Robert Donnelly
Program Associate, Mexico Institute , Latin American Program
Program Associate, Mexico Institute

Phone: 202/691-4050
Email: robert.donnelly@wilsoncenter.org

Affiliation Program Associate, Mexico Institute Experience Coordinator, Justice in Mexico Project, Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego; Adjunct Instructor, Latin American History, San Diego City College; Graduate Research Assistant, Latin American Studies Dept., University of California, San Diego; Teaching Assistant, Spanish, Linguistics Department, University of California, San Diego; Journalist (financial, political, and general-interest news; worked as both freelancer and staff reporter), Mexico City

Major Publications | Biography | Education

Major Publications

• Fact Sheet: Narco-Trafficking & Violence in Mexico with Theresa Firestine, Ruth Gómez, Cory Molzahn, and David Shirk (Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego, 2008)
  
• Conference Report: Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico (Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego, 2007)
  
• Crisis in Oaxaca: Domestic and International Implications with Verónica López Arellano (Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego, 2006)
  
• Trans-Border Migration and Development with David Shirk (Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego, 2006)
  
• Immigrants and Health Agency: Public Safety, Health, and Latino Immigrants in North Carolina (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2005)
  

Biography
Robert Donnelly is the Program Associate for the Mexico Institute. Prior to coming to the Wilson Center in August 2008, Donnelly was most recently Coordinator of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute, a position he held from 2006. As Coordinator, Donnelly organized a nine-part working group meeting series that examined criminal justice reforms at the state level in Mexico, wrote and edited a monthly news synthesis on rule-of-law-related developments in Mexico, coordinated project publications, and assisted with the planning of a five-part speaker series on legal ethics. From 1997 to 2002 Donnelly worked a freelance and staff journalist in Mexico City, writing for trade publications, wire services, and magazines. Donnelly speaks fluent Spanish.

Education
M.A., Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego; B.A., journalism, University of Georgia; B.A., history, University of Georgia

Latin American Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: lap@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4030