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 2025
- DeJuan - The Connection Between Athletics, Mental Health, and Academics
- Adam - Beyond Labels: The Role of Stereotypes in Shaping Segregation in Society
- Makayla - The Big 5 Personality Traits on Instagram and TikTok and Their Connections to Real-Life Personalities
- Amiya - Nothing is More Contagious than Happiness
- Mykhi - The Impact of Music in Media and its Impact on its Audience
- Alexa - Noise, Not Personality, Predicts Cognitive Performance When Distracted
- Lavonne - The relationship between NFL players’ compensation and performance
- Darrin - The Effect of Extraversion on Working Memory
- Briyonna - The Relationship Between Mental Health Symptoms and a Student's Misbehaviors in Class
- Jasmyne - The Impact of Vaping
- Jordan - Student-Teacher Relationships: The Effect of Support and Conflict on Academic Performance
- Antonio - Race Influences the Play Style of NFL Quarterbacks
- Dominic - The Serial Killer That Was Never Caught: Social Media
- Syncer - Are People Willing to Pay More for Their Preferred Brand of Clothing?
- Shaina - How the Family Unit Impacts the Mental Health of Teens when Intergenerational Trauma Due to Racism is Involved
- Ogbonna - An Exploration of Memory, Diet, and Personhood
- Tarik - The Breakfast Effect: Exploring the Role of Morning Nutrition on Adolescent Mental Health and Academic Success
- Tierra - The Big Five Personality Traits on Rinstagram and Finstagram
- Nathaniel - The Decline of The Black Panther Party: The External and Internal Struggles of a Radical Group
- Shamar - The Framework of Decision Making
- Jalaya - The Effect of Parenting Styles on Homework and GPA
- E’Niyah - The Broken Classroom: Why the Education System No Longer Works
- Camarra - The Effect of Teen Relationships on Mental Health
- Jalise - The Root of All Evil: An Examination of the Effects of Addiction to Money
- Courtney - The Impact of Transitions into Careers on the Financial Prosperity of Collegiate Black Athletes
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.
- Unit-price anchoring affects consumer purchasing behavior - Terrence James, Class of 2024
- The Effect of Financial and Food-based Incentives on Math Test Performance - Thomas Johnson, Class of 2023
- 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