Our Fellows

Public Response to Authoritarian Regimes in the Middle East

Mentor: Hiroki Takeuchi (Political Science)

Turning Pages: Examining the Influence of International Aid on Educational Migration from South Sudan to Kenya

Mentor: Jill Kelly (History)

Egg Drop Soup

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

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

X Marks the Spot
Mentor: Devon Smith (Film)

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

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

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

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

Egg Drop Soup

Mentor: Sean Griffin (Film & Media Arts) 

The Effect of Academic Lesson Structure on Learning Outcomes for High School Students

Mentor: Sarah Kucker (Psychology)

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

Mentor: Kara Sutton (Sociology)

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

Mentor: Simon Mak (Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship)

Domestic Water Filtration in Tanzania

Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

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

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

Reversing Chemotherapy Resistance in Aggressive Forms of Cancer

Mentor: Pia Vogel (Biological Sciences)

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

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

Mentor: Quan Xie (Advertising)

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

Mentor: Peter Kupfer (Musicology)

A bigger picture of early childhood media exposure: Examining the association between media content and temperament in young children across diverse SES and family structure
Mentor: Sarah Kucker (Psychology)

what remains
Mentor: Ian Grieve (Art)

Urban Growth and Its Impact on Surface Temperatures: A Case Study of Dallas
Mentor: Xiao Yang (Earth Sciences)

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

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

Neoliberalism and Healthcare: Disabled in America

Mentor: Nia Parson (Anthropology)

Mantra and Co.

Mentor: Anupama Shekar, Center on Research and Evaluation

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

Mentor: Simon Mak (Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship)

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)

Paths to Parenthood: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Narratives from Quy Nhon, Vietnam

Mentor: Elizabeth Berk (Sociology)

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

Mentor:  Johannes Tausch, Mathematics

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

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

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

Mentor: Brandon Miller (History)