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CURRICULUM VITAE

NEIL F. HARVEY, Ph.d

Professor and Department Head Department of Government New Mexico State University

Box 30001/Dept. 3BN Las Cruces

NM 88003-0001 tel: (575) 646 3220 fax: (575) 646 2052

http://deptofgov.nmsu.edu/

e-mail: nharvey@nmsu.edu

EDUCATION Ph.d in Government, University of Essex, UK, 1990. MA in Latin American Government and Politics, University of Essex, UK, 1984. BA (Honors) Latin American Studies, Portsmouth Polytechnic, UK, 1983.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor, Department of Government, New Mexico State University (NMSU) July 2008 – present Department Head, Department of Government, New Mexico State University (NMSU) July 2011 - present Associate Professor, Department of Government, New Mexico State University (NMSU) July 1999 – June 2008 Director, Center for Latin American and Border Studies, New Mexico State University October 2003-May 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Government, NMSU August 1994 - June 1999 Member of Graduate Faculty, NMSU Spring 1995 – present

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SCHOLARSHIP Publications: Books: Governing Latin America. (Co-authored with Joe Foweraker and Todd Landman). Oxford: Polity Press and Blackwell Publishers, 2003. La Rebelión de Chiapas: la lucha por la tierra y la democracia. Mexico City: Ediciones Era, 2000. The Chiapas Rebellion: the struggle for land and democracy. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998. Party Politics in an “Uncommon Democracy”:Political Parties and Elections in Mexico. (Co-editor with Mónica Serrano). London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 1994. Mexico: Dilemmas of Transition (Editor). London: British Academic Press and New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993. Journal Articles: Peer review: “Practicing Autonomy: Zapatismo and Decolonial Liberation,” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 2016: 1-24. “Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas,” Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford University Press, 2011. www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com “La ardua construcción de la ciudadanía multiétnica: el zapatismo en el contexto latinoamericano,” Revista Liminar (Chiapas), vol. 5, no. 1, June 2007: 9-23. “Who Needs Zapatismo? State interventions and local responses in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol.32, nos. 3&4, July/October 2005, pp.625-646. (also published with same title, Pp.213-234 in Sarah Washbrook, ed. Rural Chiapas Ten Years after the Zapatista Uprising. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. “Inclusion through Autonomy: Zapatistas and Dissent” NACLA Report on the Americas, vol.39, no.2, Sept/Oct 2005, pp.12-17. “El capitalismo ecológico y el Plan Puebla-Panamá: la transformación de los recursos naturales en Mesoamérica” Comercio Exterior (Mexico City), vol. 54, no. 4, April 2004: 319-327.

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“Globalisation and resistance in post-Cold War Mexico: difference, citizenship and biodiversity conflicts in Chiapas” Third World Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 6, 2001: 1045-1061. “The Zapatistas, Radical Democratic Citizenship and Women’s Struggles” Social Politics (special issue on “Citizenship: Latin American Perspectives”) 5 (2) Summer 1998: 158-187. “Rebellion in Chiapas: rural reforms and popular struggle” Third World Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, 1995:39-73. “Personal networks and strategic choices in the formation of an independent peasant organization: the OCEZ of Chiapas, Mexico,” Bulletin of Latin American Research, vol. 7, no. 2, 1988: 299-312. Non-peer review: “Practicando la autonomía: el Zapatismo y la liberación decolonial,” El Cotidiano (journal of the Autonomous Metropolitan University, UAM, Mexico City), vol. 32, no. 200, pp. 7-19, 2016. “The political significance of Zapatismo,” Americas Program (Washington DC), http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11282. January 12, 2014. “El significado político del Zapatismo,” Proceso (Mexico), vol 37, pp.48-51, January 2014. “Globalización, ciudadanía y conflictos por la biodiversidad en Chiapas” Revista Memoria (Mexico City), no. 162, August 2002: 13-18. “Las lecciones de Chiapas,” Ojarasca (Mexico City), no. 37, October 1994:6-10. “Las organizaciones sociales ante el conflicto armado en Chiapas,” El Cotidiano (Mexico City), no. 61, March-April 1994:21-25. “Playing with fire: the implications of ejido reform,” Akwe:kon. A Journal of Indigenous Issues, vol. 9, no. 2, (Summer) 1994:20-27. “Estrategias corporativistas y respuestas populares en el México rural: Estado y organizaciones campesinas en Chiapas desde 1970,” CIHMECH (Centro de Investigaciones Humanísticas de Mesoamérica y el Estado de Chiapas). San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, no 2, 1991:51-65. Research Papers: (peer-reviewed) “Rebellion in Chiapas: rural reforms, peasant radicalism and the limits to salinismo,” (2nd edition, revised and updated), Pp.1-49 in The Transformation of Rural Mexico, no. 5, La Jolla: Center for US-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego, 1994.

