People
Undergraduate Fellows
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Dhivya Arasappan
Health & Societies, Biology
CAS, 2024
Project: A Climate-Health Revolution: Examining Novel Framings of Climate Change as a Health Crisis
Dhivya Arasappan is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences from Berwyn, Pennsylvania. She is studying Health & Societies and Biology with a minor in Creative Writing. Dhivya comes from a multidisciplinary... (more)
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Victoria Avanesov
Comparative Literature, Philosophy
CAS, 2026
Project: Victory Over the Sun: Reimagining Russian Suprematist Works Through Hermeneutics
Victoria Avanesov is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences from Erie, Pennsylvania. She is pursuing a degree in Comparative Literature, Philosophy. Victoria's primary academic interest lies in the realm... (more)
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Sergio Emilio Carballido Murcio
Religious Studies, Mathematical Economics
CAS, 2026
Project: La Santa Muerte: A Revolution to Mexico’s Popular Religiosity and its National Identity
Sergio is a Religious Studies and Mathematical Economics major passionate about understanding society, cultures, and how people find meaning in things, ideals or beings. One of his dearest quotes is from Hopscotch by... (more)
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Jiayi Li
Intellectual History, Economics
CAS, 2025
Project: Translating the Marxist Teleology into Rural China: The Conceptualization of the ‘Feudal Relation of Land’ and the Agrarian Revolution under the United Front, 1924-1927
Jiayi Li is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Originally from Beijing, he went to high school in Tennessee before coming to Penn. Currently, he is majoring in Intellectual History and Economics with a... (more)
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Olivia McClary
History
CAS, 2023 (Fellowship Fall 2023 only)
Project: "A Bootleg Trade": Comstockery, Entrepreneurship, and Criminality Comsumption in New York's Contraceptive Industry, 1865–1900
Liv McClary is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Pursuing a degree in History and Religious Studies, she is the Editor-in-Chief of the Penn History Review, a member of HUAB (History Undergraduate Advisory... (more)
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Jean Paik
English
CAS, 2024
Project: Embodied Resistance: Collectivizing the Body in the Literatures of Korean Women Factory Workers
Jean Paik is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences from Valencia, California. She is studying English with a concentration in 18th and 19th century literature. Her research interests include the... (more)
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Liam Phillips
Comparative Literature, Russian and East European Studies
CAS, 2024
Project: Form and Figure in the Russian Avant-Garde: From Mikhail Kuzmin's Stroinost' to Filmic Montage
Liam is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences pursuing a degree in Comparative Literature and Russian and East European Studies. He is from Philadelphia. Liam is interested in 19th century and early 20th... (more)
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Tova Tachau
Biochemistry, Comparative Literature, Russian and East European Studies
CAS, 2025
Project: The Futurist Dynamism of Dimensionality: Embryos of Artistic Possibility in Malevich and Khlebnikov
Tova is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying Biochemistry and Comparative Literature. Her research interests encompass total organic synthesis and drug discovery alongside the Russian Avant-Garde,... (more)
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Hertha Torre Gallego
Executive Board, Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum
Health and Societies, Hispanic StudiesCAS, 2024
Project: A Partial Revolution: Engaging with Realities of Abortion Reform in Argentina
Hertha is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences double majoring in Hispanic Studies and Health and Societies, with concentrations in Global Health and Public Health. Originally from Madrid, Spain, her research... (more)
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Zhangyang (Charlie) Xie
Executive Board, Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum
Africana Studies; Science, Technology, and SocietyCAS, 2024
Project: Grappling Culture: How the Black Panther Party Addressed Colonial and Urban Anxieties through Martial Arts
Zhangyang is a senior majoring in Africana Studies and Science, Technology, and Society. A student of diverse academic interests, his past research focused on religion, history of science, and race. His recent... (more)
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Alex Yim
English
CAS, 2025
Project: Kubo Walks: Character, Global Modernism, and the Literary World-System
Alex Yim (he/him) is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences from Orlando majoring in English. His primary research rests in postcolonialism, the theory of the novel, and the practice of literary criticism. Some... (more)
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Yijian (Davie) Zhou
Philosophy, Psychology
CAS, 2024
Project: The Genealogy of Colonial Racism in the Works of Frantz Fanon
Davie Zhou is a senior in College of Arts and Sciences from Philadelphia. He is majoring in Philosophy. He is interested in philosophy of race, philosophy of art, and history of philosophy. He is especially... (more)