Diego Esparza’s Website

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Dr. Esparza is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas.

Political Scientist & Educator.

My work has been published in the Politics, Groups, and Identities, Social Science Quarterly, Civil Wars, Journal of Politics in Latin America, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-IntelligenceDemocracy and Security, Comparative Political Studies, and the Annual Review of Political and Military Sociology.  I am regularly invited to speak at the Center for Civil-Military Relations, Center for Homeland Defense Studies, and the U.S. Navy.

Expertise in Political Science

Latin American Politics

Emphasis on Colombia, Mexico, and Chile

CivilMilitary Relations

Policing

Public Security

Intelligence

Methods

Qualitative: Interviews, Focus Groups, Archival Research, Ethnographic Field Notes, and Qualitative Case Comparisons

Quantitative: Coding Data, OLS, and Logit Regression, Surveys, and Experiments

Proficient User of Stata

Past Experience

University of North Texas
(2017 – Present)
Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Naval Postgraduate School
(2015 – 2017)
Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs.

University of California, Riverside
(2014 – 2015)
Associate Instructor.