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
![In a neuroscience lab, a mannequin head wears a cap with many circular things attached.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/ankit_barana.jpg?itok=OrpsqAmt)
![Angelina giving a presentation. A slide shows photos of 3 women.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/angelina-martinez.jpg?itok=sqbbR7q_)
Chicanas Who Paved Our Path: The Fight for Integration in Northside, Houston
- Angelina Martinez ’25
![Amélie points to a slide during a presentation.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/amelie_fournier_horiz.jpg?itok=oitA8H0M)
Redefining the Priorities and Goals of Economic Development in Tanzania
- Amélie Fournier ’25
![Tanaka at the computer.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/tanaka-ndove.jpg?itok=m80GBqtd)
Tackling the Opioid Crisis with Machine Learning Models
- Tanaka Ndove ’26
![A stack of books including Subalternity and Difference, The Colonizer and the Colonized, and Postcolonial Studies.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/aliyah-lee.jpeg?itok=bdKoFe_l)
Literature as a Basis for Imagining and Building a Future for Black Trans People
- Aliyah Aesun-Allan Lee ’25