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Platinum Fox Audience Strategy

Gold Willie’s Way Foundation

Silver NanoHU

Ruby/Patron Anonymous Bert’s Flower Shop Dr. and Mrs. Calvin W. Lowe PREM

Sapphire Drs. Eric and Michelle Claville Dr. Shonna J. Johnson Captain Frank A. Bell, Jr. USN (retired) and Jennifer Lowery-Bell, J.D.

Donor Da’ Barber Shop Robert Miller, III Mr. Kenji Mitchell, In the Zone Barber Shop Dr. Anthony R. Cooper, Pastor, Miracle Temple Baptist Church, Newport News, VA

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Time Event Special Guest Location 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Check-in Ogden Hall 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Opening Session Keynote: Dr. Luther Williams (Professor Ogden Hall Emeritus, Tuskegee, formerly with NSF and NIH)

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Time Event Special Guest(s) Location 9:00 am – 9:20 am Opening Session/Charge Ms. Freeda Bryan Student Center Theatre for the Day American Cancer Society 9:30 am – 10:30 am How Safe is your Ms. Amber Boehnlein (JLab) Student Center Theatre CyberSpace? Sgt. Mark Kincaid (Hampton Moderator: Dr. Jean PD) Muhammad (Chair, Special Agent James Tally Computer Science, HU) (FBI) 10:45 am – 11:45 am S.T.E.M. + Arts = Dr. Jiashi Hou (Physics, Student Center Theatre S.T.E.A.M. NSU) Moderator: Professor Dr. Justin L. Wilson Lorraine Bell (Asst. (Biological Sciences, HU) Professor, Music, HU) 9:30 am – 11:30 am STEAM Expo/Phantastic Area Elementary School Student Center Ballroom Voyage Students Presiding: Dr. Paul Gueye (Chair, Physics, HU) 11:45 am – 1:30 pm Lunch on Your Own 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Healthy Lifestyles American Cancer Society Student Center Ballroom 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm The S.T.E.M. Void: Dr. Kelly Mack (AACU, Student Center Ballroom Under-representation in Formerly at NSF) S.T.E.M. Fields Dr. Claudia Rankins (NSF) Moderator: Dr. Eric W. Dr. Luther Williams Claville (Asst. Prof, (Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Tuskegee, formerly with Director of HU Pre-Law NSF and NIH) Institute) 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm BREAK 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Check-in – Sch. of Student Center Atrium Science Research Symposium 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Opening Ceremony – Dr. James Hubbard, Jr. Student Center Theatre Sch. of Science Research (Langley Distinguished Symposium Professor, Univ. )

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Moderator: Professor Michael Druitt (Assistant to the Dean, School of Science, HU) 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Speaker Reception and Student Center Ballroom Poster Session

Friday, March 18, 2016

Time Event Special Guest(s) Location 8:30 am Check-in Student Center Atrium 9:00 am – 9:20 am Opening Session/Charge Student Center Theatre for the Day 9:30 am – 11:30 am Stroke Awareness Mr. Willie Leftwich (Willie’s Student Center Student Moderator: Dr. Pollie Way Foundation) Lounge Murphy (Asst. , Dr. Wolfgang Leesch Academic Affairs, HU) (Neurologist, Riverside Hospital) Dr. Dorian Wilkerson (Comm. Sci. & Disorders, HU) Dr. Yolanda Rainey (Physical Therapy, HU) Mr. Marcus Fitch (American Heart Association)

9:30 am – 11:30 am Poster Session High School Students Student Center Ballroom () 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Closing Luncheon Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire Student Center Ballroom Presiding: Dr. Calvin W. (Author, (Ret) Assistant Vice Lowe (Dean, School of & Professor of Science, HU) Chemistry & Director Emerita, Center for Academic Success Louisiana State University

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CONGRATULATIONS TO HAMPTON UNIVERSITY AND THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE ON

THE 38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE BLACK FAMILY

“A stroke is both an end and a beginning. Our mission is to help stroke victims and the people who love them cope with pain, learn new habits, and re-learn basic skills. This is the challenge. Don’t give up!” Willie L. Leftwich

After his stroke, Willie L. Leftwich committed himself to helping others trapped by the damaging effects of strokes. He established Willie’s Way as an umbrella organization for patients, their families, and their physicians to discover and exchange information about stroke treatment resources.

Learn more about what worked for Willie Leftwich and what is working for other stroke survivors. Visit Willie’s Way at www.WilliesWay.org.

