Gino Nicolas Pauselli

Gino Nicolas Pauselli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, specializing in international relations and human rights with regional focus on Latin America and the Global South.

His core research domains include:

• Human Rights
• International Relations
• Foreign Aid
• Latin America
• Foreign Policy
• Global South
• LGBTQIA+ Rights

He investigates geographic determinants of human rights advocacy, autocratic repression of LGBTQ+ communities, and international cooperation failures. Recent publications (2023-2024) employ experimental and quantitative methodologies to analyze journal submission behavior among Latin American scholars, border wall dynamics, and compliance mechanisms within human rights systems, revealing critical patterns in Global South scholarship and marginalized community protections.