DSBS Festival of Scholars Presentations
Sponsored by Xavier University of Louisiana’s Center for Undergraduate Research since 2003, The Festival of Scholars is an annual
undergraduate conference featuring posters and presentations by undergraduate researchers at Xavier University of Louisiana.
2015
Jasmine Francis (CMST) & Christin Champion (MSCM)
News Comprehension with New Media
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Ashlee Brianna Hill (MSCM)
Online Readership through Social Media
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Understanding Readership Comprehension
through Digital and Non-Digital Mediums
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Keshante Horton (MSCM)
Maris Ivy & Ivory Bibbins (PSYC)
The development of the Coping Strategies PostRelationship Dissolution Scale (poster)
Dr. Wyndi Ludwikowski
Kendall Lawson (MSCM)
Media use and post-Katrina disaster knowledge:
A study of New Orleans college students
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Dat Le (CHEM)
Mainstream Media Characterization of the B-boy
Culture (poster)
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Dominiqueca Lewis, Kyjeila Latimer, & Tatiyana Blackshear (PSYC)
The development of the Comfortability with
Gender Fluidity and Sexuality Scale (poster)
Dr. Wyndi Ludwikowski
Jirah Mickle (CMST)
News of Politics- Understanding the Ideological
Views and Attitudes of News Audiences (poster)
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Alonda Moore & Kaleb Murry (PSYC)
The development of the Moore and Murry Social
Anxiety Scale (MMSAS) (poster)
Dr. Wyndi Ludwikowski
Candice Noel & Justin Grier (MSCM)
News Viewership (Young Adults)
L. Scott (PSYC)
Shannon Smith (PSYC)
Sirdaria Williams (MSCM)
Saquan Harper (PSYC), Evan Stricklin (CHEM), Imani Cochran (BIOL)
Gender neutrality
African American College Students Seeking Mental
Health Care (poster)
African American male HBCU college choice
decision: A study of media influences (poster)
Community and Culture through the Arts
Dr. Shearon Roberts
Dr. Wyndi Ludwikowski
Dr. Katherine Eskine
Dr. Shearon Roberts &
Ms. Sheryl KennedyHaydel
Dr. Ross Louis
Has diversity in legislature led to more equality
policy?
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Jameka Brooks (PSCI)
Literacy Effect on Incarceration Percentages
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Elorm August (PSCI)
Why Divorce Policies differ state to state
Dr. Megan Osterbur
African Americans Mental Health Care Seeking
Behaviors (poster)
Dr. Katherine Eskine
Kevin Foster (PSCI)
Shannon Smith (PSYC)
Kaleb Murry (PSYC) & Amithyse Moore (SPTH)
Anxiety Scale for College Students (poster)
Dr. Wyndi Ludwikowski
Marshay McCray (BIOL), Alexis Mayo (PSYC), Kendall Lawson
(MSCM), Jasmine McBride (CHEM), Kristen McKendall (BIOL)
Community and Culture through the Arts (poster)
Dr. Ross Louis
Bianca Moore & Evangeline Dech (PSCI)
Racial and Gender Risk in Privacy Exposure on the
Internet (poster)
The Quandary of Incarceration Rates
Internationally (poster)
Dr. Willie Gin
Kerri Renee Brown (PSCI)
Taylor Jackson (BIOL)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Feminism at the Intersection:
Blurring the Lines Between the –isms
Dr. Megan Osterbur
She Will Have Power, Too
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Carldesha Reed-Holden (PLTH)
Super Woman Feminism:
The Guide for the Modern Woman
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Jasmine Monique Lewis (CIIS)
Womanism vs Feminism:
The Great Dichotomy to Find Who I am
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Pro-Black Feminism
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Edwin Scott (BIOL)
Dominiqueca Lewis (PSYC)
My Feminism
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Kirsten Sanchez (ENGL)
No, You're thinking of Misogyny:
A Validation of My Feminism
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Taqiyyahe Elliott (PSCI)
Womanist: Include Me!