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“The New Agrarian Movement in Mexico, 1979-1990,” Research Paper 23, London: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 1990. Book Chapters (peer-reviewed): “La democracia imaginaria y las democracias profundas: MORENA, el Zapatismo, y los Pueblos Indígenas,”. Pp. 400-417 in Ackerman, John (ed.) El Cambio Democrático en México: retos y posibilidades de la “cuarta transformación”. Mexico City: UNAM, 2019). “Zapatismo y autonomía,” in José del Val and Carolina Sánchez, eds. Estado del Desarrollo Económico y Social de los Pueblos Indígenas de Chiapas. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Programa México-Nación Multicultural, 2019. “Cruce de Caminos: Luchas Indigenas y las FLN, 1978-1983.” pp. 14-49 in Casa de Todas y Todos (eds.) Dignificar La Historia III: Memoria Historica de las Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional (FLN), Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico: La Casa de Todas y Todos, A.C., 2018. “Contra la Guerra Sucia: La Persistencia de las Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional, 1974-77,” pp. 47-75 in Casa de Todas y Todos (eds.) Dignificar La Historia II: Memoria Historica de las Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional (FLN), Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico: La Casa de Todas y Todos, A.C., 2016. “Las Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional y la Guerra Fría en México, 1969-74,” pp. 11-27 in Casa de Todas y Todos (eds.) Dignificar La Historia I: Memoria Historica de las Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional (FLN), Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico: La Casa de Todas y Todos, A.C., 2015. “Indigenous Peoples and Democracy: Dilemmas of Electoral Participation and Autonomy,” pp. 165-82 in Joe Foweraker and Dolores Trevizo, eds., Democracy and Its Discontents in Latin America. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, 2016. “La signification politique du Zapatisme,” pp.43-55 in Bernard Duterme (ed.) Zapatisme: la rebellion qui dure. Paris: Alternatives Sud/Centre Tricontinental/Syllepse, 2014. “La lucha que sigue y sigue: los movimientos campesinos independientes en la década de 1980,” pp. 185-218 in Tanalis Padilla, ed. El campesinado ay su persistencia en la actualidad mexicana. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2014. “Más allá de la hegemonía: el zapatismo y la otra política,” pp. 163-190 in Bruno Barronet, Mariana Mora and Richard Stahler-Sholk, eds. Luchas muy otras: zapatismo y autonomía en las comunidades indígenas de Chiapas. Mexico City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) and Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH), 2011.

