Peace Science Society Graduate Student Travel Grant

American Political Science Association Travel Grant

Dissertation Research Award, University of North Texas

Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas

Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award, Southwestern Political Science Association

Graduate Assistantship Tuition Scholarship, University of North Texas

Raupe Travel Grant, University of North Texas

Ronald E. McNair Graduate Fellowship, University of North Texas

Latin American Studies Association 

American Political Science Association 

Midwest Political Science Association 

International Studies Association 

Difficult Commitments: Intercountry Adoption to the United States and Accession to the Hague Convention

How International Is Political Science? Patterns of Submission and Publication in the American Political Science Review

Clearing the Pipeline? Gender and the Review Process at the American Political Science Review

Do “Resource-Cursed States” Have Lower Levels of Social and Institutional Trust? Evidence from Africa and Latin America*

Welcome to the University of Mary Washington, a public arts and sciences institution in Fredericksburg, Va., that attracts intellectually curious undergraduate and graduate students in search of rigorous academics. The university – located midway between Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C. – provides a rich array of academic, research, internship, leadership, and recreational opportunities that not only train students for the real world but allow them to interact closely with faculty members.

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An Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the University of Mary Washington, Melissa Martinez teaches courses on Latin America and human rights. She specializes in human rights and violent non-state actors in Latin America. 

Dr. Martinez has co-authored publications in the journals Political Science Quarterly and PS: Political Science and Politics. She also received the Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Award from the Southwestern Political Science Association. She is currently working on a few manuscripts that examine how naming and shaming countries over violations committed by state and non-state perpetrators affect changes in human rights violations. 

In addition, Dr. Martinez will be virtually presenting a paper this year called "Compliance from the Northern Triangle at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights" at the American Political Science Association. This paper examines why the states of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala comply with certain rulings from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Post-Conflict Societies in Latin America

Human Rights

Criminal Organizations

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Compliance from the Northern Triangle in the Regional Court

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Interactive dialogue in the UNHRC: “Who condemns in an intergovernmental platform?”

How does International Pressure Affect Human Rights Charges?

Protests in Post-Conflict Societies

Military and Police Visibility after Naming and Shaming

Social and Institutional Trust in Resource Cursed States: Data from Africa and Latin America

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

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