I'm Competent Enough to Choose
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Amari Teal (BIOL)
Kayla Irby (PSYC) & Kynisha Christmas (CMST)
Jevan Berry & Dominique Taylor (PSYC)
Lester Rainey, English
Alexis K. Parker, History
Misha Battiste, Kareka Green (MSCM), Brandi Biagas, Breshea
Harris, Ma Que Hollins (BIOL), Ricaylah Citizen, Nina Gougisha, Kelli
Richardson, Keyaisha Thomas (PSYC),Caze Holloway (CMST)
Keenan Payne (CPSC), Amanda Ware (BUSI)
LeFontae McAtee (CHEM), Aminah Williams (PSYC), Kyla Baron
(BIOL), Kaleb Malone (CHEM)
The Relationship Between Intercultural
Communication Sensitivity and Communicative
Competence on a HBCU Campus
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
An Examination of the Relationships between
Ethnocentrism, Relational Openness, and
Intercultural Sensitivity in the HBCU Contest
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
I Am Clu
Drs. Ross Louis, Lisa
Flanagan & Robin Vander
The Story the Media Won't Tell
Drs. Ross Louis, Lisa
Flanagan & Robin Vander
Story Circles: Dialoguing about Race and Racism
Digital Stories: Documenting Community and
Culture through the Arts
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Dr. Ross Louis
2014
Exploitation in the Global Surrogacy Market
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Craig, Eric (PSCI)
The Innovation of Consumer Electronics (poster)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Wilcox, Cierra (PSCI)
Why do recidivism rates vary across the United
States? (poster)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Hillery, Breal (PSYC)
The Effects of Caffeine on Short Term Memory
(poster)
Dr. Lisa Schulte
McCowan, Ja’Keria (PSCI)
Ruffin, Mia (ENGL), Lexus Jordan (CMST), & Randi Lemons (MSCM)
Richardson, Kellie (PSYC)
Performance Studies Laboratory Student
Performance Showcase (performance)
Justice. Faith. Power.
Drs. Flanagan, Louis, &
Vander
Dr. Lisa Flanagan
Williams, Toiya (PSYC)
Exploring the relationship between racial identity
and transracial adoption attitudes in Black college
students
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Anderson, Ashanti (PSYC)
College Students’ Perceptions of Various Types of
Domestic Violence
Dr. Jeremy Cohen
Anderson, Ashanti (PSYC)
The Effects of Music Listening on Creativity
Dr. Katherine Eskine
Hubbard, Shanti Gina (PSYC)
Unhealthy Intimacy? The relationship between
Intimacy and Sexual Health
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Carlin, Angel (PSYC)
The Psychology of Black Women and Feminine
Identity
Dr. Brian Turner
Myers, Autumn Rae (PSYC)
Assessing Barriers Utilizing Healthcare in LowIncome African American Mothers
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Hill, Jodi (PSCI)
Lonian, Mireille (CMST)
Blunt, Jasmine, Kaa’liyah Gross, Breal HIllery, & Andrea Vinning
(PSYC)
Young, Yves-Yvette (PSYC)
Barriers to Global Education of Women
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Let’s Talk About Sex:
HIV/AIDS Awareness at Xavier
University/Directions for HIV/AIDS Education
Dr. Ross Louis
Cyberspace Romance:
Dating in a Digital World
Dr. Kate Eskine
Factors Associated with Sexual Debut among
Adolescents in Baltimore, MD and Shanghai, China
Dr. Beth Marshall, Johns
Hopkins University
2013
Ashley Brewer (MSCM)
Creating Effective Communication in a Diverse
Workplace (poster)
Dr. Elizabeth Edgecomb
Walter Allen, Taylor Boyce, Amira Mustaf, Ciarra Williams (PSYC)
Handiness: The Effects of Hand Dominance on
Creativity (poster)
Dr. Katherine E. Eskine
How Societal Stigmatization of Combat Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Causes
Homelessness in Veterans (poster)
Dr. Elizabeth Edgecomb
Jade Dedeaux (ENGR)
Ja'Keria McCowan (PSCI)
Impacts on Voter Participation(poster)
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
The Effects Knowing your Personality has on
Creativity (poster)
Dr. Katherine E. Eskine
The Relationship between Ethnic Identity
Development Intercultural Sensitivity and
Relational Openness (poster)
Dr. Gendrin Dominique
Ashley Brewer (MSCM)
Creating Effective Communication in a Diverse
Workplace (poster)
Dr. Elizabeth Edgecomb
Charles Wayne Warner-Hillard (PSYC)
Eating Habits and Availability of Fresh Fruits
and Vegetables in the Lower 9th Ward Of New
Orleans (poster)
Dr. Claire Norris
Tiffany Brownlee, Danielle Hodges, Ahkibah Lott, Meagan Ebanks
(PSYC)
David Powell (BIOL)
Evonne Murphy & Jaydeep Chaudhari(CHEM)
