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CV Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Brownsville, TX

Department of Public Affairs and Security Studies

One West University Blvd.

MO Building, Room M1.126B

Brownsville, TX 78520|

Tel. (956) 882-3876

Fax. (956) 882-8893

[email protected]

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor


The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Brownsville, TX

EDUCATION

1. New School for Social Research/The New School; New York, NY

Political Science Department

Ph.D. in Political Science; January 2010.

Major Field: Comparative Politics (passed Field Exam with Honors)

Minor Field: American Politics

Ph.D. Dissertation Title:

DEMOCRACY IN "TWO MEXICOS": Political Exclusion, Economic Exclusion, and

(Un)civil Modes of Political Action in Oaxaca and Nuevo León

2. New School for Social Research/The New School; New York, NY

Political Science Department

M.Phil. in Political Science; January 2005.

M.A. in Political Science; May 2002.

Area of Specialization: Comparative Politics

3. Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA); Mexico City

Department of Economics

B.A. in Economics (Licenciatura en Economía); December 1997.

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Area of Specialization: Macroeconomics (Field of interest: International Economics)

B.A. Thesis: “Desarrollo Financiero y Crecimiento Económico: Teoría y Evidencia

Empírica para Países en Desarrollo” (Financial Development and Economic Growth:

Theory and Empirical Evidence for Developing Countries)

Degree with honors: Honorific Mention (Mención Honorífica)

TEACHING

1. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV); Brownsville, TX


Associate Professor

*** On-leave (Fall 2015 - Spring 2017) ***

2. University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB); Brownsville, TX

Department of Government

Associate Professor

Chair (Fall 2012 - Summer 2015)

Courses (since Fall 2009 to date):

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Latin American Politics

American Hispanic Politics

American Government and Policy

Seminar in International and Development Policy and Management (Graduate)

International and Comparative Public Policy and Management (Graduate)

United States-Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Relations (Graduate)

Public Policies in the Mexico-U.S. Border Region (Graduate)

U.S.-Mexico Border Policy (Graduate)

3. Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF); Matamoros, Tamaulipas

Certificate on Border Studies (Diplomado en Estudios Fronterizos)

Instructor; October 19, 20, 26, and 27, 2012.

Course: Mexico-U.S. Border Relation: Basic Problems, Institutional Framework, and Critical

Topics.


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4. Mexican School of Intelligence and National Security (Escuela de Inteligencia y

Seguridad Nacional, ESISEN); Mexico City

Instructor; November 24-27, 2014.

Course: Advanced Prospective.

Instructor; November 10 and 11, 2011.

Course: Security in Mexico’s Northern Border. The Three Mexico’s Northern Borders:

Tijuana-San Diego, Ciudad Juárez-El Paso, and Tamaulipas-Texas.


Departments of Economics and Political Science

Visiting Scholar/Part-time Faculty; Fall 2005 - Spring 2007.

Course: Comparative Politics/Seminar of Political Research II (Fall 2006 and Spring 2007)

6. Eugene Lang College/The New School; New York, NY

Social and Historical Studies

Instructor; Fall 2003.

Course: Introduction to Comparative Politics


Department of Economics

Instructor; Spring 2000.

Course: Introduction to Macroeconomics (“Macroeconomics I”)

RESEARCH

Research Interests:

Border studies

Border security

Drug trafficking and organized crime

Energy and security

Migration and human trafficking

U.S.-Mexico relations

Contemporary Mexican politics


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Latin American politics

Research Projects:

Visiting researcher (Spring 2016). National Autonomous University of Mexico

(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) - Research Center on North America

(Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, CISAN).

Project: “Trafficking of Migrants and Organized Crime in Central America, México and the

United States”

Participant in the 2015 project: “The Rule of Law and Mexico’s Energy Reform” (organized

by Rice University’s Baker Institute Mexico Center and the University of Houston’s Center

for U.S. and Mexican Law, in collaboration with the Baker Institute Center for Energy

Studies, the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, the Centro de

Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C. (CIDAC), and the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo

León);

Individual project: “Security, the Rule of Law, and Energy Reform in Mexico” (with Dr.

Tony Payan)

Participant in the project: “Circulations, Insecurity and Violence in Northeastern Mexico and

South Texas” (organized by CONACYT-Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en

Antropología Social, CIESAS-Noreste); Spring 2015-Fall 2016.

Individual project 1: “Migration, Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in the Texas-

Tamaulipas Border”

Individual project 2: “Militarization and Social Media: The ‘Virtual’ War against Organized

Crime in Northeastern Mexico”

Research fellow (2013). The Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin) -

Desigualdades.net

Project: “Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of

Migration, Trade, the Energy Industry, and Transnational Organized Crime”

Visiting researcher (Summer 2012). National Autonomous University of Mexico

(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) - Research Center on North America

(Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, CISAN).

Project: “Militarization, Paramilitarization and Organized Crime on the Texas-Tamaulipas

Border”

Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011)1

1 The DSD Fellowship is funded by the Open Society Foundations' Latin America Program and Global Drug

Policy Program. The fellowship program is a partnership between Open Society Foundations (OSF), Social

Science Research Council (SSRC), International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and Universidad de

los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.


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Project: “Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ (Texas-Tamaulipas) Border: Unemployment,

Corruption, and the Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico’s New Democratic

Era”

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS

Woodrow Wilson Residential Fellowship for Scholars 2016-2017.

FY 2014 International Programs to Combat Trafficking in Persons Grant

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State

Project: “Trafficking in Persons along Mexico’s Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of

Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations”

$200,000.00 (18 months, starting April 2015)

*** 2015 Emerging Scholar of the Year Award; by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin) -

Desigualdades.net project (June–August 2013)

Drugs, Security and Democracy (DSD) Post-doctoral Fellowship (August 2011-July 2012)

FULBRIGHT Fellowship (Sep 2000-May 2002)

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) Scholarship (Fall 2000–August

2006)

New School for Social Research Dissertation Fellowship (2003-2004)

New School for Social Research Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2003-2004)

New School for Social Research Tuition Scholarship (Fall 2000 - Fall 2003)

Janey Program for Latin American Studies Summer Grant (Summer 2004)

2002 Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) New Social Science Training

Fellowship (September-December 2002)

PUBLICATIONS


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Books

Democracy in “Two Mexicos”: Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León. New York:

Palgrave Macmillan (2013).

