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
![Wearing studio headphones, Nikki is seated behind a microphone and audio console.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/nikki-keating.jpg?itok=V68MwgSh)
How Does Being Black Shape Your Relationship with Being a Nerd?
- Nikki Keating ’25
![Nevaan stands next to his research poster, which contains detailed text and charts (not legible).](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/nevaan-bawa.jpg?itok=ZPcMEu08)
![Lily gives a presentation.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/lily_baeza.jpg?itok=JhB3-gH6)
![A page from Kayla's notebook is filled with handwritten notes.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/kayla_kim_notes.jpg?itok=6O9ziLn2)
The History and Politics of Short-track Speed Skating
- Kayla Kim ’25
![Jess at a computer.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/jess-friedman.jpg?itok=6JKuMqPj)
Do Law Schools Teach Ideological Bias?
- Jessica Friedman ’25
Untold Story: Black Women as Listeners
- Inayah Raheem ’25
![A sleepy orange cat rests on some papers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/dan-ha-le.jpg?itok=wIDlsz7C)
![Chudi stands behind several steel drums.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/chudi-martin-jr.jpg?itok=NcFoeOjY)
The Standing History of Afro-Diasporic Traditions in Trinidad & Tobago
- Chudi Martin, Jr. ’24
![Cecil in front of a wall of Keith Haring tee shirts and a neon sign that says Pop Shop.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/cecil-pulley.jpg?itok=rLqUOa4U)
![Anna works at 2 computers.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/anna-pastore-research.jpg?itok=JncZn8EN)