Health and Homelessness: Challenges in
finding Sufficient Medication(poster)
Dr. Elizabeth Edgecomb
Only the LIGHTEST Stars Shine Bright (poster)
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
The Media’s Portrayal of the Black Women
(poster)
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
How Are African-American Women with
Natural Hair Viewed in News? (poster)
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Nadiya Wylie (MSCM)
Get Up, Get Out, and Become Active
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Rarelle Triplett (PSYC)
Predictors of Ingroup Association(poster)
Jordan Symone Bailey (MSCM)
JaLissa Latson (MSCM)
Meagan L. Williams (MSCM)
Julien Grayer (SOCI)
Dominique M. McCaskill (MSCM)
Tailar Moses (CHEM) & Paula Blount (BIOL)
Regional Gun Rates and their Relationship to
Regional Homicide Rates (poster)
Social Media and Animal Behavior (poster)
The Cause and Effect of Vagrancy in New
Orleans (poster)
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Dr. Amy Bellone Hite
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Dr. Elizabeth Edgecomb
Sade Wilson-Anumudu, Alexandra Harris, Marquisha Johns,
Jeanece Kelly, Rae’fiera Pickett, Makeda Roberts, Takara Turner,
Ranesha Turnipseed (SOCI)
Unveiling the Truths of Depression:
A Comparative Analysis Exploring Variations
in Depression for Young Black and White
Women (poster)
Dr. Claire Norris
Keshante Horton (MSCM)
Valued Relationships: The Negative Effects of
Facebook on Teenage Relationships (poster)
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
La Familia vs. Jiatang :
Rhetorical Themes of Family
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
The Rhetoric of La Familia
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Jarvis Lewis (PSCI)
Customs, Culture, and Tradition: A Brief Look
into Asian Culture and Rhetorical Theme
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Khambrel Dawkins (ENGR)
Customs, Culture, and Tradition: A Brief Look
into Asian Culture and Rhetorical Theme
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Property of Our Husbands
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Lexus Jordan, Allyson Graham, Brittany Martin (CMST); Bailey
Smith (PSCI)
Alexis Lloyd (PSYC), Jasmine Francis (CMST), Joseph Hughes (CMST)
Franziska Pirkl (MSCM)
Megan Haynes (PSCI)
Brittany Martin (CMST)
What Sex Tape?: Voyeurism, Celebrity
Worship and Reality Television
Dr. Ross Louis
Eboni Nicole Hooper (BIOL) & Antanious White (SOCI)
Is it Easy Living in the Big Easy?:
Examining the Lives of African American
Emerging Adults in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Dr. Farrah Gafford
Megan Haynes (PSCI)
The Global Perspective: A Critical Analysis on
the Economies of China and Russia
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
To Birth or Not to Birth:
Influences on Abortion Attitudes
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Impacts on Voter Turnout:
A Methodological Perspective
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
DeVon Pruit (PSCI)
Ja'Keria McCowan (PSCI)
Shanti Gina Hubbard (PSYC)
Unhealthy Intimacy?
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
LaShante' Quintel Scott (PSYC)
Healthy Connections
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
SNS:
Social Networking Sites or Such Non-Sense?
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Religion, Spirituality and the Relation to
Health Risk Behaviors among College Students
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Autumn Myers (PSYC)
Assessing Barriers Utilizing Health-care in
Low-Income African American Mothers
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Ashlee B. Hill (MSCM)
MTV Reality Shows Vs. MTV Scripted Shows
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Franziska Pirkl (MSCM)
The change of Familial Structures in the
American Society According the TV Show
“Modern Family”
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Corroding Characteristics of Adolescent
Media: The disguised Components of Children
Programming
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
True Blood and Southern Stereotypes in
Modern Media
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Claire O. Bivens (MSCM)
Cosmetic Surgery:
Independence or Conformity
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Zyneria M. Byrd (MSCM)
Television Nurses:
Do They Help or Hurt the Nursing Profession?
