People

Undergraduate Fellows

  • Saanvi Agarwal

    English, Legal Studies & Business Ethics, Statistics

    CAS, Wharton, 2026

    Project: Inventing Truth After Empire: Form, Fragmentation, and Identity in the Works of Anita and Kiran Desai

    Saanvi Agarwal is a senior from Fremont, California, pursuing a dual degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences and Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the... (more)

  • Max Brody

    English, Native and Indigenous Studies (NAIS)

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Crazed, Psychotic, and…Desperate?: Prototypes of “The Sick Woman Theory” in 20th Century Theory and Literature

    Max Brody is a fourth-year from Bethany, Oklahoma, majoring in English with a concentration in Literary Theory and Cultural Studies, and minoring in chemistry and Native and Indigenous Studies. Identifying as a first... (more)

  • Kara Butler

    Communication and Anthropology; History

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Play Fighting: The Role of Childhood in Wartime Propaganda

    Kara Butler is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences double majoring in Communication & Anthropology. A Philadelphia native, she is particularly interested in the intersection of wartime propaganda and... (more)

  • Sergio Emilio Carballido Murcio

    Executive Board, Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum
    Religious Studies, Mathematical Economics

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Accessing Truth Through Mind: A Comparative Study of Ratnakīrti’s Epistemology and Nāgārjuna’s Mādhyamaka

    Sergio Emilio Carballido is a final-year student passionate about the intersection of the humanities and social sciences, particularly where religion and economics meet, and how people find meaning through things,... (more)

  • Cristina Diaz

    History and Linguistics

    CAS, 2026

    Project: The Etymological Method in Alphonsine Chronicle

    Cristina Diaz is a senior majoring in History and Linguistics, with minors in Art History and Global Medieval Studies. She is primarily interested in historical linguistics and written culture, particularly with... (more)

  • Thalia Graeff

    History of Art

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Rediscovering Histories and Reframing Ideas in Contemporary Artist Books by Women

    Thalia Graeff is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences from New Hope, Pennsylvania. She is majoring in Art History and minoring in Cognitive Science, Fine Arts, and French. Her interests within art history... (more)

  • Noa Rubinstein

    History, International Relations

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Truth on Trial: Understanding Post-Conflict Truth & Reconciliation Commissions 

    Noa is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences studying International Relations and History. Her research interests range from migration and ethnic conflict to censorship and political philosophy. Her project... (more)

  • Eric Ryu

    Health and Societies, History, and Classics

    CAS, 2026

    Project: James Wilson: The Influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on Early American Legal Education

    Eric Ryu is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences triple majoring in History, Health and Societies, and Classics. His primary research interests lie in exploring the intellectual tradition of the American... (more)

  • Ella Sohn

    English

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Branching Voices: Recomposing the Legal Person in Richard Powers' Gain and The Overstory

    Ella is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences from Portland, Oregon. She is studying English with minors in Legal Studies & History and French & Francophone Studies. Her research interests include... (more)

  • Izzy Welsh

    Executive Board, Wolf Undergraduate Humanities Forum
    English, Cinema & Media Studies

    CAS, 2026

    Project: Kaleidoscopic Memory – Orientation through Disorientation in Nabokov’s Speak, Memory and Patti Smith’s M Train

    Izzy Welsh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences from Los Angeles, California, majoring in English and Cinema and Media Studies with a minor in Modern Middle Eastern Studies. Her academic interests center... (more)

  • Ryan Wolff

    History

    CAS, 2026

    Project: U.S. Intervention in the Exceptional 70s: Shifting U.S.-Latin American Relations during the Late Cold War

    Ryan is a senior in the College from New York City. He is majoring in History and minoring in Hispanic Studies. His research interests consist of American foreign policy, especially mid-to-late 20th-century U.S.-... (more)

  • Arwen Zhang

    Finance, International Studies

    CAS, Wharton, 2028

    Project: Tracking the Truth: The Reality Behind Medieval Travel Narratives

    Arwen is a sophomore in the Huntsman Program studying Finance and International Studies at Wharton and the College. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio and has a strong interest in international business law and community... (more)