The University of Alabama McNair Journal

Volume 9  ·  Spring 2009

Table of Contents

• Investigating the Nature of the Chromium-DNA Complex - Dale A. Becker (Faculty Mentor, Stephen A. Woski, Ph.D.)
• An Assessment of University of Alabama Students’ Reasoning about Social Problems -Nyesha Cheyenne Black (Faculty Mentors, Paul R. Mills, Jr., Ph.D. and David R. Forde, Ph.D.)
• Affinity Purification of Photosystem I from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using a Polyhistidine Tag -Jonathan A. Brain (Graduate Mentor, Galina Gulis, Ph.D. and Faculty Mentor, Kevin E. Redding, Ph.D.)
• Rangia cuneata Shells as an Environmental Proxy: Variations in Elemental Concentrations within Populations -Robin Cobb (Faculty Mentor, C. Fred T. Andrus, Ph.D. and Graduate Mentor, Miguel F. Etayo-Cadavid)
• Hypothesis-based Screening of Candidate miRNAs in Dopaminergic Neuroprotection - Susan M. DeLeon (Graduate Mentor, Shusei Hamamichi, Faculty Mentors, Guy A. Caldwell, Ph.D. and Kim A. Caldwell, Ph.D.)
• Laptop Charging Systems for Regions without Utility Infrastructure -Revarr Johnson (Faculty Mentor,Timothy A. Haskew, Ph.D.)
• A Simulation of the Factors Relevant in the Transition of Traffic States Upon Approach to a Work Zone - Jonathan Daniel Lanctot (Faculty Mentor, Robert Batson, Ph.D.)
• Tracing the Fate of Chromium Nutritional Supplements in the Body - Paul Matthew Lara (Faculty Mentor, John B. Vincent, Ph.D.)
• The Influence of Balanced, Representative, and Nonrepresentative Photographic Exemplars on Perceptions of Public Opinion about the Iraq War - Mark Lent (Faculty Mentor, Johnny V. Sparks, Ph.D.)
• Community Service as an Employment Activity Option for Low-income Non-custodial Fathers -Samantha Ousley (Faculty Mentor, Karen Starks, Ph.D.)
• Money and Marriage: An Exploration of the Relationship between Marital Satisfaction and Money Attitudes among Couples - Michael Pimentel (Faculty Mentors, Cliff Robb, Ph.D. and Rick Houser, Ph.D.)
• The Rise of Islamism in Nigeria: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Religious Violence -Tseleq Yusef (Faculty Mentor, Steven Ramey, Ph.D.)

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