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2019-2020 Keynote Speakers
Edward Nik-Khah, Ph.D.
The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information
October 16, 2019
C. Tyler DesRoches, Ph.D.
The Human Right to Water and Moral Limits to Water Markets
November 13, 2019
2018-2019 Keynote Speakers
Thomas C. Leonard, Ph.D.
Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era
October 17, 2018
Francisco Cantú
The Human Cost of Deterrence Based Border Enforcement
November 14, 2018
Francisco J. Monaldi, Ph.D.
The Collapse of Venezuela: Lessons for Mexico and U.S. Policy in Latin America
March 6, 2019
Craig VanGrasstek, Ph.D.
Hegemony and the Hemisphere: An Historical Perspective on Inter-American Trade Relations
April 3, 2019
2017-2018 Keynote Speakers
Ali Noorani
There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Integration
October 11, 2017
Ronald Rael
Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary
November 28, 2017
Raymond Robertson, Ph.D.
Better Neighbors: Toward a Renewal of Economic Integration in Latin America
March 7, 2018
Peter H. Lindert, Ph.D.
What is Government Doing about Inequality since the 1970s?
April 11, 2018
2016-2017 Keynote Speakers
Tamara Draut
Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class will Transform America
October 19, 2016
Viridiana Ríos, Ph.D.
The Economic Effects of Violence and Corruption in Mexico
November 9, 2016
John Perkins
Economic Crisis: The Hit Men Strike Home ... What Wrecked Our Economy and How to Fix It
February 22, 2017
Edward Alden
Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy
April 5, 2017
2015-2016 Keynote Speakers
David D. Kallick
Bringing Vitality to Main Street: How Immigrant Small Businesses Help Local Economies Grow
October 21, 2015
Tony Payan, Ph.D.
Trade, Politics and Culture: Resetting the Texas-Mexico Relationship for the 21st Century
November 18, 2015
Jason H. Silverman, Ph.D.
Thieves, Greasers, and Mongrels: The Great Emancipator Encounters the Immigrant
March 16, 2016
Alfredo Corchado
Still Midnight in Mexico? Mexico's Challenges, Journalism and the Borderlands, and the New American Narrative
April 13, 2016
2014-2015 Keynote Speakers
Paul Taylor
The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
October 15, 2014
Daniel Kanstroom
Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora
November 12, 2014
Donna De Cesare
Unsettled/Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs
March 25, 2015
Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ph.D.
Opportunities and Challenges for Mexico Today
April 15, 2015