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“Marqués de Comillas and Benemérito de Las Américas: local responses to remunicipalization,” pp.160-189 in Xochitl Leyva Solano and Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor, eds. Remunicipalization in Chiapas: politics and the political in times of counter-insurgency. Copenhagen: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs and Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), 2011. (co-authored with Casey Stevens) “Conocimiento indígena y propiedad intelectual en Chiapas”, in Andrew Roth, Propiedad Comunal e Identidad Etnica en México. Mexico : El Colegio de Michoacán, 2010. “Beyond Hegemony : Zapatistas, Empire and Dissent”, in Fred Rosen, ed. Empire and Dissent : the United States and Latin America. Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2008. “Gobernar en la diversidad : un análisis comparativo,” pp. 525-541 in Leyva, Xochitl, Araceli Burguete and Shannon Speed, eds. Gobernar (en) la diversidad : experiencias indígenas desde América Latina: hacia la investigación co-labor. Mexico : Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) and Editorial Miguel Angel Porrúa, 2008. “La disputa por los recursos naturales en el Area del Plan Puebla-Panamá,” Pp.205-234 in Daniel Villafuerte Solís and Xochitl Leyva Solano, eds. Geoeconomía y Geopolítica en el Area del Plan Puebla Panamá. Mexico : Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) and Editorial Miguel Angel Porrua, 2006. “La Remunicipalización en Benemérito de Las Américas y Marqués de Comillas” Pp. 137-245 in La Remunicipalización en Chiapas, edited by Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor. Mexico : CONACULTA/CIESAS, 2005. “Disputando el desarrollo: Derechos indígenas y el Plan Puebla Panamá en Chiapas,” Pp. 115-136 in Los Pueblos Indígenas en Tiempos del PAN, edited by Rosalva Aída Hernández and Teresa Sierra, CIESAS, Mexico, 2004. “The Political Nature of Identities, Borders and Orders: Discourse and Strategy in the Zapatista Rebellion,” in Identities, Borders and Orders: New Directions in IR Theory, edited by David Jacobson, Matthias Albert and Yosef Lapid , University of Minnesota Press, 2001. (with Chris Halverson) “The Secret and the Promise: Women’s Struggles in Chiapas” in Discourse Theory and Political Analysis, edited by David Howarth, Aletta Norval and Yannis Stavrakakis. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000. “Las causas de la rebelión en Chiapas” Pp.41-48 en Chiapas: los desafíos de la paz, edited by Cynthia Arnson and Raúl Benítez Manaut. Mexico City and Washington D.C: Editorial Porrúa, ITAM and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2000.

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“The Peace Process in Chiapas: between hope and frustration” Pp. 129-152 in Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America, edited by Cynthia J. Arnson. Stanford, CA and Washington D.C.: Stanford University Press and Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1999. “Resisting Neoliberalism, Constructing Citizenship: Indigenous Movements in Chiapas” Pp. 239-265 in Subnational Politics and Democratization in Mexico, edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jane Hindley. La Jolla: Center for US-Mexican Studies, UCSD, 1999. “El fin del ‘desarrollo’ en Marqués de Comillas: discurso y poder en el último rincón de la selva lacandona.” Pp. 295-310 in Espacios Disputados: transformaciones rurales en Chiapas, edited by Reyna Moguel, Gemma Van der Haar and María Eugenia Reyes. Mexico: UAM-Xochimilco and Ecosur, 1999. “Illegality and Economic Viability on the Post-Modern Frontier: Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas” Pp. 49-72 in The Transformation of Rural Mexico, edited by Richard Snyder. La Jolla: Center for US-Mexican Studies: University of California-San Diego 1998. “Rural Reforms and the Question of Autonomy in Chiapas” Pp. 69-89 in Ejido Reform and Rural Transformation in Mexico, edited by David Myhre and Wayne Cornelius. La Jolla: Center of US-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego, 1998. “Lucha Agraria y Reafirmación del Poder Político en Chiapas” Pp. 101-124 in Las Disputas por el México Rural, vol.2, edited by Sergio Zendejas and Pieter de Vries. Zamora, Mexico: Colegio de Michoacán, 1998. “Efectos de las reformas al Artículo 27 en Chiapas: resistencia campesina en la esfera pública neoliberal” Pp.125-53 in Movimientos Sociales e Identidades Colectivas: México en la década de los noventa, edited by Sergio Zermeño. Mexico City: Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades, UNAM/La Jornada Ediciones, 1997. “Nuevas formas de representación en el campo mexicano: la Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Regionales Campesinas (UNORCA), 1985-1993. Pp.239-82 in Neoliberalismo y Organización Social en el Campo Mexicano, edited by Hubert C. De Grammont. Mexico City: Plaza y Valdés/UNAM, 1997. “Rural Reforms and the Zapatista Rebellion: Chiapas, 1988-1995,” Pp.187-208 in Neoliberalism Revisited: Economic Restructuring and Mexico’s Political Future, edited by Gerardo Otero. Boulder: Westview Press, 1996. “Impact of Reforms to Article 27 on Chiapas: peasant resistance in the neoliberal public sphere,” Pp.151-171 in Reforming Mexico’s Agrarian Reform, edited by Laura Randall. New York and London: M.E. Sharpe, 1996.

