Undergraduate Research
Featured Student Research Projects
At Oberlin, all research is undergraduate research.
Our students take a central role in research, often co-publishing their findings with a professor. And our faculty mentors consider working one-on-one with students to be one of the most rewarding parts of the job.
Read on to learn about the kinds of projects you could propose — and lead — as an Oberlin student in any field of study.
2023-24 Featured Projects
![Sophia works at a wide computer monitor.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/sophia-krikawa.jpg?itok=Z-omZ-9e)
Ketamine’s Role in Time Perception – Sophia
- Sophia Krikawa ’25
![Walker plays an organ.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/walker-whitehouse.jpg?itok=qKTzKQs4)
Dead Master’s Apprentice: Ways of Knowing in Classical Music
- Walker Whitehouse ’26
![Two Black women, one older and one younger, work together tending to plants in a garden.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/vera-grace-menafee.jpg?itok=mvQcRR9h)
Reclaiming the Visionary Power of Black Women Farmers in Northeast Ohio
- Kai V. Menafee ’24
![Tsitsi works in a lab.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/tsitsi-zana.jpg?itok=DMx5rL6S)
Investigating Neuronal Cell Death in a Huntington’s Cell Model
- Tsitsi Zana ’24
![A study carrel with stacks of books.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/skye-jalal.jpg?itok=zxELIFy4)
![A stack of old reference books. Several have the title Juilliard School Catalogs with years ranging from the 1940s to 1980.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/sarah-ma.jpg?itok=C0UNrToT)
![Sarah peers into a microscope.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/sarah-mcdonald.jpg?itok=ikDo-r8H)
Ketamine’s Role in Time Perception – Sarah
- Sarah McDonald ’25
![Salma works at a table on her laptop.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/salma.jpg?itok=GGC1hLoU)
![Otávio works on some electronic components.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/otavio_paz_nascimento.jpg?itok=zXD6Buvk)
Designing Materials for Flexible Robots
- Otávio Paz Nascimento ’26
![Oscar and 2 lab mates.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/oscar-arnold-kwakye-lab.jpg?itok=jgwGe4uH)
Musical Experience, Autistic Traits, and Multisensory Encoding
- Oscar Arnold ’24