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Janell A. Craig(MSCM)
The Depiction Battered Women on Law &
Order: SVU and Its Effect on Viewers
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Kristen Priestly (PSYC)
VH1’s Negative Influence on Young Women
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Felicia Obialo (PSYC)
Jazzmin A. Churchill (PSYC)
Brandon J. Rouzan (MSCM)
Ariel M. Jalla-Norfleet (MSCM)
Allyson Graham, Lexus Jordan, Mireille Lonian, Brittany Martin
(CMST), Danielle Wilson (ENGL)
Meagan Williams (MSCM)
Lexus Jordan (CMST)
Mia Ruffin (ENGL)
Expectations about Intimacy in Romantic
Relationships
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Honey Tree
Drs. Ross Louis & Elizabeth
Edgecomb
Sista Big Bones
Drs. Ross Louis & Elizabeth
Edgecomb
Crown
Drs. Ross Louis & Elizabeth
Edgecomb
Synthesizing Cultures:
A Criticism of the Musical British Invasion
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Computer Love and the Music Industry
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Elijah K. Lenoir (MSCM)
The Evolution of Rap Music and Its Continued
Influence on Adolescents
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
DeVon A. Pruitt (PSCI)
To Keep or Not to Keep:
Influences on Abortion Attitudes
Vashni K. Balleste (MSCM)
Christin A. Champion (MSCM)
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
2012
Rarelle Triplett (PSYC)
Teri' R.Graham, Gerquel M.Bowman, Terinisha Y.Coleman, Brandy
K. Davis, Bre'on A. Kelly, Brittney N. Lewis (SOCI)
Le-Hane Nunez, Christina Barnes-Matthews, Aleia Mays (PSYC)
Rarelle Triplett (PSYC)
A Study of Perception of Self and Group
(poster)
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Black Women's Mental Health:
The Stress-Support-Distress Process across
Age for Black Women (poster)
Dr. Claire Norris
Post Traumatic Growth and Humor in
Hurricane Katrina Survivors (poster)
Dr. Annette Iskra
Role Models > Black Sheep (poster)
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
LaKendria Brown (BIOL)
Service Learning New Orleans Community
(poster)
Jillique M. Logan (PSYC)
Supplemental Instruction, Conscientiousness,
and Academic Motivation as Predictors of
Performance (poster)
Dr. Lisa Schulte
Corinne Williams (SPTH)
Variations in African American English Usage
Patterns by Children During Story Recalls
(poster)
Dr. Nancy Martino
Aleia Mays, Le-Han Nunez, Christina Barnes- Matthews (PSYC)
Does laughing predict African Americans wellbeing? (poster)
Drs. Jeremy Cohen & Annette
Iskra
Misha Battiste, Nicole DeLoach, Apiffanie Ovide, Jennifer Vicks
(MSCM)
I'll Have a Mocha Latte Skinny: Advertising
and the Question of Beauty in Women of
Color and Size (poster)
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Joy Sorells & Yaesha Joseph (SPTH)
Is There a Correlation Between Reading Skills
and Auditory Processing Skills in College
Freshman (poster)
Dr. Joe Melcher
The Relationship between Suicide Ideation
and Well-Being: Influential Factors
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Lauren Engram
Social Network Usage and the Effect it has on
One's Communication Skills
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Jarica D. Garner (PSYC)
How Racial Identity Relates to Self-Esteem in
an Academic, Social, and Economic Context
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Shanti Gina Hubbard (PSYC)
Does Absence Make the Heart Grow Fonder?:
Sexual Activity in Long Distance Relationships
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
LaShante' Q. Scott (PSYC)
Self-Esteem and Confidence in Athletes Who
Experienced and/or Witnessed an Athletic
Injury
The Impact of Video Vixens in Music Television
on Young African American Teenage Girls
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Terreca Cato (PSYC)
Shanicia Hill (MSCM)
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Rosalyn Kent (ENGL)
Hip-Hop Music Videos and American Youths
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Kalyce Simpson (MSCM)
Music Video Influence on Women in America
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Tracee J. White (ENGL)
The Effects of Hip-Hop Videos on African
American Boys
