Teaching & Supervision
I hold an Associate Fellowship in Higher Education (AFHEA) certification from the United Kingdom and have extensive teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate modules since 2006.
University College London (2021-Present)
Institute of the Americas
Undergraduate:
AMER0103: Conflict, Peace and Foreign Aid in the Americas
AMER0039: Introduction to Politics
AMER0038: Encountering the Americas: Key Themes and Concepts
Postgraduate Taught:
AMER0057: Researching the Americas
AMER0102: Conflict and Peacebuilding in Contemporary Latin America
Department of Political Science
POLS0007: Principles of Social Science Research
King's College London (2021-2022)
Department of Political Economy
4SSPP101 Fundamentals of Politics Research
5SSPP206: Research Methods for Politics
University Of Essex (2019-2022)
Department of Government
GV211:Violent Non-State Actors: Violence, Crime and Conflict
GV214: International Relations: Theories and Approaches
GV103: Introduction to International Relations
GV110: Scientific Reasoning for the Social Sciences
GV100: Introduction to Politics.
Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis
1F Introduction to Statistics For Survey Data Analysis
Department of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies
CS217: Contemporary Challenges in Latin America
CS141:Contemporary Challenges in Latin America
CS143: Colonialism to Revolution: Power and Politics in Latin America
Department of Sociology
SC213: Social Psychology (Sociology): Self and Interaction
Visiting & Guess Lecturer
2025. University Nueva Granada. International Relations Faculty. Peace Agreements and Violent Crisis in the Catatumbo Region in Colombia.
2024. University of Erfurt, Germany. Willy Brandt School of Public Policy. Module: Conflict, Peace, and Foreign Aid in the Americas.
2021. Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Lecture: Conflict, Peace and Foreign Aid in Latin America. Module: Extractivism and Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Global South.
The Brilliant Club
2021. PhD tutorial Module: Peace, Gender and International Relations
2020. PhD tutorial Module: Peace and Reconciliation in Postconflict Colombia
Previous Teaching Experience Overseas (2006-2019)
2016-2018. Undergraduate Modules on Political Science and International Relations. Department of Government and International Relations. Universidad Santo Tomas.
2006- 2018. Undergraduate Modules on Political Science and International Relations. Department of Political Science and International Relations. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
2015. Undergraduate and Postgraduate Modules on International Relations. Department of International Relations. Universidad Nueva Granada.
2012 -2014. Undergraduate Modules on Political Science. Department of Government and International Relations. Universidad San Buenaventura.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD projects that engage with my research interests in International Relations, foreign aid, foreign policy, international organisations, peace and conflict, civilian victimisation, gender and inclusivity, ethnic and minority integration, transitional justice, and mixed-methods research.
PhD Supervision
Liverpool John Moores University-PhD in International Relations
Che Spencer Pote (2025-Present). United States and Total Peace in Colombia. International Relations & Politics. Present.
Master's Supervision (Selected)
Liverpool John Moores University- Master in International Relations
Isabella Pickles (2025-2026). What explains the contrasting levels of women’s empowerment in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the post-conflict era?
Oritse-Isibor, Orevaoghene Fairness (2025-2026). Regional Organisations and Conflict Resolution in West Africa: A Case Study of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) In Liberia.
University College London- Master in Latin American Studies
Maya Kendall (2023-2024). Understanding the impact of the 2016 Colombian peace agreement on the collective land rights of the Nasa community in north Cauca, Colombia. Prize for the Best Dissertation in Latin American Politics.
George Way (2023-2024). The Structural Inequalities of Networked Urban Climate Governance: The Case of the C40 and Latin America.
Lian Chengkai (2023-2024). Environmental justice, participation, and representation of the ethnic communities. The case of Peninsula the Yucatan.
Yicheng Hua (2023-2024). Voices from the Salt Flats. Media Representation of Lithium Extraction and Indigenous Rights in the Salar of Atacama.
Universidad Santo Tomás-Master in Government and Democracy
Pedro Amaya Lemus (2016-2017). Comportamiento Electoral y Gobernabilidad en la Localidad de Engativá 2011 - 2016.
Universidad Nueva Granada-Master in International Relations
Guillermo Andrés Rangél López (2015-2016). Movilidad social en tiempo de neoliberalismo: análisis institucionalista de la política de educación superior en Colombia y Chile (1980-2010)
Martha Lucía Cevallos Lugo (2017-2018). Incidencia del comportamiento oligopólico de la industria farmacéutica entre 2004 y 2015 en el tratamiento de las terapias oncológicas en Colombia.
Undergraduate Dissertations (Selected)
University College London-History & Politics of the Americas
Jamie Armstrong (2023-2024). U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights Abuses: Indonesia and the Cold War, 1950-1968.
Anas Zabadne (2023-2024). How Mass Incarceration in the United States Affected the Protection of African Americans’ Civil Rights since 1970.
Ines Lelong (2023-2024). Gender-based Violence and Media in Guatemala .
Rebecca Nichols (2023-2024). Somos hijas de la Pachamama: How do indigenous women mobilise their traditions for environmental protection.
Razanne Ahmed (2023-2024). “It takes a village to raise a child”: Conceptualising Ethnic Capital and Educational Outcomes for Latinos in the United States.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Political Science and International Relations
Isabella Barros De la Rosa (2020-2021). Reconciliación y territorio : experiencias desde el Consejo Comunitario Mayor de la Asociación Campesina Integral del Atrato (1997-2019)
Carolina Sánchez Quiroga (2015-2016). Participación de las víctimas en la mesa de participación y el comité territorial de justicia transicional en los procesos relativos a la reparación integral : el caso de La Palma, Cundinamarca 2012-2016. Laurate Dissertation.
María Grethell Sanabria (2015-2016). Análisis de las reformas institucionales en relación con el debido proceso en el marco de la comisión de la verdad y la reconciliación del Perú María Grethell Sanabria Siachoque ; director (a) Johanna Amaya Panche
María Alejandra Benavides (2014-2015). La participación de la sociedad civil en la comisión de la verdad y reconciliación del Perú María Alejandra Benavides Medina