Biography

Before joining the faculty at NMSU, Dr. Ortiz was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Center for the Study of Political Change at the University of Siena in Italy, and an assistant professor of Sociology and the Stone Center for Latin American studies at Tulane University. He is current co-editor in chief of Mobilizing Ideas, a leading scholarly blog that publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on social movements, social change, and the public sphere. He has also served as an international election observer in several elections throughout Latin America, including the 1994 Mexican elections with Alianza Civica, and the 2004 Venezuelan Referendum with the Carter Center and the OAS.