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Gabriel Henton (MSCM)
Violence and Abuse Portrayed among Women
in Reality Television Shows
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Reyale Jones (MSCM)
Reality Television: Portrayal of Relationships
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Television and The American Teen
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Italian Demons: The Stereotyping of Italian
Americans on Reality TV Shows
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
How the State of 'New Jersey' is Poorly
Portrayed on Reality Shows
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Teasia Harrison (MSCM)
Brie Merritt (MSCM)
Jazmin Taylor (MSCM)
MyLinh Hoang (MSCM) & Rayya Hunter (CHEM)
YOUR COLLEGE IS NOT LIKE MINE: Interethnic
Communication between African American
and Vietnamese American Students on an
HBCU campus
Drs. Kimberly Chandler &
Dominique Gendrin
Amber McGowan, Meagan Walker, Sacha Rhone, Briana Wilder
(MSCM)
"Washed Away" The Disappearance of the
Treme Culture through Rep-population
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Akhila Hills (ACCT), Jasmine Jhounkin, Keldra Hall, Jeremy Pierre
(MSCM)
Educating Treme for a Better Future
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Music: The Heartbeat of Treme
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
I Feel My Help Comin’ (poster)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
The Academic Consequences of a Suggestion
of Sexism for Women’s Performance and
Identification with the Sciences (poster)
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Randi Lemons, Gabriel Bracey, Gabrielle Henton, Rustin Henry
(MSCM)
2011
Jarvis Lewis (PSCI)
Nelanhta Riley (PSYC)
Jesake Davitt (BIOL)
What’s human and social capital got to do
with it: Perceptions of interracial dating
across Race (poster)
Dr. Claire Norris
Kia Thomas (SPTH) & Bernice Chiasson (SPTH)
Is there a correlation between reading skills
and listening (poster)
Dr. Joe Melcher
Diamond Ward (PSCI)
Three Strikes and You’re Out (poster)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Unmasking the Black Woman (Exploring Race,
Gender, and the Pursuit of Success)
Dr. Kimberly Chandler
Cell Phones and Their Effect on Memory
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Marion Alejos (PSYC)
College Student’s Attitudes on Cyberbullying
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Chanell Francis (PSYC)
Sexual Knowledge Relating to
Erotophobia/Erotophilia
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Vanencia Lynch (PSYC)
Your Relationship with Your Mother in
Adulthood
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Rayven Smart (PSYC)
Religious versus Non Religious Attitudes
towards Suicide
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Gabby Dowdy (PSYC)
Alcohol Consumption, Sensation Seeking and
Risky Sexual Behavior Among College
Students
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Sonja Hebert (PSYC)
The Connection between Online Social
Networking and Relationship Conflict
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
The Effects of Music on Sports Performance
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
The Relationship between Narcissism and
Paranoid Ideation
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
The Association Between Emotional
Independence and Life Satisfaction
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Jasmine M. Carter (PSYC)
Family Structure in Relation to Adulthood
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Raven Lewis-White (PSYC)
Levels of Similarity and Argumentativeness in
Intimate Relationships
Dr. Elizabeth Hammer
Sharmaine Jones (CHEM), Anthony Barnett (PSCI), Chaz Walters
(SOCI), Armani Patterson (SOCI), Jemela Freeman (PSCI),
Dominique McCracken (PSYC)
Greg Smith (PSYC)
Bradley Patterson (PSYC)
Rarelle Triplett (PSYC)
Joni C. Banks (PSYC)
Jessica Johnson (MSCM)
Ruston Henry (MSCM)
"Don't you forget about me": Viewing the
Artistic Style of John Hughes
Dr. Janice Haynes
The Freaks of Gotham City
Dr. Janice Haynes
Dr. Janice Haynes
Rabiat Saraki (MSCM)
Melodrama in Mildred Pierce
Kevin Wiles &
Martina Girgis (PSCI)
Where do we go from here?
