Recent ELF Alumni

Meet Engaged Learning Fellowship Alumni

See Archive page for a list of projects form 2011-2021.

Class of '24

Caden Arras '24

The Director's Chair

Mentor: Jake Batsell, Journalism

Wolffe Bonewell

Texting and Driving PSA for Project Yellow Light
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)

Kaytlyn Bunting '24

I Want a Body of my Own [Film].
Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)

Ella Dabney

Voice Disorders and Care
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)

Jenna Davis

Fabric
Mentor: Christopher Ham (Theater)

Kristen Edwards '24

Assessing the feasibility of three sustainable roofing materials for use in rural Tanzania

Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Paige Edwards '24

Reimagining Paradise: Kanaka Driven Tours

Mentors: Brad Klein, Human Rights, and Rebecca Flores, Film

Ellie Hood

Factors Affecting Romantic Partner Preferences
Mentor: Debra Branch (Sociology)

Sarah Kachelhofer

Egg Drop Soup

Mentor: Rebecca Flores (Film & Media Arts)

Arlo Kadane '24

Mapping Informal Mining in Colombia
Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Isis Kazadi

Am I My Brother's Keeper: A Rational Dissection into the Family Unit’s Political Response to Incarceration
Mentor: Kara Sutton (Sociology)

Lily Kyriakides-Crowe

“Strategies for Coping with Peer Stress as Predictors of Emerging Adults’ Interpersonal Problems”

Mentor: Chrystyna Kouros (Psychology)

Morgan Martinez ‘24

Unite America: Vote Third Party PSA

Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)

Connor McAlpin

“Associations between Family Stress and Adolescents’ Risk for Depression”

Mentor: Dr. Chrystyna Kouros (Psychology)

Mason Morland

SteadyLife: Mobile Device Enabled Quantitative Hand Tremor Measurement Software

Mentor: Bruce Snider

Theo Morris

SMU Guildhall Capstone Recording Sessions: Year Two

Mentor: Rob Frank, Music

Kevin Nguyen ‘24

The Synthesis of HEMI and Biodegradable Polymers

Mentor: David Son, Chemistry

Sadikshya Sitaula '24

Children's Mental Health Awareness in Nepal

Anna Su

Early Interventions in STEM Education: Examining Spectrums of Youth Interest in Engineering
Mentor: Richard Duschl (Engineering Education)

Apurva Veeraswamy '24

Urgency in Chronic Disease Experience: An exploration of temporality and preventative care among Agape Clinic's diabetic patients
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)

Yvonne Yang '24

Speculo (film)

Mentor: Rebecca Flores (Film)

Class of '23

Azeez Abdul '23

Analyzing the Trend of Disabled Americans’ Access to Quality Healthcare as a Result of Various Political Legislation and its Impacts in the 2010-2019 Decade.
Mentor: Gianna Englert (Political Science)

Charlie Andrews '23

Prevention Against Texting While Driving
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)

Anna Butcher '23

I Want a Body of my Own [Film].
Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)

Mace Cowart '23

The Gaga/Theatre Project.
Mentor: Kara-Lynn Vaeni (Theatre)

Raleigh Dewan '23

SteadiSpoon
Mentor: Bruce Snider (Engineering Entrepreneurship)

Tyne Dickson '22

Equity Ahead
Mentor: Kara-Lynn Vaeni (Theatre)

Sipho Dongozi '23

An ethnographic study of the effects of Zimbabwean and colonial patriarchal patterns on women’s rights.
Mentor: Jill Kelly (History)

Aiden Egbuchunam '23

English-native racial minority and ESL/EFL experiences of code-switching at Southern Methodist University
Mentor: Holly Bowen (Psychology)

Aidan Foley '23

The Perception and Definition of Homeless Identity and its Effects on Homeless Pet Owners
Mentor: Matthew Keller (Psychology)

Piper Hadley '23

I Want a Body of my Own [Film].
Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)

