Mateo Diaz Magaloni

Major: Political Science
Minor: Psychology
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
Thesis Advisor: Lauren Davenport

Tentative Thesis Title: The Puzzle of Repression in Consolidated Democracies: State Violence Under ICE in the United States, Citizen Response, and Lessons From Latin America

Future aspirations post-Stanford: I hope to pursue a PhD in Political Science or Psychology, with a focus on understanding internal conflict and the conditions that enable or prevent violence, whether organized crime or civil war. My interests sit at the intersection of social psychology, criminology, and political science, which I find most generative for explaining the roots of violence.

A fun fact about yourself: I have free dived with a pod of wild orcas in Mexico!