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“The Reshaping of Agrarian Policy in Mexico,” Pp.103-110 in Changing Structure of Mexico: political, social and economic prospects, edited by Laura Randall. New York and London: M.E. Sharpe, 1996. “Rebelión en Chiapas: reformas rurales, radicalismo campesino y los límites del salinismo,” Pp.447-479 in Chiapas: los rumbos de otra historia, edited by Juan Pedro Viquiera and Mario Humberto Ruz. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1996. “Modernización rural y rebelión zapatista: Chiapas, 1988-94,” Pp.215-35 in Globalización, deterioro ambiental y reorganización social en el campo, edited by Humberto Carton de Grammont. Mexico City: Juan Pablos/Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales-UNAM, 1995. “Los retos políticos del desarrollo de base: la Unión de Uniones de Chiapas,” Pp.219-232 in Autonomía y los nuevos sujetos en el desarrollo rural, edited by Julio Moguel, Luis Hernández and Carlota Botey. Mexico City: Siglo XXI Editores, 1992. “La lucha por la tierra en Chiapas: estrategias del movimiento campesino,” Pp. 187-202 in Movimientos sociales en México durante la década de los ochentas, edited by Sergio Zermeño and Aurelio Cuevas. Mexico City: Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Humanidades, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1990. “Corporatism and peasant strategies in Chiapas,” Pp. 183-198 in Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico, edited by Joe Foweraker and Ann Craig. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1990. Encyclopedia essays: (peer reviewed) “Minority and Indigenous Rights” in Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought, edited by Joe Foweraker and Paul Barry Clarke. London and New York: Routledge, 2001. Three essays for the Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society and Culture, edited by Michael Werner. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997). ( The three essays concern the themes of Agrarian Policy 1940-1994; Rural Resistance and Rebellion 1938-1994; and a biography of peasant leader Rubén Jaramillo). Book reviews: Various reviews published in Journal of Latin American Studies, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Journal of Agrarian Studies, and Political Studies.

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Conference Participation a) Meetings of Professional Associations

2019 Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Annual Conference, San Diego, California, April 26, 2019. Paper presenter: “Methodological Challenges of Community-Based Participatory Research on Immigration Policies and Human Rights in Paso del Norte Border Region”

2018 Midwest Association of Latin American Studies (MALAS), 68th Annual Conference, El Paso, Texas, November 17, 2018. Presentation: Introduction to Workshop: “Witnessing and Contesting Zero Tolerance in the Paso del Norte Border Region: lessons from the NSF-REU Site Program on Immigration Policy and Border Communities” International Congress of Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. September 12, 2018. Book presentation: “Cruce de Caminos: Luchas Indígenas y las FLN” International Congress of Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. September 12, 2018. Paper presentation: “Historical Memory of the National Liberation Forces in Mexico, 1969-83.”

2017 Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), Salt Lake City, Utah, April 7, 2017. Paper presentation: “The Fuerzas de Liberacion Nacional and the emergence of the Zapatista movement in Mexico, 1969-1983”

2016 1st International Congress on Social Movements in Latin America. Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM), Xochimilco, Mexico City. October 19, 2016. Paper presentation: “Las Fuerzas de Liberacion Nacional y la guerra fria en Mexico (1969-1979)” Annual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), New York, May 27, 2016. Paper presentation: “From national liberation to decolonial liberation: guerrilla struggle in Mexico, 1969-1993”. New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA), NMSU, Las Cruces, April 13, 2016. Paper presentation: “Health and Human Security in the US-Mexico Border Region”

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2015 XV International Conference on Regional Integration, Borders and Globalization in the Americas. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 30, 2015. Paper presentation: “Narrative Matters: The interplay of knowledge, community engagement and policy in constructing the US-Mexico border”

