Mitxy Mabel Meneses Gutierrez

Mitxy Mabel Meneses Gutierrez is a Lecturer in Postcolonial International Relations at the Social and Economic Research Institute, part of the College of Social Sciences and Arts at Sheffield Hallam University. She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London (funded by CONACYT), a BA in International Relations from ITESO (Mexico), and an MA in International Politics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her research focuses on transborderism, contemporary border studies, international migration, diaspora politics, and public policy, with a geopolitical emphasis on the Americas.

Teaching includes 'Introduction to International Relations' and supervision of MA students in International Relations and Global Crises. Research projects explore transborder students at the US-Mexico border, transborder micro-business resilience during travel restrictions, and transnational family projects. She is an Assistant Editor of postcolonialpolitics.org.

Prior roles include Chief of International Affairs at Mexico’s Secretariat of Education and Tourism, and work with the UN IOM at the Mexicali-Calexico border.