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Jesús E. Rojas Venzor
Welcome!
I'm a Ph.D. Candidate at UC San Diego's political science department, and 2024 IGCC Dissertation Fellow with the UC Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation. My research interests lie at the intersection of international relations and forced migration. In my dissertation, I analyze the emergence of security cooperation on migration between democratic and non-democratic states amid domestic polarization. By incorporating newly collected data on cooperation arrangements on migration (CAMs), I examine foreign policy co-optation driven by right-wing populist parties in Western democracies. In other projects, I investigate the characteristics, prevalence, and outcomes of such arrangements. I am generally interested in democratic erosion, populist-driven foreign policy, and dangerous co-dependencies among states.
I hold a B.S. in Political Science: Data Analytics and an M.A. in Political Science from UC San Diego. I'm a member of UC San Diego's REP Lab, a recipient of the San Diego and Cota Robles Fellowship, and a Junior Scholar at the Carnegie International Policy Scholar Consortium and Network (IPSCON). In my free time, I enjoy sketching and watching movies.​
Background
As a first-gen immigrant and college student, my research journey has led me to work with non-profits, facilitated my travel across the United States to support refugee resettlement, and secured my involvement in academic organizations for the advancement of people like myself. My own experiences as a formerly undocumented individual have also profoundly deepened my understanding of the challenges faced by forced migrants not only in the United States but around the globe.
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M.A. in Political Science
UC San Diego
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B.S. in Political Science: Data Analytics
UC San Diego
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A.A. in Political Science
Southwestern College
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