Los Zetas Inc.: A Criminal Transnational Corporation, Mexico’s Energy Sector, and a

Modern Civil War [in contract with University of Texas Press - forthcoming Spring 2017].

Book Chapters

“Seguridad, Estado de Derecho y Reforma Energética en México” (co-authored with Tony

Payan). In Tony Payan and Stephen Zamora, eds. El Estado de Derecho y la Reforma

Energética. Mexico, D.F.: Tirant Lo Blanch México (2016) [Forthcoming].

“Participación Ciudadana y Seguridad en la Frontera Norte de México: Un Balance de las

Experiencias.” In Socorro Arzaluz and Tony Payan, eds., Frontera y Ciudadanía ante la

Encrucijada de la Inseguridad. México, D.F.: Colegio de la Frontera Norte/Mexico Center,

Rice University (2016) [Forthcoming].

“Research Methods and Experiences on the Eastern Border (Tamaulipas-Texas):

Paramilitarization of Organized Crime, Extreme Violence and Social Media.” In Tony Payan

and Consuelo Pequeño, eds., The Art of Research: Methods and Experiences in Crossborder

Contexts. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ)/Eón

(2016) [Forthcoming].

“Migración Indocumentada, Crimen Organizado y Trata de Personas a lo Largo de la

Frontera Este México-Estados Unidos” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). In Werner

Mackenbach and Günther Maihold, eds., Globalización, Migración, Convivencia.

Perspectivas de Centroamérica y México. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Jade (2015).

“Bilingual College Education at UTB: Improving Student Success in the Rio Grande Valley”

(co-authored with Oralia de los Reyes). In Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, Antonio Zavaleta,

and Thomas Daniel Knight, eds. Yet More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Vol. 13).

Brownsville, Texas: University of Texas at Brownsville (2015): pp. 339-359.

“Women and Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ Border.” In Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and

Antonio Zavaleta, eds. Still More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Vol. 12).

Brownsville, Texas: University of Texas at Brownsville (2014): pp. 233-254.

“Drug Wars, Social Networks and the Right to Information: Informal Media as Freedom of

the Press in Northern Mexico” (co-authored with Jose Nava). In Tony Payan, Kathleen

Staudt, and Z. Anthony Kruszewski, eds., A War that Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives

on the War on Drugs. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press (2013): pp. 96-118.


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“Violencia en el Noreste Mexicano. El Caso Tamaulipas: Estado, Sociedad y Crimen

Organizado.” In Vicente Sánchez Munguía, ed., Violencia e Inseguridad en los Estados

Fronterizos del Norte de México en la Primera Década del Siglo XX1. Puebla, Puebla:

Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (2013): pp. 139-162.

“Las Fuentes de Financiamiento como Determinantes de la Transformación del Modelo

Económico en México (1940-1998)” (co-authored with Gerardo Jacobs and Vicente Cell). In

Mauricio de Miranda, ed., Reforma Económica y Cambio Social en América Latina y el

Caribe. Cuatro Casos de Estudio: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, México. Bogotá, Colombia:

TM Editores, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali (November 2000): pp. 96-140.

Edited Collections

Special issue of the Journal of Borderlands Studies (co-edited with Kathleen Staudt): The

Multiple U.S.-Mexico Borders. Volume 29, Issue 4, 2014.

Articles

“Citizen Journalism: From Thomas in Boston to Twitter in Tamaulipas: A Case Study.” (co-

authored with Ruth Ann Ragland and María Machuca). The Journal of Social Media in

Society 6:1 (2017) [Forthcoming].

“Workers, Parties and a "New Deal:" A Comparative Analysis of Corporatist Alliances in

Mexico and the United States, 1910-1940” (co-authored with Ruth Ann Ragland). Labor

History 57:3 (2016): pp. 323-346.

“U.S. Drug Policy and Supply Side Strategies: Assessing Effectiveness and Results” (co-

authored with Michelle Keck). Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 10:2 (July-December 2015): pp.

47-67.

“Rhetoric, Policy and Reality: U.S. Border Security and Migration Reform.” Voices of

Mexico 99 (Spring-Summer 2015): pp. 11-13.

“Inequalities and Global Flows in Mexico’s Northeastern Border: The Effects of Migration,

Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Canadian Journal of Latin

American and Caribbean Studies 40:3 (Autumn 2015): 326-350.

“Losing the Monopoly of Violence: The State, a Drug War, and the Paramilitarization of

Organized Crime in Mexico (2007-2010)” (co-authored with Michelle Keck and Jose Nava).

State Crime Journal 4:1 (2015): pp. 77-95.


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“Violence on the “Forgotten” Border: Mexico’s Drug War, the State, and Paramilitarization

of Organized Crime in Tamaulipas in a ‘New Democratic Era’”. Journal of Borderlands

Studies 29:4 (2014): pp. 419-433.

“An Introduction to the Multiple U.S.-Mexico Borders” (co-authored with Kathleen Staudt).

Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:4 (2014): pp. 385-390.

“Militarización y Seguridad Ciudadana en Tamaulipas: Dilemas de la Sociedad Civil y

Límites a la Participación Ciudadana en una Entidad donde el Estado Perdió el Monopolio

de la Violencia.” In Taller sobre Seguridad Ciudadana en México. Monterrey, Nuevo León:

Woodrow Wilson Center, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and Instituto

Tecnológico de Monterrey (October 2014).

“The Phenomenology of Perception and Fear: Security and the Reality of the U.S.-Mexico

Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett). Journal of Borderlands Studies 29:2 (2014): pp.

243-255.

“Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y Recomendaciones

de Política y Cooperación Regional.” Revista Migración y Desarrollo 12:22 (First semester

2014): pp. 147-171.

“Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for U.S.-Mexico Border Relations and

Governance” (co-authored with Terence Garrett and Michelle Keck). European Review of

Latin American and Caribbean Studies 96 (April 2014): pp. 35-53.

“Violence and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: The Economic Impact of the ‘War

against Drugs’.” Voices of Mexico 96 (Autumn 2013): pp. 17-22.

“Desarrollo Empresarial, Inversión Extranjera y Crimen Organizado en México: Los Efectos

Reales de la Violencia (2006-2010).” Panorama Socioeconómico 31:46 (July 2013): pp. 25-

36.

“The Spectacle of Drug Violence: American Public Discourse, Media and Border

Enforcement in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region during Drug War Times.”

Norteamérica CISAN-UNAM 7:2 (July-December 2012): pp. 199-220.