A look at Revolution in Egypt and what does it
mean to the entire Egyptian community
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Jade Hall, Carla Simmons, & April Rutherford (PSYC)
A New Orleans Woman: Exploring the Impact
of Communication on Gender
Dr. Kimberly Chandler
Vanessa Blanc (CHEM), Hilary Menendez (MSCM), & Randi Lemons
(MSCM)
A Media Criticism Exclusive: Body Image is the
Issue
Dr. Brenda Edgerton-Webster
Jessica Hudnall (PSYC), Tiara Murray (SOCI), Dannielle Foster
(BIOL) , Leah Deloch (CHEM), Jasmine Brooks (BIOL), Meighan
Anderson (BIOL)
Black Woman Strong:
Exploring Race, Gender, and Communication
Dr. Kimberly Chandler
Keldra Hall (MSCM), Rauketta Wiltz, Alexandra Sanford, Geralneigh
Bazile
Overcoming Inferiority: Exploring the Impact
of Communication on Gender
Dr. Kimberly Chandler
Congo Square: Revealed and Revitalized
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Dudley Grady, Aja Wheeler, Kyana Lance, Kenneth Norwood,
Brittany Martin
New Orleans: The Story Behind the Movement
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Brooke Adams, Jessica Johnson, Rabiat Saraki, Cassie Smith,
LaTasha Smith, Shana O'Connor (MSCM)
Take It to The Streets: Second Lining and
Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Valerie Davis (SPTH), Dominique Gabriel, Julianne Brown, Ashley
Brewer, Hong Nguyen (MSCM)
Harmonic Roots: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Jarvis Lewis (PSCI), Donnisha Hebert (PSYC), Carita Winn (CHEM),
Isiah Jones (PSCI), Kenneth Underwood (PSCI), Kevin Wiles (PSCI)
Why Ya' Gotta Be a Hater:
Colorism, Racism, & Double Binds
Mylinh Hoang, Melanie Kaufman, Cyrell Roberson, Averis
Anderson, Kourtney Cooke
Dr. Megan Osterbur
2010
Boyd, Winston, Kaitlyn Gaddis, & Val Williams
Performance and New Orleans:
Citizenship, Identity and Housing
Drs. Ross Louis & Robin
Vander
Shyllon, Annie (SOCI)
A Commodity Chain Analysis of Diamonds from
Sierra Leone and Botswana
Dr. Amy Bellone Hite
Stacey Windon, Derek Reed, Jalisa Mathis, Kevin Barnes, Shamier
Bouie, Maya Jones, Teniesha Biagas, Jonathan Tennial, Aja
Wheeler (MSCM)
Anatomy of a student newspaper and Web site
Ms. Melinda L. Shelton
Phillip Lu (PSYC)
The Impact of Globalization on Post World War
II Japan
Dr. Charles Gramlich
Chinyelu Onuora (PSYC)
Cassandra Shepard (HIST)
Observing the Elderly through the Eyes of a
Developmental Theorist
Gendered Etiquette
Candra Barrett (PSYC)
Social Support and Family Background Affects
Delayed Disclosure of Rape Victims (poster)
Jacinda Whitley (PSYC)
The Root of All Evil: The Effects of Income on
Trust in Relationships (poster)
Dr. Annette Iskra
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Dr. Lisa Schulte-Gipson
Dr. Lisa Schulte
Charter Versus Public Schools and its Affect on
African American Students (poster)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Jazzmin Kilgore (PSCI)
One Bullet, A Thousand Tears: The Eradication of
the Second Amendment (poster)
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Sierra Stewart (PSYC)
The Effect of Church on Stress Levels (poster)
Ashley Varnado (PSCI)
Factors that Influence the Minority Vote (poster)
Jessica Dandridge (PSCI)
Kelly Allison (PSYC) & Kelsey Riley (SOCI)
Mastery and Posttraumatic Growth in Young
Adults After Hurricane Katrina (poster)
Dr. Lisa J. Schulte-Gipson
Dr. Megan Osterbur
Dr. Annette Iskra & Dr.
