MONTAÑO REYES, MONICA

Monica Montaño Reyes holds a Ph. Degree on Political Science (2009) at Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane in

Florence, Italy. Her Thesis title was "The quality of politicians: comparative study of deputies in Italy, Spain, Mexico and

Argentina 2008-2012". And her Directors were: Leonardo Morlino and Co-director: Manuel Alcántara Sáez. Since 2013

she is full-time professor at the University of Guadalajara, Department of Politics. Since then, her research

interests are leadership, political elites, culture Political class, political careers and representation. Her last two

Research Stays were at Universitá degli studi di Firenze, Italy under the supervision of prof. Georgia Bulli, from

september 2024 to july 2025. And at the Universitá degli Studi di Perugia, Italy under the supervision of Silvia

Bolgherini, during June 2023. She was part of the Central Committee of the Mexican Political Science Association

(AMECIP) from 2021 to 2023. And since 2019 she is coordinator of the Research Group “Elites in America Latina” at the

Latin American Political Science Association (ALACIP). At the University of Guadalajara she is a coordinator of the

UdeG Electoral-Political Observatory since 2017 and she was part of the Governance Institute of the same University

from 2019-2024. In recent days she leads two main research projects: local political leaders in Mexico and electoral

behavior in Latin America. Her last book on political elites was edited with Tirant lo Blanch (2024) Trajectories and

professionalization of political elites: National and local cases in Latin America and her last article was published by

Perfiles Latinoamericanos (2025) Political Hotbeds and Politicizing Organizations of Mexican Legislators: 1997-2021.