Cambio Fellows are faculty, academic staff, students, and others involved in the activities detailed in our Mission. They may be members of the University of Missouri system or other institutions interested in cooperating with the Center’s research and outreach activities. The Cambio Center actively promotes the scholarship of its Fellows and supports their efforts to seek funding for collaborative projects. Fellows meet regularly to network, share their research, and determine Center activities and outreach.
At a Fellows Encuentro in 2023, we started tracking where some of our fellows do their research and outreach on this padlet!
The Student Fellows Program is a special effort to mentor scholars into our community of practice. Each student has opportunities to learn from and work with Cambio faculty fellows.
Anyone interested in becoming a fellow is encouraged to contact the Cambio Center (cambio@missouri.edu). The Center will ask for a CV and a short statement about your interests related to our Mission. Fellows are selected and invited to participate by the Cambio Center Board and Director (see our Advisory Board Members here). To learn more, please read the 2025 edition of our Fellows Handbook.
Current Cambio Fellows
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural & Applied Economics, MU
- Domingo Martínez Castilla, University of Missouri, MU
- Jere Gilles, CAFNR International Programs, MU
- Rocío Rivera, Animal Sciences, MU
Community Partners and Extension
- Adriano Udani, Director of Community Engaged Research, University of Minnesota
- Alejandra Gudiño, Columbia, MO
- Andrea Luque Káram, Columbia, MO
- Clay Hurdle, Human Development and Family Science and Extension, MU
- Eleazar Gonzalez, Agricultural Economics & Marketing and Extension, Lincoln University, Missouri
- Elisa Cárdenas Oleas, CARES, MU Extension
- Gerardo R. Martinez, ALIANZAS, MU Extension & UMKC
- Jenny Melo, Center for Regenerative Agriculture, MU
- Laura Gutierrez, Bilingual Teacher, Michigan
- Lupita Fabregas Janeiro, Human Development and Family Science and Extension, MU
- Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Specialty Crops, Lincoln University, Missouri
- Stephen Jeanetta, Community Development, University of Minnesota Extension
Education & Human Development
- Angie Zapata, Learning, Teaching & Curriculum, MU
- Cynthia Chasteen, Heart of Missouri Regional Professional Development Center (RPDC), MU
- David Aguayo, Educational, School & Counseling Psychology, MU
- Denise Adkins, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, MU
- Donette Alonzo, Learning, Teaching & Curriculum, MU
- Doris Villarreal, Teacher Education, Ohio University,
- Emily Crawford-Rossi, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, MU
- Francisco Palermo, Human Development and Family Science, MU
- Gabrielle Malfatti, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, MU
- Joy Roos, Educational, School & Counseling Psychology, MU
- Idalia Nuñez Cortez, College of Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Lisa Dorner, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, MU
- Melissa Hauber-Özer, College of Education & Human Development, MU
- Nikki Ashcraft, College of Education & Human Development, MU
- Pilar Mendoza, College of Education & Human Development and CIIDE, MU
- Rachel Santiago, Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology, MU
- Sam von Gillern, Department of Learning, Teaching, & Curriculum, MU
- Sarah Killoren, Human Development and Family Science, MU
- Yeji Kim, Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
Health Sciences & Social Work
- Athena Ramos, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Diana Parra Perez, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University
- Maithe Enriquez, Sinclair School of Nursing, MU
- Mansoo Yu, Public Health and School of Social Work, MU
- María Romo-Palafox, Nutrition and Dietetics, Saint Louis University
- Roxana Botezatu, Speech, Languages and Hearing Sciences, MU
- Susana Quirós, Health Sciences, MU
Law
- Rafael Gely, School of Law, MU
Liberal Arts & Science
- Aída R. Guhlincozzi, Geography and Women’s & Gender Studies, MU
- Astrid Villamil, Communication, MU
- Celia Alpuche Keyser, School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, MU
- Christina Garcia, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Saint Louis University
- Claire E. Altman, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, MU
- David Crespy, Theatre & Performance Studies, MU
- Deborah Cohen, Department of History, UMSL
- Guadalupe Pérez-Anzaldo, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, MU
- Irma Arteaga, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, MU
- Iván Reyna, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, MU
- Johana Goyes Vallejos, Biological Sciences & Mizzou SACNAS
- Juanamaría Cordones-Cook, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, MU
- Lisa Flores, Psychological Sciences, MU
- Lucas Willsie, Music, Central Methodist University
- Martha Kelly, National Humanities Center
- Matthew Foulkes, Geography, MU
- Michelangelo Landgrave, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Onésimo (Ness) Sandoval, Sociology and Anthropology, Saint Louis University
- Roberto Cofresí-Bonilla, Biological Sciences
- Stephen Christ, Sociology, MU
- Theresa Torres, Humanities and Social Sciences, UMKC
International Fellows
- Andrés Mesa Valencia, Colombia
- Maryluz Hoyos, Colombia
- Aureo De Freitas, Music, Federal University in Belem, Brazil
Student Fellows
- Ana Golla, School of Medicine
- Audrey Glenn-Pérez, School Psychology
- Bruna Dalmas, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs
- Cristina Lopez, Human Development and Family Science
- Emilia Ramírez, Communication
- Jessica Marmolejos, Human Development and Family Science
- Jinkoo Lee, Psychological Sciences
- Juan José Reyes Valladares, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
- Laurie Agosto, Biological Sciences
- Lucia G. Medina, Educational Psychology
- Luz Marina Porto, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs
- Mariana Guzmán, Visual Studies
- Miranda Wood, Psychological Sciences
- Patrick Arsenault, Educational Leadership
- Sophia Piral Lee, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
- Victoria Aceves-Power, Psychological Sciences
Past Fellows
Change is the theme of Cambio — and change happens all the time. Sometimes our fellows move away, on to other changing contexts, and this includes our amazing student fellows, who usually leave after graduation. This list here is our attempt to honor all of the individuals who ever held the title of Cambio Fellow.
- Aaron Arredondo
- Adriana Carolina Heredia
- Adrianna Gonzalez
- Alejandro Morales
- Alicia K. Long
- Ángel Colón Santiago
- Anna M. Romero
- Anne Dannerbeck Janku
- Avelina Rivero
- Christian Aguirre
- Daisy Barrón Collins
- Deborah Hume
- Eleazar González
- Ervin Leiva
- Fernanda Alexander
- Gustavo Carlo
- Heather Lindfors-Navarro
- Huyen Pham
- Jamille Palacios Rivera
- John K. Bonilla Aranzales
- Jorge Carlos Martínez Palomares
- Karen Funkenbusch
- Kathryn Chval
- Leticia Martinez
- María Rodríguez-Alcalá
- Mary S. Leuci
- Michelangelo Landgrave
- Milena Rondon
- Mónica Marcos-Llinás
- Monica Romero
- Olivia Warner
- Ryan Baker
- Shirley Rojas-Salazar
- Stephanie R. Potochnick
- Sujin Kim
- Sylvia Lazos
- Zandra De Araujo
This page was last updated on September 6, 2025.