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The 38th Annual Conference on the Black Family Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead: Healthy Minds and Bodies: Securing Our Future Opening Session Wednesday, March 16, 2016, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dance Performance Hampton University Terpsichorean Dance Company Push Through Invocation Rev. Debra L. Haggins Chaplain, Hampton University

Welcome & Occasion Dr. Calvin W. Lowe Dean, School of Science Hampton University Greetings Dr. Joan Wickham Assistant Director, Alumni Affairs

Presentation of the 2016 Honored Dr. William R. Harvey Black Family President Judge and Dr. Jenkins Hampton University Dr. Royal-Love Musical Selection Mr. Eric Fells Music Major, Sophomore Hampton University Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dr. William R. Harvey President Hampton University Keynote Address Dr. Luther S. Williams Distinguished Professor of Biology, (Emeritus) Benediction Rev. Debra L. Haggins Chaplain, Hampton University

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Dr. Luther S. Williams – Opening Session Keynote Speaker Distinguished Professor of Biology Tuskegee University Dr. Williams has a distinguished record as a scientist, educator, and administrator. He was Assistant Professor of Biology at Purdue University (1970 to 1973) and Associate Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1973-1974). At Purdue University, he served as Associate Professor of Biology (1974-1979) Assistant Provost (1976-1980), Director of the Minority Center for Graduate Education (1977-80), and Professor of Biology (1979-1980). He was also Professor of Biology and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Washington University 1980 to 1983; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the System-wide Graduate School and Professor of Biology (held tenured professorships at both the Boulder campus and the Health Sciences Center, Denver), the University of Colorado (1983-1984); and President of Atlanta University from 1984 to 1987. Dr. Luther S. Williams retired from Tuskegee University in 2013, having served as Professor of Biology, Director of the Integrative Bioscience PhD Program, Dean of Graduate Studies and Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs (2006-2012), Distinguished Professor of Biology (2009- 2013) and Provost/Executive Vice President (2012-2013). Prior to joining Tuskegee University in 2006, he served as the William T. Kemper Director of Education and Interpretation at the Missouri Botanical Garden (2001-2005). During that tenure, he designed and launched, the program of the Garden Education Compact, a collaborative effort between the Missouri Botanical Garden and participating St. Louis City elementary and middle schools focused on inquiry-centered science and mathematics teacher professional development, laboratory-based instructions, and attendant assessment of student learning outcomes. Before that appointment, he concurrently served as visiting scholar at the Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer, and Senior Vice President for Strategic Planning, Bingwa Software Company (1999-2001). Dr. Williams served as the Assistant Director of Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for nine years (1990-1999). Prior to his appointment as Assistant Director, Dr. Williams served as Senior Science Advisor to the NSF (1989-1990). He has also had the honor of being the Special Assistant to the Director, National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), which is a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), (1987-1988), prior to becoming Deputy Director of NIGMS in 1988. From 2007-2009, he served as a member of the National Advisory Council for the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparity, another NIH branch, and as a member of the NIH Council of Councils, Office of the Director (2009-2012). Prior to, and/or concurrent with, his employment in the federal sector, he accomplished the following: (1) he held two NIH Career Development Awards (one each at Purdue University and MIT); (2) he was awarded continued NIH research grant support for the period of 1969-87; and (3) he held an

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American Cancer Society Research Grant (1969-73). He served as a member of the following: (1) the original NIH Recombinant DNA National Advisory Committee (1979-81); the National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH National Advisory Council (1981-86); the National Biotechnology Policy Board of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services/Public Health Services/NIH (1990-94); and various NIH research grant study sections and review committees [e.g., the Microbiology Training Committee, the Minority Access to Research Career Review Committee, the Microbial Genetics Review Group, the Evaluation Committee, Division of Research Resources (NIH), and the U. S. Government Task Force on Women, Minorities and the Handicapped in Science and Technology, the , (1987-90)]. During tenures as Dean of the Graduate School at Washington University and the University of Colorado, he served as member of the Council of Graduate Schools’ Board and its Committee on the Graduate Record Examination (1981-85). He also chaired the attendant Committee on Minority Graduate Education/the Educational Testing Service (1983-85). He served as a member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee for the U. S. Department of Energy National Laboratories/ University of California (1981-87); the Advisory Board, Office of Technology Assessment, U. S. Congress, (1985-87); chaired, the Advisory Committee, Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Program for Minorities (1985-86); and was a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Scientific and Technical Manpower, National Academy of Science (1981-83), the Advisory Screening Committee in Life Sciences, Fulbright-Hays Fellowships, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, (1978-81), and the Board of Trustees, , (1984-87). He also has the distinction of having served as a member of the National Advisory Committee, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Science and Technology (1986-89), and the Nomination Committee, DANA Foundation Awards in Health and Education (1991-95). As a federal employee, he chaired the White House Biotechnology Science Coordinating Committee, Council on Competitiveness; served as Vice Chair of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology’s Committee on Education and Human Resources of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and served as Vice Chair of the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Science and Technology Council Committee on Education and Training and chair of its Subcommittee on Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education. The author of over 80 publications in professional scientific journals and more than 30 articles and reports addressing science, mathematics, engineering and technology education, and bioethics, Dr. Williams is a member and fellow of a number of scientific society including, the American Society for Microbiology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). These, and numerous other distinctions explain why Dr. Williams was named one of the 50 most important Blacks in science research by Spectrum Magazine in 2005, and was the 2006 recipient of the Catalytic Award for Systemic Change by Quality Education of Minorities, Inc.

