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Angelica Duran-Martinez


Angelica Duran-Martinez is an Assistant Professor in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in the Political Science DEPARTMENT
Angelica Duran-Martinez, Ph.D.Associate Professor

Research Interests

Political and Criminal Violence; Latin American Politics; Comparative Politics; International Relations; Political Economy of Development.

Causes and consequences of violence, organized crime and criminality, dynamics of illicit markets, relation between state actors and illicit and non-state armed actors, democratization, law enforcement. I have also conducted research on the use of referenda in Latin America.

Education

  • Ph D: Political Science, (2013), Brown University - Providence, RI
  • MA: Political Science, (2009), Brown University - Providence, RI
  • MA: Latin American and Caribbean Studies, (2006), New York University - NY,NY
  • BA: Political Science, (2000), National University of Colombia - Bogota, Colombia

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Best Book Prize (2019) - Peter Katzenstein's Prize for Best First Book in International Relations, Comparative Politics, or Political Economy
  • Best Book Prize (2018), Scholarship/Research - International Association for the Study of Organized Crime
  • Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship. (2011), Scholarship/Research - Social Science Research Council , Open Society Foundation, Universidad de los Andes, IDRC
  • Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar (2011) - United States Institute of Peace
  • International Dissertation Research Fellowship IDRF (2010), Scholarship/Research - Social Science Research Council
  • Colfuturo Scholarship (2004) - Colfuturo
  • Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Studies in the US_ Barsa Supplemental Award (2004) - Fulbright

Selected Publications

  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2018). The Politics of Drug Violence: Criminals, Cops and Politicians in Colombia and Mexico. Oxford University Press
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2017). (Book Chapter) Silent Traffickers or Brutal Criminals: How State Power Shapes Criminal’s Incentives to Expose Violence. Oklahoma University Press
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2017). Drug Trafficking and Drug Policies in the Americas: Change, Continuity, and Challenges (59:2 pp. 145-153). Latin American Politics and Society
  • Cruz, J.M., Duran-Martinez, A. (2016). Hiding violence to deal with the state: criminal pacts in El Salvador and Medellin. Journal of Peace Research, 53(2) 197-210.
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2015). To Kill and Tell? State power, criminal competition, and drug violence. Journal of Conflict Resolution , 59(8) 1377-1403.
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2015). Drugs around the corner: Domestic drug markets and violence in Colombia and Mexico. Latin American Politics and Society, 57(3) 122-146.
  • Alanis, U., Duran-Martinez, A. (2014). Jóvenes en Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: entre la falta de oportunidades y el miedo a la violencia. El Colegio de Mexico
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2014). Jóvenes y violencia en Medellín: entre transformación urbana y violencia persistente. El Colegio de Mexico
  • Andreas, P., Duran-Martinez, A. (2014). The International Politics of Drugs and Illicit Trade in the Americas (2013-05). Routledge
  • Snyder, R., Duran-Martinez, A., Bautista, M.A., Sierra, J. (2013). Producing Knowledge in the Global South: The Political Economy of Social Science in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper, (2013-06).
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2012). Presidents, Political Parties and Referenda in Latin America. Comparative Political Studies, 45(9) 1159-1187.
  • Duran-Martinez, A. (2010). ¿ Colombianización de México? Estableciendo términos apropiados de comparación. Perspectiva, 24.
  • Duran-Martinez, A., Snyder, R.O. (2009). Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and state-sponsored protection rackets. Crime, Law and Social Change, 52(3).

