Abrild72

Hi! My name is Abril! I'm an undergraduate student at Rice University planning to pursue a B.A. in environmental science. I listen to music and play ultimate frisbee during my free time. Some of my favorite music artists are Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, and Kanye West. I began playing frisbee during my freshman year of college and it is actually the first and only sport I've played as part of a team. For now, I am considering a career in K-12 education because I love working with kids.

Articles I am thinking about working on (with potential sources listed):

Timeline of the Mexican Drug War

1. Finckenauer et al. "Mexico and the United States: Neighbors Confront Drug Trafficking." National Criminal Justice Reference Service. NIJ Publications, 12 June 2007. Web.
2. Duncan, Gustavo. "Drug Trafficking and Political Power: Oligopolies of Coercion in Colombia and Mexico." Latin American Perspectives 41.2 (2013): 18-42. SAGE. Web. 5 Sept. 2018.
3. Wolfesberger, Philipp. “Coercive Inclusion in the Mexican War on Drugs: A Field Study of Human Rights and the State in Michoacán.”Latin American Perspectives44.5 (2017): 91-107. SAGE.Web. 5 Sept. 2018.
4. Lantz, Andrew. “The Performativity of Violence: Abducting Agency in Mexico’s Drug War.” Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 25.2 (2016): 253-269. Taylor & Francis Online.Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
5. Mercille, Julien. “Violent Narco-Cartels or US Hegemony? The Political Economy of the ‘War on Drugs’ in Mexico.” Third World Quarterly 32.9 (2011): 1637-1653. EBSCOhost.Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
6. Beittel, June S. “Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations.” U.S. Congressional Research Service. Federation of American Scientists, 3 July 2018. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
7. Seelke, Clare Ribando, and Kristin Finklea. “U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: The Merida Initiative and Beyond.” U.S. Congressional Research Service.Federation of American Scientists, 29 June 2017. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
8. Tromme, Mathieu, and Miguel Angel Kara Otaola. “Enrique Pena Nieto’s National Anti-Corruption Commission and the Challenges of Waging War against Corruption in Mexico.” Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, vol. 30, no. 2, 2014, pp. 557-588. JSTOR. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
9. Deli, Melissa. “Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War.” The American Economic Review, vol. 105, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1738-1779. JSTOR. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
10. Ramirez, Manuel et al. “The Relation of Drug Trafficking Fears and Cultural Identity to Attitudes Toward Mexican Immigrants in Five South Texas Communities.” Journal of Borderlands Studies. 31.1 (2016): 91-105. PMC. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.

Caught my attention, but haven't had time to figure out whether the source is reliable or not:

https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/mexicos-drug-war-balkanization-leads-regional-challenges

Geography of Mexico

1. OECD 2017, “Mid-term Progress Report of the Environmental Performance Review of Mexico.”, OECD Publishing, Paris. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
2. Mumme, Stephen P. “Trade Integration, Neoliberal Reform, and Environmental Protection in Mexico.” Latin American Perspectives 154.34.3 (2007): 91-107. SAGE.Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
3. Radonic, Lucero. “Environmental Violence, Water Rights, and (Un) Due Process in Northwestern Mexico.” Latin American Perspectives 42.5 (2015): 27-47. SAGE. Web. 6 Sept. 2018.
4. Hernández-Escobedo, Quetzalcoatl, et al. “Wind Energy Research in Mexico.” Renewable Energy, vol. 123, 20 Feb. 2018, pp. 719–729., doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.02.101.
5. Díaz, Araceli Ortega, and Erika Casamadrid Gutiérrez. “Competing Actors in the Climate Change Arena in Mexico: A Network Analysis.” Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 215, 2 Apr. 2018, pp. 239–247., doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.056.
6. Lopez-Maldonado, Yolanda, and Fikret Berkes. “Restoring the Environment, Revitalizing the Culture: Cenote Conservation in Yucatan, Mexico.” Ecology and Society, vol. 22, no. 4, 1 Dec. 2017, doi:10.5751/es-09648-220407.