Research Spotlight: Kellogg Visiting Fellows and Dissertation Year Fellows

Please join the Kellogg Institute in our annual tradition that introduces research of our new Visiting Fellows and Dissertation Year Fellows in an informative and inviting atmosphere.
- Learn firsthand why Kellogg has invested in the work of these fellows from brief, two-minute research overview presentations in the Hesburgh Center Auditorium
- Delve deeper into research that interests you during an informal poster reception in the Hesburgh Center Great Hall following the Auditorium presentations
- Connect one-to-one with scholars and potential collaborators while you enjoy refreshments and conversation
Click below on individuals' names to learn more about our Visiting Fellows and Dissertation Year Fellows and their projects.

Adela Cedillo
This profile was current as of 2020, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Adela Cedillo studies social and revolutionary movements, counterinsurgency warfare, drug wars, human rights, and female activism in Latin America. While at Kellogg, she will research the intersection between Mexico’s Dirty War and the war on drugs in the country’s northwest from 1965 to 1985...
Abby Córdova
Abby Córdova is an associate professor of global affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs whose research integrates topics related to crime, violence, gender and economic inequality, and international migration. Her work uses experimental and non-experimental research designs, as well as advanced statistical methods...
Deborah Durham
This profile was current as of 2020, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Deborah Durham is a cultural anthropologist. She specializes in the study of youth and identity, both in Botswana and worldwide, and she has also studied aging and the middle class in Turkey. Her recent research has focused on complaints voiced around the world about obtaining adulthood and the meaning of adulthood...
Raúl Madrid
This profile was current as of 2019, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Raúl L. Madrid is a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in Latin American politics. His research interests include democratization, political parties, ethnic politics, and social policy...
Virginia Oliveros
This profile was current as of 2020, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Virginia Oliveros is an associate professor of political science and an associate research fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University...
Carla Villanueva
This profile was current as of 2020, when she was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Carla Irina Villanueva holds a B.A. from the University of California, Riverside in Ethnic Studies and Sociology. She received an M.A. in Latin American Studies from California State University, Los Angeles...
Camilo Nieto-Matiz
This profile was current as of 2020, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Camilo Nieto-Matiz received his PhD in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame in 2020. He was a Dissertation Year Fellow and Doctoral Student Affiliate of the Kellogg Institute of International Studies. He is currently a research affiliate of the Kellogg Institute's Notre Dame Violence and Transitional Justice Lab (V-TJLab)...