Iván Flores Martínez

Iván Flores Martínez

Public Policy Program

Education: Master of Arts in Public Policy and Administration, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (2009-2011).

Research Interests: Drug Policy and Education Policy

Ph.D. Expected: 2023

Dissertation: TBA

Recent Research and Publications:

Iván Flores Martinez has won 1st place in the Marian Beane Writing Competition (graduate category). You can find Ivan’s full essay here: https://global.charlotte.edu/…/marian-beane-crossing…

Iván also co-authored a paper that will be published in the Journal of Politics in Latin America. Vivanco, E. F., Flores, I. M. & Martínez, C. A. 2023. “Oil Theft and Violence in Mexico”, The Journal of Politics in Latin America.

Iván has also won the Thomas Reynolds Graduate Student Research Award.

Flores Martínez, I., Phillips, M. The perfect storm. An analysis of the processes that increase lethal violence in Mexico after 2006. Trends Organ Crim (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-021-09410-5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12117-021-09410-5

Flores M., Iván & Atuesta Laura. (2018). “Mourning our dead: The impact of Mexico’s war on drugs on citizens’ depressive symptoms”, International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 60, 65 – 73. Flores M., Iván y Laura Atuesta (2018). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12117-021-09410-5

“La guerra contra las drogas y la salud mental: los efectos sobre la población general”, Cuadernos de Trabajo del Monitor del Programa de Política de Drogas, CIDE-PPD, 1-41. Zizumbo-Colunga, Daniel & Iván Flores (2017). Is Mexico a Post-Racial Country? Inequality and Skin Tone across the Americas, Topical Brief # 31, Latin American Public Opinion Project. Reimers, Fernando M. & E. B. O ́Donnell (2016). “Fifteen letters on education in Singapore. Re ections from the American perspective,” translated to Spanish by Sergio Cárdenas Denham, Roberto Arriaga Martínez, Iván Flores Martínez, FCE, Mexico.

Education Blog: https://educandus.wordpress.com/

Personal Website: https://webpages.uncc.edu/ifloresm/

News Coverage:

https://thecrimereport.org/2018/09/07/the-psychological-violence-of-mexicos-war-on-drugs/

http://theconversation.com/study-reveals-racial-inequality-in-mexico-disproving-its-race-blind-rhetoric-87661