2:35 – 2:45 Laura Matias (Political Science)
The Deconstruction of Knowledge: Understanding the Experiences of
Illegal and Legal Hispanic Immigrants in the United States through
Edward Said’s Conception of Orientalism and the Relationship Between
Power, Knowledge and Representation
2:45 – 2:55 Questions and Answers
3:00 PM -4:00 PM
3:00 – 3:05 Introductions by Moderators
3:05 – 3:15 Nicholas Owen (Political Science)
A Conceptual Way of Organizing International Affairs at Howard
University
3:15 – 3:25 Melissa Williams (Political Science)
Vision for Unity: Free Movement of Labor under the Caribbean Single
Market
3:25 – 3:35 Charles Chukwuani (Social Work)
Healthy Life for Depressed IGBO Immigrants: Utilizing Small Group as a
Treatment Plan in Alleviating Depression Symptoms among Elderly
IGBO Immigrants
3:35 – 3:45 Elma Kaiser (Social Work)
Stressed urban migration of rural women in Bangladesh: Challenges and
coping strategies
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3:45- 3:55 Questions and Answers
4:00 PM -5:00 PM
4:00 – 4:05 Introductions by Moderators
4:05 – 4:15 Amanda Bisset (Social Work)
E. Franklin Frazier; A Pioneer in African American Studies and Race
Relations
4:15 – 4:25 Nicole Branch (Sociology and Anthropology)
Perceptions of Howard University’s Presence in the Community: A
Community Technical Assistance Project (CTAP)
4:25 – 4:35 Bryan Ellis (Sociology and Anthropology)
A Historical Materialist Analysis of the Labor of Black Males in
Professional Sport in the United States: From Chattel Slavery to
Globalization
4:35 – 4:45 Camonia Long (Sociology and Anthropology)
Breast Cancer in Young Women in Generation Y
4:45 – 4:55 Questions and Answers
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
UNDERGRADUATE, POST DOCTORAL & PROFESSIONAL
9:00 AM- 2:00 PM Group (ROOM 142)
2:00 PM- 6:00 PM Group (Room 150)
DIVISIONS 5, 6
9:00 AM- 2:00 PM Group (ROOM 142)
9:00 AM -10:00 AM
9:00 – 9:05 Introductions by Moderators
9:05 – 9:15 Nana Brantuo (African Studies)
Agriculture- The Road towards Economic Independence for Africa
9:15 – 9:25 Tamara Williams (African Studies)
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The Asian Conquest of African Beauty
9:25 – 9:55 Questions and Answers
10:00 AM -11:00 AM
10:00 – 10:05 Introductions by Moderators
10:05 – 9:15 Patrick Daley (Biology)
The Effect of Fatty Acid Saturation and Unsaturation on the Properties of
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) Produced by Escherichia coli 4401-B
10:15 – 10:25 Kionna Ervin (Biology)
Edaphic and Density Effects on the Competitive Ability of the Ni-
Hyperaccumulator Alyssum Murale
10:25 – 10:35 Zakiya Qualls (Biology)
The Importance of Non-Conserved Regions of the E. Coli Molecular
Chaperone, CLPB in Protein Remodeling
10:35 – 10:55 Questions and Answers
11:00 AM -11:40 PM
11:00 – 11:05 Introductions by Moderators
11:05 – 11:15 Shavonne Collins (Microbiology)
The Anticancer Drug, Doxorubicin, in Combination with Eosinophil
Cultured Supernatants Inhibits MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Growth In Vitro
11:15 – 11:25 Eunice Dixon (Pharmacology)
Cytotoxicity of 1, 4-Napthoquinone Analogs in Androgen-Dependent and
–Independent Prostate Cancer Cell Lines
11:25 – 11:40 Questions and Answers
12:00 PM -1:00 PM
12:00 – 12:05 Introductions by Moderators
12:05 – 12:15 Omar Harding (Political Science)
Out with the Old and in with the New: A Triangulative Analysis of
Gentrification
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12:15 – 12:25 Adam Salters (Political Science)
A Triangulative Analysis of the Effects of the World Wide Recession and
the Negligence of the American Public Using the Capitalist Theory
12:25 – 12:35 Aleja Parson (Psychology)
Quality of Life despite HIV/AIDS: An Exploration of the Use of
Alternative Treatments by HIV Positive African American Women
12:35 – 12:55 Questions and Answers
1:00 PM -2:00 PM
1:00 – 1:05 Introductions by Moderators
1:05 – 1:15 Brigee Jackson (Sociology and Anthropology)
Dispelling the Rumors: Community Service in and around Howard
University
1:15 – 1:25 Jessica Stevenson (Sociology and Anthropology)
Perceptions of the Pleasant Plains Community
1:25 – 1:35 Marie Jose Villas Boas (Sociology and Anthropology)
The Therapeutic Itinerary of African Brazilian Low-Income Families and
Spirituality as a Source of Coping and Healing
1:35 – 1:45 Howard Sueing (Systems and Computer Science)
The Modeling and Analysis of the Washington Metropolitan Area Bus
System as a Wireless Vehicular Node Network
1:45-1:55 Questions and Answers
2:00 PM- 6:00 PM Group (Room 150)
2:00 PM -3:00 PM
2:00 – 2:05 Introductions by Moderators
2:05 – 2:15 Stephen Greene (Dentistry)
miRNA-101 Suppresses Cancer Cell Proliferation through Mediation of
Cyclooxygenase 2
2:15 – 2:25 R. Stewart McWilliams (Physics and Astronomy)
Ultra-Fast Heating and Spectroscopy of Simple Molecules under Ultra-
High Pressure
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2:25 – 2:35 Bernard Kwabi-Addo (Medicine)
The Role of Epigenetic DNA Methylation Changes and Prostate Cancer
Disparity in African Americans and Caucasian Males
2:35-2:55 Questions and Answers
3:00 PM -4:00 PM
3:00 – 3:05 Introductions by Moderators
3:05 – 3:15 Olusola Obayomi-Davies (Surgery)
Surgical Approach, Risks, and Outcomes of Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia
Repair: An Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database
3:15 – 3:25 Bolorunduro Oluwaseyi (Surgery)
National Incidence and Trends of Hospitalizations for Gunshot Injuries: A
10 Year Review
3:25 – 3:35 Tolulope Oyentunji (Surgery)
Injured Children in Adult Level 1 Trauma Centers: Who Benefits from
Added Specialized Care?
3:35 – 3:45 Karleena Tuggle (Surgery)
Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy in Complicated
Appendicitis: A Review of the NSQIP Database
3:45-3:55 Questions and Answers
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