This inaugural issue of the Huston-Tillotson University Research Journal reveals a broad spectrum of studies by HT students and their faculty advisers and epitomizes a goal of the University which is to encourage student learning through inquiry and discovery. Therefore, the Research Day Committee and the student presenters/writers are commended for bringing this publication to fruition and setting a high standard of scholarship which future writers must emulate. Joseph Jones, Jr. Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences