About me
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey campus. I study political violence, particularly enforced disappearances, in Latin America. In my book project, Weaponizing Uncertainty: The Politics of Disappearance in Latin America, I explore the logic behind the use of disappearances as a political violence tactic by both states and nonstate actors, with a particular emphasis on their communicative potential. My other research interests include counterinsurgency, the legacies of political violence, and human rights, with a particular focus on qualitative methods.
I received my doctorate in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2025. In 2024-2025 I was a Harry F. Guggenheim Emerging Scholar, and in 2023-2024 I was a USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Scholar.
In addition to the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Minerva Research Initiative, my research has been supported by the University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies, the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, the Center for International Social Science Research, and the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.
You can find my CV here. Please feel free to email me at mistevens [at] tec [dot] mx, or find me on Bluesky @madeleinestevens.bsky.social.
I received my doctorate in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2025. In 2024-2025 I was a Harry F. Guggenheim Emerging Scholar, and in 2023-2024 I was a USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Scholar.
In addition to the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Minerva Research Initiative, my research has been supported by the University of Chicago Center for Latin American Studies, the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights, the Center for International Social Science Research, and the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts.
You can find my CV here. Please feel free to email me at mistevens [at] tec [dot] mx, or find me on Bluesky @madeleinestevens.bsky.social.