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Our Honored Black Family “The Hampton University Connection” Judge Clarence N. Jenkins Jr. and Dr. Pamela J. Royal Dr. Karen Royal-Love

Clarence N. Jenkins, Jr., J.D. is a Circuit Court Judge for the City of Richmond. Previously, Judge Jenkins served as Judge for the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. Judge Jenkins holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Hampton University, and Juris Doctor from the School of Law. Judge Jenkins currently serves as the Chief Judge for the Richmond Circuit Court as well as one of the presiding judges of the Richmond Adult Drug Treatment Court Program. He also has served on several boards both locally and statewide related to criminal justice.

Judge Jenkins also remains involved in various civic organizations as a board member for the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, the Richmond Public Library Foundation, and the MEDARVA Foundation. He has previously served on several other boards pertaining to the arts and education.

Additionally, Judge Jenkins serves as a member of the Trustee Board and is the Superintendent of Sunday School for Garland Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, .

Judge Jenkins resides in the City of Richmond with his wife, Dr. Pamela J. Royal. They are the proud parents of four loving children, Sydney (Hampton graduate), Berkley, McKinley (current Hampton student) and Clarence III.

Pamela J. Royal, M.D. is a board certified dermatologist who has been in private practice for more than twenty-five years. She graduated with highest honors from Hampton University and received the President’s Award for her commitment to academic excellence. She continued her studies at Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed her residency in dermatology at Howard University Hospital, where she received the Daniel Hale Williams Award for outstanding Intern.

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Dr. Royal is actively involved in the community. Currently, she is a member of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and serves on the Boards of Bon Secours Health System, Richmond CenterStage and The Community Foundation of Richmond and Central Virginia. Dr. Royal also serves on the Board of Directors for Dominion Resources, Inc. She is the former Chair of the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg Board of Directors and the Valentine Museum.

Dr. Royal has received several distinguished awards for her commitment to her community. In 2003, she was the recipient of the 20 year alumnae award from Hampton University. She also was the recipient of the 2010 YWCA’s Outstanding Women Award in Volunteerism.

Dr. Royal resides in the City of Richmond with her husband, Judge Clarence N. Jenkins.

Karen Royal-Love, M.D. is a board certified dermatologist who has been in practice for 22 years. She attended Hampton Institute, now Hampton University, graduating in 1984. She was a member in the Biology Club and held the office of President in the Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society. Karen also participated in the Student Leadership Program, was a cheerleader and pledged Sorority, Inc.

Dr. Royal-Love pursued her career in medicine, attending in Nashville, Tennessee. It was there that she met her husband of twenty-three years Dr. Rodrick Noble Love. After receiving her medical degree, they moved to Los Angeles where she did her internship in Internal Medicine and a residency in Dermatology at Martin Luther King-Charles Drew Medical Center. Dr. Royal-Love now lives in Richmond, Virginia where she is President and CEO of Zen Lo Dermatology, Inc. She and her husband have three children; Josef, and identical twins Miles and Mason. She enjoys music and is active in her church choir and assists her husband as he is the Minister of Music.

Dr. Royal-Love is a member of the Alumni Associations for Meharry Medical College and Charles-Drew University. She is involved with Jack and Jill of America, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc and the Richmond Chapter of National Epicureans, Inc (chapter President). She supports The World Pediatric Project, The Valentine Museum and The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

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The 38h Annual Conference on the Black Family Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead: Healthy Minds and Bodies: Securing Our Future Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:00 am – 7:30 pm

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM: REGISTRATION – STUDENT CENTER HALLWAY

Thursday, March 17, 2016 9:00 am – 9:20 Opening Session/Charge for the Ms. Freeda Bryan Student Center am Day American Cancer Society Theatre

9:30 am – 10:30 How Safe is Your Cyber Space? Amber Boehnlein (JLab) Student Center am Moderator: Dr. Jean Muhammad Sgt. Mark Kincaid Theatre (Chair, Computer Science, HU) (Hampton Police Dept.) Special Agent James Tally (FBI) 10:45 am – S.T.E.M. + Arts = S.T.E.A.M. Dr. Jaishi Hou (PhysicsNSU) Student Center 11:45 am Moderator: Professor Lorraine Dr. Justin L. Wilson (Biology, Theatre Bell (Asst. Professor, Music, HU) HU) 9:30 am – 11:30 S.T.E.A.M. Expo/Phantastic Area Elementary Schools Student Center am Voyage Presiding: Dr. Paul Gueye Ballroom (Chair, Physics, HU) 11:45 am – 1:30 Lunch on own pm

1:30 pm – 2:00 Health Lifestyles Discussion American Cancer Society Student Center pm Ballroom

2:00 pm – 4:00 The S.T.E.M. Void: Under- Dr. Kelly Mack (AACU, Student Center pm representation in S.T.E.M. fields Formerly at NSF) Ballroom Moderator: Dr. Eric W. Claville Dr. Claudia Rankin (NSF) (Asst. Prof, Political Science and Dr. Luther Williams, (Professor Director of HU Pre-Law Institute) Emeritus, Tuskegee, formerly with NSF and NIH) 4:00 pm - 5:00 B REAK pm