“Security, Migration, and the Economy in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: The ‘Real’

Effects of Mexico's Drug War.” Politics & Policy 41:1 (February 2013): pp. 65-82.

“Mexico’s Economic Dilemmas and Democratic Challenges in an Era of Reform.” Latin

American Politics and Society 54:4 (Winter 2012): pp. 179-188.

“A Business Perspective on Violence and Organized Crime.” Voices of Mexico 94 (Autumn

2012): pp. 19-22.


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“The Mathematics of Mexico-U.S. Migration and U.S. Immigration Policy,” co-authored

with Miriam Rojas-Arenaza. Policy Studies 33:4 (July 2012): pp. 297-312.

“Political Cohesion in Northern Mexico: The Case of Nuevo León (1994-2006)." The

Journal of South Texas 25:1 (Spring 2012): pp. 4-39.

“Political Factionalism in Southern Mexico: The Case of Oaxaca (2000-2006)." The Journal

of Politics in Latin America 4:1 (2012): pp. 73-106.

“La Vuelta en ‘U’ de la Transición Mexicana: Los Límites de la Democracia Electoral a Diez

Años de la Alternancia.” Revista Folios 4:24 (Autumn 2011): pp. 74-80.

“El Actual Modelo de Desarrollo: Orígenes y Perspectivas” (co-authored with Gerardo

Jacobs). Bien Común y Gobierno 23 (July 2000): pp. 13-26.

Encyclopedia Entries

“Latinos and U.S. Policy.” The Encyclopedia of United States - Latin American Relations

(EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

“First Meeting of American Presidents (Panama), 1956.” The Encyclopedia of United States

- Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

“Second Meeting of American Presidents (Punta del Este), 1967.” The Encyclopedia of

United States - Latin American Relations (EUSLA). Washington, DC: CQ Press (2012).

Book Reviews

George W. Grayson, The Cartels: The Story of Mexico’s Most Dangerous Criminal

Organizations and Their Impact on U.S. Security. In Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Books, September 2014.

Diego E. Osorno, La Guerra de Los Zetas: Viaje por la Frontera de la Necropolítica. In

Critical Reviews on Latin American Research 3:1 (2014).

Ricardo Ravelo, Zetas: La Franquicia Criminal. In Diario 19 (February 23, 2014).

Shannon Speed, Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas. In

Latin American Politics and Society 50:4 (Winter 2008): pp. 193-196.

Working Papers


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Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Working Paper Series,

DesiguALdades.net - International Research Network on Interdependent Inequalities in Latin

America: Lateinamerika-Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin (2014).

“The ‘Double Transition’ in Latin America: Democratic Change and the ‘Washington

Consensus’ (Main Critiques and Challenges in the 21st Century).” Transregional Center for

Democratic Studies (TCDS) Working Paper series 2003.

Issue Briefs and Public Policy Reports

“Mexican Armed Forces and Security in Mexico” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue Brief

no. 05.31.16. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

“Land Ownership and Use under Mexico’s Energy Reform” (co-authored with Tony Payan).

Issue Brief no. 10.29.14. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

“Energy Reform and Security in Northeastern Mexico” (co-authored with Tony Payan). Issue

Brief no. 05.06.14. Rice University’s Baker Institute, Houston, Texas.

Other Publications

Foreword of the book Drug War Capitalism by Dawn Marie Paley. Oakland, CA: AK Press

(2014).

“La Tregua con Las Maras que Destruyó el Estado” (Interview with former guerrilla member

Raúl Mijango). In Newsweek en Español [cover story] 20:24 (June 6, 2016); pp. 14-22.

“El Rascatripas. Hombre, Unos 35 Años de Edad.” In Lolita Bosch and Alejandro Vélez

Salas, eds., Tú y Yo Coincidimos en la Noche Terrible. Mexico City: Nuestra Aparente

Rendición (2012): pp. 89-90.

Op-Eds

“¿A quién le conviene que se olvide la violencia en Tamaulipas?” AMÉXICA-Univision,

August 12, 2016. http://www.univision.com/noticias/opinion/a-quien-le-conviene-que-se-

olvide-la-violencia-en-tamaulipas.

“Visiones fronterizas sobre seguridad: la realidad “desde dentro” en ambos lados.”

AMÉXICA-Univision, July 18, 2016. http://www.univision.com/noticias/amexica/visiones-

fronterizas-sobre-seguridad-la-realidad-desde-dentro-en-ambos-lados.

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“¿Qué está detrás de la elección en Tamaulipas? Seguridad y energía.” Sinembargo.mx, May

29, 2016. http://www.sinembargo.mx/29-05-2016/1665803.

“Seguridad Fronteriza y Reforma Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Retórica, Política y

Realidad.” La Frontera, 35:2 (Spring 2015): pp. 14-15. http://absborderlands.org/wp-

content/uploads/2014/03/La-frontera-352_h.pdf.

“Achieving Border Security: A Matter of Money or Competency? The Baker Institute

Viewpoints series: Border Spending / Houston Chronicle, August 1, 2013.

http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2013/08/achieving-border-security-a-matter-of-money-or-

competency/.

“New Economic Opportunities on the U.S.-Mexico Border Amid the Drug War.” La

Frontera, 34:1 (Fall 2013): p. 4. http://absborderlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/La-

frontera-341small.pdf.

“Seguridad Fronteriza y Reforma Migratoria en los Estados Unidos: Retórica, Política y

Realidad.” La Frontera, 35:2 (Spring 2015): pp. 14-15. http://absborderlands.org/wp-

content/uploads/2014/03/La-frontera-352_l.pdf.

Blogs

Blog of 12 episodes in Borderzine: Reporting across Fronteras (The University of Texas at

El Paso, UTEP): “A Nine-Day Road Trip Hugging the Texas-Mexico Border” (co-authored

with journalist Sergio Chapa)

Description: In this blog, a journalist and an academic living in South Texas share their travel

chronicles and photographs of a nine-day road trip along the Texas-Mexico Border—from

Brownsville-Matamoros to El Paso-Ciudad Juárez. The trip started on May 28 and ended on

June 5, 2013. It spanned 16 counties on the Texas side and the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo

León, Coahuila and Chihuahua on the Mexican side. This blog and its photos are a testimony

to this journey across the border.

http://borderzine.com/2013/09/borderzine-invites-you-to-ride-with-us-on-a-nine-day-road-

trip-hugging-the-texas-mexico-border/

http://borderzine.com/author/lupita/

BOOKS/WORKS IN PROGRESS

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Book manuscript (coauthored with Tony Payan): The Bird’s Eye View: An Elitist Analysis of

Mexico’s 2006-2012 Security Strategy

Edited volume (co-edited with Victor Konrad): North American Borders in Comparative

Perspective: Re-Bordering Canada, The United States of America and Mexico in the 21st

Century.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Keynote presentations

“Connecting the Dots: Drug War Capitalism, Police Violence, Anti-Immigrant Hype,

Militarization, and Communities of Resistance.” Keynote speaker at the 11th Annual

Gathering, People for Peace and Justice, South Texas College (Weslaco, Texas; February 13,

2016).

