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

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Cai Aberle

    Cai Aberle

    Perceptual differences between parents and their adult children towards marginalization and familial relationships in South Africa and the United States

    Mentor: Brad Klein (ÎçÒ¹AV)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Ryland Adzich

    Ryland Adzich

    Peruna Policy: Comprehensive Platform for SMU Students Interested in Policy, Government, and Politics. 
    Mentor: Dayna Oscherwitz (World Languages)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Callum Morrow

    Callum Morrow

    When the Azaleas Bloomed

    Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Daresalam Ayalew

    Daresalam Ayalew

    Mapping Inequality: The Persistence of Apartheid Spatial Structures in Post-Apartheid South Africa

    Mentor: Brad Klein (ÎçÒ¹AV)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Joy Mwenda

    Joy Hope Mwenda

    Bleeding in Silence: Period Poverty and Educational Inequality Among Adolescent Girls in Kenya

    Mentor: Elizabeth Berk (Anthropology)

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    Bernadette Cruz

    Advertising Campaign for Howdy Homemade Ice Cream
    Mentor: Mark Allen (Temerlin Advertising Institute)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Jazmin Darjean

    Jazmin Darjean

    Reflections and Realities: The Cross-Border Experience of Mexican and Mexican American Communities. 
    Mentor: Leticia McDoniel (World Languages)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Brian Dashner

    Brian Dashner

    When the Azaleas Bloomed

    Mentor: Jennifer Prediger (Film)

  • Headshot of Engaged Learning Fellow Owen Davis

    Owen Davis

    The New Grand Tour: AR/VR and Virtual Explorations of Italian Language and Culture. 
    Mentor: Aria Cabot (World Languages)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Cameron Flores

    Cameron Flores

    Recursive Light: Exposure Systems in Analog Photography

    Mentor: Frederico Câmara (Art)

  • Trinity Gabreylski

    The Therapy and Medicalization of Native-Hispanic Healing Practices
    Mentor:Jill DeTemple (Religious Studies)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Courtney Godfrey

    Courtney Godfrey

    Something has shifted: who, when, where: Exploring Nigerian American identity as a first timer in Nigeria.

    Mentor: Jennifer Thompson (Theatre)


  • Sophia Graham

    Chinese Food and the People who Make Them
    Mentor:Melissa Chessher (Journalism)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Angel Granados

    Angel Granados

    Living Between Hope and Uncertainty: An Ethnographic Exploration of Health Literacy, Risk, and Engagement in Organ Transplantation Among Latinos in Texas. 
    Mentor: Elizabeth Berk (Anthropology)
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    Ford Hummel

    Instrument development for measuring magnetic field effects on magnet sensitive proteins
    Mentor:Dr. Brian Zolwtowski (Chemistry)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Palmer Hurd

    Palmer Hurd

    Domestic Water Filtration in Tanzania

    Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Tosin Ilesanmi

    Tosin Ilesanmi

    Child Marriage in Africa: Examining the Legal, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Realities Through the Power of Storytelling.

    Mentor: Kacy Hollenback (Anthropology) and Rick Halperin (ÎçÒ¹AV)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Faith Lungu

    Faith Lungu

    Reproductive Justice and Representation: Media's Influence on Black Women's Reproductive Decision-Making

    Mentor: Elizabeth Berk (Anthropology)

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    Bailey Kamau

    Where Do We Go from Here: A Comparative Analysis between South African and U.S. Gen-Z Perspectives on Christianity and Black Liberation. 
    Mentor: Brad Klein (ÎçÒ¹AV)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Simran Mehta

    Simran Mehta

    From Former Asylums to Student Support Spaces: Mental Health History and Access in Tuscany

    Mentor: Aria Cabot (World Languages & Literatures)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Camille Nguyen

    Camille Nguyen

    Heart to Heart 

    Mentor: Elizabeth Berk (Anthropology)

  • Headshot of Engaged Learning Fellow Amelia Nugent

    Amelia Nugent

    Tech Meets Tradition: Data Science for Small Tuscan Businesses. 
    Mentor: Aria Cabot (World Languages)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Nadine Nyamari

    Nadine Nyamari

    Sustainable Roof Tiles for a Rural Community in Tanzania 

    Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil & Environmental Engineering)

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    Kristian Perez

    Piloting a low-cost, low-technology but high-accuracy weather station for northwestern Tanzania, and working with local students to develop a climate data collection process. 
    Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
  • Zariyah Perry

    The Little Girl In The White Dress
    Mentor:Mark Kerins (Film and Media Arts)
  • Headshot of Engaged Learning Fellow Alexandra Reyes

    Alexandra Reyes

    A Survey of Signals and Noise at High-Frequency Infrasound Arrays in Nevada and South Korea. 
    Mentor: Stephen Arrowsmith (Earth Sciences)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Jude Rios-Molina

    Jude Rios-Molina

    Art, Anatomy, and the Human Body: How Italian Visual Traditions Shape Medical Understanding

    Mentor: Aria Cabot (World Languages & Literatures)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Yasmina Said

    Yasmina Said

    Mechanistic Investigation of Hâ‚‚S-Mediated Reduction of Copper-Bound Nitrite via Reactive Sulfur–Nitrogen Intermediate

    Mentor: Pokhraj Ghosh (Chemistry)

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    Adyn Schachtel

    Investigating Ancestral Puebloan Lifeways: A Field Study at Crow Canyon. 
    Mentor: Michael Adler (Anthropology)
  • Headshot of EL Fellow Cricket Tatone

    Cricket Tatone

    Evaluating Climate-Impacted Erosion and Sustainability of Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks (CSEB) in Rural Tanzania.  

    Mentor: Andrew Quicksall (Civil & Environmental Engineering)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow Jake Willeford

    Jake Willeford

    When the Azaleas Bloomed

    Mentor: Mark Kerins (Film)

  • Headshot of EL Fellow William Zhao

    William Zhao

    Autonomous Drug Discovery Agent: AI-Driven Molecular Docking with Adaptive Reasoning

    Mentor: Peng Tao (Chemistry)

  • Headshot of Engaged Learning Fellow Rachel Zuercher

    Rachel Zuercher

    Developing a sustainable and accessible water filtration system in northwestern Tanzania. 
    Mentor: Jessie Zarazaga (Civil & Environmental Engineering)