5:00 pm Check-in - Sch. of Science Student Center Research Symposium Atrium 5:30 pm – 6:30 Opening Ceremony - Sch. of Dr. James Hubbard, Jr. Student Center pm Science Research Symposium Theatre Moderator: Dr. Eric W. Claville (Asst. Prof, Political Science and Director of HU Pre-Law Institute) 6:30 pm – 7:30 Speaker Reception and Poster Student Center pm Session Ballroom

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and a proud sponsor of the session entitled,

“The S.T.E.M. Void: Under-representation in S.T.E.M. Fields”

at the

38th Conference on the Black Family Hampton University

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SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS Thursday, March 17, 2016

How Safe is Your Cyber Space? Amber Boehnlein Ms. Boehnlein is Jefferson Lab’s Chief Information Officer and head of the Information Technology Division. Previously, she headed the SLAC Scientific Computing Applications Division from 2011-2015, focusing on computational physics relevant to light sources and large scale databases for astrophysics. Prior to her time at SLAC, she served a three-year assignment as the Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics program manager for the U.S. Large Hadron Collider Detector Operations program. During that time she also managed three Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing programs in the HEP office. Previously, Boehnlein worked at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as a staff scientist in the Computing Division, ultimately being responsible for the computing and application support for all Fermilab-based experiments. From 1991-2013, Boehnlein was a member of the DØ experimental collaboration at Fermilab, which included serving as the collaboration’s computing and software coordinator from 1999-2006. She has a particular interest in issues concerning the management and use of research data. She serves on national and international advisory boards in areas related to research computing and particle physics.

Sergeant Mark Kincaid Hampton Police Division, Community Relations Unit Sergeant Sergeant Kincaid has served the City of Hampton for 14 years as a Police Officer. Prior to joining the Hampton Police Division in 2002, Sergeant Kincaid served in the United States Army as a combat helicopter pilot and warrant officer for 11 years and a Lieutenant in the fire service for 7 years. Sergeant Kincaid also worked for Lockheed Martin as a Systems Engineer in the Anti-ballistic Missile Research Program at Schriever Airforce base, Colorado. Sergeant Kincaid is currently assigned as the Community Relations Unit supervisor. Prior to taking over the Community Relations Unit, Sergeant Kincaid served the Hampton community as a Property Crimes Detective, a Violent Crimes Detective, Central Police Records Supervisor, Emergency 911 Center Supervisor, Auto-Fatality Investigator, and FEMA Incident Command System instructor and subject matter expert, as well as patrol. Sergeant Kincaid

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holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Military University.

Special Agent James Talley Special Agent Talley is a graduate of . Upon graduating he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Army and was assigned first to the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell Ky. Later military assignments took him to Turkey, Japan, and Washington DC. After leaving the Army, Agent Talley joined the FBI. He has investigated Kidnapping, Fugitives, Bank fraud and well as Cybercrimes. He has 15 years of experience as a Digital Forensic Examiner conducting forensic exams of computers, mobile devices, cameras and networks. He has extensive experience testifying in Federal and State court concerning the results of forensic examinations. He is currently the manager of the Digital Forensics Lab for the Norfolk Division of the FBI. Agent Talley has also taught computer forensic topics throughout Africa as well as Asia. Additionally, he serves as one of the FBI’s National Recruiters.

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S.T.E.M. + Arts = S.T.E.A.M. Dr. Jiashi Hou Dr. Hou is a faculty at the Department of Mathematics of Norfolk State University. Dr. Hou held a B.S. in Mathematics from Shanghai University of Science and Technology, an M.S. in applied mathematics and Ph.D in Applied Mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, . Dr. Hou is interested in biomechanical engineering and other branches in applied mathematics. He has studied and published in mathematics and science related to music. His knowledge in both science and music makes him able to connect with music loving audiences and popular science. Dr. Hou is also an avid violinist. He has performed with various group and church occasions.

Dr. Justin L. Wilson Dr. Justin L. Wilson received his Ph.D. from Howard University College of Medicine in the area of Physiology and Biophysics, where he studied the kidney’s role during chronic hypertension. For his postdoctoral training, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Mark Knepper at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, where he worked on understanding the phosphorylation of phospho-peptides of vasopressin’s signaling and auquaporins of the rat inner medullary collecting ducts cells. Dr. Wilson came to Hampton University in 2014 and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Dr. Wilson continues to explore the renal mechanisms of chronic diseases. Since joining the faculty, Dr. Wilson has aided in the submission of one NSF educational grant, Department of Defense Equipment Grant, and a Department of Defense/United States of America Army Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder grant. He served as a judge for the scientific poster sessions at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in November 2014. In addition, Dr. Wilson was selected to serve as a judge for Newport News, VA scientific competition in January 2015. Dr. Wilson served as a guest lecturer for a seminar entitled “Get Linkedin, So You Can Get In . . .,” which was presented in February 2015. Dr. Wilson, just recently spoke at School of Medicine as a panelist for a special biomedical seminar. He served on the planning committee of the inaugural Stroke Awareness Day, where he represented the School of Science in establishing pre-health screening for the participants.

