Major and Classification Psychology Faculty Mentor Ann Renken, Ph.D. Department Psychology McNair Project Group Performance: Involvement in Decision-Making Mediated by Autonomy, Competency, and Relatedness This study examined group members’ involvement in participative decision-making (PDM) and its effect on group performance and satisfaction, as well as, possible mediating variables of perceived intrinsic need satisfaction (autonomy, competency, and relatedness). Ninety-seven students enrolled …
Danielle Mascarenas
Major and Classification Biological Sciences Faculty Mentor Albert Herrera, Ph.D. Department Biological Sciences McNair Project Use It or Lose It: Synapse Elimination and the Plasticity of the Nervous System By studying fundamental mechanisms of the nervous system, one can better understand experience-dependent learning, paralysis, and recovery from disease and injury due to the long-term alterations of activity on synaptic efficacy. …
Gina Gillum
Major and Classification Psychology Faculty Mentor Lars Perner, Ph.D. Department Business McNair Project Online Peer Recommendations and Their Effects on Consumer Decision-Making The current study focused on the effects different peer recommendations have on consumer decision-making. Participants were sent an email with a link to an online survey. The researcher created a website with a list of movies and movie …
John Nelson
Major and Classification Psychology Faculty Mentor Cecil Murray, Sc.D. Department Religion McNair Project Religious Sexism: The Leadership Role of African American Women in Contemporary Black Churches African Americans have had a leadership role to empower one another politically, socially, and the like; however, as it pertains to the black church, they themselves have not supported the feminist cause. There is …
Regina Pritchett
Major and Classification Public Policy, Management and Planning Faculty Mentor Tridib Banerjee, Ph.D. Department Policy, Planning and Development McNair Project Highly Publicized: Does Public Space Play a Role in the Generation of Social Capital? In the face of widespread declines in the amount of space available for public use due to privatization, we must ask, “What happens to public life …
Amaka Okechukwu
Major and Classification Sociology Faculty Mentor Lanita Jacobs-Huey, Ph.D. Department Anthropology McNair Project Stakes is High: Exploring Social Activism within the Hip Hop Generation This study examines “Hip Hop Activism” during a 2-month, pilot ethnographic study of Hip Hop culture and the Hip Hop Generation. Who is the Hip Hop Generation? Can Hip Hop culture, which has immense market power …
Jonathan Solis
Major and Classification Communication Faculty Mentor Kristan Venegas, Ph.D Department Education McNair Project Ballin’: Representation of Reproductive and Resistant Urban Ethnic Male Identities in Hip-Hop Discourse Because a preposterous number of urban students continue under-achieving academically, some educators have turned to an alternate pedagogy that has proven to resonate with inner-city youth: hip-hop music. Research on the teaching potential of …
Blanca Silva
Major and Classification Political Science and Minor in Business Faculty Mentor Ricardo Ramirez, Ph.D. Department Political Science McNair Project Linking Social Life to Political Life: The Role of Media and Religion in Immigration Mobilization In 2006 when millions of marchers took to the streets of over 150 cities nationwide, the church was highlighted as a playing a leading role in …
Dione Surdez
Major and Classification English, Creative Writing Faculty Mentor Joan Weibel-Orlando, Ph.D. Department Anthropology McNair Project So Long As the Grass Shall Grow: How Indians Are Winning the Argument Against the Federal Government It is the contention of President George W. Bush that the [2005] Reauthorization of the [1974] Indian Health Care Improvement Act is not necessary. The Native American Indian …
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