My Honors Thesis will investigate the relationship between social stratification and health for urban African Americans from the 18th through 20th centuries. I will examine three skeletal samples and analyze how disease rates changed both within and across these populations from slavery through the 1960s. This research is important for developing a new conceptual framework…
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Apr
17
An Analysis of Infectious Disease of African Americans from Slavery through the 20th Century
Apr
16
Abstract: Environmental History and the Eastern Oyster
Oysters play a foundational role in Chesapeake Bay ecosystems. They filter water and provide shelter and food for other organisms. Because of human-caused climate change, oysters will become increasingly challenged by ocean acidification and other environmental stressors. My research will focus on how the environmental history of an oyster influences its physiological response to stress.…
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Apr
13
The Urban Migration of Maasai to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tanzania’s Maasai communities have historically occupied the northern Ngorongoro region of the country, employing semi-nomadic and pastoralist practices. However, influxes of young Maasai have recently migrated to urban centers seeking economic and social opportunity, or escaping government seizure of pasture lands for investment. Young Maasai men are the primary population undergoing the urban migration, and typically…
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Apr
12
Persuasion in Discourse: Evaluation Strategies of Vegans
Due to their minority position in society, vegans, or individuals who refrain from consuming animal products, are constantly subject to criticisms of their way of life. As a result, I argue that the linguistic tools vegans utilize to characterize their lifestyle play a crucial role in the success of their interactions and in the process…
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Apr
12
Utilization of ULP1 in the Development of a Novel Prostate Cancer Test
I intend to continue my research in the Young biochemistry lab, which in part explores the various uses of unnatural amino acid chemistry and utilization in protein structure. I will be mutating, isolating, and adding fluorescence to a ubiquitin-like protease, ULP1, that binds to certain chemical signals called SUMO that are upregulated in prostate cancer…
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