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.

Mahalakshmi  Kommuri
Barrett Honors Fellow 2026

Edie Gobel
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025

Summer Goodman
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025

Meghana Kaluva Sale
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Megha Pillai
Barrett Honors Fellow 2022-2023

Cole Nichols
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2021-2022

Megan Oreilly
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2019-2020

Whitney Tuoti
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2019-2020

Alexis Darby
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2018-2019

Carrie Keller
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2018-2019

Victoria Hernandez
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2016-2017

Lakshmee Malladi
Barrett Honors Fellow, 2016-2017

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.

Avery Roland
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Annnarose Fisler
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Muhammed Ubaid
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Neha Kanjamala
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Madysen Eckes
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Riona Nanzeeba
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Rahul Rajesh
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026

Tyler May
Barrett Honors Fellow 2025-2026