During the fall 2024 semester, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies welcomed nine new faculty fellows:
Krister Andersson is the Notre Dame Professor of Sustainable Development in the Keough School of Global Affairs. He studies the politics of environmental governance with particular focus on local institutional arrangements and the role they play in explaining policy outcomes. He holds a PhD in public policy from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Zoltán I. Búzás is associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs. His research centers on the politics of international law and norms, race, and human rights. He holds a PhD in political science from The Ohio State University.
Richard Clark is assistant professor of political science specializing in international cooperation and political economy. His research and teaching interests include globalization, international finance, and climate change. A 2016 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he holds a PhD in political science from Columbia University.
Laura Gamboa is assistant professor of democracy and global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs whose research is centered on questions related to the survival and quality of democratic systems. A former Kellogg PhD Fellow and Dissertation Year Fellow, she holds a PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame.
Marc Jacob is assistant professor of democracy and global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs whose research focuses on the intersection of political behavior, public opinion, and institutional change. He holds a PhD in political science from ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Madison Mainwaring is assistant professor of French and Francophone studies who specializes in nineteenth-century literature and cultural history in France and North Africa. She holds a PhD in French and Francophone studies from Yale University.
Sisi Meng is assistant teaching professor of economics and technology for development in the Keough School of Global Affairs whose research focuses on topics in environmental and natural resource economics, with emphasis on the economic aspects of climate change adaptation and natural hazard risk mitigation. She holds a PhD in economics from Florida International University.
Orla Stapleton is assistant professor of development studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs who specializes in organizational sociology, cultural sociology, and qualitative methods. She holds a PhD in sociology from Indiana University, as well as postgraduate degrees in humanities from New York University and in development studies from SOAS University of London.
Sharon Yoon is associate professor of Korean studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs. She is a qualitative sociologist who studies marginalized communities in East Asia, specializing in global and transnational sociology; race, ethnicity, and migration; and economic sociology. She holds a PhD in sociology from Princeton University.
The almost 140 faculty fellows are at the center of the Kellogg Institute’s activities. Nominated by other Kellogg faculty fellows, they engage in research on the Institute's core themes of democracy and human development.