Diana Orcés, Ph.D.

Diana Orcés, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Oakland University in Michigan. Dr. Orcés specializes in Comparative Politics and her recent work focuses on the political impact and consequences of migration across the Americas. She has been published in such journals as The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Latin American Politics and Society, and Studies in Comparative International Development. Dr. Orcés is originally from Quito, Ecuador, and received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.

• Understanding the Central American Refugee Crisis: Why They Are Fleeing and How U.S. Policies are Failing to Deter Them (Special Report, February 2016)