I was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay. I studied law in Uruguay, and then emigrated to Israel, where I did my B.A. and master in political science at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 2011, I came to the US to do my PhD in political science at the University of Florida, which I completed in 2018.
My doctoral dissertation examined the effects of policing and police violence on residents of South Los Angeles and São Paulo’s peripheries. I am interested in continuing to examine the effects of policing in low-income communities, Black people and people of color. I am also interested in studying the import of U.S. policing strategies into Latin America, in particular in Uruguay. I also examine Latin American politics in general.
I have published articles in the Journal of Social Justice, International Studies Perspectives, and International Studies Review, as well as chapters in different Handbooks and edited books. I have published op-eds in L.A. Progressive and Nueva Sion (Argentina).
I am married and father of two boys. As a proud Uruguayan, fútbol (soccer) is my religion. In the words of Luis Omar Tapia "90 minutos del deporte más hermoso del mundo."
My doctoral dissertation examined the effects of policing and police violence on residents of South Los Angeles and São Paulo’s peripheries. I am interested in continuing to examine the effects of policing in low-income communities, Black people and people of color. I am also interested in studying the import of U.S. policing strategies into Latin America, in particular in Uruguay. I also examine Latin American politics in general.
I have published articles in the Journal of Social Justice, International Studies Perspectives, and International Studies Review, as well as chapters in different Handbooks and edited books. I have published op-eds in L.A. Progressive and Nueva Sion (Argentina).
I am married and father of two boys. As a proud Uruguayan, fútbol (soccer) is my religion. In the words of Luis Omar Tapia "90 minutos del deporte más hermoso del mundo."