“A Dangerous Journey to the United States.” Keynote speaker at an event in commemoration

of International Human Rights Day; hosted by Casa de Proyecto Libertad and Movimiento

del Valle por los Derechos Humanos (Brownsville, Texas; December 10, 2015).

“Energy and Security along the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border: Challenges and Opportunities

in the Framework of Mexico’s Energy Reform.” Keynote speaker at the Quarterly Public

Affairs Luncheon of the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce (South Padre Island,

Texas; April 15, 2015).

“Opportunities and Challenges of Mexico’s Energy Reform in Tamaulipas.” Keynote speaker

at The U.S.-Mexico Energy Forum (Brownsville, Texas; October 6, 2014).

“Los Zetas Inc. An Emerging Transnational Corporation, Hydrocarbons, and Mexico’s Drug

War.” Featured speaker, Montana State University Billings (Billings, Montana; November

8, 2013).

“Security, Migration, and the Economy in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: The ‘Real’

Effects of Mexico’s Drug War on U.S. and Mexico Border Cities.” Featured speaker, Latin

American and Latino Studies Lecture Series. University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas;

February 28, 2013).

“Seguridad, Migración y Economía en la Frontera Este México-Estados Unidos: Los Efectos

‘Reales’ de la Denominada ‘Guerra contra las Drogas’.” Keynote speaker at the strategic

event to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte: “Diagnóstico

de la Realidad Social, Económica y Cultural de la Violencia y la Delincuencia en Municipios:

Reflexiones Comparativas” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; October 24, 2012).


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“Violence on the ‘Forgotten Border’: Cartel Wars in Tamaulipas, Mexico and its Border with

Texas.” Keynote speaker at the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-

Net) Conference (South Padre Island, Texas; May 20-23, 2012).

“Flujos de Inversión, Desarrollo Empresarial y Seguridad en México: Las Empresas

Mexicanas y Extranjeras en un Entorno Violento.” Keynote speaker at the 1st International

Congress: Business Administration and Management in the 21st Century, Instituto

Tecnológico de la Paz (La Paz, Baja California Sur; February 13-15, 2012).

“Seguridad Fronteriza y Narcotráfico en México - El Caso Tamaulipas y los Zetas: Clave

para Comprender el Crimen Organizado en el País.” Keynote presentation at Universidad

Iberoamericana (Mexico City; November 7, 2011).

Academic conferences

“Militarización y Redes Sociales: La Guerra Virtual contra la Delincuencia Organizada en

México.” Paper presented at the CIESAS-Noreste’s workshop “Migraciones, Inseguridad y

Violencia en el Noreste de México” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 21, 2016).

“Irregular Migration, Organized Crime and Trafficking in Persons along the Tamaulipas

Border with Texas.” Paper presented at the CIESAS-Noreste’s workshop “Migraciones,

Inseguridad y Violencia en el Noreste de México” (Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 20, 2016).

“The New Dynamics of the once ‘Forgotten Border’: Trade, Infrastructure and Security in

Brownsville/Matamoros in a New Energy Era." Paper presented at the 15th Border Regions

in Transition (BRIT). Conference (Hamburg, Germany – Sønderborg, Denmark; May 17-20,

2016).

“Límites de la Seguridad Ciudadana y Reforma de las Instituciones de Seguridad y Justicia:

El Caso de Tamaulipas.” Paper presented at the Conference “Márgenes Estatales, Seguridad

Ciudadana y Reforma de la Justicia Penal en México” (El Colegio de México; Mexico City;

May 3-4, 2016).

“Trafficking in Persons and Migration in Tlaxcala, Mexico's Sex Trafficking Capital.” Paper

presented at the eleventh Annual Symposium on Human Trafficking (McAllen, Texas; April

18-20, 2016).

“Energy and Security in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border: Winner and Losers of the War on

Drugs.” Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland

Studies (ABS) (Reno, Nevada; April 13-16, 2016).

“Migration and Trafficking along Mexico’s Southern Border: The Unintended Consequences

of Mexico’s Southern Border Plan and the Re-victimization of Vulnerable Groups” (co-


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authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the

Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Reno, Nevada; April 13-16, 2016).

“Cartels, Coyotes and Traffickers: Risks for Migrants in the Two Mexico’s Borders” (co-

authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the

Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Reno, Nevada; April 13-16, 2016).

“Trata de Migrantes y Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional: Una Ruta Peligrosa desde

los Países del Triángulo del Norte hasta la Frontera Tamaulipeca.” Paper presented at the

Conference ‘La Frontera Noreste de México: Migración y Desarrollo. Retos y Desafíos’

(COLEF; Monterrey, Nuevo León; September 24, 2015).

“Dilemas de la Migración en Las Américas: Desarrollo, (In)Seguridad y Delincuencia

Organizada.” Workshop organizer and panel participant at the 2015 International Metropolis

Conference ‘Migrants, Key Players in the 21st Century’ (UNAM; Mexico City; September

7-11, 2015).

“Security and the Social Media in Mexico: The Role of Civil Society, the State and Organized

Crime.” Paper presented at the International Conference/Workshop ‘El Contexto de la

Comunicación en Condiciones de Riesgo y Crisis en los Sectores Gubernamentales, Privados

y ONG's’ (Comunicación en Áreas Específicas: Seguridad) (UNAM; Mexico City; June 29

and 30, 2015).

“Paramilitarismo y Sector Energético en México.” Featured speaker at the Conference Series

on State Violence and Illegalities (CIESAS-Noreste; Monterrey, Nuevo León; June 19, 2015)

“U.S.-Mexico Border Issues and Policy Directions.” Paper presented at the conference on

‘The Texas-Mexico Border in Comparative North American Context’ (UT-Brownsville;

Brownsville, Texas; May 7-8, 2015).

