Southern University Graduation List (Graduate School) – Fall 2001

 
This list was obtained from the Southern University Office of Registrar and the Graduate School as of November 28, 2001. If you have any questions or discrepancies please contact your individual college or the Registrar’s Office at 771-5050, or the Graduate School Office at 771-5390. This is not the official or final listing for the Fall 2001 candidates for graduation. The list will be updated daily in the Registrar’s Office and the Graduate School Office.
 
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Doctor of Philosophy
Public Policy and Urban Affairs
William G. Albrecht, Union Hall, Va.
Dissertation: Effects of Governance, investment policies and strategies on pension outcomes
Major Professor: Lisa Ulmer, Sc.D.
Leigh J. Blackburn, Atlanta
Dissertation: A test of a state-centered approach to the Legislative decision-making process in post-1965 U.S. immigration policy
Major Professor: Lisa Ulmer, Sc.D.
Science/Mathematics Education
Mohammad Ali Yazdani, Baton Rouge
Dissertation: The comparative effectiveness of spaced versus massed reinforcement upon learning and retention of plane geometry
Major Professor: Ernest Zebrowski, Ph.D.
Special Education
Natee Banjerdsakul, Prairieville
Dissertation: Factors affecting building administrators’ assessment of knowledge, disposition and performance competencies for technology integration for students with mild/moderate disabilities
Major Professor: Jimmy Lindsey, Ph.D.
Patricia S. Douglas, Crowley
Dissertation: Adolescents with mild/moderate disabilities’ attitudes toward science and their preferred traditional and technology teaching activities
Major Professor: Jimmy Lindsey, Ph.D.
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY
Biruk Alemayehu, Luanda, Angola
 
MASTER OF ARTS
Counselor Education
Fredessa Ann Collins, Zachary
Deborah Ann Domingue, Baton Rouge
Della Netter Perkins, Baton Rouge
Mass Communications
Jacqueline T. Chase, Baton Rouge
Edward C. Okwueze, Baton Rouge
Mental Health Counseling
Latasha Barber, Baton Rouge
Kathleen Grice Boyd, Baton Rouge
Kimberly E. Burgess, Donaldsonville
LaQuita Anita Francis, Lafayette
Madieaya Torres Garrett, Slidell
Angelique M. Giordano, Metairie
Mara Nordeliz Girona, Baton Rouge
Dinez LiTonya Green, Bayou Goula
Ivon Cheryl Johnson, Baton Rouge
Ella G. Mack, Baker
Keithdric D. Mack, Baton Rouge
Debbie M. Reeves, Jonesville
Social Sciences
James L. Goods, Monroe
Thesis: African American economic life in south Louisiana
during the great depression
Thesis Advisor: Raymond Lockett, Ph.D.
Danyell M. Griffin, Shreveport
Thesis: The privatization of Louisiana’s prisons
Thesis Advisor: Kingsley Esedo, Ph.D.
Dalton J. Harrell, Zachary
Thesis: The privatization of Louisiana’s prisons
Thesis Advisor: Kingsley Esedo, Ph.D.
Tandra D. Holloway, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Social psychological and physical factors affecting mate selection
Thesis Advisor: Christopher Hunte, Ph.D.
Antoinette M. Joe, Jeanerette
Thesis: The psycho-social effects of a divorce on children
Thesis Advisor: Christopher Hunte, Ph.D.
Tamara Racquel Jones, New Orleans
Thesis: An analysis of campaign finance reform in Louisiana
Thesis Advisor: William Arp III, Ph.D.
Nubiyn Mzekewe, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Oliver Cooper: Life as a police juror
Thesis Advisor: Raymond Lockett, Ph.D.
Kenya Mayho, New Orleans
Thesis: The evolution of jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana,
with a primary focus on jazz funerals
Thesis Advisor: Raymond Lockett, Ph.D.
Don E. McGhee, New Orleans
Thesis: Governor Foster’s policies and agenda and its impact on
African Americans
Thesis Advisor: Revathi Hines, Ph.D.
Danyell P. Nixon, Baton Rouge
Thesis: An examination of the Brady Handgun Prevention Act of 1993
Thesis Advisor: Revathi Hines, Ph.D.
Anthony J. Smith, Baton Rouge
Thesis: An examination of the Brady Handgun Prevention Act of 1993
Thesis Advisor: Raymond Lockett, Ph.D.
