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McNair Scholars Profiles

short description of scholars' research

McNair Scholars

Summer 2011

McNair Scholars Symposium 2011

Back left to right: KD Misgen, Okello Carter, LaDante McMillon, Damian Baeza
Front left to right: Heather Mayer, Christa Jean-Baptiste, Madelyn Pimentel, Nicole Joseph

KD Misgen
Mentor:
Tricia Burdo & Kenneth Williams, Professors in Biology Department
Research: Monocyte/Macrophage Activation & Heart Inflammation During HIV Infection
 
Okello Carter
Mentor: Arissa Oh, Professor in History
Research: A People Without A Country”: Filipino Nationals and Filipino Repatriation Act
LaDante McMillon
Mentor: John Michalczyk, Professor in Fine Arts
Research:The Long Hard Road: Street Children of Quito, Ecuador
Damian Baeza
Mentor: Maureen Kenny, David Blustein, Professors in Lynch School of Education
Research: Empowering Youth Participating in Work-Based Learning

Heather Mayer
Mentor: Christina Reppuci, Psychology Department
Research: The Effect of Food Deprivation on Orexin and Melanin Concentrating Hormone
Christa Jean-Baptiste
Mentor: Rita Rosenthal, Professor in Communication
Research: Persuasion & Auto Insurance: How Processing Routes Affect Advertisement Effectiveness

Madelyn Pimentel
Mentor: Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, Professor in Counseling & Developmental Psychology
Research: Being A Latino Adolescent in the United States: Acculturation, Stress & Coping
Nicole Joseph
Mentor: Judith Shindul-Rothschild, Professor in Nursing
Research:Are We There Yet?’: Mental Illness and Treatment Adherence in Jamaican Communities