“La Guerra Contra las Drogas en Redes Sociales: El Ciberespacio, el Nuevo Campo de

Batalla.” Paper presented at the 33rd International Congress of the Latin American Studies

Association (LASA) (San Juan, Puerto Rico; May 27-30, 2015).

“Understanding the Linkages between Undocumented Migration, Organized Crime and

Trafficking in Persons along the Eastern U.S.–Mexico Border” (co-authored with Jennifer

Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association for

Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11, 2015).

“An Emerging Field after Mexico’s ‘Drug War’: Energy, Security and Business-led Cross-

border Governance.” Paper presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association for

Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11, 2015).


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“Reflections on the Two North Korean Borders.” Paper to be presented at the 57th Annual

Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11,

2015).

“Trafficking in Persons along Mexico’s Eastern Migration Routes: The Role of Mexican

Transnational Criminal Organizations” (co-authored with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper

presented at the tenth Annual Symposium on Human Trafficking (McAllen, Texas; March

25-26, 2015).

“(In)security and Violence on the Mexico-US border.” Presentation at the Workshop on

Borders and Globalization; organized by the Border Research Team (Cuerpo Académico #83

Estudio Fronterizos) of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (Ciudad Juárez,

Chihuahua; November 14, 2014).

“Militarization, Paramilitarization and Organized Crime: Challenges for Citizen Security in

Tamaulipas, Mexico.” Presentation at the Workshop on Citizen Security in Mexican Cities;

organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and

Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey, Nuevo León; October 28, 2014).

“Emerging Fields after a Drug War: Businesses, Energy and Militarization on the Texas-

Mexico Border.” Paper presented at the Cross-Border Governance in North America and

Europe: Comparative Perspectives (Regina, Canada; September 22-23, 2014).

“Migration, Organized Crime and Human Trafficking in the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border

Region.” Presentation at the International Workshop-Seminar on Globalization, Coexistence

and Migration: Perspectives from Central America and Mexico; organized by the Cátedra

Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt in Humanities and Social Sciences (San José, Costa

Rica and Mexico City; June 4 and 6, 2014).

“Research Methods and Research Experiences on the Eastern U.S.-Mexico Border:

Paramilitarization of Organized Crime, Extreme Violence and Social Media.” Paper

presented at the First World Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS)

(Joensuu, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia; June 9-13, 2014).

“Violence, Paramilitarization, and Hydrocarbons: A Business Model of Organized Crime in

the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico.” Paper presented at the 32nd International Congress of the

Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (Chicago, Illinois; May 21-24, 2014).

“Desarrollo, Comercio, Energía y Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional en la Frontera

Norte de México: Un Análisis de la Desigualdad Fronteriza.” Paper presented at the 56th

Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Albuquerque, New

Mexico; April 2-5, 2014).


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“New Research Methodologies in Violent Borders: The Use of Social Media to Study the

‘Forgotten’ (Texas-Tamaulipas) Border.” Paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference of

the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Albuquerque, New Mexico; April 2-5, 2014).

“Resistance and Community Empowerment through Social Media: How Border Towns

Protect Themselves against Border Violence” (co-authored with Manuel Chávez). Paper

presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS)

(Albuquerque, New Mexico; April 2-5, 2014).


Commerce, Hydrocarbons, and Transnational Organized Crime.” Paper presented at the 44th

Urban Affairs Association (UAA) (San Antonio, Texas; March 19-22, 2014).

“Risks on Freedom of Information and the Press due to Violence on the Southwestern U.S.

Border.” Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland

Studies (ABS) (Denver, Colorado; April 10-13, 2013).

“Seguridad y Migración en las Dos Fronteras de México.” Paper presented at the 55th Annual

Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Denver, Colorado; April 10-

13, 2013).

“Migration and Organized Crime in the Texas-Tamaulipas Border Region: Human

trafficking and the Dilemmas of Migrant Smuggling in the Rio Grande Valley” (co-authored

with Jennifer Bryson Clark). Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Symposium on Human

Trafficking (McAllen and Brownsville, Texas; April 9-11, 2013).

“Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ Border: Unemployment, Endemic Corruption, and the

Paramilitarization of Drug Cartels on the Texas-Tamaulipas Border.” Paper scheduled to be

presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

(New Orleans, LA; August 30-September 2, 2012) [cancelled due to hurricane Isaac].

“Losing the Monopoly of Violence. Max Weber, the Mexican State, and the

Paramilitarization of Organized Crime in Mexico during Drug War Times” (co-authored with

Jose Nava). Paper presented at the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-

Net) Conference (South Padre Island, Texas; May 20-23, 2012).

“Women and Violence on the ‘Forgotten’ (Texas-Tamaulipas) Border.” Paper presented at

the 54th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Houston,

Texas; April 11-14, 2012).

“The Phenomenology of Perception and Fear: Living and Working on the U.S.-Mexico

Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett). Paper presented at the 2012 American Society

for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada; March 2-6, 2012).


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“Drug Wars, Social Networks and the Right to Information: The Rise of Informal Media as

the Freedom of Press’s Lifeline in Northern Mexico” (co-authored with Jose Nava). Paper

presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

(Seattle, Washington; September 1-4, 2011).

“Border Violence, the (Mis)use of Media, and Border (Mis)management: The Media

Spectacle of the so-called ‘War on Drugs’.” Paper presented at the 24th Annual Public

Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (Norfolk, Virginia; May 19-22,

2011).

“Administrative Surveillance and Fear: Implications for Governance for Those Living on the

Mexican and U.S. Border” (co-authored with Terence Garrett and Michelle Keck). Papers

presented at the 24th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference

(Norfolk, Virginia; May 19-22, 2011).

“Language, Ethnicity and Inequality” (co-authored with Irma Guadarrama). Paper presented

at the 53rd Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Salt Lake

City, Utah; April 13-16, 2011).

“The Current Dilemmas of Mexico-U.S. Border Economics: Media Spectacles, Drug

Violence, and U.S. Immigration Policy.” Paper presented at the 2011 American Society for

Public Administration (ASPA) Conference (Baltimore, Maryland; March 11-15, 2011).

“Measuring Up Student Success: Discovering Factors Contributing to Student Success in

Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)” (co-authored with Oralia de los Reyes). Paper

presented at the 2011 American Political Science Association (APSA) Teaching and

Learning Conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico; February 11-13, 2011).

