Ángela María Bohórquez Oviedo

Education

Formación Académica

2021. Ph.D. Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
Subfields: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Dissertation: “Weaponizing Gender: The Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the Colombian Peace Plebiscite Media Coverage.” Committee: Drs. Kara Ellerby and Pascha Bueno-Hansen (co-chairs), Drs. Benjamin Bagozzi and Julio Carrión

2018. Certificate in Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research, Syracuse University, NY, USA

2017. M.A. Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

2014. M.A. Human and Social Sciences (Education, Work, and Training), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne, France

2013. M.A. Social Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia

2008. B.A. Social Communication and Journalism, Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

Areas of Specialization

Áreas de Especialización

• Latin American Politics
• Social Movements
• Media and Democracy
• Political Communication
• Gender and Politics

Methodological Expertise

Métodos de Investigación

Mixed research methods and qualitative analysis

Selected Honors & Awards

Premios y Reconocimientos

2022. Egresada Meritoria – Outstanding Academic and Professional Achievement M.A. Social Sciences, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia

2021. George Herbert Ryden Dissertation Prize in Social Sciences – University of Delaware, USA

2020–2021. Dissertation Fellowship Award – University of Delaware, USA

2018. Women of Promise – College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware, USA

2006 & 2007. Academic Excellence Honor Mention B.A. Social Communication and Journalism (Mención de Honor por Excelente Desempeño Académico, Programa de Comunicación Social y Periodismo), Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

Publications

Publicaciones

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026 (Forthcoming). “The Colombian campaign against ‘Gender Ideology:’ A blind spot in the peace plebiscite media coverage.” In Vidal Correa (Ed.), Gender Dynamics in Latin American Media and Communications, Palgrave Macmillan. Book chapter

2024. “A Political Opportunity: The Build-Up of the Colombian Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the 2016 Peace Plebiscite.” Política. Revista de Ciencia Política, Universidad de Chile. https://revistapolitica.uchile.cl/index.php/RP/article/view/76056/78182

Works in Progress

Trabajos en curso

2026. “Out of Sight: The Internal Organization of the Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the 2016 Colombian Peace Plebiscite.” Manuscript under review

2026. “Weaponizing Gender: The Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the Colombian Peace Plebiscite.” Book project in preparation

2025. “Caught Off Guard: How an Anti-Gender Campaign Outmaneuvered Feminist Resistance in the Colombian Peace Process.” In Pousadela, I. (Ed.), Feminist Resilience in the Face of Conservative Backlash: Comparative Cases from Latin America. Springer. Book chapter in preparation

Electronic Publications

Publicaciones en Internet

2025. “From Peace to Panic: ‘Gender Ideology,’ Media Coverage, and Resistance in Colombia.” Revista Lüvo. Colombia and Canada. Retrieved from https://www.calameo.com/read/004813059c653a6e10c86

2021. The discursive constellation of power beyond politics. The Gear Project: Gender Equality and Anti-Racism Blog. United States of America. Retrieved from https://thegearproject.sudeshnachatterjee.com/?p=280

2020. The vulnerable voter on social networks: data exploitation for political campaigning. The Gear Project: Gender Equality and Anti-Racism Blog. United States of America. Retrieved from https://thegearproject.sudeshnachatterjee.com/?p=267

2020. The shadow of gender ideology shakes social media. The Gear Project: Gender Equality and Anti-Racism Blog. United States of America. Retrieved from https://thegearproject.sudeshnachatterjee.com/?p=174

Selected Other Publications

Otras Publicaciones

2016. “Deliberation, a symbolic and a powerful weapon of democracy.” Escribanía 14(2): 11. Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2014. “Movimiento feminista: entre giros sociales, conflictos y reconstrucciones colectivas.” Filo de Palabra 15: 34. Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2013. “Esferas de la Biopolítica, de los medios a la mujer en la pornografía.” Filo de Palabra 14: 36-42. Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2012. “La mujer, entre la historia y la cultura de masas.” Filo de Palabra 12: 36-42. Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2011. “La influencia educativa de la televisión en el desarrollo moral de los niños televidentes.” Filo de Palabra 10. Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2007-2008. Articles, news, chronicles, and reports. Newspapers La Patria, El Caldense, and El Tiempo newspapers, Colombia

Selected Conference Presentations

Eventos y Conferencias Seleccionadas

2026. “The Tripartite Strategy against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the Colombian Peace Process.” 21st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science, Galway, Ireland

2025. “Social Media Contesting Peace: The Colombian Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology.’” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

2025. “A Political Opportunity: The Build-Up of the Colombian Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the 2016 Peace Plebiscite.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress, USA

2024. “The Colombian Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ to Derail Peace.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress, Colombia

2022. “Mobilizations, Social Media, and Disinformation: The Colombian Hybrid Campaign against ‘Gender Ideology’ for Preventing Peace.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress, USA

2022. “Disseminating Disinformation for Promoting Peace? The Campaign Against ‘Gender Ideology’ in the Colombian Peace Plebiscite.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, USA

2022. “Framing Gender to Derail Peace: The Organized Counterforce of the Colombian Campaign against Gender Ideology.” Invited presentation, Workshop on Illiberalism in Latin America, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, USA

2021. “The Media Counterforce of the Gender Ideology Campaign for Colombian Peace.” American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, USA

2021. “No Vote for Peace: The ‘Opportunistic’ Anti-Gender Ideology Campaign and the Colombian Media Coverage of the 2016 Plebiscite.” International Studies Association (ISA), USA

2021. “The Confrontational Media Coverage for Peace: Indirect Effects of the Gender Ideology Campaign in the 2016 Colombian Plebiscite.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), USA

