Faculty Research Conference





Faculty Presentation Schedule

Coppin State University
Dining Hall and Conference Center, 2nd Floor
Friday, October 16, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m







8:30 a.m. -  9:50 a.m. Opening Remarks and Keynote Speaker - Dr. Harolyn M.E. Belcher, Kennedy Krieger Institute: Atrium

Time Room 210 Room 218B Atrium

10:00 a.m. -  10:20 a.m. Enhancing the Teaching of World Literature through Research

Presenter: Dr. Paula Pratt
Ten (10) Step Approach to Engagement in Nursing Education Instruction

Presenters: Dr. Tracey Murray, Profs. Lucille Belgrave & Vaple Robinson
The Perceived Successes and Challenges of the Filipino Teacher Working In the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
Presenter: Dr. Marjorie Miles

10:30 a.m. -  10:50 a.m. From Docility To Concerted Action: Firdaus in Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman At Point Zero

Presenter: Dr. Blessing Diala-Ogamba
Social Capital and Land Tenure in a Rural African American Community


Presenters: Dr. Elgin Klugh
Investigating the Relationships between High School Students' Career Maturity Levels, Academic Achievement and Suspension Rates
Presenter: Dr. Harry Legum, Dr. Brian Schmitt, Dr. Chris Brittan-Powell

11:00 a.m. -  11:20 a.m. The Ubiquity of the Soliton Concept in Proposing 21st Century Models to Solve 21st Century Problems in Science and Mathematics
Presenter: Dr. Sean Brooks
Student Use & Attitudes about Technology in the Classroom: Does it Enhance Learning?

Presenters: Dr. Katherine Cameron & Ms. Linnea Smith-Waters
The Problem of Evil and the Power of the Human Spirit in Morrison’s Beloved


Presenter: Rev. Elaine Sykes

11:30 a.m. -  11:50 a.m. Recessions Are Good for You: The Empirical Relationships Between Business Cycles, Malfeasance, and Mismanagement
Presenter: Dr. Kenneth R. Stanton
A Perfect Terror to the Rebel Community: African American Sailors in the Potomac Flotilla
Presenters: Dr. Roger Davidson
Faculty Attitudes Toward Distance Learning

Presenter: Dr. Jacqueline Williams

12:00 p.m. -  12:20 p.m. “To hear more brightly the contriving chords”: Audiotape Recording and Twentieth-century Poetry
Presenter: Dr. Seth Forrest
Acid Cleaning of Corrosive Kraft Digesters and Evaporators

Presenters: Dr. Moses Wekesa
Computer Graphic - Tour of Coppin Campus

Presenter: Dr. Paramjit Sehdev

12:30 p.m. -  1:20 p.m. Lunch


1:30 p.m. -  1:50 p.m. Using the Packet Analysis Method to Teach Secure Communication in Client/Server Computing
Presenter: Dr. Liangjun You
Where in the World? Geography and Irony in Shakespeare’s Tempest

Presenters: Dr. Roger Stritmatter
Impact of a Mentoring Program on Rehabilitation Services Administration Scholarship Graduates
Presenter: Dr. Michelle Pointer

2:00 p.m. -  2:20 p.m. Why African Americans are Hesitant to Donate Blood and Participate in Health Research
Presenter: Dr. Carmelle Rogers
A Probabilistic Smart System for Tutoring Computer Algorithms to Beginners

Presenters: Dr. Sisir Ray
Comparing and Contrasting the Dominant Theories of Black Racial Identity

Presenter: Dr. Chris Brittan-Powell

2:30 p.m. -  2:50 p.m. Coal Plantations: Impact on Ecosystems Sustainability and Human Health

Presenter: Dr. Mintesinot Jiru
Variations in Grammatical Competence in First Year College Writing by Native and Non-Native Speakers
Presenter: Dr. Eunita Ochola
Fading Distinction of Local and Global


Presenter: Dr. Dr. Dilip Das

3:00 p.m. -  3:20 p.m. The Effect of Doping Density on the Structural & Electro-optic Properties of GaN Grown on Sapphire Substrates
Presenter: Dr. Jahangir Alam
An Index Structure and Searching Techniques for Multidimensional Non-ordered Discrete Data Spaces
Presenters: Dr. Cheng Luo
Trauma, Narrative, and the Stain of Real Desire in Joyce Carol Oates’s Son of the Morning
Presenters: Dr. Anthony Zias

3:30 p.m. -  4:00 p.m. Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks: Atrium