Claire Norris
Jessica Dumas, Kristin Fletcher, Maya Jones, Anastesia Opata, Taj
Shackelford, Sherman White
Devin Andrew, Danielle Gilliard, Janae Pierre, Ryaunte Price,
Stacey Windon, Cierra Stovall (MSCM)
Kevin Barnes, Teniesha Biagas, Shamier Bouie, Ariel McMillan,
Nader Mirfig, Jonathan Tennial
Sherman White, Pauline Storms, Johnathan Tenial, Micheal
Alfred, Kristin Fletcher (MSCM)
Separate but Equal? Treatment of African
American Males in Television
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Portrayals of African American Women in
Television and Film: Their Beauty and Their Roles
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
A Review of the Portrayal and Stereotyping of
African American Actors in American Television
Shows
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
African American in The Media who are from
New Orleans and moved to bigger Markets
Breon Kelly (SOCI)
Menopause as a Social Construction
Averis Anderson, Jillian Gibbs (BIOL), Jessica Johnson, Brittany
Martin (MSCM)
Performance of Literature Showcase
Courtney Thomas (PSYC)
Mia Coleman, Britney Dooley, Monique Jordan, Eyonna Knighten,
Melanique LaBeaud (PSYC)
Increasing Access to Prenatal Care:
The Impact of Access Barriers and Proposed
Strategies to Overcome Them
Health Behavior Change: What Can You Do in Six
Weeks? Students in Health Psychology
Mr. Arnold Crump
Dr. Amy Bellone-Hite and
Dr. Christopher Faircloth
Dr. Ross Louis
Dr. Christopher Faircloth
Dr. B. Cecile Brookover
2009
Bourne, Alexander & Candace Douglas (BIOL)
An Evaluation of Gender Inequality in Higher
Education (poster)
Dr. Amy Bellone Hite
Blake Clark (PSYC)
Ain’t I a Woman?: Examining Feminist Identity,
Womanist Identity and Stereotype Threat (poster)
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Monique L. Lewis (PSYC)
"Where Art Thou?" Moderating Effects of Religious
Coping on Discrimination and Psychological Stress
(poster)
Dr. Elliott Hammer
Kameron A. Moore-Mitchell (MSCM)
Mercianna Oliver (PSYC)
Xavier Readus (BIOL/PSYC)
Courtney Watson (PSYC)
Danielle Young (PSYC)
Samples of The Civil Rights Movement: Martin to
Mos Def (poster)
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler &
Mr. Arnold Crump
Is the Worry Interaction Coding Scale (WICS)
Reliable? (poster)
Dr. Richard Zimbarg,
Psychology, Northwestern
University
Debra Seacord, PH.D.,
Marleen Castaneda, B.A.,
Gerhardt Hellemann, Ph.D.,
Margaret Stuber, M.D.,
UCLA
Dr. Lisa Schulte
Predictors of Hospital Utilization of Pediatric Organ
Transplant Recipients (poster)
The Effects of Parental Upbringing on Collegiate
Sexual Activity (poster)
Examining the Relationship Between Ethnicity,
Body Image, and Social Anxiety in 10th Grade Girls
(poster)
Dr. Sandra Graham, UCLA
Measurement of Attitudes toward Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (poster)
Dr. Cecile Brookover
Jessica Dumas (MSCM)
People and Music
Ms. Shana Heinricy
Cary L. Wallace (Pharm)
Massively-Multiplayer Online Globalization
Ms. Shana Heinricy
Janae M. Pierre (MSCM)
The Sky Is the Limit?