MASTER OF EDUCATION
Administration/Supervision
Kemba Ayanna Allen, Baton Rouge
Karl E. Bashay, New Iberia
Davis Collins, Jeanerette
Countess E. Comadore, Kenner
Thesis: A comparative analysis of the whole language approachto the phonics approach to teaching reading
Thesis Advisor: Milton Kleinpeter, Ph.D.
Connie Faye Cunningham, Mansfield
Randy Crump, New Orleans
Thesis: Responding to children of poverty
Thesis Advisor: Gussie Trahan, Ph.D.
Marlene J. Delahoussaye, New Iberia
Mozella A. Gonsoulin, Breaux Bridge
Ursula G. Higginbotham, Baker
Thesis: A survey of teachers’ opinions of charter schools asan educational enhancement
Thesis Advisor: Milton Kleinpeter, Ph.D.
Rhea A. Hollins, Baton Rouge
Crystal L. Johnson, Baker
Roderick T. Johnson, Fort Pierce, Fla.
Patricia Ann Jones, St. Martinville
Jason R. Kennedy, St. Francisville
Walter A. King, Baton Rouge
Julie Malveaux, Lafayette
Thesis: Educators perspective on the death penalty as
a deterrent for juveniles who commit capital crimes
Thesis Advisor: Charles Bryant, Ph.D.
Trudy A. Martin, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Strategies for developing leadership skills in children
Thesis Advisor: Gussie Trahan, Ph.D.
Hannah Marie Mose, Lafayette
Reginald Pedescleaux, Donaldsonville
Veronica Rochon, St. Martinville
Tabitha I. Rodney, New Roads
O’Neil L. Robinson, Belle Rose
Melora Lawrence Roper, Baton Rouge
Gregory L. Scott, Culver City, Calif.
Kenyatta M. Small, New Iberia
Pamela G. Smith, Baton Rouge
Stephanie Moses Tate, Zachary
Dwana T. Webb, Baton Rouge
Elementary Education
Jocelyn M. Lawrence, St. Martinville
Secondary Education
Harriet Anuforom, Baker
Thesis: A study of the biographical sketches of ten outstanding
African-American musicians
Thesis Advisor: Atley Walker, Ph.D.
Special Education
Claudia Batiste, New Roads
DeAnna Lynne Brewer, Baton Rouge
Tammy K. Brewer, Covington
Natalie Gail Busbee, Meridian, Miss.
Rosailyn G. Dixon, Baton Rouge
Susan M. Franklin, Austin, Texas
Nicole Shenise Jenkins, Plano, Texas
Angela M. Jones, Baker
Andrea D. Watkins, Huntsville, Texas
Michelle Winfrey, Baton Rouge
Yoshika W. Williams, Gibson
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Kiara W. Bynum, Brusly
Andrew Davis, Baton Rouge
Jacquelyn Lindle Germany, Baton Rouge
Lisa A. Jackson, Prairieville
Fatematul Jannat, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nicole M. Jones, Lake Charles
Rene S. Marshall, Baton Rouge
Keenan Sean McBride, Memphis, Tenn.
Leslie A. McMuller, Baton Rouge
Meisca R. Moore, Napoleonville
Arnold Q. Watson, Lafayette
Syreeta N. Williams, Baton Rouge
Cassandra L. Zanders, Ville Platte
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Biology
Joy O. Spurlock, Baton Rouge
Elwaleed A. Mahmoud, Baton Rouge
Daniel E. Morris, Baton Rouge
Chemistry
Cyprian Ofori-Atiase, Ghana
Thesis: Isolation and purification of estrogen receptor Type II
from pregnant rat uterus “screening and method development”
Thesis Advisor: Robert Miller Jr., Ph.D.
Zenovia D. Simmons, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Phytoremediation of selected heavy toxic metals
by aquatic plants
Thesis Advisor: Ahmad Suleiman, Ph.D.
Glennell S. Smith, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Investigation of biochemical and physiological
characteristics of UV-B tolerance of Live Oak and Sweet Bay Magnolia
Thesis Advisors: Wesley Gray, Ph.D., and Yadong Qi, Ph.D.
Environmental Chemistry
Mary C. Briscoe, New Orleans
Thesis: Phytoremediation of cadmium by Chinese Tallow seedlings (sapium sebiferum)
Thesis Advisor: Talmage Bursh, Ph.D.
