Symposium for Summer 2006 McNair Scholar Program

Keisha BROWN
University of Notre Dame

Beyond the Margins: Racial Identity and African-American Consciousness in Han Chinese Culture

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Sylvia LIN
Department of East Asian Lang. & Lit.
University of Notre Dame


Krystal HARDY
University of Notre Dame

Small Soldiers: An Examination of African-American Youth Activism (Ages 18 & Under) in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Campaign

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Erika SUMMERS-EFFLER
Department of Sociology
University of Notre Dame


Tara BANDA
St Mary’s University

Broadcasting Indecency: Reasons Behind why that Can’t be on TV

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Christine BECKER
Department of Film, TV & Theatre
University of Notre Dame


Ada BARRERA
St. Mary’s University

The Rights of Undocumented Students to Higher Education

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Josh KAPLAN
Department of Political Sciences
University of Notre Dame


Julian GONZALEZ
St. Edward’s University

Arguments between Philosophical Discourse and Real World Poverty

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Karl AMERIKS
Department of Philosophy
University of Notre Dame


William David WILLIAMS
University of Notre Dame

The Black Press and Africa, 1948-1975

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Al TILLERY
Department of Political Sciences
University of Notre Dame


Dagoberto GARCIA
St. Edward’s University

Uncovering the Face of Affirmative Action, 1980-2005

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Al TILLERY
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame


Laura DEAN-SHAPIRO
St. Mary’s University

“Contours of Gender Inequalities in Texas: Achievement in Elementary School to Attainment of Higher Education”

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Sean KELLY
Department of Sociology
University of Notre Dame


Franchella HOLLAND
University of Notre Dame

"Racializing Medical Research: African American attitudes towards racially
controlled clinical trials and race specific drug evolution"

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Richard PIERCE
Department of History
University of Notre Dame


Maryann ERIGHA
University of Notre Dame

Who Goes to College? Linking Tracking to Post-Secondary Enrollment

Faculty Research Director
Prof. William CARBONARO
Department of Sociology
University o Notre Dame



Kristle ALEGRIA
St. Mary’s University

Personality, Social Support, Stress and Depression in the Elderly

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Cindy BERGEMAN
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Chanele ROBINSON
Clark Atlanta University

Desired Control and Perceived Control Misfit: Predictor of Self-Esteem

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Cindy BERGEMAN
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Arlene ORTIZ-LEYTTE
University of Notre Dame

“This Elegant Hope”: Paradigms of Language and Man in Dialectic Between Plato and Borges

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Phillip SLOAN
Department of Liberal Studies
University of Notre Dame


Jose DOMINGUEZ
St. Mary’s University

An Emperical Study Measuring Volitional Behavior and Internet Usage Among College Students

Faculty Research Director
Prof. George HOWARD
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


   Destiny LOWERY
Clark Atlanta University

The Psi Phenomena: A Bayesian Approach to the Ganzfeld Procedure

Faculty Research Director
Prof. George HOWARD
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Alisha RORER
Clark Atlanta University

Making Sense of the Mozart Effect: Correcting the Problems Created by Null Hypothesis Testing

Faculty Research Director
Prof. George HOWARD
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Ann FLIES
University of Notre Dame

Working Memory Training for Early Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Dawn GONDOLI
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Justin GILES
University of Notre Dame

Working Memory Training for Early Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Bradley GIBSON
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Zoleil ESCARCIGA
St. Edward’s University

Reconciling Issues of Racial and Social Justice in Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: An Historical Anayjsis

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Stuart GREENE
Department of English
University of Notre Dame


   Marco IBARRA
St. Mary’s University

Black Members of Congress, Black Advocacy Groups, and Immigration Legislation

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Rodney HERO
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame


Magdalena SALAZAR
St. Edward’s University

A Multivariate Analysis of Latinos Attitudes toward Immigration

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Rodney HERO
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame


Stephanie MARTINEZ
University of Notre Dame

The Asian American Family Conflict Scale (FCS) and the Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory (MASI) as predictors of each acculturation outcomes for Asian Americans

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Matt MILLER
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame


Sophia ONTIVEROS
St. Mary’s University

Temperature and Composition Dependence of Density for Ionic Liquid + Ethanol

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Joan BRENNECKE
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Notre Dame



Yvette SANTANA
University of Notre Dame

Using Classroom Discussion to Motivate and Engage: A Comparative Study of African American and Latino “at risk” Youth

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Timothy READY
Department of Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame


Laura BENITEZ
St. Edward’s University

Women and Politics: The Effect of Women on International Law and World Peace

Faculty Research Director
Prof. George LOPEZ
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame



Lydia VALDEZ
St. Edward’s University

The Growing Female Character: A Look at the Changing Representation of Women in Modern Chicano/a Literature

Faculty Research Director
Prof. Francisco ARAGON
Department of Latino Studies
University of Notre Dame

 




  
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