Kellogg Visiting Fellows and Dissertation Year Fellows Research Spotlight

The Research Spotlight offers a unique opportunity to learn about the projects of the Kellogg Institute's fall Visiting Fellows and current Dissertation Year Fellows. Each will give two-minute overviews of their research, then be available individually for questions and conversation in the Great Hall. This is an occasion to support these scholars, learn about their work, and connect with those who have common research themes or other scholarly interests. Reception and poster presentations to follow in the Great Hall. Click below on individuals' names to learn more about each.

Betsey Behr Brada
This profile was current as of 2019, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Betsey Behr Brada (PhD, University of Chicago) is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Reed College...
Maria Paula Bertran
This profile was current as of 2018 when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Maria Paula Bertran (PhD, University of São Paulo School of Law) will join the Kellogg Institute for the fall 2018 semester as the Brazilian Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Democracy and Human Development...
Maximilian Goedl
This profile was current as of 2019, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Maximilian Goedl is an economist and visiting assistant professor at the Keough School of Global Affairs. His research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics and public finance, focusing on the interaction among government debt, financial markets, and the real economy...
M. Tahir Kilavuz
This profile was current as of 2019, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Tahir is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include authoritarian regimes, regime change and democratization, survey analysis, political Islam and Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) politics, concentrating on Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia...
Will Jianyu Lu
This profile was current as of 2019, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Will Jianyu Lu is broadly interested in development, trade, and macroeconomics. His current research studies the impact of transportation infrastructure on firm dynamics in China. He is also working on another project analyzing the relationship between labor market flows and development...
Victoria Paniagua
This profile was current as of 2019, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Victoria Paniagua is a 2018-2019 Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow whose research lies at the intersection of comparative and international political economy. Her research investigates the historical and contemporary drivers of development and redistribution in developing countries with a regional focus on Latin America...
Diego Sanchez-Ancochea
This profile was current as of 2019, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Diego Sanchez-Ancochea (PhD, New School for Social Research), a 2018-2019 Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow, is a political economist whose research is focused on income inequality, social policy, and the political economy of development in Latin America...
Lucia Tiscornia
This profile is current as of 2022. Tiscornia is an assistant professor in the School of Politics and International Relations and a Fellow with the Geary Institute for Public Policy at University College Dublin. She is an external research affiliate of the Kellogg Institute's Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab)...
Ignacio Walker
This profile was current as of 2018, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Ignacio Walker, the Kellogg Institute’s Hewlett Fellow for Public Policy in fall 2018, is an academic and former politician...