Syeda M. Qadri, San Fernando, Trinidad
Thesis: To assess the impact of elevated CO2 on photosynthesis respiration and transpiration of urban shrubs
Thesis Advisor: Robert Miller, Ph.D.
Computer Science
Venkat K. Chintalapati, Delhi, India
Geetha M. Chodagam, Mt. Holly, NJ
Thesis: Quality of service for voice over IP
Thesis Advisor: Ibrahim Khosravi, Ph.D.
Marsha J. Evans, Baton Rouge
Yixin Luo, P.R. China
Omer M. Soysal, Kirikkale, Turkey
Thesis: Fuzzy logic control of the curing process of the heat-activated coupling of composite to alloys
Thesis Advisor: Said Bettayeb, Ph.D.
Ibrahim H. Suslu, Istanbul, Turkey
Thesis: Data Mining: Comparative study of two algorithms
Thesis Advisor: Said Bettayeb, Ph.D.
Ramiji B. Vandara, Andhra Pradesh, India
Thesis: A graphical intuitive query language for object-oriented databases
Thesis Advisor: Sudhir K. Trivedi, Ph.D.
Srinivas S. Yadavalli, Hyderabad, India
Thesis: Congestion control in high speed networks: ATM
Thesis Advisor: Sudhir K. Trivedi, Ph.D.
Physics
Tommy L. Dodson, Baton Rouge
Rodica F. Somodi, Bucharest, Romania
Thesis: Evidence for *°’ v µ v µ
Thesis Advisor: Ali R. Fazely, Ph.D.
Rehabilitation Counseling
Valenti H. Gumms, Harvey
Tiffany Polk, Baton Rouge
Denise Roderick Williams, Baton Rouge
Urban Forestry
Mutar Adewale Ashiru, Baton Rouge
Thesis: The effect of flooding on survival, growth and physiological
responses of Southern Red Oak (quercus falcate) and Willow Oak (quercus phellos L.) species
Thesis Advisor: Kamran Abdollahi, Ph.D.
Kevin R. Drye, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Urban forest soil management effects on carbon sequestration in the rhizosphere of quercus virginiana
Thesis Advisor: Kamran Abdollahi, Ph.D.
Jammie Favorite, Vacherie
Thesis: Quantifying carbon dioxide uptake and transpiration capacity of mature Live Oak trees
Thesis Advisor: Yadong Qi, Ph.D.
Frederick J. Fellner, Greenwell Springs
Thesis: Affects of differing thicknesses of hardwood
mulch on the development of containerized oak trees
Thesis Advisor: Yadong Qi, Ph.D.
Brian J. Hampshire, Pemberville, Ohio
Thesis: Physiological responses of Southern Red Oak (quercus falcate),
Red Maple (acer rubrum), and Baldcypress (taxocium distichum) to
elevated carbon dioxide
Thesis Advisor: Zhu H. Ning, Ph.D.
Tanya F. Knighten, Baker
Qinglin Li, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Comparative evaluation of urban forestry simulation models
Thesis Advisor: Fulbert Namwamba, Ph.D.
Thomas Melvin McCoy, San Diego
Thesis: Spatial exploration of environmental equity issues: Forested green belts in the city-parish of Baton Rouge
Thesis Advisor: Fulbert Namwamba, Ph.D.
Li Quinglin, Baton Rouge
Thesis: Comparative evaluation of urban forestry simulation models
Thesis Advisor: Fulbert Namwamba, Ph.D.
Erik D. Taylor, Baton Rouge
Frank J. Thibodeaux, Church Point
 
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Staci Taylor Anderson, Baton Rouge
Denise A. Bouvier, Denham Springs
Ghenet Ghebretatios, Baton Rouge
Tabitha A. Jones-Thomas, Baton Rouge
Josie Laymond-Jackson, Jackson
Carol B. Jackson, Marrero
Jerry L. Jordan, Jackson
Thesis: A retrospective study of the effectiveness of patient/family education in restraint reduction at a forensic psychiatric hospital
Thesis Advisor: Carol Gordon, Ph.D.
Bonnie Landry, Breaux Bridge
Elizabeth B. Moffett, Breaux Bridge
Angela D. Richard-Eaglin, Baton Rouge
Yolanda K. Robertson, Baton Rouge
Thesis: The impact of a cholesterol educational program on health-promoting behaviors of workers in a nuclear power plant
Thesis Advisor: Carol Gordon, Ph.D.
Tonya M. Washington, New Orleans
LaShonda M. Watts, New Orleans