DSBS Undergraduate Research & Student-Faculty Collaborations
The following are outcomes of undergraduate research and student-faculty collaborations presented outside Xavier-sponsored
venues such as XULAneXUS and Festival of Scholars.
2015
Louis, Ross (adaptation and direction); performed by Thomas Nash (THEO) and Mia Ruffin (ENGL)
This Other World. Research-based performance based on haiku of Richard Wright. Peer-reviewed by National Communication
Association Performance Studies Review Board and the Project on the History of Black Writing.
Nguyen, T. L. (PSYC), Williams, A. (PSYC), & Wyndi M.A. Ludwikowski
Predicting student success and retention at an HBCU via interest-major congruence and achievement. Poster presented at the
Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2014
Turner, Brian.L. & Jusiah Prowell (PSYC)
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Black male experiences in higher ed: Identity, relationships, and experiences. Presented at the 46 Annual International
Convention of the Association of Black Psychologists, Indianapolis, IN.
2013
Flanagan, Lisa, Robin Vander, & Ross Louis (adaptation and direction); Performance by six Xavier students.
Here Is Where You Turn Back. Literary adaptation performance of New Orleans-based short stories. Xavier University,
and Patti Pace Performance Festival, February 6, 2015. Peer-reviewed by National Communication Association
Performance Studies Review Board.
Hammer, Elliott. D., & Triplett, R.(PSYC)
Predicting association and dissociation among racial minority ingroups. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA.
Jordan, Lexus (CMST) (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
River Psalms. Creative scholarship presented at Petit Jean Performance Festival, Cripple Creek Theatre production, and
Patti Pace Performance Festival.
Martin, Brittany (CMST) (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
What Sex Tape? Celebrity Worship, Voyeurism, and Reality Television. Creative scholarship presented at Petit Jean
Performance Festival, University of North Texas Student Research Conference, Xavier’s Festival of Scholars,
and Communication Studies Capstone.
Martino, Nancy, Dominique Gendrin, & Jade Romain (SPTH)
How Central American parents cope with children with communication disorders. Poster presented at the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Martino, Nancy, Che, T. (SPTH), Ransom, T. (SPTH), & Verret, L. (SPTH)
The correlation of hearing and socioeconomic status in low-income Roatan, Honduras. Paper presented at the National
Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing, April 17, 2013, Washington, DC.
Nunez, L., Christina Barnes-Matthews (PSYC), Aleia Mays (PSYC), Annette Iskra, & Jeremy D. Cohen
Laughing Heals: Humor Predicts Posttraumatic Growth in Black Hurricane Katrina Survivors. Midwestern Psychological
Association 85th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2012
Cohen, Jeremy D., Aleia Mays A (PSYC), Christina Barnes-Matthews (PSYC), L. Nunez, & Annette Iskra
Humor Predicts Perceived Stress and Psychological Well-being Among African Americans. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.
Foster, Shaniese (PSCI) and Endia Simms (SOCI) (Dr. Amy Bellone Hite, mentor)
Factors Explaining Women’s Mobilization: Feminist Versus Feminine Movements. Presented at Gendered Perspectives: Recent
Scholarship on Culture and Social Justice. New Orleans, LA.
Hammer, Elliott. D., G. Adams, A. Blodorn, & Nelantha Riley (PSYC)
Implications of critical consciousness and perceptions of STEM Masculinization for Cultural Variation in STEM participation.
Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. San Diego, CA.
Jordan, Lexus (CMST) (Dr. Ross Louis, Mentor)
Sista Big Bones. Creative scholarship presented at Petit Jean Performance Festival, University of North Texas Student
Research Conference, and Xavier’s Festival of Scholars.
Manley, Amanda (SOCI) (Dr. Amy Bellone Hite, Mentor)
Women Who Compete for Men: A Content Analysis of the Portrayal of Women in Romantically Themed Reality Television Shows.
Presented at Gendered Perspectives: Recent Scholarship on Culture and Social Justice. Xavier University of Louisiana,
New Orleans, LA.
Martino, Nancy L., & Corinne Williams (SPTH)
African American English usage and development by children during story retells. ECHO Journal of the National Black
Association for Speech and Hearing, 7 (2), 6-10.
Ruffin, Mia (ENGL) (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
Crown. Creative scholarship presented at Petit Jean Performance Festival, University of North Texas Student Research Conference, and
Xavier’s Festival of Scholars.
Webster, Lauren (PSYC), Shadia Ghanem (SOCI), LaDale Jackson (ENGL), Bria Amons (PSCI), Danielle Casey (PSYC), Cortney Smith
(PSYC) and Alacia Honora (SOCI) (Dr. Amy Bellone Hite, mentor)
Sister-to-Sister: African American Girls’ Interactions. Presented at Gendered Perspectives: Recent Scholarship on Culture and
Social Justice. Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans.
2009
Louis, Ross and Kaitlyn Gaddis (SPTH)
Carnival Life: Performing Citizenship in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Louisiana
Communication Association. Natchitoches, LA.
