The Barrett College Fellows Program is a collaboration between The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Barrett, the Honors College. Barrett College Fellows is an exciting opportunity for honors students to conduct scholarly work under the mentorship of ASU faculty. Barrett students who wish to engage in research or community outreach may apply for an unpaid, for credit, semester-long or year-long fellowship. Students will earn three honors credits for their participation.

The Embryo Project involves carrying out research and learning to write for a general audience, producing a cluster of articles that are reviewed and (if accepted) published in the Embryo Project Encylopedia. Research participation begins with the Embryo Project Writing Seminar, which is a structured class as a writers workshop that meets Wednesdays 3:15-5:30. We can accept up to 10 students for the course total, including graduate students and undergraduates, and we typically have 1-3 as Barrett College Fellows in fall and spring.

Barrett Honors Fellows 2027

Sayuri Hewage
Emma Kathol
Tanmayi Nemani
Meghana-Kaluva Sale

Barrett Honors Fellows 2026

Mahalakshmi  Kommuri
Meghana Kaluva Sale

Barrett Honors Fellows 2025

Edie Gobel
Summer Goodman
Meghana Kaluva Sale

Barrett Honors Fellow 2023

Megha Pillai

Barrett Honors Fellows 2022

Cole Nichols
Megha Pillai

Barrett Honors Fellow 2021

Cole Nichols

Barrett Honors Fellows 2020

Megan Oreilly
Whitney Tuoti

Barrett Honors Fellow 2019

Megan Oreilly
Whitney Tuoti
Alexis Darby
Carrie Keller

Barrett Honors Fellows 2018

Alexis Darby
Carrie Keller

Barrett Honors Fellows 2017

Victoria Hernandez
Lakshmee Malladi
 
Barrett Honors Fellows 2016

Victoria Hernandez
Lakshmee Malladi 

This project studies viruses detected in North American rodents to advance understanding of reservoir hosts and improve risk modeling for zoonotic disease spread. We are completing the first comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of studies publishing virus detection results and experimental or statistical studies of factors that influence disease spread. Students with an interest in biology (no prior skills required) can join an ongoing team that extracts and analyzes virus detection studies. Students with some prior computational or statistics background can join a team working on data visualization and analytics. Both tracks can accommodate as many students as are interested and have the relevant background. We have had many prior honors fellows go on to do successful thesis projects based on the data they extract, and we encourage students to develop publishable journal articles from their work.

Barrett Honors Fellows 2025-2026
Avery Roland
Annnarose Fisler
Muhammed Ubaid
Neha Kanjamala
Madysen Eckes
Riona Nanzeeba
Rahul Rajesh
Tyler May