Fondren Fellows 2026-2027
Annamika Konkola
Project: Preserving Plants Past: Digitally Uncovering Rice’s Hidden Herbarium
Bio: Coming Soon.
Mentors: Cassidy Johnson, Jerrell Jones, Jordan Traylor
Carlos Mascorro
Project: Red Book of Houston
Bio: Coming Soon.
Mentors: Fay Yarbrough, Norie Guthrie
Chenni Wang
Project: AI-Enhanced Teaching of Text Analysis with Python: Connecting Library Instruction to Industry Documents Archives
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentor:Eileen Han
Elizabeth Perry
Project: Exploring Documents, Institutions, and Texts
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentor: Amy Huseby
Leah Packer
Project: SlaveVoyages.org
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentor:Daniel Domingues
Leo Cunningham
Project: Demystifying Generative AI: Facilitating artificial intelligence literacy through video microtutorials
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentors: Ian Mellor-Crummey, Hannah Edlund, Dana Santoscoy
Leah Harvey
Project: Exploring Documents, Institutions, and Texts
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentor: Amy Huseby
Madeleine Yuan
Project: SlaveVoyages.org
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentor:Daniel Domingues
Magnolia Hickey-Zamora
Project: Red Book of Houston
Bio: Coming soon.
Mentors:Fay Yarbrough, Norie Guthrie
Mason Istre
Project: The White House Scientists Archive
Mentors:Kenny Evan, Kirstin Matthews
Michelle Lee
Project: The White House Scientists Archive
Mentors:Kenny Evans, Kirstin Matthews
Ruiyang "Katie" Cui
Project: The White House Scientists Archive
Mentors:Kenny Evans, Kirstin Matthews
Rusham Goyal
Project: Readers’ Marks: tracing the past in Fondren’s rare book collections
Mentors:Rebecca Russell, Aysha Pollnitz, Philip Mogen
Saebyeok Keum
Project: Directories to geoData: Developing a Sanborn-Based Address Locator for Historical GIS
Mentors:Matt Drwenski, Sean Smith
Vani Gonzalez
Project: Implementing a Decision-making Framework for Using AI in Teaching
Mentor:Barber
Yilian Jiang
Project: Readers’ Marks: tracing the past in Fondren’s rare book collections
Mentors:Rebecca Russell, Aysha Pollnitz, Philip Mogen
Yining Hong
Project: Directories to geoData: Developing a Sanborn-Based Address Locator for Historical GIS
Mentors:Matt Drwenski, Sean Smith
Zara Farook
Project: The Ethics Evolution: Assessing and Advancing Research Integrity Training
Mentors:Mickey Stevenson, Daniel Kirienko
Jace Liu
Project: Demystifying Generative AI: Facilitating artificial intelligence literacy through video microtutorials
Mentors:Ian Mellor-Crummey, Hannah Edlund, Dana Santoscoy
AJ Partridge
Project: Readers’ Marks: tracing the past in Fondren’s rare book collections
Mentors:Rebecca Russell, Aysha Pollnitz, Philip Mogen