From Kellogg to Career: Building Future Scholars

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An event celebrating Kellogg's 40th anniversary! More info on our anniversary can be found here. |
EVENT VIDEO
The Kellogg Institute presents a glimpse into the distinctive research and educational opportunities available through the Institute, with a panel showcasing scholars who had formative experiences as students affiliated with Kellogg. Learn how Kellogg support and programming helped them hone their research skills and influenced their educational and career trajectories.
Panelists
Juan Albarracín Dierolf (PhD '18)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Former Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow and PhD Fellow
Annelise Gill-Wiehl '19
NSF Graduate Student Researcher and MS/PhD candidate (energy and resources), University of California, Berkeley
Former Kellogg International Scholar and International Development Studies Minor
Bright Gyamfi '16
PhD candidate (history), Northwestern University
Former Kellogg International Scholar
Marie-Claire Klassen (PhD '23, expected)
PhD candidate (theology), University of Notre Dame
Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow
Moderators
Aníbal Pérez-Liñan
Director, Kellogg Institute
Former Kellogg Doctoral Student, Visiting Fellow, and Distinguished Research Affiliate
Katherine Bersch
Nancy Akers and J. Mason Wallace Assistant Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow
Former Kellogg Latin American Studies Program (LASP) Minor

Juan Guillermo Albarracín Dierolf
Former Phd Fellow and Dissertation Year Fellow Juan Guillermo Albarracín Dierolf is currently an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and a co-principal investigator of the Kellogg Institute's Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab)...
Annelise Gill-Wiehl ‘19
This profile was current as of 2019, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Annelise Gill-Wiehl '19 (PhD expected ’25) is currently an NSF Graduate Student Researcher and a PhD Candidate in the Energy & Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, co-advised by Dr. Dan Kammen and Dr. Isha Ray...
Bright Gyamfi ‘16
Former Kellogg International Scholar Bright Gyamfi '16 is an Assistant Professor of history at the University of California San Diego and a former Presidential Fellow at Northwestern University. His research is at the intersection of West African and African Diaspora intellectual history, nationalism, gender, Pan-Africanism, Black internationalism, and economic development...
Marie-Claire Klassen
This profile was current as of 2023, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year fellow Marie-Claire Klassen is a PhD candidate in moral theology with a minor in peace studies. Currently, her research focuses on the role of religion and women in nonviolent resistance movements...
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán is the director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and professor of political science and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Keough School of Global Affairs. He is a former Kellogg Institute distinguished research affiliate, visiting fellow, and dissertation year fellow...