Victor Hinojosa, PhD

Victor J. Hinojosa is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Honors Program at Baylor University. The winner of the Baylor University Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching by a tenured faculty member (2024) and the Elizabeth Vardaman Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduates (2022), his teaching focuses on the politics of Mexico and Latin America, U.S.-Latin American relations, and migration.    He is the author of Domestic Politics and International Narcotics Control (Routledge 2007), and his work has appeared in edited volumes and journals including Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Science Quarterly, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the Journal of Moral Theology.  With his students, he is the author of the illustrated children's book “A Journey Toward Hope” (published simultaneously in Spanish as Una Jornada Hacia la Esperanza) which tells the story of unaccompanied children who migrate from Central America to the United States.