Research Team

Our research team is comprised of two principal investigators and a group of faculty mentors.


PI
Dr. Neil Harvey
Department of Political Science, Public Law and Administration (formerly known as the Department of Goverment until July 31, 2025), New Mexico State University (NMSU).

Co-PI
Dr. Jeremy Slack
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP)

Faculty Mentors since 2018

NMSU
Dr. Cynthia Bejarano
Dr. Sabine Hirschauer
Dr. Megan Finno-Velasquez
Dr. Nathan Craig
Dr. Bertha Bermúdez Tapia

UTEP
Dr. Josiah Heyman
Dr. Cristina Morales
Dr. Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri
Dr. Carina Heckert

Graduate Assistants since 2018

NMSU
Kelsey Bowman
Ricardo Trejo
Angeline Sunday
Alexa Aguirre Tovar
Tobias Murphy
Esperanza Chairez
Megan White
UTEP
Luis Suira
Ana Fuentes
Daniel Avitia
Oscar Bueno Carbajal
Sebastián Rivero Acosta