2013 Congreso Internacional de Pueblo Indigenas de America Latina (CIPIAL), Oaxaca, Mexico, October 27-31, 2013. Paper presenter: “La lucha por la tierra y los antecedents de la autonomia Zapatista (1974-1988)”

2012

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 30th International Congress, San Francisco, California, May 23-26, 2012. Paper presenter: “Zapatismo y autonomía en Chiapas”

2011

Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples (ERIP) Conference (section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), November 3-6, San Diego, California. Paper presenter: “Zapatismo and autonomy in Chiapas”

2009

Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Rurales (AMER), Annual Congress, August 18-22, 2009, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Paper presenter: “Autonomía indígena y los límites del multiculturalismo”

2007

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 27th International Congress, September 5-8, 2007, Montreal, Canada. Discussant on Panel: Indigenous Autonomy Movement in Chiapas and Program Co-Chair for the Conference

2006

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 26th International Congress, March 15-18, 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Paper presenter: (with Casey Stevens) Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property in Chiapas Discussant on Panel: Economic History of Chiapas

International Studies Association (ISA), March 22-25, 2006, San Diego Discussant on Panel: Post-structuralism and discourse analysis in International Relations

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2005

Western Social Science Association (WSSA), 47th Annual Conference, April 16-18, 2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Paper presenter: Indigenous Rights and Democratization in Latin America Organizer of Panel: Political Parties and Social Movements in Latin America

2004 Latin American Studies Association (LASA). 25th International Congress, October 6-9, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada. Paper presenter: “Indigenous Rights, Multiculturalism and Democracy in Latin America” Organizer of panel: “Governing Latin America: comparative approaches to understanding democratic performance”

Western Social Science Association (WSSA), 46th Annual Conference, April 21-24, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah. Paper presenter: (with Casey Stevens) “Unstable Property: Intellectual Property Rights and the (re)organization of indigenous knowledge in globalized Chiapas”

2003

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 24th International Congress, March 26-30, 2003, Dallas. Paper presenter: Paper: “The Plan Puebla Panamá and Indigenous Rights in Chiapas”

2001

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 23nd International Congress, September 6-8, 2001, Washington DC. Panel organizer and paper presenter: Panel: La remunicipalizacion en Chiapas Paper: “La Remunicipalización en Benemérito de Las Américas y Marqués de Comillas: entre la vía institucional y la vida cotidiana”

International Studies Association (ISA), International Congress, July 24-28, 2001, Hong Kong. Paper presenter. Paper: Globalization and resistance in post-Cold War Mexico: difference, citizenship and biodiversity conflicts in Chiapas

2000

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 22nd International Congress, March 16-18, 2000, Miami. Paper presenter: Paper: “Articulating citizenship and autonomy: experiences from Marqués de Comillas” Panel: Indigenous autonomy and state reform in Latin America: what does it mean to be multicultural?

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1999 International Studies Association (ISA), Annual Congress, February 16-20, 1999, Washington D.C. Paper presenter. Paper (coauthored with Chris Halverson): “The Secret and the Promise: Women’s Struggles in Chiapas”. Panel: “Gender, Globalization and Citizenship: learning from Latin America”

1998

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 21st International Congress, September 24-26, 1998, Chicago. Paper presenter, organizer and chair for one panel: Paper: “Illegality and economic viability in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas”. Panel: “The Political Ecology of Mexico’s New Rural Peripheries”. Also participant in roundtable discussion on “Social Justice and Political Change in Mexico”.

Third Pan-European International Relations Conference and Joint Meeting of the European Standing Group for International Relations and the International Studies Association, September 16-19, 1998, Vienna. Paper presenter. Paper: “Indigenous peoples and the Mexican state: a discourse analysis of the connections between identities, borders and orders in Chiapas”. Panel: “Identity and Territorial Borders”

1997

American Anthropological Association (AAA), 96th Annual Meeting, November 19-23, 1997, Washington D.C. Paper Presenter. Paper: “The Zapatistas and Radical Democratic Citizenship”.

Panel: “New Social Movements and the Restructuring of the Mexican State: Chiapas and Oaxaca”.