Aliya Brown, Aaron Brumfield, Quanesha Carter, Ceymone
Dyce, Collette Jones, Kendrea Martin, Jihanna Mughnee, Milton
Parks, Christina Taylor, Brittany Williams, Latashia Wise (PSYC)
Janie Trinh (BIOL)
The Movement of Media in Asia
Shelly Tran (BIOL)
Cognitive Processes, Relational Interdependent
Self-Construal, and Conversational Constraints
among Vietnamese-American College Women
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Ms. Shana Heinricy
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Orientalism of Arabs
Ms. Shana Heinricy
Yahti Wooten (PSYC)
Globalization in Fashion:
Cultural Influences on How We Dress
Ms. Shana Heinricy
Tracy Daniel (MSCM)
Imagined Interactions, Relational Interdependent
Self-Construal, and Relational Harmony among
African American College Women
Dr. Dominique Gendrin,
Ariane Hailey (MSCM)
Beyond the Glossy Pages:
An Ideological Critique of a Print Advertisement
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Candice T. Ross (MSCM)
Rhectorical Analysis: An Ideological Criticism of a
Toyota Corolla Ad Placed in Ebony Magazine
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Kevin Barnes, Susan Isaacs, Jalisa Mathis, Nader Mirfiq (MSCM)
Framing the Blame Game: A Content Analysis of
the Israeli-Hamas Conflict in Gaza
Dr. David Park
Kenneth Ennis (MSCM)
Strength Can Be Beautiful
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Nivea’s Naturally European Body Lotion:
Massaging the Color Complex
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Brandon McIntyre (MSCM)
Ideological Criticism of Artifacts in AfricanAmerican Publications
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Britney S. Francis (MSCM)
Ideological Criticism of General Electric Print Ad
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
Danielle C. Smith (MSCM)
The Result of Ruling Class Ideologies
Dr. Kimberly J. Chandler
In Search of Environmental Justice through Media
Advocacy: A Documentary
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Danielle Gilliard (MSCM)
Kameron A. Moore-Mitch(MSCM)
Michael Alfred, Tracy Daniel, Kenneth Ennis, Ariel Johnson,
Jalisa Mathis, Britnee Morgan, Julianna Norwood, Candice T.
Ross, Joy Rovaris, Alexander Stone, Pauline Storms, Darren
Wallace (MSCM)
Ariane Hailey, Tiffany Willis, Michael Alfred (MSCM)
Misconceptions of a Stereotypical Mind:
How Media Affects Views of Racial Ethnicities
Dr. David Park
Marchelle Irving (BIOL), Monique Lathon (SOCI), Brittani Melvin
(PSCI)
Housing, Community and Healthcare in PostKatrina New Orleans
Does the Feminist Struggle Have a Color?
Dr. Christopher Faircloth,
Dr. Farrah Gafford, Dr.
Robin Vander
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Tonika Farmer
Outside Influences on African-American Identity
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Michael Baker
Gender Construction:
Problems with Sexual Identity
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
The "Other Sex": The Question of Black Feminism
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Teen Pregnancy: Does it Matter Here?
Dr. Pamela Waldron-Moore
Jasmine Okuma (PSCI)
Shanhai Heywood
Cassandra Shepard (HIST)
2008
Artay Abua, Kimberly Fomby, Georgiaree Godfrey, Zachary Scott,
Danielle Smith
Renata M. Alford
Shandrell Briscoe, Susan Issacs, Reggie Parquet, Kimberly Tran
(MSCM)
Donald Brown
Michaelynn Gacho (PSYC)
Rachel Lockhart, Moeed Mohsin, Derek Reed, Jena Perriatt,
Britney Francis, Karmyn Martin
Ashley Winston (PSYC)
African American Women and the Lack of Diverse
Representation in the Media
The Effect of In Class Presentations on Student
Performance
Gender Differences in Nonverbal Behaviors in
Romantic Relationships
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Dr. Lisa J. Schulte
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
9th Ward Monologue
Dr. Ross Louis
Disney’s Subliminal Messages
Dr. Lisa Schulte
Intercultural Conflict and the Ignorance Problem
The Effect of Interracial Media Portrayals on
Perceptions of Multiracialism
Dr. Dominique Gendrin
Dr. Elliott Hammer &
Dr. Cecile Brookover
2007
Community-based Arts at the Crossroads: An Ethnography of a New Orleans After-school Arts Program
Dr. Ross Louis
Griffith, Anthony
It's More than Just a Dance; It’s You: Krumpin’ as Performance of Identity
Dr. Ross Louis
Hudson, Allison
FreedomLand: A Historical Contextual Analysis
Dr. Ross Louis
Tran, Kimberly
Disparities in Cross-cultural Physician-Patient Relationships: A Literature Review
Dr. Ross Louis
The Power of the Rhetor: An Analysis of Malcolm X
Dr. Ross Louis
Daniel, Tracy
Winston, Ashley
2005
Bradford, Angel, LaKeshia Entzminger & Robyn Peebles
Guillory, Nichole
Means, Jenais
Finding the Importance of Speech at HBCUs
Dr. Ross Louis
Service Learning and Resegregation of Louisiana Schools
Dr. Ross Louis
Is Desegregation Complete?
Dr. Ross Louis