Margarita Orozco

Margarita Orozco, assistant professor, comes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned her doctorate. Her research focuses on political communication, media effects, and deliberation in conflict contexts. Her dissertation work focuses on Populism and Intergroup Emotions in the United States, but she has a wealth of scholarly and professional expertise in the Latin American area as well. She is a regular contributor for different media in South American countries and worked as International Fellow for Journalism and Democracy at the Kettering Foundation. She will be working with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies as part of their grant from the Department of Education.