Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellows (MURFs)

The Mortara Undergraduate Research Fellowship is a four-year research apprenticeship program. Five to six first-year School of Foreign Service (SFS) undergraduate students are selected in the spring semester and paired with a faculty mentor to gain hands on experience as a research assistant working on advanced research methods and projects. By supporting faculty research initiatives, fellows gain the necessary skills to carry-out their own independent research in their junior and senior years.

Learn more about the program here.

Class of 2026 Fellows

Isabel Ching

BSFS ’26

Yihan Deng

BSFS ’26

Ula Ekmecic

BSFS ’26

Zeena Imam

BSFS ’26

Class of 2027 Fellows

Ashton Basak

BSFS ’27

Ophelia Bentley

BSFS ’27

Solene DeGaynor

BSFS ’27

Mohamed Meshal

BSFS ’27

Class of 2028 Fellows

Sofia Calabretta

BSFS’28

Carma Ghorab

BSFS’28

Anish Shrestha

BSFS’28