Each academic year, DCII sponsors up to six Undergraduate Robert Mayer Undergraduate Research Fellows.
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These students have a double major or a major and minor(s), and at least one of these majors/minors must be in Dedman College.
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With two faculty mentors, each Mayer Fellow conducts a substantial research project that combines and integrates the perspectives of his/her major(s)/minor(s).
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Mayer Fellows have access to funds to use for research travel or for other expenses related to the development and completion of their research project.
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Each Mayer Fellow is required to produce a substantial research paper and to present his/her findings in a public forum to which all fellows, faculty mentors and other members of the SMU community are invited.
Current Fellows
Allison Kim
Mentors: David Doyle, History and Honors Program and Maria Melgarejo, Spanish
"Overcoming Barriers: Communicating Through Translators on Mission Trips and how Language, Culture, and Religion are Bound"
Mentors: Jonathan Bitting, Finance and Stephen Robertson, Statistical Sciences
“Short Interest's Effect on Return Distribution"
Mentors: Monnie McGee, Statistical Science and Barnaby Fitzgerald, Art
"The Perfect Painting: A Study of What Make Visual Artwork Likeable or Not"