“Democracy in ‘Two Mexicos’: The Challenge of Political Exclusion and Economic

Inequality in Oaxaca and Nuevo Leon.” Paper presented at the 29th International Congress

of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (Toronto, Canada; October 6-9, 2010).

“The Mathematics of Mexico-U.S. Migration Policies” (co-authored with Dr. Miriam Rojas-

Arenaza: Mathematics Department, University of Puerto Rico). Paper presented at the 23rd

Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (Omaha, Nebraska;

May 20-23, 2010).

“The Democratic Fragility Index: Assessing the Quality of Latin American Democratic

Institutions.” Paper presented at the 68th Annual Midwest Political Science Association

(MPSA) National Conference (Chicago, Illinois; April 22-25, 2010).

“21st Century Democracy in the ‘Two Mexicos’: Political Factionalism or Political

Cohesion?” Paper presented at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science

Association (APSA) (Toronto, Canada; September 3-6, 2009).


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“Rules or Rebellion? Lessons for Young and Unequal Democracies.” Paper presented at the

21st International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress (Santiago, Chile;

July 12-16, 2009).

“Challenges to Democratic Stability in Southern Mexico: Inequality, Electoral Exclusion and

Active Political Factionalism.” Paper presented at the 28th International Congress of the Latin

American Studies Association (LASA) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; June 11-14, 2009).

“Sources of Political Cohesion in Northern Mexico: The Case of Nuevo León.” Paper

presented at the 67th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) National

Conference (Chicago, Illinois; April 2-5, 2009).

“Political Conflict in 21st Century Oaxaca: Rules, Opportunities and Economic Structures.”

Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association

(WPSA) (San Diego, California; March 20-22, 2008).

“Explaining Democratic Fragility in Latin America: Political Violence, Anti-Regime

Rebellion and Other Instance of Democratic Rule Violation.” Paper presented at the 27th

International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (Montréal,

Canada; September 5-8, 2007).

“Redistribution in Contemporary Brazil and Venezuela: Tax Reform and Land Reform.”

Paper presented at the 26th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association

(LASA) (San Juan, Puerto Rico; March 15-18, 2006).

“Inequality, Social Unrest and Democratic Fragility in Latin America.” Paper presented at

the 29th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) (Portland,

Oregon; November 3-6, 2005).

“Latin American Democracy in the Age of Neoliberalism.” Paper presented at the Janey

Program for Latin American Studies 2005 Annual Conference (New York, NY; April 15,

2005).

“The Fragile Character of Latin American Democracies: A Catalog of Manifest Violations

of Democratic Norms.” Paper presented at the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American

Studies (MACLAS) 26th and Virginia Commonwealth University's School of World Studies

1st Joint Conference (Richmond, Virginia; April 8-10, 2005).

“Risks for Democratic Rule in Latin America: Income Inequality, Social Unrest and Political

Instability.” Paper presented at the 25th International Congress of the Latin American Studies

Association (LASA) (Las Vegas, Nevada; October 7-9, 2004).

“Global Corporatism, International Labor Solidarity and the Theory of Coalitions:

Explaining the Decline of American Unionism after World War I and the End of Pan-


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American Labor Solidarity.” Poster presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American

Political Science Association (APSA) (Chicago, Illinois; September 2-5, 2004).

“Inequality and Democratic Fragility in Latin America. Two “Contrasting” Experiences:

Mexico and Venezuela.” Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Midwest Political Science

Association (MPSA) National Conference (Chicago, Illinois; April 15-18, 2004).

“Distributive Conflicts and Political Disorder in Fragile Democracies: Prospects for

Democratic Stability in Brazil and Venezuela.” Paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting

of the Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA) and International Studies

Association-Northeast (ISA-NE) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; November 6-8, 2003).

“Organized Labor, Regime Formation, and International Labor Politics in the United States

and Mexico (1910-1940).” Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Social Science

History Association (SSHA) (Baltimore, Maryland; November 13-16, 2003).

“Democratic vs. Postrevolutionary Authoritarian Regimes: The United States and Mexico

(1910-1940).” Paper presented at the 61st Annual Midwest Political Science Association

(MPSA) National Conference (Chicago, Illinois; April 3-6, 2003); and poster presented at

the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; November 6-8, 2003).

“Democratic Transitions and Ideology in Latin America.” Paper presented at the Concluding

Conference of the 2002 TCDS New Social Science Training Program (New York, NY;

December 16, 2002).

“Las Fuentes de Financiamiento como Determinantes de la Transformación del Modelo

Económico en México (1940-1998)” (co-authored with Gerardo Jacobs and Vicente Cell).

Paper presented at the International Symposium: “Economic Reform and Social Change in

Latin America and the Caribbean. Four Case Studies: Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba and

Mexico” (Cali, Colombia; October 27-29, 1999).

Public presentations

“Life on the Border: Rhetoric or Reality?” Special guest; Texas Tribune conversation in the

framework of the project “Bordering on Insecurity” (The Centennial Club; McAllen, Texas;

August 4, 2016).

“Energía y Seguridad en México: Siguiendo la Ruta del Dinero.” Presentation at the Research

Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM (Mexico City; April 1, 2016).

“Seguridad, Migración Irregular y Trata de Personas: La Ruta desde Centroamérica hacia

Norteamérica.” Presentation at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM

(Mexico City; March 2, 2016).


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“Trata, Tráfico de Migrantes y Delincuencia Organizada: Peligros en la Ruta Migratoria del

Golfo de México.” Featured speaker at the Workshop on Human Trafficking organized by

the National Institute of Immigration (INM) (Morelia, Mexico; September 21, 2015).

“Energy Reform and Property Rights in Mexico. Three Key Areas: Land Ownership, Water

and Infrastructure.” Featured speaker at the Pre-Summit Workshop “Doing Business in

Mexico: A Guide for International Companies.” Mexican Energy Opportunities Summit: Oil,

Gas and Power (Mexico City; April 28-30, 2015).

“Dinámicas de la Delincuencia Organizada en la Frontera Noreste.” Speaker at the discussion

on Contemporary Themes on Security organized by CASEDE (Mexico City, April 29, 2015).

“Paramilitarism and the Energy Sector in Mexico.” Featured speaker at the Conference Series

on State Violence and Illegalities organized by CIESAS-Noreste (Monterrey, Nuevo León;

June 19, 2015).