Sophie Heidenreich '23

Texting and Driving PSA for Project Yellow Light
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)

Lior Kremer '23

Synthesis and modification of Maleimides to control properties of degradable adhesive networks

Mentor: David Son (Chemistry)

Shannon Lee '23

Excelling at English: A Podcast Featuring Tips and Success Stories from Non-Native Speakers of English
Mentor: Linda Evans (ESL)

Ayden Machajewski ‘23

SMU Guildhall Capstone Recording Sessions

Mentor: Rob Frank (Music)

Sayumi Mahawanniarachchi '23

Addictive Health Risk Behaviors of Undergraduate Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Mentor: Austin Baldwin (Psychology)

Tate Reeves '23

Volumentric 3D Printing via Visible Light.
Mentor: Alex Lippert (Chemistry)

Alexandra Savu '23

Love in the Evening Thesis Films
Mentor: Sean Griffin (Film)

Raiya Shah '23

Children's Literature as a Health Education Tool

Mentor: Alicia Schortgen (Sociology)

Lexie Shamir '23

The Dinner

Mentor: Troy Perkins (Film)

Nicholas Simpson '23

Indigenous Community Radio as Survival Strategy, Puyo, Ecuador.
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)

Caroline Soja '23

Prevention Against Texting While Driving
Mentor: Mark Allen (Advertising)

Dylan Tietje-McKinney '23

Copper Nanoclusters to Selectively Kill Cancer Cells
Mentor: Anindita Das (Chemistry)

Class of '22

Bethany Bass '22

Swipe Out Hunger SMU
Mentor: Brad Klein (Human Rights)

Elizabeth Bell '22

Associations between HiTOP Dimensions and Perseveration
Mentor: Michael Chmielewski (Psychology)

Audrey Courreges '21

Associations between School Format and Emotional Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
Mentor: Chrystyna Kouros (Psychology)

Zack Demaree '22

Foundations: The Roads to Success.
Mentor: Jake Batsell (Journalism)

Ruth Demissie '21

Ethnographic Study on Diabetes Management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)

Taylor Enslin '22

Eds and Meds: Anchor Institutions, Public Policy, and Economic Development in American Cities
Mentor: Cullum Clark (Economics/Bush Institute)

Ru Ferguson '22

id(entities) [dance/film]
Mentor: Mark Burrell (Dance)

Gabrielle Gard '22

Evaluating Potential Inhibitors for Breast Cancer Resistant Cells and Proteins.
Mentor: Pia Vogel (Biological Sciences)

Ethan Gueck '22

Boppie [Film]
Mentor: David Sedman (Film)

Leia Hannum '22

SMU Pride - History/Research Team
Mentor: David Doyle (History)

Champion Johnson '22

Banneky, An Educational Platform for Cognitively Diverse Students
Mentors: Jake Batsell (Journalism)

Abena Marfo '22

Race, Pregnancy, and the Perception of Mental Health
Mentor: Andrea Laurent-Simpson (Sociology)

Robert Mirr '21

#Black@SMU (Film).
Mentor: Amber Bemak (Film)

Lisa Phan '21

Modeling of mitochondrial Complex 1 mutations in E. coli
Mentor: Steven Vik (Biological Sciences)

Shayzal Siddiqui '22

An Evaluation of Midwifery Practice in Rural Attock, Pakistan.
Mentor: Carolyn Smith-Morris (Anthropology)

Alex Smith '22

Altered Thermal Pain Thresholds in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Mentor: Scott Davis (Applied Physiology and Wellness)

Chancellor Smith '22

Chemiluminescence Probe for Real-Time Drug Tracking and Real-Time Monitoring of Drug Release
Mentor: Alex Lippert (Chemistry)

Bri Tollie '22

SMU Pride Project: Intersectionality Team
Mentor: Brad Klein (Human Rights)

Izzah Zaheer '22

Evolution of Local Journalism: Changing the Tide
Mentor: Tony Pederson (Journalism)