Recent ELF Alumni
Class of '24
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Caden Arras '24
The Director's Chair
Mentor: Jake Batsell, Journalism
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Wolffe Bonewell
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)
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Kaytlyn Bunting '24
Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)
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Ella Dabney
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)
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Jenna Davis
Mentor: Christopher Ham (Theater)
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Kristen Edwards '24
Assessing the feasibility of three sustainable roofing materials for use in rural Tanzania
Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Paige Edwards '24
Reimagining Paradise: Kanaka Driven Tours
Mentors: Brad Klein, Human Rights, and Rebecca Flores, Film
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Ellie Hood
Mentor: Debra Branch (Sociology)
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Sarah Kachelhofer
Egg Drop Soup
Mentor: Rebecca Flores (Film & Media Arts)
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Arlo Kadane '24
Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Isis Kazadi
Mentor: Kara Sutton (Sociology)
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Lily Kyriakides-Crowe
“Strategies for Coping with Peer Stress as Predictors of Emerging Adults’ Interpersonal Problems”
Mentor: Chrystyna Kouros (Psychology)
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Morgan Martinez ‘24
Unite America: Vote Third Party PSA
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)
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Connor McAlpin
“Associations between Family Stress and Adolescents’ Risk for Depression”
Mentor: Dr. Chrystyna Kouros (Psychology)
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Mason Morland
SteadyLife: Mobile Device Enabled Quantitative Hand Tremor Measurement Software
Mentor: Bruce Snider
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Theo Morris
SMU Guildhall Capstone Recording Sessions: Year Two
Mentor: Rob Frank, Music
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Kevin Nguyen ‘24
The Synthesis of HEMI and Biodegradable Polymers
Mentor: David Son, Chemistry
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Sadikshya Sitaula '24
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Anna Su
Mentor: Richard Duschl (Engineering Education)
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Apurva Veeraswamy '24
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)
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Yvonne Yang '24
Speculo (film)
Mentor: Rebecca Flores (Film)
Class of '23
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Azeez Abdul '23
Mentor: Gianna Englert (Political Science)
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Charlie Andrews '23
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)
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Anna Butcher '23
Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)
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Mace Cowart '23
Mentor: Kara-Lynn Vaeni (Theatre)
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Raleigh Dewan '23
Mentor: Bruce Snider (Engineering Entrepreneurship)
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Tyne Dickson '22
Mentor: Kara-Lynn Vaeni (Theatre)
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Sipho Dongozi '23
Mentor: Jill Kelly (History)
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Aiden Egbuchunam '23
Mentor: Holly Bowen (Psychology)
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Aidan Foley '23
Mentor: Matthew Keller (Psychology)
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Piper Hadley '23
Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)
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Sophie Heidenreich '23
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)
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Lior Kremer '23
Synthesis and modification of Maleimides to control properties of degradable adhesive networks
Mentor: David Son (Chemistry)
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Shannon Lee '23
Mentor: Linda Evans (ESL)
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Ayden Machajewski ‘23
SMU Guildhall Capstone Recording Sessions
Mentor: Rob Frank (Music)
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Sayumi Mahawanniarachchi '23
Mentor: Austin Baldwin (Psychology)
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Tate Reeves '23
Mentor: Alex Lippert (Chemistry)
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Alexandra Savu '23
Mentor: Sean Griffin (Film)
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Raiya Shah '23
Children's Literature as a Health Education Tool
Mentor: Alicia Schortgen (Sociology)
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Lexie Shamir '23
The Dinner
Mentor: Troy Perkins (Film)
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Nicholas Simpson '23
Indigenous Community Radio as Survival Strategy, Puyo, Ecuador.
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)
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Caroline Soja '23
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)
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Dylan Tietje-McKinney '23
Mentor: Anindita Das (Chemistry)
Class of '22
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Bethany Bass '22
Mentor: Brad Klein (Human Rights)
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Elizabeth Bell '22
Mentor: Michael Chmielewski (Psychology)
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Audrey Courreges '21
Mentor: Chrystyna Kouros (Psychology)
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Zack Demaree '22
Mentor: Jake Batsell (Journalism)
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Ruth Demissie '21
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)
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Taylor Enslin '22
Mentor: Cullum Clark (Economics/Bush Institute)
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Ru Ferguson '22
Mentor: Mark Burrell (Dance)
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Gabrielle Gard '22
Mentor: Pia Vogel (Biological Sciences)
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Ethan Gueck '22
Mentor: David Sedman (Film)
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Leia Hannum '22
Mentor: David Doyle (History)
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Champion Johnson '22
Mentors: Jake Batsell (Journalism)
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Abena Marfo '22
Mentor: Andrea Laurent-Simpson (Sociology)
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Robert Mirr '21
Mentor: Amber Bemak (Film)
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Lisa Phan '21
Mentor: Steven Vik (Biological Sciences)
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Shayzal Siddiqui '22
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)
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Alex Smith '22
Mentor: Scott Davis (Applied Physiology and Wellness)
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Chancellor Smith '22
Mentor: Alex Lippert (Chemistry)
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Bri Tollie '22
Mentor: Brad Klein (Human Rights)
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Izzah Zaheer '22
Mentor: Tony Pederson (Journalism)