Selected Presentations

  • Path dependent trajectories of criminal governance - Criminal Governance in the Americas, October 2018 - Chicago
  • Las dimensiones políticas del narcotráfico en Colombia y Mexico - Coloquio Internacional de Violencia, October 2018 - Culiacán
  • The Politics of Drug Violence, December 2017 - Lima, Peru
  • “A Research Agenda on State, Crime, and Violence”, November 2017 - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL TRES DE FEBRERO (Argentina)
  • Unpacking the Criminal-Rebel Distinction: New Armed Structures and Paramilitary Demobilization in Colombia - APSA Conference, September 2017 - San Francisco
  • Beyond a Criminal-Rebel Distinction: New Armed Structures and Paramilitary Demobilization in Colombia - MPSA Conference, April 2017 - Chicago
  • The Politics of Drug Violence, April 2017 - Canisius College
  • Drug Trafficking in Latin America and the Peace Process in Colombia, March 2017 - Brandeis University
  • Opening the Black Box of the Upper Huallaga Valley: Drugs, Insurgency, and Violence in Peru 1980-2000 - APSA Conference, September 2016 - Washington D.C.
  • Criminals. Cops and Politicians: Dynamics of Drug Violence in Colombia and Mexico, September 2015 - Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
  • Elections, State Coercive Capacity and Violence in Burma/Myanmar and Colombia - APSA Meeting, 2014 - Washington D.C.
  • Drug Trafficking and the Peace Process in Colombia, 2014 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • State power, criminal competition, and drug violence: a systematic comparison between Colombian and Mexican cities - LASA Meeting, 2013 - Washington, DC
  • State power, criminal competition, and drug violence: a systematic comparison between Colombian and Mexican cities - MPSA Meeting, 2013 - Chicago, IL
  • How Might a Peace Agenda Address the Nexus of Drug Trafficking and Violence? Evidence from Cali and MedellÍn - Pending Issues on the Colombian Peace Agenda Conference, 2013 - United States Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.
  • Violencia y narcotráfico en Cali y Ciudad Juárez - The Public/Citizen Insecurity in Latin America: A Regional approach Conference, 2013 - Itam, Mexico City
  • Drugs, crime, and violence: Redefining the link and rethinking policy alternatives - Drug wars in the Americas: Looking back and thinking ahead Conference, 2012 - Brown University
  • The Drug War in Mexico: Beyond money and munitions - EPIIC Symposium, 2012 - Tufts University
  • State power, criminal competition and violence - NPSA Meeting, 2012 - Boston, MA
  • Narcotráfico y violencia en Colombia y Mexico - Nuevas perspectivas sobre la violencia en Colombia Conference, 2012
  • Coloquio Las violencias que afectan a los j„venes en Am_rica Latina - Presentations about youth and violence in Ciudad Juˆrez and MedellÍn, 2012
  • Silent traffickers or brutal Criminals?: Drug violence in Colombian and Mexican cities - International Society for the Study of Drug Policy Annual Conference, 2011 - Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Narcotics-associated violence in Mexican and Colombian cities: A comparison - Narcotic Wars At the Border Conference, 2011
  • Drug violence in three Mexican cities - Violent cities in the Global South Conference, 2011 - Brown University
  • Drugs, violence and state sponsored protection rackets in Mexico - Drug Trafficking-Related Violence in Mexico Conference, 2010
  • Does illegality breed violence? Drug trafficking and State Sponsored Protection Rackets - Drug Trafficking, Violence and Instability in Mexico, Colombia and the Caribbean Conference, 2009 - University of Pittsburgh
  • Partisan clues: the role of political parties in Latin American referenda - LASA Meeting, 2009 - Rio de Janeiro
  • Partisan clues: the role of political parties in Latin American referenda - MPSA Meeting, 2009 - Chicago, IL
  • The colombianization of Mexico: Setting appropriate terms of debate - Violence in Mexico: Beyond Sensationalism Conference, 2009 - Brown University
  • The context matters: Recent experiences with referendums and democratic consolidation in Latin America - APSA Meeting, 2007 - Chicago, IL
  • The impact of organized crime on democratic governance in Central America and the Caribbean - United Nations Secretariat Brainstorming Session, 2007 - New York, NY
  • Do plebiscites foster democratic institutions and accountability - APSA Meeting, 2006 - Philadelphia, PA
  • Do plebiscites foster democratic institutions and accountability - MPSA Meeting, 2006 - Chicago, IL

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