Tyler Fellows

  • Enlivening Indigenous Voices in an Indonesian National Park: Recentering Forest Conservation Priorities through Oral Histories

    By Gabrielle Kics Growing up in Illinois, my early understanding of land use and environmental impact was shaped by countless rows of commercialized corn and soybean fields. Now, as a Global Environmental Science student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, my perspective has expanded beyond solely Midwestern fields. Learning about environmental issues stretching from…

  • Can Japanese Rice Cultivation Techniques Translate to Texas?

    By Jacob Kosman Hello, I am Jacob Kosman and I am a student at Austin Community College in Austin Texas. My primary field of study is Agricultural Science with the intention of moving forward with Agricultural Leadership at Texas A&M. My specialty is agronomy (study of crop production) and horticulture (study of garden cultivation), but…

  • The Art of Unscripted Film 

    By Aiden Leslie, Florida State University While working on Lane Splitting, I have been developing a wide range of research and professional skills that are already pushing me beyond my previous experiences. I am learning how to construct a compelling narrative that balances the personal stories of the Motoboys with the larger political and economic…

  • Reinterpreting Heritage in a Networked World: Exploring the Geometric Soul of Islamic Architecture

    By Zizhou Lyu Hello! My name is Zizhou Lyu, and I’m a fifth-year architecture student at Syracuse University. This summer, with the support of the Tyler Fellowship, my teammate Beining Xue and I—also a fifth-year architecture student—will embark on a research journey from Syracuse to Spain and Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to explore the geometric soul of…

  • Some Rest for the Restless: Examining T-cell Exhaustion and Obesity 

    By Shannon Huang  Hi! I’m Shannon, and I’m a second year at UC San Diego studying bioengineering with a focus in biotechnology. I’m really interested in T-cell biology, and specifically how we can use their biology to make immunotherapies more effective. This summer, I’ll be going to the Obenauf Lab at the Vienna Biocenter in…

  • Photography Project in the Dominican Republic

    By Sean Eaves, SUNY Oneonta Hello! My name is Sean, and I am from Upstate New York! I am currently attending SUNY Oneonta studying a Bachelors in Fine Art with a concentration in Photography! Currently in my free time I spend a lot of it taking photos, go figure right? Usually if I have the…