Fellows Research Spotlight: Meet Kellogg Visiting Fellows (Session II)
Please join the Kellogg Institute in our annual tradition – this year in a new format! – that introduces research of our new Visiting Fellows in an informative and inviting atmosphere. Learn firsthand why Kellogg has invested in the work of these fellows from brief research overview presentations then delve deeper during a Q&A session, moderated by Kellogg Director Aníbal Pérez-Liñán. A light lunch will be available in this second session of a two-part series.
Session 2
Nermin Allam, Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University-Newark
Nusrat Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College
Kelly McMann, Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University
Sr. Damien Marie Savino, Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist and Dean of Science and Sustainability at Aquinas College

Nermin Allam
This profile was current as of 2025, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Nermin Allam is associate professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark. Her research focuses on gender politics and social movements in the Middle East and North Africa...
Nusrat Chowdhury
This profile was current as of 2024, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Political anthropologist Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury is associate professor of anthropology at Amherst College. Her research and writing focus on the affective and aesthetic dimensions of postcolonial democracies, especially in the context of popular sovereignty and political communication...
Kelly McMann
This profile was current as of 2025, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Kelly M. McMann is the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor and a Professor of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University. She is also the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project Manager for Subnational Government...