Western Social Science Association (WSSA), 39th Annual Conference, April 23-26, 1997, Albuquerque. Paper: “Resisting Exclusion: lessons from the Zapatistas”. Panel: “Identity, Order and Security”.

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 20th International Congress, April 17-19, 1997, Guadalajara, Mexico. Panel organizer and chair and paper presenter. Paper: “Indigenous autonomy and ethnic citizenship in Chiapas”. Panel: “Indigenous movements and ethnic citizenship in Mexico”.

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1996

Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, March 20-24, 1996. Panel organizer and chair, and paper presenter. Paper: “The Peace Talks in Chiapas: evaluating the accord on indigenous rights and culture”. Panel: “The Chiapas Rebellion: Assessing the Impact”.

1995

Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 19th International Congress, September 1995. Chair and discussant for: Panel: “Religion, democracy and globalization in southeastern Mexico” and Discussant for Panel: “Political change in Mexico and the armed conflict in Chiapas”.

1994 18th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Atlanta, March 1994. Paper presenter. Paper: “Effects of ejido reform in Chiapas”. Panel: “The social and economic impact of ejido reform”.

1993

New England Consortium on Latin American Studies (NECLAS), Brown University, October 1993. Panel organizer and chair and paper presenter. Paper: “The search for autonomous representation: the case of UNORCA”. Panel: “State-peasant relations in Mexico”.

1992

17th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Los Angeles, September 1992. Panel organizer and chair and paper presenter. Paper: “New forms of representation in rural Mexico”. Panel: “Globalization and new forms of interest representation in Mexico”.

1991 International Congress of Americanists, New Orleans, July 1991. Paper presenter. Paper: “The political challenges of grassroots development in Chiapas”. Panel: “Rural development and grassroots organizations in Latin America”.

Political Studies Association (Great Britain), Annual Conference, University of Lancaster, April 1991. Paper Presenter. Paper: “Neocorporatism and neoliberalism in Mexico”. Panel: “Democratization in developing countries”.

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Society for Latin American Studies (Great Britain), Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, March 1991. Panel organizer and chair and paper presenter. Paper: “Identity and Strategy in the Teachers’ and Peasant Movements in Mexico”. Panel: “Popular movements and political change in Mexico”.

1990

Society for Latin American Studies (Great Britain), Annual Conference, Oxford University, March 1990. Paper presenter. Paper: “The struggle for land in Chiapas”. Panel: “Politics of rural development in Latin America”.

European Consortium for Political Research, Annual Meeting, Bochum, Germany, March 1990. Paper presenter. Paper: “The limits of ‘concertación’ in rural Mexico”. Panel: “Democratization processes in Latin America”.

1989

15th International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Miami, December 1989. Paper presenter. Paper: “New peasant movements in Chiapas”. Panel: “Popular movements and political change in Mexico”.

b) Other Formal Workshops and Conferences

2019 Anthropology in Movement Seminar Series, organized by the Institute for Indigenous Studies, Autonomous University of Chiapas, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, November 7, 2019. Paper: “La democracia imaginaria y las democracias profundas: MORENA, el Zapatismo y los Pueblos Indígenas.”

Third Congress of Latin American and Caribbean Border Cities, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 19, 2019. Keynote speaker. Presentation: NSF-REU research program on immigration and border policies

2018 International Conference: “The historical transformation of the Mexican regime: the July 1 elections in global context”. National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City. November 7, 2018. Paper presenter. Paper: “La cuarta transformación histórica del régimen mexicano: dejá vu para los pueblos indígenas”.

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International Conference: “Democracy and Authoritarianism in Mexico and the World.” National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City. February 15, 2018. Paper presenter. Paper: “Es el tiempo de los pueblos: el zapatismo entre la democracia imaginaria y las democracias profundas” Book presentation: “Cruce de Caminos: las luchas indígenas y las Fuerzas de Liberacion Nacional,” Vol. III of the series “Dignificar La Historia,” presented at the Casa Museo de la Memoria Indomita, Mexico City, July 4, 2018.