“Border Policy Trends in North America.” Participation in roundtable at the 57th Annual

Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (Portland, Oregon; April 8-11,

2015).

“Security, the Rule of Law, and Energy Reform in Mexico” (co-authored with Dr. Tony

Payan). Presenter at the Author's Workshop: The Rule of Law and Mexico's Energy Reform

(Mexico City; March 13, 2015).

“Energy, Organized Crime, and Violence in Mexico (2006-2014).” Speaker at the 2015

Harvard College Initiative for Latin American Relations (HILAR) Conference (Querétaro,

Querétaro; March 14, 2015).

“Immigration: The Next Five Years.” Panel presenter at the 2015 Texas Tribune’s

Conversation Series (Brownsville, Texas; February 27, 2015).

Book presentation of A War that Can’t Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on

Drugs. Panel presenter at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) – UNAM (Mexico

City; March 3, 2014).

“Participación ciudadana y seguridad en la Frontera Norte de México: Balance de las

Experiencias.” Presenter at COLEF’S strategic event: ““Seguridad Pública: Los Límites y

Alcances de la Participación Social en la Frontera Norte” (Monterrey, Nuevo León;

December 5, 2013).

“The U.S.-Mexico Border.” Panel presenter at Montana State University Billings (Billings,

Montana; November 8, 2013).


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“The Texas-Mexico Border Today: Violence, Economic Development, Trade and

Hydrocarbons.” Guest speaker, Rotary Harlingen (Harlingen, Texas; September 6, 2013).

“Social Media and Citizen Journalism in ‘Drug War’ Times: Informal Media as Freedom of

Press in Northeastern Mexico.” Presenter at the workshop “Constructing Insecurities:

Perceptions of Deviance and Informality in Latin America,” Lateinamerika-Institut, Freie

Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany; July 12, 2013).

“Human Trafficking, Undocumented Immigration and Organized Crime in Mexico and the

United States.” Guest speaker, Rio Grande Valley Partnership Chamber of Commerce

(Weslaco, Texas; March 28, 2013).

“Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in the Rio Grande Valley.” Guest speaker,

Valley International Country Club/VICC (Brownsville, Texas; March 20, 2013).

“Life on the Line: Tweeting the Drug War.” Panel presenter at SXSW-Interactive (Austin,

Texas; March 9, 2013).

“Dinner and Dialogue: A Dangerous Journey to the United States” (with Jennifer Bryson

Clark). Presentation at Casa Mariposa (South Padre Island, Texas; March 4, 2013).

“National Security and Drug Trafficking.” Panel presenter at CASEDE’s seminar: “A Debate

on Mexico’s Security and Defense 2012,” Casa COLEF (Mexico City; November 16, 2012).

“Fronteras Seguras.” Featured speaker at the conference: “The Future of Regional Security:

U.S., Mexico and Central America. Assessment and the Future of CARSI and the Merida

Initiative,” El Colegio de México (Mexico City; November 15, 2012).

“The ‘Forgotten’ Border.” Featured speaker at the Bridging Cultures Conference “Assessing

the Cultural Heritage of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Borderland,” University of Texas at San

Antonio (San Antonio, Texas; November 9, 2012).

“Enrique Peña Nieto, Paramilitarism in Mexico and the Future of the Merida Initiative.”

Panel presenter at the Second Global Security Summit organized jointly by the Greater

Austin Crime Commission and the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security. Panel:

“Implications of Mexican Elections for Combating Narcotics Trafficking in North America

and U.S.-Mexico Relations,” Bass Lecture Hall, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,

University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas; November 8, 2012).

“Drogas, Violencia y Tráfico de Personas en las Dos Fronteras de México: Diagnóstico y

Recomendaciones de Política y Cooperación Regional.” Panel presenter at the third meeting

of the project “Los Procesos Migratorios en México y Centroamérica: Diagnóstico y

Propuestas Regionales,” Mexican Embassy in Guatemala (Guatemala City; October 1, 2012).


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“Violencia en el Este de la Frontera México-Estados Unidos: Narcotráfico y Militarización.”

Presentation at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) - UNAM (Mexico City;

August 20, 2012).

“El Caso de Tamaulipas y los Zetas: Clave para Entender la Nueva Configuración del Crimen

Organizado en México.” Presentation at the Research Center on North America (CISAN) -

UNAM (Mexico City; August 15, 2012).

“Crimen Organizado y Migración Indocumentada en Tamaulipas: El Cruce hacia Estados

Unidos por la ‘Frontera Olvidada’.” Panel presenter at the Permanent Seminar on

International Migration, organized by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Instituto

Mora, CIESAS; COLMICH, COLMEX, and FLACSO (Mexico City; June 1st, 2012).

“Governance in Dark Times: Implications for Border Security.” Participation in roundtable

at the 25th Annual Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference (South

Padre Island, Texas; May 20-23, 2012).

“The Present and Future of Organized Crime in Mexico.” Guest speaker, Valley International

Country Club/VICC (Brownsville, Texas; April 20, 2012).

“The Current Dilemmas of ‘Illegal’ Immigration in Mexico and the U.S: Poverty, Drugs, and

Policy.” Featured speaker at the Sixth Annual Conference on Human Trafficking, South

Texas College (McAllen, Texas; April 16-18, 2012).

“Violence along the Texas-Mexico Border: Economic and Social Effects on Border

Communities.” Guest speaker, South Padre Island Faculty Lecture Series, Club Padre (South

Padre Island, Texas; January 20, 2012).

“La Frontera Tamaulipeca, el Tráfico de Personas y la Nueva Configuración del Crimen

Organizado en México.” Presentation in the panel “Problemática Fronteriza y Migración” at

the Mexican Center for Superior Naval Studies (Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales,

CESNAV) (Mexico City; November 9, 2011).

“Violence along the Texas-Mexico Border: Implications for Border Communities.”

Presentation at event organized by the Pan American Round Table of Beeville, Texas

(Beeville Country Club; October 6, 2011).

“La Frontera ‘Olvidada’. El Caso Tamaulipas: Clave para Entender la Nueva Configuración

del Crimen Organizado en México.” Featured speaker at the International Seminar on

Mexico: National Security, Civil-Military Relations, Democracy and the Fight against

Organized Crime (Mexico City; October 18-20, 2010).

“Emerging Democracies in Latin America: The Mexican Case.” Featured speaker at the 2001

Workshop for New York Assistant Principals for Social Studies; organized by The Americas

Society (New York, NY; November 20, 2001).


