Rate My Professor Kristina Mani

Professor Mani’s research examines the relationships between domestic political change and regional security in Latin America, including how processes of democratization and democratic consolidation affect elite political learning and historical memory of conflict and cooperation. Her current projects focus on Latin American militaries as influential economic actors, with implications for military autonomy and professionalism across Central and South America. She authored the book Democratization and Military Transformation in Argentina and Chile: Rethinking Rivalry (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011). Selected publications include “Military Entrepreneurs: Patterns in Latin America” (Latin American Politics and Society, 2011), “Honduras: All-Purpose Militarization” (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2021), “Toward a Citizen Soldier Paradigm? Assessing Three Decades of Civil-Military Relations in Argentina” (Geopolitics, History, and International Relations, 2017), and chapters in Research Handbook on Civil-Military Relations (Edward Elgar, 2024) and Governing the Military: The Armed Forces under Democracy in Chile (Manchester University Press, 2024). Her work has appeared in journals such as Armed Forces and Society and Bulletin of Latin American Research. Mani has received the Best Paper Award from the Latin American Studies Association’s Defense, Democracy, and Public Security section (2012), GLCA New Directions Initiative grants (2012-2013), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grants (2009, 2016), and Oberlin College research and travel grants. She has consulted for think tanks including Transparency International, Providing for Peacekeeping, RESDAL, and the Christian Michelsen Institute.