2016

“Contra la guerra sucia: la persistencia de las FLN (1974-77)” book presentation at the Casa de Todas y Todos, Apodaca, Monterrey, Mexico, August 6, 2016. “Surviving Mexico's Dirty War: the National Liberation Forces (FLN), 1974-78,” Technological And Advanced Research Institute of Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico, March 16, 2016.

2015 “Las Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional y la Guerra Fría en México, 1969-1974.” National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH), Mexico City, November 23, 2015; and the same presentation at the Casa Museo de la Memoria Indómita, Mexico City, July 15, 2015.

2014

“Indigenous rights and democratization: lessons from Chiapas, Mexico,” presented at conference on The Quality of Democracy in Latin America Today, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, February 28, 2014.

2013

“Dialogues on the Cold War in Mexico,” National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH), Mexico, September 23, 2013.

“Zapatismo and autonomy” Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM)-Xochimilco, Mexico

City (via Skype), as part of seminar series marking the 20th anniversary of the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas. June 14, 2013.

“Zapatismo, the state and the contested meaning of indigenous rights,” presented at workshop on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Mexico since 1810, University of London, Institute of Latin American Studies, May 17, 2013.

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2012 “Educating for Human Rights”, presented at workshop “Borderline Slavery” University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, October 18, 2012.

2011

“Rural rebellion and indigenous rights in Chiapas: a review of scholarship on the Zapatista movement since 1994,” presented as part of speaker series of the Center for Latin American and Border Studies, New Mexico State University, October 12, 2011.

2010

“Contesting the boundaries of citizenship: social movements in Chiapas and the US-Mexico border,” colloquium at Jackson School of International Relations, University of Washington, Seattle, Jan 25, 2010

2nd annual conference on Immigration Reform and Human Rights on the Border New Mexico State University, March 4-5, 2010 Organizer and presenter “Youth Media Project: Human Rights on the Border”

“Service Learning on the US-Mexico Border,” presentation at 6th annual J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium, New Mexico State University, March 19, 2010 “NAFTA and future flows of migration,” presentation at NMSU Summer Institute on Immigration reform and Human Rights, Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, July 14, 2010

“Educating for immigrant rights: service learning on the US-Mexico border,” guest lecture for graduate studies, Migration Studies, University of Oxford, UK, October 27, 2010

“Contesting the boundaries of citizenship: social movements in Chiapas and the US-Mexico border,” presentation as part of weekly seminar series held by the Latin American Centre, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK, November 9, 2010

“Immigrant Integration and Human Rights: Lessons from the US-Mexico Border,” presentation as part of weekly seminar series held by the Center for the Study of Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK, November 11, 2010

“The force of indigeneity: biodiversity conflicts and the struggle over representation in Chiapas, 1994-2010,” presentation as part of weekly seminar series held by the Center for Latin American studies, University of Cambridge, UK, November 22, 2010

“The struggle for indigenous rights in Latin America: zapatismo in comparative context,” presentation as part of weekly seminar series held by the Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK, November 29, 2010

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2009 Economic Crisis and Immigration Policy: new perspectives from Mexico and the United States. Conference at New Mexico State University, March 12-13, 2009 (Co-organizer with Jason Ackleson and the International Relations Institute, NMSU.)

Panel Participant, “Conducting Responsible Research with Indigenous Peoples,” Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS), Las Cruces, March 7, 2009.

“Peasant Movements and Democratization in Mexico, 1970-2008,” presentation made to the Student Organization for Latin American Studies (SOLAS), Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, February 11, 2009.

2008

Presentation of paper “Beyond Hegemony: Zapatismo, Empire and Dissent,” at colloquium series, Department of International Relation, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, November 25. 2008

Presentation of paper “Indigenous Movements, Food Sovereignty and the Left in Mexico,” at the Conference “From Che to Ramona to Evo: Leftist Political Cultures in Latin America, 1960s-the present” University of Oregon, October 30-31, 2008

2006

Lineae Terrarum: an International Conference on Borders, New Mexico State University, UT El Paso, and UACJ, Cd. Juárez, March 27-30, 2006. Organizer of roundtable on Border Research and Co-organizer of the conference

2005

Presentation of paper “Beyond hegemony? Zapatistas and Dissent in Mexico”, invited speaker at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y de Administración, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. November 11, 2005.