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OTHER (ACADEMIC) ACTIVITIES

President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) 2017-2018

Chair of the 59th Annual Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies (ABS) (San

Francisco, California; April 12-15, 2017).

Vice-President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) 2016-2017

Second Vice-President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) 2015-2016

Chair of the conference: “The Texas-Mexico Border in Comparative North American

Context” (UT-Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas; May 7-8, 2015).

Co-chair of the conference: “Desperate Journeys: From Forced Migration to Servitude.” Co-

organized by South Texas College, UT-Brownsville, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León,

and Fuerza del Valle (South Texas College; McAllen, Texas; March 25-26, 2015).

Member of the Executive Board of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS); 2011-

2014.

Co-chair of the conference: “Migrant Smuggling and Human Trafficking in Drug War Times:

A Dangerous Journey to the United States.” Co-organized by UT-Brownsville and South

Texas College; Brownsville and McAllen, Texas; April 9-11, 2013.

Member of the Technical Committee of evaluation of the 2013 “Awards for U.S.-Mexico

Cross-Border Cooperation and Innovation.”

Member of the Regional Research Network in Public Safety and Social Development (Red

Regional de Investigación en Seguridad Pública y Desarrollo Social, REDSPDS) (November

2012 to date).

Reviewer for the journals: American Political Science Review (Cambridge Journals), Journal

of Public Policy (Cambridge Journals), Latin American Politics and Society (Wiley), Politics

& Policy (Wiley), Journal of Borderlands Studies (Routledge), International Journal of

Organization Theory and Behavior (PrAcademics Press), Norteamérica (CISAN-UNAM),

Frontera Norte (El Colegio de la Frontera Norte), Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos (El

Colegio de México), Trayectorias (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), Revista

Mexicana de Política Exterior (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores).

“Permanent Reviewer” of Nóesis (Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez).


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Advisor and frequent collaborator in newspaper Diario 19.com – Periodismo de

Investigación.

Co-coordinator of UTB Faculty Research Symposium (UT-Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas;

September 2010-December 2011).

Member of the “Central Group” (Grupo Central). Project “Los Procesos Migratorios en

México y Centroamérica: Diagnóstico y Propuestas Regionales.” Participants: ITAM, Sin

Fronteras, ECOSUR, IMUMI, CIESAS, FLACSO, INCEDES Guatemala, Universidad

Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” (El Salvador), et. al.

Member of the researchers’ network of the Project “México Estatal: Calidad de Gobierno y

Rendición de Cuentas en las Entidades Federativas” (CIDE and UNDP; Mexico City;

October, 2009-December 2012).

Member of the Program Committee and Site Committee for the 25th Annual Public

Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net) Conference.

Organizer/Chair/Discussant of the Conference “Women in Mexican Politics” (UT-

Brownsville; Brownsville, Texas; May 6, 2011).

Member of the Technical Committee of the Economics Department; Universidad

Iberoamericana Mexico City (2007-2009).

Program Scholar at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

(ICPSR) Summer Training Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research (University

of Michigan in Ann Arbor; July 21-August 15, 2003).

Courses:

Regression Analysis II: Linear Models.

Scaling and Dimensional Analysis.

Introduction to Computing (SPSS, SAS and STATA).

Matrix Algebra.

Participant in the NSSR Pedagogy Workshop (NSSR; New York, NY; Spring 2003).

2002 TCDS New Social Science Training Fellow (Transregional Center for Democratic

Studies; New York, NY; September 9-December 10, 2002).2

2 The “New Social Science Training Project” is funded by The Ford Foundation. It supports projects that focus

on common issues faced by societies undergoing transitions in their specific cultural and political contexts. The

program creates opportunities for joint research projects between junior scholars from Sub-Saharan Africa,

Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the United States who are studying similar issues form

complementary perspectives.


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Participant in the 13th Annual Women in International Security (WIIS) Summer Symposium,

“A New Global Security Agenda” (Washington, DC; June 6-11, 2002).

Participant in the TCDS Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute (Cape Town,

South Africa; January 10-25, 2002).

Participant in the TCDS Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute (Krakow,

Poland; July 15-August 1, 2001).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1. ETHOS Foundation; Mexico City3

Director of the Area of Political Analysis; August 2007-September 2008.

2. Ministry of Finance; Mexico City

General Directorate of International Financial Affairs

Advisor to the Director General of International Financial Affairs; 1998-1999.

3. Ministry of Agriculture; Mexico City

General Directorate of Agricultural Sector Studies

Chief of the Department of Economic Studies; 1997.

4. Organization of American States (OAS); Washington, DC

Development Programs Department of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and

Development (IACD), and Unit for Social Development and Education (USDE)

Junior Associate, Summer Program; June-August 2002.

MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS)

American Political Science Association (APSA)

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

Colectivo de Análisis de la Seguridad con Democracia (CASEDE)

3 ETHOS Foundation is a Mexican think-tank dedicated to research, analysis, evaluation and design of public

policies in the areas of poverty alleviation, social and economic sustainable development, and the consolidation

of democracy in Latin America (www.ethos.org.mx).


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MEDIA

Quoted and cited frequently in national and international news media on the topics of

Mexican politics, U.S-Mexico relations, U.S.-Mexico border relations, and particularly on

drug trafficking issues and drug violence in Mexico. Among these media sources are: The

New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,

Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Al Jazeera English, El País, Brownsville Herald, San Antonio

Express News, Houston Chronicle, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Monthly, Texas

Observer, Texas Tribune, The Chicago Reporter, Christian Science Monitor, VICE News,

Latin America Advisor (Inter-American Dialogue), The Nation, BBC radio, Univision,

KGBT-TV and KRGV-TV in South Texas, Radio UNAM, and major Mexican newspapers

and magazines such as Reforma, El Universal, Excélsior, La Jornada, Siempre!, El

Economista, and Proceso.

Op. eds. and articles on current political and public policy issues in: Univision, Newsweek

(in Spanish), Houston Chronicle (the Baker Institute Viewpoints series); Latin America

Advisor (Inter-American Dialogue); the Association for Borderlands Studies newsletter La

Frontera; Borderzine (University of Texas at El Paso), SinEmbargo.mx, Nuestra Aparente

Rendición, Spleen! Journal, and Diario 19.com – Periodismo de Investigación.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Spanish: native speaker

English: fluent

Portuguese: intermediate level

Polish: basic knowledge

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