Martino, Nancy, D. Burns (SPTH), & T. Crawford (SPTH)
Increasing Personnel from Underrepresented Populations. National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
convention, Atlanta, GA;
2008
Martino, Nancy, D. Clark (SPTH), & M. Isaac (SPTH)
College Recruitment Issues in Minority Populations. National Black Association for Speech, Language and Hearing Conference,
Washington, D. C.
2007
Koudou, Sika (SOCI) & Trinese Allen (SOCI) (Dr. Amy Bellone Hite, mentor)
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Hurricane Katrina’s Neighborhood Restructuring: Evidence from New Orleans. Presented at the 70 Annual Meeting of the
Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, Georgia.
Koudou, Sika (SOCI) & Trinese Allen (SOCI) (Dr. Amy Bellone Hite, mentor)
Hurricane Katrina’s Neighborhood Restructuring: Gendered Evidence from New Orleans. Presented at Annual Meeting of the
American Sociological Association’s Section on Race, Class and Gender. New Orleans, LA.
Sanders, Michael (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
For Sale by Sony: Racial Superiority...A Rhetorical Analysis of Sony's Playstation Portable Ad Campaign. Presented at the Annual
Conference of the Louisiana Communication Association. Monroe, LA. Awarded top undergraduate research paper.
2006
Sills, Patricia, Deahn Dennis, Jai Hayes, and Leslie Spillman (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor).
Witnessing Gert Town: Community-based Performance in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Research-based performance scripted and
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performed at the 6 International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations. New Orleans,
LA.
Louis, Ross and Terrell Washington
Witnessing Gert Town, Post-Katrina: Performance Pedagogy as Community Action. Research-based performance scripted
and performed at the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association. San Antonio, TX.
2005
Green, Dominique (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
Community Dialogue through Service-Learning: A Communicating Common Ground Roundtable. Panelist at the Annual
Conference of the Southern States Communication Association. Baton Rouge, LA.
2004
Entzminger, LaKeshia (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor).
Revisiting the Past Through Service-Learning. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Race, Gender, and Class
Association. New Orleans, LA.
Entzminger, LaKeshia (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
New Orleans vs. Greensboro: Reactions to Integration and the Importance of Service Learning in Teaching Brown vs.
Board of Education. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Race, Gender, and Class Association. New
Orleans, LA.
Guillory, Nichole (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
Brown vs. Board of Education through the Eyes of Service-Learning: Using Race, Gender, and Class to Re-Examine School
Desegregation. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Race, Gender, and Class Association. New Orleans, LA.
Hammer, Elliott D., J. Mayfield (PSYC), & K. Simons (PSYC)
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Social Support and Stress Predict Racial Identity in African Americans. Poster presented at the 16 meeting of the American
Psychological Society. Chicago, IL.
Hammer, Elliott D., K. Walker (PSYC), T. Hinton (PSYC), J. Jack (PSYC), & Q. Perry (PSYC)
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On the automaticity of prejudice as an explanation for behavior. Poster presented at the 5 meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, TX.
Holly, Maryse (SOCI) (Dr. Ross Louis, mentor)
Brown vs. Board of Education and New Orleans Public Schools: Confronting the Past with Lessons of the Present. Presented at
the Annual Conference of the Louisiana Communication Association. New Orleans, LA.
2003
Hammer, Elliott. D., Anthony Sharp (PSYC), C. Dixon (PSYC), K.Y. Matthews (PSYC), E. Threatt (PSYC)
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In search of the black sheep effect in African Americans. Poster presented at the 4 meeting of the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology. Los Angeles, CA.
Martino, Nancy L., D.E. Bordelon, S. Brown (SPTH), & O. Rashied-Walker (SPTH)
Collaboration across disciplines: A teaching community involving speech pathology and education undergraduates. Journal of
Reading Education, 28 (3), 8-14.
Martino, Nancy, K. Buckner (SPTH), & K. Griffin (SPTH)
Collaboration: Speech Pathology and Teacher Education. Featured Speaker for the Louisiana Speech, Language and Hearing
Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
2002
Hammer, Elliott D., Elizabeth Y. Hammer, & J. Judson (PSYC)
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Dissociative evaluation of minority ingroups. Poster presented at the 3 meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology. Savannah, GA.
Bordelon, D., Martino, Nancy & Project TALK students.
Project TALK: A Collaborative Effort in Teacher Preparation. Conference session for the Louisiana Council for Exceptional
Children 2002 Super Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.
2000
Cothran, D. L.*, & Hammer, E. D.
Loss-framed messages increase prejudice toward out-group members. Poster presented at the Twelfth American Psychological
Society Annual Convention. Miami Beach, FL.
Watkins, N. D.*, & Hammer, E. D.
The effect of stereotype primes on attributional judgments of stereotyped group members. Poster presented at Southeastern
Psychological Association. New Orleans, LA.