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 15+ 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 2021
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Jada Adams: The Use of Music in Mood Regulation for Teens. (Mathematics)
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Tyliah Austin: The Relationship between Physical and Mental Health in Black Teenage Girls. (Humanities)
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Quentaja Barnett: Restoring Justice: Disproportionate School Discipline. (Humanities)
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Kamiya Coles: HPLC determination of caffeine in headache medicine: Does brand matter? (Science)
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Melvin Crew: HPLC Analysis of Vitamin B3 and B6 in 5-hour Energy Drinks. (Science)
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Nickolett Donoughe: Teachers with Pride: Mapping out the Path to Inclusive Classrooms. (Humanities)
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Jacoby Dupree: School Integration: Past, Present, Future. (Humanities)
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Soinha Fils-Aime: The Effects of Colorism on Belongingness in College Students. (Mathematics)
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Michon Gallaway: Lavender Essential Oils as an Alternative Treatment for Anxiety as well as Its Effect on the Human Body. (Science)
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Amarie Hempfield: Colorism and the Killing of Unarmed African Americans by Police. (Mathematics)
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Page Hempfield: Resilience and the Fate of a Child: Loss of a Parent Due to Death and Incarceration. (Humanities)
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Victoria Howell: Structural Racism and its Effect on Infant Mortality in Black and White Mothers. (Mathematics)
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Trinity Pugh: Perceived Guilt of African American Males by Skin Tone: A Survey of Black High School Students. (Mathematics)
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Leila Randall: Proposed Study to Quantify Vitamin E in Lotions Using HPLC. (Science)
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Kristen Reed: Colorism in the Dating Pool: How Skin Tone Affects Black High Schooler’s Preferences. (Mathematics)
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Jamar Robinson: Effects of Water and Soft Drink Consumption on Mental Health of Teenagers. (Mathematics)
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Ja'zia Sanders: Developing Positive Racial Identity. (Humanities)
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Cashmere Starks: Defining and Deconstructing the School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Role Teachers Can Play. (Humanities)
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Royce Taylor: Building Better Student-Teacher Relationships. (Humanities)
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Carrington Williams: A Review of Research into the Health Benefits of Cannabidiol (CBD). (Science)
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Danielle Wilson: Cannabidiol (CBD) in Hair Oil. (Science).
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.