2021. “Gender is a ‘Populist term’: The Media Strategies of the Gender Ideology Campaign in the Colombian Peace Plebiscite.” 10th Annual International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFJP), USA

2020. “The Colombian Peace Plebiscite 2016 in the Media: Gender Ideology for Preventing Peace?” 15th International Conference Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Greece

2020. “A Peace Analysis: Using NVivo to Examine Interviews Concerning the Gender Ideology Campaign (GIC) from the 2016 Colombian Plebiscite.” Virtual Computational Social Science Symposium for an Inclusive Society, University of Delaware, USA

2019. “The Pursuit of Power: Gender Ideology and Mass Media in the Colombian Peace Process.” Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress, Boston, USA

2019. “Media and Peace: The Power of Gender Ideology Discourses in the Colombian Peace Process 2016.” International Studies Association (ISA), Toronto, Canada

2018. “Colombians Rejected Peace. The Representation of Gender as a Dangerous Ideology in the Peace Process 2016.” 13th International Conference Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Granada, Spain

2018. “Including difference, preventing peace: Gender discourses in the Colombian plebiscite of 2016.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, USA

2018. “People vs. Peace: The Representation of the Colombia Peace Plebiscite 2016 in Newspapers.” Spanish and Portuguese Department Graduate Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

2016. “The Construction of Gender in Peace Processes from a Feminist Theoretical Approach.” International Symposium CLACSO/OLA, New York, USA

2014. “The Technical Production of News about Political Corruption as a Key Instrument of Symbolic Power.” Simposio Internacional Diálogos de Comunicación Norte-Sur, Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2012. “The symbolic power of the media, the representation of reality?” V World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) Latin American Congress, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

Professional Development

Cursos de Formación Profesional

2025. “Interpretive Process Analytics (QMMR C), course, American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

2025. “Teaching and Researching Trust with Large Scale Twitter (X) Datasets, course, American Political Science    Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada

2024. “Social Media Content Creation for Scientific Research.” Online workshop, International Science Council Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific, Australia

2024. “The Fundamentals of Anti-Oppression.” Online Training Workshop, Bakau Consulting, Canada

2022. “Illiberalism in Latin America Workshop.” Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University, USA

2022. “Broadening Our Approach: A Workshop on Comparative Political Communication.” DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA

2022. “Decolonising the Research Agenda on the Continuum of Violence against Women in Latin America: Network of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.” British Academy Writing Workshop, University of Birmingham (UK), Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), Bogotá, Colombia

2018. Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) Course in the Protection of Human Subjects. Basic course, CITI Program-University of Delaware, USA

2015. Certificate for International Teaching Assistant Training Program, English Language Institute (ELI), University of Delaware, Newark, USA

Service

Servicio a la Comunidad

2025-Present. Committee Member, Latin American and Caribbean Community Enhancement Initiatives, CoDevelopment Canada, Vancouver, Canada

2025-Present. Member, Women Transforming Cities (WTC), Vancouver, Canada

Academic Service

Servicio a la Comunidad Académica

2015-2021. Member of the Hispanic/Latino Graduate Student Association (HLGSA), University of Delaware, USA

2016. Panelist, International Teaching Assistant Training Program Alumni Panel, University of Delaware, USA

2012-2014. Research Student Group Coordinator for Communication Studies and Media, Programa de Comunicación Social y Periodismo, Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

2011-2012. Director, Hojalata Digital Student Magazine, Programa de Comunicación Social y Periodismo, Universidad de Manizales, Colombia

Research Experience

Experiencia en Investigación

2020-2021. Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow. University of Delaware, Department of Political Science, USA

2017-2019. Graduate Research Assistant. University of Delaware, Department of Political Science, PI: Dr. David Redlawsk, USA

2010-2015. Faculty Researcher. Universidad de Manizales, Programa de Comunicación Social & Periodismo; Centro de Comercio y Servicios – Centro de Tecnologías Agroindustriales, SENA, Colombia

2008-2010. Press and Communication Assistant, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), World Food Program (WFP), Governor of Caldas Office, Colombia

2007-2008. Journalist, Newspapers La Patria (Regional) and El Tiempo (National), Colombia

Presentations & Invited Talks

2022. “Framing Gender to Derail Peace: The Organized Counterforce of the Colombian Campaign against Gender Ideology.” Virtual presentation at the workshop Illiberalism in Latin America, Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, USA.

2019. “Missing: A Political Representation of the Dictatorship in Chile. Consistencies and Inconsistencies in U.S. Foreign Policy.” Discussant, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, USA.

2010. Social Science Scholarly Writing. Invited lecture, Especialización en Comunicación Organizacional, Universidad de Manizales, Manizales, Colombia.

Selected Grants

Becas

2024. WPSA Elsa Favila Travel Award, USA

2020–2021. Dissertation Fellowship Award, University of Delaware

2020. Professional Development Award – Graduate College, University of Delaware (MPSA Conference), USA

2019. College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of Delaware

2017–2019. Research Assistant Stipend, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware

2019. ISA Travel Grant, International Studies Association, USA

2018. Institute for Qualitative Methods Research Grant, Syracuse University, USA

2018. Professional Development Award – Graduate College, University of Delaware (International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences), USA

2016, 2018, 2020. Professional Development Awards, Graduate College, University of Delaware

2015–2017. Teaching Assistant Stipend, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware

2011. Colciencias Research Grant, Programa Jóvenes Investigadores “Virginia Gutiérrez de Pineda,” Colombia

Professional Affiliations

Afiliaciones Académicas

• Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS)
• American Political Science Association (APSA)
• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
• Red Internacional de Periodistas con Visión de Género
• Red de Politólogas #NoSinMujeres