Catalina Vega Mendez

Postdoctoral Fellow @KelloggInst. Migration Policy, Comparative Political Behavior, and Latin American Politics | PhD @purduepolsci | BA @UNALOficial | 🇨🇴

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Honored to join the Sixth Inter-American Course on Migration and Protection, organized by @OEA_Derechos and @KelloggInst, with UNHCR and IOM.

Presented my paper on Migrant Attitudes in Chile” and moderated a panel with Professors Alex Kustov, Abby Córdova & @gvisconti . 🌎💬✨

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

I have successfully defended my dissertation! Grateful to my committee: Dr. @gvisconti, Dr. McCann, Dr. Cohen, and Dr. Clark,for their guidance and support!
Excited to start as a Postdoc at the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame, working with Dr. @AbbyCordova0411
Onward! ✨

[purduepolsci @purduepolsci]

Check out tomorrow’s #MPSA2025 presentation by @catvegamen @PurdueLibArts #PurduePoliticalScience

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Special thanks to @AbbyCordova0411 from @KeoughGlobalND and @OAS_Inclusion for inviting @diegochavesg and me to present key takeaways from our MPI report, “Colombia’s Evolving Approach to Immigrant Integration,” at the Inter-American Course on Migration and Protection.

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Thrilled to share that I’m joining @fiu_sipa as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations! Excited for this new chapter, the research ahead, and connecting with the community at FIU 🙌

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Had a fantastic two weeks at the Summer School in International Survey Methods at Vanderbilt! Huge thanks to @LAPOP_Lab and Prof. Liz Zechmeister for organizing and to all the professors for their insightful lectures and labs! Grateful for the amazing cohort and new friends!

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Grateful for the opportunity to present my paper, "Legacies of Violence: How Does Exposure to Armed Conflict Moderate Hostile Attitudes Towards Migrants? Evidence from Colombia," at @LASACONGRESS . Special thanks to the organizers and panel members. It's great to be home!

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Thrilled to have presented at @MPSAnet this weekend, delving into the nexus between Venezuelan migration and local voting patterns in Colombia! Grateful for the engaging discussions and attendees. #MPSA2024

[Giancarlo Visconti @gvisconti]

Do demographic changes caused by migration make people more nationalistic?

🚨In a new working paper 🚨, we show how migration increases nationalistic attitudes and later makes people more likely to support the far-right in Chile 🇨🇱

Summary 👇

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Excited to be working on my dissertation as a @LifeAtPurdue Bisland Fellow for 2023-24! Grateful to my committee for making this happen! James McCaan, @gvisconti, Ann M. Clark and Natasha T. Duncan! @purduepolsci @PurdueLibArts

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Emocionada de presentar los principales resultados del reporte de evaluación institucional que trabaje junto con el equipo LACI en el @MigrationPolicy: “La evolución de los enfoques de integraciones de los inmigrantes en Colombia: un mapeo institucional”.

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Had a wonderful time at #ISA, great to be back in Montréal!

[purduepolsci @purduepolsci]

@PurdueLibArts Graduate Student @cata_petite will join co-author @skytheacademic in an International Peacekeeping Operations panel discussion #ISA2023 Friday, March 17th at 8:15 a.m.
#PurduePoliticalScience

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

@ninamoon_0630 Yo también la voy a extrañar Natalio, pero nos veremos pronto! 🤍🦙

[Sky Kunkel (they/them) @skytheacademic]

So excited to have passed my prospectus defense! Grateful to a wonderful committee and excited to do some great work!! @kyle_e_haynes @LianaEustacia @gvisconti @MichaelGreig

[purduepolsci @purduepolsci]

Coming up this morning! @PurdueLibArts graduate student Catalina Vega Méndez to present on Policies to Effectively Reduce Violent Extremism at #APSA2022!

#PurduePoliticalScience #BoilerUp

[Catalina Vega Mendez @catvegamen]

Building Ikea furniture (with my bf help), managing to get a discount at the auto repair store and driving a U-Haul has been the ultimate initiation to #AdultingAndStuff Forget migrating to another country to do a PhD… instead, try building your own dresser from scratch!

[Sky Kunkel (they/them) @skytheacademic]

Come see my poster asking what happens when peacekeepers leave later today at my 1st @PolMeth2022! Our prelim results show that PKs increase violence on arrival and spread violence into neighboring cells
w/ @ZachMWarner & Douglas B. Atkinson
poster here: https://t.co/8Fgkef7seN

[purduepolsci @purduepolsci]

Great news - congratulations to @cata_petite and @gvisconti on winning the Maria Braun award for best paper in @RevistaLOP! #poliscitwitter @PurdueLibArts

[María Jimena Duzán @MJDuzan]

El presidente Ivan Duque no va a la entrega del informe de la Comisión de La Verdad. Asi fue todo su gobierno. De espaldas a las víctimas, al acuerdo y a la verdad.