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In addition, Dr. Wilson studied piano and percussion since he was a young child. So, naturally, as a scientist he infuses the love of music and science when he teaches at Hampton University. Lastly, Dr. Wilson was appointed to the “Hampton Roads Dream High” of Newport News, VA as a voting delegate and board member. He serves as an integral member in helping to reshape and provide opportunities for individuals in the Hampton Roads area. As an active board member, he seeks funding opportunities in order to plan programs for the youth, young adults, and elderly.

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Healthy Lifestyles

What the ACS is Doing to Save Lives The American Cancer Society (ACS) saves lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back. Click on the links below to learn more about how, together with our supporters, we’re creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

We help people stay well. We help people take steps to prevent cancer or detect it at its earliest, most treatable stage. Learn how we do this through prevention and early detection educational efforts that are helping people to stop smoking, get the right screening tests, and live healthy lifestyles.

We help people get well. The American Cancer Society is here every minute of every day and night to offer free information, programs, services, and community referrals to patients, survivors, and caregivers through every step of a cancer experience – so they can focus on getting well. Learn more about our community programs and services and our Cancer Information Services, including our National Cancer Information Center available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at 1-800-227-2345 and through this Web site.

We find cures. The American Cancer Society funds groundbreaking research that helps us understand cancer’s causes, determine how best to prevent it, and discover new ways to cure it. Learn about our research program that includes extramural grants, behavioral research, intramural epidemiology, and surveillance research.

We fight back. We work with lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and rally communities worldwide to join the fight. Learn more about how we promote beneficial policies, laws, and regulations for patients and families affected by cancer through our advocacy and public policy work – and how you can get involved.

We’re also saving lives from cancer around the globe. Learn more about how we work with individuals and organizations around the world to fight cancer on a global scale.

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The STEM Void: Under-representation in S.T.E.M. Fields Dr. Kelly Mack Vice President and Executive Director, Project Kaleidoscope, Office of Undergraduate Science Education (PKAL/STEM), AAC&U. Dr. Kelly Mack is the Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope, a non- profit organization focusing on undergraduate STEM education reform, at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Prior to joining AAC&U, Dr. Mack was the Senior Program Director for the National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Program while on loan from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) where, as a Professor of Biology, she taught courses in Physiology and Endocrinology for 17 years. During her tenure at NSF, Dr. Mack managed an annual budget of approximately $17 million, facilitated the inclusion of issues targeting women of color into the national discourse on gender equity in the STEM disciplines and significantly increased the participation of predominantly undergraduate institutions, community colleges and minority serving institutions in the ADVANCE portfolio. At UMES, Dr. Mack served in many capacities including Biology Program Director where she was responsible for providing leadership and strategic vision for the intellectual, educational, and professional development of biology majors and for the coordination of faculty in providing quality instruction, research, and development activities. She also served as Principal Investigator, Director or Co-Director for externally funded projects that totaled over $12 million dollars, including the UMES ADVANCE Program, which focused on issues related to African American women faculty in the STEM disciplines and led to the initiation of several institution-wide practices to promote the professional development of all faculty. Dr. Mack earned the BS degree in Biology from UMES and, later, the PhD degree from Howard University in Physiology. She has had extensive training and experience in the area of cancer research with her research efforts focusing primarily on the use of novel antitumor agents in breast tumor cells. Most recently, her research focus has involved the use of bioflavonoids in the regulation of estrogen receptor positive (ER+) and estrogen receptor negative (ER-) breast tumor cell proliferation. Dr. Mack has served as a member of the Board of Governors for the National Council on Undergraduate Research and is a current member of the National Institutes of Health Review Subcommittee for Training, Workforce Development and Diversity. She also recently completed a brief stint as Executive Secretary for the NSF Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, which is the Congressionally mandated advisory body that focuses on efforts to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in the STEM disciplines.

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Dr. Claudia Rankins Claudia Rankins is a Program Officer in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources at the National Science Foundation, where she manages the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program and the Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology. Prior to this post, Dr. Rankins served at Hampton University for 22 years in a number of capacities, including endowed university professor, chair of the department of physics, assistant dean for research, and dean of the School of Science. Her formal education includes military training, certification as translator and interpreter for German, French and English, a B.S. in Mathematics from Christopher Newport University, an M.S. in Statistics from , an M.S. in Physics, and a Ph.D. in Physics both from Hampton University. Since 1998, Dr. Rankins secured over $10 million in external grants that supported pre-college activities as well as and research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Her research in theoretical particle physics focused on the development of a model to describe distribution amplitudes and form factors of pseudoscalar mesons. Dr. Rankins is the co-founder of the Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc.

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Opening Ceremony – School of Science Research Symposium Dr. James Hubbard – Keynote Speaker Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland Dr. James E. Hubbard, Jr. is currently the Langley Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland and resident at the National Institute of Aerospace. He has an engineering career that is distinguished by more than four decades of scholarship and innovation. He began his career in 1971 as an engineering officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine serving in Vietnam. At the age of 19 qualified for and received an Unlimited Horsepower, steam, and diesel engine Marine Engineering operator’s license from the U.S. Coast Guard and was one the youngest to get such an honor. He was also one of only a handful of African American Marine Engineers in the entire U.S. Merchant fleet. He also holds a B.S., M.S. and Phd. from the at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and during his time there he distinguished himself by receiving the Goodwin Medal for “Conspicuously Effective Teaching” and The Steward Award for Outstanding Community Service. His scholarship was also recognized as a Scott Foundation Fellow and a Vertical Flight Foundation Fellow. He was invited to join the faculty there as an Assistant Professor and received one of only 5 awarded nationwide IBM Young Faculty Development awards. While a faculty member at MIT he developed the first Adaptive Structure and was granted 2 patents as such. That year he published a seminal paper in the AIAA Journal of Guidance and Control entitled, "Distributed Piezoelectric Polymer Active Vibration Control of a Cantilever Beam". The work exploited the spatially distributed nature of an active piezoelectric film as actuator and used a continuum model of the beam which required no modal truncation for effective vibration control. The result was a time optimal controller that was effective over the entire modal spectrum! In the first text on the subject, Adaptive Structures Dynamics and Control, Robert Clark of cited this work as the first adaptive structure. His work in this area has received more than 2500 citations representing an average 100 citations a year for 25 years. He is internationally known and respected as a founding father of the field of Adaptive Structures and his original experiment has become an icon of the field and can be found in laboratories, classrooms and corporations around the globe. His early work was the SPIE Milestone Series 167 entitled `Selected Papers on Smart Structures for Spacecraft.' As stated by the editors of this book, the papers contained in the series 'were a compilation of those known and considered major steps toward the application of smart structures for space.' In addition to the inclusion of both early publications of Hubbard’s work, his papers received some 15 citations from other contributing authors who published in the Series. Another notable contribution came at the 12th International Congress on Acoustics when Dr. Hubbard presented an invited paper 30 entitled, “Modeling of an Active Constrained Layer Damper” which was the first paper published defining this novel concept. Since then Active Constrained Layer Damping has evolved into a field in and of itself. He has cofounded 3 companies and holds more than 2 dozen patents in the field of Adaptive Structures. His company’s product line has been recognized with the award of The Smart Structure Product Innovation Award in 1999 from The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) in a national competition. He has won the Charles Stark Draper Engineering Vice Presidents Annual Award for Best Technical Patent. While serving there as Chief of Advanced Sensors. For 8 years Dr. Hubbard also served as a member of the National Academy of Engineering’s Air Force Studies Board, Dr. Hubbard served his country as a technical expert consultant to three 4-Star Air Force Generals focusing on technical problems in the Air Force systems Command, Space Command and Material Command. In a similar manner he served 6 years as a member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee as a technical expert to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Research. He has received the “Key to the City” of his hometown of Danville, Virginia for lifetime achievement. He is currently a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has written several books in the field and more authored than 100 technical publications in his chosen field. He has also been recognized by his African American peers as the 2002 receipt of the Black Engineer of the Year “President’s Award”. His professional affiliations include, Senior Lifetime Member and Fellow of the AIAA, a Senior Member of the SPIE, an active member and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2016 Member of the National Academy of Engineers.

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The 38h Annual Conference on the Black Family Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead: Healthy Minds and Bodies: Securing Our Future Friday, March 18, 2016 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM: REGISTRATION – STUDENT CENTER HALLWAY

Friday, March 18, 2016 8:30 am Check-in Student Center Atrium

9:00 am – 9:20 am Opening Session/Charge Student Center Theatre for the Day 9:30 am – 11:30 Stroke Awareness Mr. Marcus Fitch (American Student Center Lounge am Moderator: Dr. Pollie Heart Association) Murphy (Asst. Provost, Dr. Dorian Lee-Wilkerson Academic Affairs, HU) (Comm. Sci. Disorders, HU) Dr. Wolfgang Leesch (Neurologist, Riverside Hospital) Mr. Willie Leftwich (Willie’s Way Foundation) Dr. Yolanda Rainey (Physical Therapy, HU) 9:30 am – 11:30 Poster Session High School Students Student Center Ballroom am (Hampton Roads)

11:45 am – 2:00 Closing luncheon Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire Student Center Ballroom pm Presiding: Dr. Calvin W. (Author, (Ret) Assistant Vice Lowe (Dean, School of Chancellor & Professor of Science, HU) Chemistry & Director Emerita, Center for Academic Success Louisiana State University

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SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS Friday, March 18, 2016

Stroke Awareness

About the American Heart Association

The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. Founded by six cardiologists in 1924, our organization now includes more than 22.5 million volunteers and supporters. We fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide critical tools and information to save and improve lives. Our nationwide organization includes 156 local offices and more than 3,000 employees. We moved our national headquarters from New York to Dallas in 1975 to be more centrally located. The American Stroke Association was created as a division in 1997 to bring together the organization’s stroke-related activities.

