Fellows Research Spotlight: Meet Kellogg Spring Visiting Fellows & Dissertation Year Fellow (Session III)
The Kellogg Institute presents our annual tradition – this year in a new format! – that introduces research of our new spring Visiting Fellows and our Dissertation Year Fellow 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.
Presenters
Rebecca Hanson
Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Director, International Ethnography Lab, University of Florida
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow
Fernando Ojesto Martínez Manzur
Professor of Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Kellogg Institute Fulbright-García Robles COMEXUS Mexico Studies Chair
Rachel Schwartz
Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow
Edgar Taylor
Lecturer, Makerere University
Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow
Eduardo Febres
PhD Candidate in Spanish
Kellogg Institute Dissertation Year Fellow
Rebecca Hanson
This profile was current as of 2025, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Rebecca Hanson is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, where she is also director of the International Ethnography Lab. Her research focuses on policing, armed violence, and illicit markets in the Global South...
Fernando Ojesto Martínez Manzur
Fernando Ojesto Martínez Manzur was the Fulbright-García Robles COMEXUS Mexico Studies Chair in the spring of 2025 at the Kellogg Institute and is currently a guest scholar. He is a Juris Science Doctor (JSD) and professor of the philosophy of law, electoral law, and comparative law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Law School in Mexico City...
Rachel Schwartz
This profile was current as of 2025, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Rachel A. Schwartz is assistant professor of international and area studies at the University of Oklahoma. Her research examines the legacies of armed conflict, corruption, statebuilding, and peacebuilding, with a regional focus on Central America...
Edgar Taylor
This profile was current as of 2025, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Edgar C. Taylor is a lecturer in the Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies at Makerere University. His research examines urban protest, racial politics and institutional life in twentieth-century Uganda...