Omar García-Ponce Email and Phone Number

I am an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. My research examines the causes and impacts of contemporary forms of intrastate violence, ranging from local criminal gangs to armed rebellions to transnational organized crime groups. Methodologically, my expertise is in quantitative approaches to causal inference, including experimental and quasi-experimental methods. My scholarly work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the American Political Science Review, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of Peace Research, and World Politics, among other journals. This research has been supported by governments, international agencies, and civil society organizations. It has also received mentions in various media outlets, such as Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Time, Slate, and The New Republic.