Giovanni F Mantilla Casas

Department Affiliations

Ph.D.: Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Expected: 2013.
M.A.: Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2010.
B.A.: Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2005.
B.A.: Languages and Sociocultural Studies, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2005.

Mantilla Casas, Giovanni Fabrizio (2011). What is the Link between Religion and Violence? An Assessment of the Literature. Análisis Político, 70, 25-41. Download
Mantilla Casas, Giovanni Fabrizio (2009). Emerging International Human Rights Norms for Transnational Corporations. Global Governance, 15: 2, 279-298. Download
Mantilla Casas, Giovanni Fabrizio (2008). Constructing codes and broadening agendas: the case of Asocolflores, the Colombian Flower Exporters Association. Embedding Human Rights in Business Practices II , Link
Mantilla Casas, Giovanni Fabrizio (2006). Gubernamentalidad y Seguridad Democrática: Una aproximación a las prácticas de seguridad democrática en Colombia desde la filosofía política de Michel Foucault. CESO-Universidad de los Andes.
Mantilla Casas, Giovanni Fabrizio (2005). Gobernar y Asegurar: una lectura crítica de la Seguridad Democrática en Colombia desde la filosofía política de Michel Foucault. Colombia Internacional, 60, 156-175. Link Download
Mantilla Casas, Giovanni Fabrizio, Alexandra Guáqueta (2005). Cómo manejar riesgos de seguridad y construir paz al mismo tiempo. Revista EAN, 55, Link Download

Graduate Research Partnership Program (with Prof. Kathryn Sikkink): Summer 2010
Research Assistant: Cold War Consensus Project - Prof. Ronald R. Krebs, January 2009 - Present
Summer Research Fellow - Human Rights Watch, NYC, NY.: The Victimization of LGBT Persons in Colombia, June 2008 - September 2008

Co-convener: Qualitative Methods Workshop, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota , Spring 2010
Co-convener: Minnesota International Relations Colloquium , August 2009 - Present
Researcher: Fundación Ideas para la Paz, Bogotá, Colombia. , June 2005 - August 2007
Assistant, Regional Security Group: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia , April 2006 - April 2007
Research Assistant, Programa Congreso Visible: Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia , January 2003 - December 2003

Robert T. Holt Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Political Science, University of Minnesota, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
(Alternate) Jennings Randolph Dissertation Fellowship, U.S. Institute for Peace, Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
Hella Mears Graduate Fellowship in European Studies, Center for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota, June 2012 - August 2012
Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, May 2011
Andrew Dickinson Memorial Fellowship, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Summer 2011
Travel Award. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA), 2011
International Studies Association (ISA) Travel Grant, 2011
Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Award. University of Minnesota, Summer 2010
Institute of Qualitative and Multi-method Research, Syracuse University, Summer 2010. Received support to attend from the Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota.
ICGC-Compton International Fellowship, Fall 2009 - Present
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship, Summer 2008
N. Marbury Efimenco Graduate Fellowship, Fall 2007 - Fall 2008
Alban Program – Higher Education Scholarship awarded by the European Union (declined), Fall 2007
Cum Laude, Universidad de los Andes, Spring 2005

Teaching Assistant. POL 3479. Latin American Politics. Fall. 2010. Prof. Lisa Hilbink.
Teaching Assistant. POL 4485/5485. Human Rights and Democracy in the World. Spring 2010. Prof. Kathryn Sikkink.
Teaching Assistant. POL 1025. Global Politics. Fall 2009. Instr. David Leon.
Teaching Assistant. POL 1054. Repression and Democracy Around the World. Fall 2008. Prof. Phil Shively