McNair Scholars Program
Research Projects Summer 2006
McNair Scholar: Ashley Moore
Research Title: Voices of Black Males in the 21st Century
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Tarsha Bluiett, Curriculum and Instruction
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McNair Scholar: Sally Miskelly
Research Title: Behavioral Interactions Between Non-cohabiting Bess-beetles, Odontotaeniusdisjunctus (Passalidae)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jill Wicknick,Biology
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McNair Scholar: Alicia Eyer
Research Title: Early Intervention of Cerebral Palsy
Faculty Mentor: Mr. Dan Phillips, Speech and Hearing
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McNair Scholar: Terra Moody
Research Title: America’s Next Top Model: Survey and Content Analysis of a Thinness Ideal and Racially Diverse Program
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Thomson, Mass Communication and
Dr. Sherry Ford, Communication Studies
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McNair Scholar: Stephen Collins
Research Title: Platonic Echoes in Mary Shelly’s The Last Man
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Samantha Webb, English
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McNair Scholar: MeCherri Tarver
Research Title: The College Graduation Rate of African American Males and the Effect on the African American Community
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Parker, Sociology
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Nair Scholar: Audrey Crippen
Research Title: Lesbian Objectification in the Media
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Sally Bell, Communication Studies
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McNair Scholar: Crystal Frazier
Research Title: Causes and Solutions of Performance Anxiety Among University of Montevallo Music Students
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roderick George, Music
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McNair Scholar: Carol Vance
Research Title: Andersonville: A Day in the Life
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ruth Truss, History
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McNair Scholar: David Jordan
Research Title: Predicting 21st Century Music
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Landers, Music
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McNair Scholar: Marteissa Jackson
Research Title: So Many Majors, So Many Choices: Issues that Impact a Student’s Decision to Major in Social Work
Faculty Mentor: Ms. Jeannie Duke, Social Work