Our Fellows

Meet our current fellows! 

See "Recent Alumni" for more. ELF Project Archive contains a list of projects from 2011-2020

Current Engaged Learning Fellows

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Suniti Bhikshesvaran

Egg Drop Soup

Mentor: Michelle Glasby-Millington (Film & Media Arts)

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Abigail Brittle

SHOW PONY: SMU Zine Project. 
Mentor: Willie Baronet (Advertising)
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Syra Castillo

The New Grand Tour: AR/VR and Virtual Explorations of Italian Language and Culture. 
Mentor: Aria Cabot (World Languages)
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Tyler Chapman

Fight the New Drug [PSA campaign]. 
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)

Adeenah Choksi

South Asian Spotlight
Mentor: Adam Neal (Engaged Learning)

Gabriella Doan

Characterization of Miniature pH Sensors on Polypropylene Substrate Using a Voltage Reset Method

Mentor: Jung-Chih Chiao (Electrical and Computer Engineering) 

Juan Davalos

Egg Drop Soup

Mentor: Sean Griffin (Film & Media Arts) 

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Brianna Freshwater

In the Schools but Not the Classrooms: Advanced Placement Test-Taking in Schools Serving Predominately Students of Color

Mentor: Kara Sutton (Sociology)

Laurens Gijsbertson

"Simplifying Blockchain for Novice Investors: Introducing a Beginner-Friendly Analytics Platform"

Mentor: Simon Mak (Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship)

Palmer Hurd

Domestic Water Filtration in Tanzania

Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Alison Kellom

Reversing Chemotherapy Resistance in Aggressive Forms of Cancer

Mentor: Pia Vogel (Biological Sciences)

Princess Igwe-Icho

“Gendered Rhetoric and F-3 Family Sponsorship: Unveiling Narratives, Influencing Policies”

Mentor: Dr. Zoe Carney (Corporate Communication & Public Affairs)

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Sarah Khoja

AAPI Students and the College Experience. 
Mentor: LaiYee Leong (Political Science)

Shivani Kosuri

When AI Recommends What to Buy: How AI Identity Disclosure Affects Consumer Self-Control in Online Purchases

Mentor: Quan Xie (Advertising)

Rachel Mannon

A Voice for the Wilderness: Exploring Connections Between Ecoacoustics and Conservation Psychology in a Nature Documentary

Mentor: Peter Kupfer (Musicology)
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Andrea Reyes

Star Formation and Feedback in Active Galaxies
Mentor: Krista Lynne Smith (Physics)
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Anika Saiprabhu

Prisoner of the Strings: the Dystopia of Book Bans and Censorship in Schools [music composition]
Mentor: Lane Harder (Music)

Alexis Schroeder

Neoliberalism and Healthcare: Disabled in America

Mentor: Nia Parson (Anthropology)

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Nrithi Subramanian

Mantra and Co.

Mentor: Anupama Shekar, Center on Research and Evaluation

Ephraim Sun

“Simplifying Blockchain for Novice Investors: Introducing a Beginner-Friendly Analytics Platform”

Mentor: Simon Mak (Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship)
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Tricia Tsang

A Comparative Analysis of Social Determinants in Health and the Efforts Done to Mitigate Them in South Africa and the United States

Mentor: Brad Klein (Human Rights)

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Eric Vu

Machine Learning for optimizing numerical integration for electromagnetic (EM) applications

Mentor:  Johannes Tausch, Mathematics

Ross Yenerich

"What's so Special about the Special Olympics?"

Mentors: Mark Allen (Advertising) & Ryan Blitzer (Film & Media Arts)

Anna Kelley Zielke

Anna Kelley Zielke

House Divided: A Young Adult Book Investigating America's Political Polarization

Mentor: Brandon Miller (History)