What We Do: To improve the lives of all Americans, we provide public health education in a variety of ways. We’re the nation’s leader in CPR education training. We help people understand the importance of healthy lifestyle choices. We provide science-based treatment guidelines to healthcare professionals to help them provide quality care to their patients. We educate lawmakers, policymakers and the public as we advocate for changes to protect and improve the health of our communities.

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Dr. Dorian Lee Wilkerson Dorian Lee-Wilkerson is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Hampton University, Hampton, VA. Her research interests include diversity issues and her most recent research project, funded by Hampton University’s Minority Men’s Health Initiative, examines health disparities among African American male stroke survivors. Dr. Lee-Wilkerson is also a co- principal investigator on a grant from Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (DOE-OSEP) to train 24 minority speech- language pathologists to serve children attending high poverty schools. She teaches courses on anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism, phonetics, language disorders and family intervention. She has authored or co-authored 10 publications and has presented at state and national conventions. She is an ASHA Fellow, a recipient of the Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Higher Education from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and an ASHA S.T.E.P. Mentor. She is a certified speech-language pathologist and received her doctoral degree from Howard University, her master’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her undergraduate degree from Hampton Institute.

Dr. Wolfgang Leesch Dr. Leesch is a graduate of the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (the Hannover Medical School in Germany) and completed his residency at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Leesch completed a fellowship in vascular and critical care neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (). He also completed a fellowship in endovascular surgery at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center (Columbia University) in New York. He is double board-certified in neurology and vascular neurology. Dr. Leesch specializes in interventional neuroradiology, endovascular neurosurgery, neurointerventional surgery and vascular neurology. He holds a particular interest in minimally invasive image-guided surgical techniques and treats stroke, TIA, aneurysms, vascular malformations of the brain, spine and other complex neurovascular conditions.

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Willie L. Leftwich, Esq. Former engineer and lawyer, Willie L. Leftwich was born on June 28, 1937, in Washington, D.C., to Maude Leftwich, a government employee, and Willie L. Leftwich, a railroad worker. He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Howard University and his J.D. and LL.D. from George Washington University. Early in his career, Mr. Leftwich used his skills as an engineer in several high-profile government aerospace projects. From 1960 to 1963, Mr. Leftwich worked as a research aeronautical instrumentation engineer for NASA, helping to design a gantry- timing device for the Blue Scout Rocket and helping develop missile trajectory systems. He worked from 1963 to 1968 with the Naval Air Systems Command as a research electro-optical engineer, developing air-to-surface sensors for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. After 1968, Mr. Leftwich began his legal career. He started as a patent attorney for the Federal Aviation Administration before spending a year as vice president and general counsel for Technical Media Systems. While working as a professor at both the University of the District of Columbia and George Washington University School of Law, Mr. Leftwich became a founding partner in Hudson Leftwich & Davenport, a commercial law firm that represented corporations in litigation for construction, real estate, employment discrimination and public utility cases. In 1985, Mr. Leftwich became counsel and founding partner of Leftwich & Douglas, where he engaged in general commercial practice. Following his retirement from practice law in December 1996, he became a private investor. Today, Mr. Leftwich makes and sells pottery and he helps provide education and outreach to fellow stroke survivors and their families through his “Willie’s Way” Foundation. Mr. Willie Leftwich is a life member of the NAACP and the American Bar Association. He has served as director of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, the D.C. Redevelopment Land Agency and the Neighborhood Legal Services Program.

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Dr. Yolanda Rainey

Dr. Yolanda Rainey is an Associate Professor in Physical Therapy at Hampton University. She also serves as Interim Program Chair in the Department of Physical Therapy.

Dr. Rainey joined the faculty at Hampton University in the Department of Physical Therapy in July 2009. She has more than 40 years of experience as a licensed Physical Therapist including direct patient care, rehabilitation management, and 20 years in physical therapy education. Her clinical expertise focuses on Aging/Geriatrics and Geriatric Rehabilitation. She is a Certified Expert in Exercise for Aging Adults (CEEAA). Dr. Rainey has previously served as an on-site evaluator for CAPTE accreditation. Her scholarly interests center on Aging in minority elderly, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Adult education, and Distance education. Dr. Rainey has served as co-investigator on clinical research projects concerning Exercise and Breast Cancer Reduction. She was also successful in securing NIH grant funds for a study on Balance, Gait and Falls in African-American Elderly with Hypertension.

