Louisiana Academy of Sciences 2009 Meeting
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond - Friday, February 27, 2009

Session I
Student Union 229

Social Sciences I
Presiding: Dr. Alma Thornton

8:30-8:45 Borne, Meghan, SUBR
The effect of cultural misorientation on skin tone and physical characteristic preferences among African American college students
8:45-9:00 King, Kellie T., SUBR
The effects of an author?s gender and race on the likeability of a poem
9:00-9:15 Felicia Bennett, SUBR
Overweight and obesity among children in the United States
9:15-9:30
Johnson, Melanie, SUBR; Sullivan, J., LSU
Race is on my mind: explaining Black voter?s political attraction to Barack Obama
9:30-9:45
Jones, Q.K. SUBR
The relationship among household structure, parental involvement, and early sexual behavior in African American adolescents

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