Current Fondren Fellows

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Fondren Fellows 2025-26

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Amy Xing

Project: Open Data, Open Knowledge: Rice University Python-Based Solutions for Enhancing Access and Literacy in AI Era

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Xinjie Lan, Anna Xiong, Lorenzo Luzi

 
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Addie Witter

Project: The Red Book of houston

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Norie Guthrie, Fay Yarbrough

 
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Alexa Seaton

Project: Computing Cultural Heritage: Processing Physical and Born-digital Data in the White House Scientists Archive

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Kenneth Evans, Kirstin Matthews

 

Amanda Nedham

Project: Expanding Access to Images in the Archives of the Impossible Letters

Mentor: Amanda Focke, Jeff Kripal, Karin Austin

 
Catherine Cook

Catherine Cook

Project: Building the "Creosote Contamination in Houston's Fifth Ward" Collection

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Carrie Masiello, Lisa Spiro

 
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Caroline Searls

Project: Readers’ Marks: tracing the past in Fondren’s Rare Book Collections

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Rebecca Russell, Philip Mogen, Aysha Pollnitz 

 
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Chi Pham

Project: 65 Years of SEL: A Research Archive Project

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Kelly McKisson, Amy Huseby

 
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Cindy Yan 

Project: Building a History of Industrial Accidents and Disasters in Houston

Bio:  Coming Soon!

Mentor: Weston Twardowski, Sean Smith

 
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Clara Luce

Project: Analysis of Medical Humanities Research Resources, Strategies and Tools at Fondren Library

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Melissa Bailar

 
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Daniel Jachero

Project: Open Data, Open Knowledge: Rice University Python-Based Solutions for Enhancing Access and Literacy in AI Era

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Xinjie Lan, Anna Xiong, Lorenzo Luzi

 
   
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Felicity Phelan

Project: Teaching Qualitative Data Analysis Research Tools

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Sean Smith

 
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Gracie Miller

Project: Readers’ Marks: tracing the past in Fondren’s Rare Book Collections

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Rebecca Russell, Philip Mogen, Aysha Pollnitz 

 
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Huzaifa Hasan

Project: Building a History of Industrial Accidents and Disasters in Houston

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Brian Riedel

 
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Jenna Perrone

Project: 65 Years of SEL: A Research Archive Project

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Kelly McKisson, Amy Huseby

 
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Jeslyn Cho

Project: Computing Cultural Heritage: Processing Physical and Born-digital Data in the White House Scientists Archive

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Kenneth Evans, Kirstin Matthews

 
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Jesse Muñiz

Project: The Red Book of houston

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Norie Guthrie, Fay Yarbrough

 

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Jun Bae

Project: Open Data, Open Knowledge: Rice University Python-Based Solutions for Enhancing Access and Literacy in AI Era

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Xinjie Lan, Anna Xiong, Lorenzo Luzi

 
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Karis Lai

Project: Investigating Chinese American Aging Through the Decades 

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Sidney Lu

 

 
   
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Rifah Elahi

Project: Building a History of Industrial Accidents and Disasters in Houston

Bio:  Coming Soon!

Mentor: Weston Twardowski, Sean Smith

 
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Ryan Ellis

Project: Readers’ Marks: tracing the past in Fondren’s Rare Book Collections

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Rebecca Russell, Philip Mogen, Aysha Pollnitz 

 
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Shay Olaifa

Project: Building the "Creosote Contamination in Houston's Fifth Ward" Collection

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Carrie Masiello, Lisa Spiro

 
   
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Stella Shrinsky-de Armas

Project: Comic Art Teaching and Study 

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Christopher Sperandio

 
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Vani Gonzalez

Project: Developing a Framework for Enhancing Teaching with AI

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Catherine Barber

 
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Vicki Richards

Project: Building a History of Industrial Accidents and Disasters in Houston

Bio: Coming Soon!

Mentor: Brian Riedel

 
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Will Howley

Project: Building a History of Industrial Accidents and Disasters in Houston

Bio:  Coming Soon!

Mentor: Weston Twardowski, Sean Smith