Fellows Research Spotlight: Meet Kellogg Visiting Fellows and PhD Candidates

Please join the Kellogg Institute in our annual tradition that introduces research of our new Visiting Fellows and selected PhD candidates in an informative and inviting atmosphere.
- Learn firsthand why Kellogg has invested in the work of these fellows from brief, two-minute research overview presentations in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium
- Delve deeper into research that interests you during an informal poster reception in the Hesburgh Center Great Hall following the Auditorium presentations
- Connect one-to-one with scholars and potential collaborators while you enjoy refreshments and conversation
Click below on individuals' names to learn more about our Visiting Fellows and selected PhD Candidates and their projects.

Gabriel Cepaluni
Gabriel Cepaluni is associate professor in the Department of International Relations and Public Policy at São Paulo State University (UNESP). His research is in comparative political economy, with a substantive focus on developing countries, looking at issues related to racial bias and income inequality regarding political representation, social programs and child labor, and the size of legislatures and welfare...
Juan Sebastián Chamorro
Juan Sebastián Chamorro is a Nicaraguan economist, businessman, and politician. He was a pre-candidate for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election until he was detained in a wave of arrests of opposition candidates and other civic leaders. He was released from prison and banished from Nicaragua in February 2023...
Rithika Kumar
Rithika Kumar is a postdoctoral visiting fellow with the Kellogg Institute whose research contributes to scholarship on gender and politics, comparative political behavior, the politics of migration and urbanization, and South Asian politics. During her time at Kellogg, she will work to turn her dissertation into a book...
Gabriela Lucía Marzonetto
Visiting Fellow Gabriela Lucía Marzonetto specializes in the politics of childcare policies in Latin America, analyzing the effects and the political determinants of childcare policy and its outcomes...
Jana Morgan
Kellogg Visiting Fellow Jana Morgan is professor of political science at the University of Tennessee and associate editor of the Latin American Research Review (LARR). Her research explores how social and economic inequalities and representational deficits affect marginalized groups and undermine democracy across the Americas...
Javier Pérez Sandoval
Kellogg Visiting Fellow Javier Pérez Sandoval Is a departmental lecturer in Latin American Studies at the University of Oxford. He studies the theories as well as the quantitative and qualitative methods used to shed light on the changing regime dynamics of Latin America. He has particular expertise in the historical origins of subnational democracy across Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico...
Nazarii Stetsyk
Kellogg Visiting Fellow Nazar Stetsyk is an associate professor in the Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine). His research interests relate to theoretical and comparative issues of case law practice. He teaches courses on international and European standards of human rights, the right to a fair trial, and human rights in case law practice...Şehrazat Gulsum Mart
Şehrazat Gülsüm Mart is a Ph.D. candidate in the Peace Studies & Sociology program at the University of Notre Dame. She is a Dissertation Year Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and a Dissertation Fellow at the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Her research focuses on identifying political and cultural factors that empower people against authoritarian regimes...
Sr. Edelquine Shivachi
Sister Edelquine Shivachi is a member of the Little Sisters of St. Francis, and a PhD candidate in in the theology area of World Religions World Christianity (WRWC), specializing in Christianity in Africa, world Christianity, and mission history at the University of Notre Dame. She is also a Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow for the academic year 2023-2024...