Kellogg International Scholars Program Research Night
If you are a first year interested in applying to the Kellogg International Scholars Program, or a Faculty Fellow of the Kellogg Institute or the Keough School of Global Affairs interested in working with the program, this event is for you! Come learn about the research current International Scholars are doing with their faculty advisers. Then network with students and faculty to get your questions answered.
Program
Welcome and Introduction of the Program – Holly Rivers, Associate Director, Kellogg Institute
Opening Comments – John O’Leary ’23 (international economics)
Research Pairs – International Scholars and Faculty Fellows
- Will Hurley ‘24 (economics and global affairs) and Eva Dziadula, Associate Teaching Professor of Economics
- Annie Foley ’22 (anthropology and global affairs) and Rachel Sweet, Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Affairs
- Trevor Lwere ’22 (economics and global affairs) and Jaimie Bleck, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Annika Barron ’24 (neuroscience & behavior and global affairs), Megan Kendall '22 (pre-health studies and sociology) and Vania Smith-Oka, Associate Professor of Anthropology
- Hind Zahour ’22 (computer science and industrial design) and Rev. Paul V. Kollman, CSC, Associate Professor of Theology
Closing Comments – Angelique Mbabazi ’24 (civil engineering)
John O'Leary ‘23
This profile was current as of May 2023, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. John (Jack) O’Leary is working with Professor Alejandro Estefan, who studies human development with the goal of informing policy decision-making in Latin America and elsewhere. O’Leary has worked on a variety of projects for Prof...![William Hurley](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Hurley_ISP_21.jpg?itok=UXAYfznz)
Will Hurley ‘24
This profile was current as of May 2024, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Will Hurley is a senior majoring in economics and global affairs interested in security studies and political economy. He works with Professor Eva Dziadula in the economics department with a focus on immigration...Eva Dziadula
Eva Dziadula is a teaching professor in economics who studies migration choices and immigrant assimilation. Her work focuses on how people acquire citizenship, and her research encompasses labor economics, health economics, and development economics, as well as economic demography. Dziadula has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2019...![Annie Foley](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Foley%20Annie%20%287%29edited.jpg?itok=2GfrY4-l)
Anne Foley ‘22
This profile was current as of May 2022, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Annie Foley is a senior majoring in anthropology and global affairs...![Rachel Sweet](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Sweet-R_20.jpg?itok=L800wBbL)
Rachel Sweet
Rachel Sweet is an assistant professor of politics and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs, a core faculty member of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and a concurrent faculty member with the Department of Political Science. She has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2020...![Trevor Lwere](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Lwere%2C%20Trevor_fall19.jpg?itok=BoNOyrg6)
Trevor Lwere ‘22
This profile was current as of May 2022, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Trevor Lwere is a senior from Kampala, Uganda. Lwere is currently working with Professor Jaimie Bleck in the political science department to study the incentives for civil society organizations to flag corruption in Mali...![Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Jaimie Bleck Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Jaimie Bleck](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/BleckJaimie-sq.jpg?itok=qc6z47jI)
Jaimie Bleck
Jaimie Bleck is an associate professor of political science and the senior research advisor for the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. She also is a concurrent faculty member in the Keough School of Global Affairs. She has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2011...![Annika Barron Annika Barron](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Barron%202.jpg?itok=6ZgEz5an)
Annika Barron ‘24
This profile was current as of May 2024, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Annika Barron is currently working as a research assistant with Professor Laura Miller-Graff on her research in the fields of psychology and peace studies. Currently, Barron is assisting her on two main projects...![Megan Kendall](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Megan%20Kendall_fall19.jpg?itok=RqQaZpqn)
Megan Kendall ‘22
This profile was current as of May 2022, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Megan Kendall is a senior Arts and Letters pre-health and sociology major. Kendall’s research interests include global health, as well as medical institutions and the effect they have on marginalized populations...![Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Vania Smith-Oka Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Vania Smith-Oka](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Smith-Oka%2CVania-2023-sq.jpg?itok=jTpLbnBI)
Vania Smith-Oka
Kellogg Faculty Fellow Vania Smith-Oka is Professor of Anthropology. Smith-Oka is a cultural and medical anthropologist who specializes in the effect of institutions on the behavior and choices of marginalized populations, especially women. She has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2007...![Hind Zahour](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Zahour_ISP_21.jpg?itok=sOBtWgZJ)
Hind Zahour ‘22
This profile was current as of May 2022, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Hind Zahour's interests are focused on counter terrorism through cybersecurity as well as the way that religion and colonialism in Africa and the Middle East are intertwined and shaped the history, culture and identity of many countries. Zahour is working with Rev. Paul Kollman, CSC...![](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/old_files/imce/faculty-fellows/Kollman_0.jpg?itok=potV6Qun)
Rev. Paul V. Kollman, CSC
Rev. Paul V. Kollman, CSC, is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at the Unversity of Notre Dame. Kollman serves in the areas of history of Christianity and World Religions/World Church. His research focuses on African Christianity, mission history, and world Christianity, and he has carried out research in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, as well as in archives in Europe and the US...![Angelique Mbabazi](https://kellogg.nd.edu/sites/default/files/styles/people_photo/public/people/Mbabazi%20_ISP_21.jpg?itok=FhcJCHm2)