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The 38th Annual Conference on the Black Family Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead: Healthy Minds and Bodies: Securing Our Future Closing Luncheon Friday, March 18, 2016, 11:45 am – 2:00 pm

Invocation Rev. Debra L. Haggins Chaplain, Hampton University

Welcome & Occasion Dr. Calvin W. Lowe Dean, School of Science Hampton University

Musical Selection Ms. Promise Paulding Junior, Music Major

Introduction of the Dr. Michelle Claville Keynote Speaker Assistant Dean, School of Science Hampton University

Keynote Address Dr. Sandra Yancy McGuire Assistant Vice-Chancellor Professor of Chemistry, Director Emeriti Louisiana State University

Closing Remarks Dr. Calvin W. Lowe

Benediction Rev. Debra L. Haggins Chaplain, Hampton University

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Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire – Closing Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire is the Director Emerita of the Center for Academic Success and retired Assistant Vice Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry at Louisiana State University. Prior to joining LSU, she spent eleven years at Cornell University, where she received the coveted Clark Distinguished Teaching Award. She has delivered keynote addresses or presented her widely acclaimed workshops at over 200 institutions in 41 states and six countries. Her latest book, Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation, was released in October 2015.

She has received numerous awards for her work, the most recent of which is the 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Lifetime Mentor Award. In 2014 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) and she is an elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society and the AAAS. In November 2007 the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) was presented to her in a White House Oval Office Ceremony.

Dr. McGuire received her B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from , her Master’s degree from Cornell University and her Ph.D. from the . Saundra is married to Dr. Stephen C. McGuire, a professor of physics at Southern University, and they are the parents of Dr. Carla McGuire Davis and Dr. Stephanie McGuire.

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Conference Planning Committee

CALVIN LOWE, School Dean and Committee Chair MICHELLE CLAVILLE (Chemistry), Committee Co-Chair MICHAEL DRUITT (Biological Sciences), Committee Co-Chair

ABIODUN ADIBI (Biological Sciences); CECILE ANDRAOS- SELIM(Biological Sciences); RENEE BAGGOTT (Mathematics); MERLE BYRD (Mathematics); WILLIE DARBY (Chemistry); ELAINE DIETZ (Computer Science); DONETTA FAISON (School of Science); DEIDRE GIBSON (Marine and Environmental Sciences); PAUL GUEYE (Physics); MONIQUE HOWARD (Physics); ANDRIJ HORODYSKY (Marine and Environmental Sciences); DORIAN LEE-WILKERSON (Communicative Sciences & Disorders); BRANDON PARKER (NanoHU); AUREA RODRIGUEZ-SANTIAGO (Marine and Environmental Sciences); YOLANDA RAINEY (Physical Therapy); ANGELA ROULHAC (Computer Science); KUNIO SAYANAGI (Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences); HATTIE SESSION (School of Science); SHEILA TAYLOR (Special Projects); MICHELLE WADDELL (Chemistry); IRA WALKER (Mathematics); MATTHEW WHITE (University Relations); SHARI WILEY (Mathematics); JUSTIN WILSON (Biological Sciences); SUSAN ZEHRA (Computer Science)

COMPLIMENTS AND APPRECIATION TO THE

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Acknowledgements

Hampton University and the School of Science’s Black Family Conference Committee extend our sincere gratitude and thanks to the following organization, departments, and persons for their contribution to the 38th Annual Conference on the Black Family.

Conference Moderators

How Safe is your CyberSpace? Dr. Jean Muhammad (Chair, Computer Science, HU

S.T.E.M. + Arts = S.T.E.A.M. Professor Lorraine Bell (Assistant. Professor, Music, HU)

STEAM Expo/PHantastic Voyage Dr. Paul Gueye (Chair, Physics, HU)

The S.T.E.M. Void: Under-representation in S.T.E.M. Fields Dr. Eric W. Claville (Assistant Professor, Political Science & Director of HU Pre-Law Institute, HU)

School of Science Research Symposium, Opening Ceremony Professor Michael Druitt (Assistant to the Dean, School of Science, HU)

Stroke Awareness Dr. Pollie Murphy (Assistant Provost, Academic Affairs, HU)

Additional Assistance

Dr. Arthur Affleck, Associate Vice President for Development & Director of the Campaign Mrs. Carolina Butler, Assistant, Office of the Assistant Provost for Research & Grantsmanship Dr. Charita Danley, Executive Assistant to the President Ms Dora Drewey, Sales Director, Payroll Officer and Assistant Office Manager, Gourmet Services, Inc. Ms. Sharon Fitzgerald, Director, Alumni Affairs Chief David E. Glover, Hampton University Police Department Dr. Zina McGee, Professor, Sociology Mrs. Denise Nichols, Asst. V. P. for Business Affairs, and Comptroller Dr. Michelle Penn-Marshall, Assistant Provost for Research and Grantsmanship Dean, Graduate College Ms. Davida Plummer, Assistant Vice President for Marketing/Interim Dean of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communication Mrs. Doretha Spells, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer Staff, Office of Alumni Affairs Staff, Business Office Staff, Gourmet Services Staff, Media Productions Staff, Office Services Staff, University Police Staff, University Relations Staff, Hampton University Museum

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