Editor, American Presidential Elections in a Comparative Perspective: The World is Watching. Lanham, MD, Lexington Books, 2019.
Author. Neoconservatives in U.S. Foreign Policy Under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush: Voices Behind the Throne. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press and The Wilson Center, 2010.
A Spanish Translation of this book was published by the Fondo de Cultura Economica in September, 2016 under the title: La Derecha Radical en el Partido Republicano de Reagan a Trump. The book includes a new long epilogue for the Spanish readers on American politics crisis and the emergence of Donald Trump.
Co-Editor with Rodolfo de la Garza. Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations. Boulder, Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
Book in Progress
Seducing America: The Relationship Between the Mexican Government and American Transnational Intellectuals, 1920-2006. (Manuscript will be finished by the Fall of 2020).
Co-editors with Tony Payan, Director of the Mexican Center at Rice University; and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa, Director of the Center for US and Mexican Law at the University of Houston of, The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Foresight to 2040, Houston University Press, Forthcoming, July 2020.
Articles
With Tony Payan, and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano, “Introduction,” in Forthcoming in Tony Payan, Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and Jesus Velasco (Eds). The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Strategic Foresight. Houston, Texas, Arte Público Press, 2020.
With Tony Payan, and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano, “Conclusions,” in Forthcoming in Tony Payan, Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and Jesus Velasco (Eds). The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Strategic Foresight. Houston, Texas, Arte Público Press, 2020.
With Joy Langston “Political and Economic Trends in Mexico and their Effects on US-Mexico’s Bilateral Relationship,” Forthcoming in Tony Payan, Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and Jesus Velasco (Eds). The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Strategic Foresight Houston, Texas, Arte Público Press, 2020. Houston, Texas, Arte Público Press, 2020.
University of Uppsala, Sweden. – “Are US-Mexican Relations in Crisis? Lopez Obrador, Donald Trump, and the Future of the Bilateral Relation,” June 3, 2019.
University of Uppsala, Sweden. – “Building a Straw Man: President Trump, the Media, and the Immigration Crisis,” May 28th, 2019.
University of Stockholm, Sweden – “Migration and Security in the time of Trump: The Case of Mexico and Central America, May, 29th, 2019
For a full list of presentations, please see the curriculum vitae
Scholarly Activities
Organization of International Seminar at Tarleton State University and the Center for Teaching and Research in Economics (CIDE).
Project to help Tarleton State University achieve designation as Hispanic Serving Institution.
Chair, Division of International Studies, Center for Teaching and Research in Economics (CIDE). September 1999-December 2002.
Honors
September 2007, July 2008. Madero/Fundacion Fellowship, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
September 2006-June 2007. Awarded by the Fulbright Commission. Ten Months Research Residence at Harvard University.
September 2006-June 2007. Foundation Harvard in Mexico.
December-June 2004. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson Center – Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales Mexico Public Policy Scholars Program 2004-2005 for a six-month academic residence at Washington, D.C.
Member of El Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). (National Society of Researchers. Elected for membership to the SNI. This is the highest academic association in Mexico.) 1996-2010.
Professional Affiliations
Contributing Expert and Scholar – Mexican Center, Rice University.
Degrees
Ph.D. Political Science. Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin. (August, 1995).
B.A. in History. Universidad Iberoamericana, Department of History. Mexico City. (September 1976-August 1980).
