The senior capstone experience at The Neighborhood Academy is a year-long independent research project called Senior Seminar. The goal of Senior Seminar is to replicate the demands of a first-year, college-level seminar with a 10+ page thesis, followed by an hour-long oral defense. For our students it is the culmination of years of work, and it is a shining example of the academic excellence of which they are capable.
Senior Seminar 2023
- Antonio Allen. “Continental Philosophy: How Can Philosophy Provide Resources for the Mental Health
Crisis In Black Community?”. Humanities Senior Seminar - Keshunn Alston. “The Effect of Sleep on Athletic Performance”. Math Senior Seminar
- Joi Anthony-Gray. “Ask But Not Receive: Racial Healthcare Disparities in Cancer Mortality”. Humanities
Senior Seminar - Fatimah Bisiriyu. “Will Drinking an Artificially Flavored Beverage Lessen my Mental Health Symptoms?
(Probably Not): The Effect of a Placebo on Mental Health Disorders and Blood Pressure”. Math
Senior Seminar - Taniya Bottoms. “You are What you Eat? The Relationship between Self-Esteem, Materialism, and Eating
Behavior”. Math Senior Seminar - Faith Bunch. “Black Families and Generational Trauma”. Humanities Senior Seminar
- Rashad Chapman. “Disciplinary Differences in School by Gender”. Math Senior Seminar
- Naiziim Daniels. “Caffeine's Effect on Athletic Performance”. Math Senior Seminar
- Erin Dorsett. “The Effect of Parenting Styles, Birth Order, Income, and Number of Parents in the Home on
GPA”. Math Senior Seminar - Nathan Hargrove. “I Hate My Teacher And He Hates Me? The Effect Of Student-Teacher Relationships
On Academic Achievement”. Math Senior Seminar - Eden Howell. “Why LGBTQ+ Adolescents Face Higher Rates of Suicide and Mental Health Challenges
Compared to their Heterosexual Peers”. Humanities Senior Seminar - Justice Irvin. “Medical Mistrust: How it Plays a Role in Why the Black Community Lacks Certainty in
Medical Professions”. Humanities Senior Seminar - Ramere Johnson. “The War on Drugs and its Effect on Policing Today”. Humanities Senior Seminar
- Thomas Johnson III. “The Effect of Financial and Food-Based Incentives on Math Test Performance”.
Math Senior Seminar - Nakia Keene. “The Relationship Between Race, Class, and Achievement on the SATs”. Humanities
Senior Seminar - Viveka Lawson. “Sleep Quality, Sleep Quantity, and Sleep Habits: How They Affect Academic
Performance”. Math Senior Seminar - Caliyph McClinton. “The Effect Distractions Have on Someone's Ability to Solve a Sudoku Puzzle”. Math
Senior Seminar - Kalina McClinton. “Racial Disparities In Maternal Mortality”. Humanities Senior Seminar
- Aiyauna Rockymore. “The Cultural Significance of Stereotypes of Black Women on Television”.
Humanities Senior Seminar - Sierra Rose Riley. “Essential For Whom? An Analysis of the Exploitation of Essential Workers”. Math
Senior Seminar - Namell Scrubb. “Pittsburgh’s Transit System: History, Opportunity, Challenge”. Humanities Senior
Seminar
Journal of Emerging Investigators
This excellence has also been recognized by the Journal of Emerging Investigators, a publication run by graduate students at Harvard University. Please click below to read the wonderful work some of our students have had published in JEI.
- The Relationship between Income Inequality and Maternal Mortality for Black and White Mothers - LéNia Felix, Class of 2022
- Colorism and the killing of unarmed African Americans by police - Amarie Hempfield, Class of 2022
- The Effect of School Climate and Parenting Style on Academic Achievement - Quinn Myers, Class of 2020
- Comparing Consumer Personality and Brand Personality: Do Fashion Styles Speak of Who You Are? - Brianna Stevenson, Class of 2019
- Are Teens Willing to Pay More for Their Preferred Goods? - Shawn Johnson, Class of 2019
- The Effects of Knowledge, Lack of Knowledge, and Deception on Rate of Perceived Exertion and Performance During Workouts - Jamir Howard, Class of 2019
- Sports are not Colorblind: The Role of Race and Segregation in NFL Positions - Charles Coleman, Class of 2018
- The Effect of Lyrical and Instrumental Music on Reading Comprehension Tasks - DaNaesha Herring, Class of 2018
- Namaste to Wellbeing? The Effect of Yoga on the Health of African American High School Students - Briauna McClendon, Class of 2017
- Extroverts as Materialists: Correlating Personality Traits, Materialism, and Spending Behavior - Alexis Jackson, Class of 2016
- Investigating Teen Audism: The Development and Use of a Survey Scale to Measure Misconceptions of the Deaf Community in a Hearing High School - Cheyne Francis, Class of 2016
- The Relationship between Close-range Shooting Distance and Nitrite Patterns on Cotton and Polyester Clothing - Cydney J.C. Francis, Class of 2016