2004 Cohort

Research Project: Low Income Minority and the Use of Government Housing Resources:
A comparison of Selected Metro  Areas
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Francis Owusu, Community and Regional Planning

Research Project: How Does Family Influence Multiracial Identity Development?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Megan Murphy, Human Development and Family Studies

Research Project: Capitalizing on a Regulatory Threat: The Corporate Response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Kaufmann, Management

Research Project: Stereotyping: Examining the Impact of Perceived Ethnicity on Impression Formation
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anthony Townsend, Logistics Operations & Management

Research Project: Latinos Changing the Demographics in Iowa State University
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Genalo, Materials Science & Engineering

Research Project: A Divided Nation: Mexican Immigrants Impact on the U.S. Economy
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jerry Garcia, History

Research Project: Changes in Body Mass Index Among 1st Graders in a Large Urban District
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gregory J. Welk, Health & Human Performance

Research Project: Wireless Mesh Networking
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yong Guan, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research Project: Political Institutionalization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Mansbach, Political Science

Research Project: Investigating the Role of Traditional Healers in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment in South Africa
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ann Jones, Anthropology

Research Project: Wireless Intrusion Detection
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steve Russell, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research Project: The Brown vs. Board of Education Case and its Effects on American Society
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Matthew Potoski, Political Science

Research Project: An Introspective Study of Gender Relations in Hip-Hop Culture
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patricia Leigh, Curriculum & Instruction

Research Project: Detection of Carbon Using Microwaves Excited Thermo-Plastic Effect
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert C. Brown, Mechanical Engineering

Research Project: Fuel Cell Storage Methods
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Pate, Mechanical Engineering

Research Project: Wireless USB and Security
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Doug Jacobson, Computer Engineering

Research Project: Noninvasive Measurement of Bone Strain
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tim Derrick, Health & Human Performance

Research Project: A Business Plan to Start an Upscale Restaurant in Cameroon
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Howard Van Auken, Management

Research Project: The Effects of the Acid Rain Program on Power Plants: Case Studies About Power Production and Fuel Purchase
Faculty Mentor: Dr. James McCalley, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Research Project: Southern Vietnamese Veterans’ Experience in Reeducation Camps
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eugenio Matibag, World Languages

Research Project: HIV/AIDS: Latinos and Sex Education
Faculty Mentor: Dr. J. Herman Blake, African American Studies

Research Project: Forgiveness According to Age Group, Faith and Religious Commitment
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nathaniel Wade, Psychology

Research Project: How Non-English Speaking Therapists Cope with Potential Prejudice from English Native Speaking Clients
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marcia Michaels, Human Development & Family Studies

Research Project: Saving the Other Two Thirds:
Why the Majority of African-Americans Do Not Thrive in Predominantly White Institutions
Faculty Mentor: Dr. George J. Jackson,  Graduate College

Research Project: Recognition without Identification for Musical Stimuli
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anne Cleary, Psychology

Research Project: Recognition Without Identification: A Short-Lived Phenomenon
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anne Cleary, Psychology

Research Project: Black College Women’s Increase in Interracial Dating as a Result of the Decreased Presence of Black Males on Campus
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gloria Jones-Johnson, Sociology