Presentation of paper “Conocimiento Indígena y la Bioprospección en Chiapas” at the International Colloquium of El Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Mexico, October 27-29, 2005.

Presentation of paper “La difícil construcción de la ciudadanía pluriétnica: el zapatismo en el contexto latinoamericano” at the International Workshop “Empire and Dissent: US Hegemony in Latin America”, organized by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), held in Cuernavaca, Mexico, March 3-6, 2005.

Invited lecture on “Who Needs Zapatismo? State interventions and local responses in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas” at the Faculty Colloquium on Latin American Studies, University of Iowa, February 18, 2005.

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Participant in project “Gobernar (en) la diversidad: experiencias de la construcción de ciudadanías multiculturales en América Latina”, organized by FLACSO, CIESAS-Sureste and UT-Austin. Seminar held in Bilwi, Nicaragua, January 20-22, 2005.

2004

Participant in project “Gobernar (en) la diversidad: experiencias de la construcción de ciudadanías multiculturales en América Latina”, organized by FLACSO, CIESAS-Sureste and UT-Austin. Two seminars held in Mexico City (March 2004) and Quito, October 29-31, 2004.

Invited lecture on “Zapatistas: Indigenous Rights in Mexico – a ten-year assessment”, at the inauguaration of a colloquium and exhibition on Chiapas, at the University of New Mexico, organized by the Latin American and Iberian Institute. Albuquerque, September 18, 2004.

“Nuevas formas de participación política en Marqués de Comillas: desarrollo sustentable, remunicipalización y grupos de mujeres” International Colloquium “Chiapas: Diez Años Después”, organized by El Colegio de México, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)-Sureste, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, August 23-27, 2004.

2003 “Gaining Ground: indigenous peoples and political change in Latin America” University of Liverpool, Institute of Latin American Studies (UK). February 20-23, 2003.

“Mapping Indigenous Autonomies in Chiapas” University of Texas at Austin, Center for Mexican Studies, April 2003.

2001

“La remunicipalización y el proceso de paz en Chiapas” Co-organizer with Xochitl Leyva Solano and Araceli Burguete, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)-Sureste, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, January 4-5, 2001

“The peace process in Chiapas and the new government of Vicente Fox” presented at speaker series, Center for Latin American Studies, New Mexico State University, March 14, 2001

“Globalization and biodiversity conflicts in Chiapas” presented at Ohio State University, April 2001 and at University of Essex, England, June 2001.

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2000 “Land struggles and political conflict in Chiapas” presented at conference on the Chiapas rebellion and political change in Mexico, Colby College, Maine. April15, 2000.

1999

Invited to comment on new book “Rebellion in Chiapas” by Professor John Womack, Harvard University at a symposium with Prof. Womack and faculty of Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, April 15, 1999.

Lecture on “The Zapatistas and the Question of Democracy in Mexico” Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, April 14, 1999.

Participant and co-organizer of international workshop on “Identities, Borders and Orders” at NMSU, February 22-24, 1999.

Presentation on “The New Politics of Zapatismo: community, autonomy and democracy” at the Conference “Chiapas: Five Years of Conflict and Negotiation”, Center for Latin American Studies, Princeton University, February 19, 1999.

Presentation on “The Crisis in Chiapas” at the Conference “Chiapas and Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America”, Autonomous Metropolitan Technological Institute (ITAM) and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Mexico City, January 11, 1999

1998

Local organizer and participant, international workshop on “Identities, Borders and Orders: Rethinking International, Comparative and Area Studies,” NMSU, March 23-25, 1998.

Joint presentation with Dr. Christine Eber on “Between Hope and Frustration: the Peace Process and the Democracy Movement in Chiapas,” Center for Latin American Studies, NMSU, Spring Speaker Series, February 19, 1998.

1997

Organizer and participant, seminar series “Crossing Borders” NMSU, Fall 1997.

Presentation of paper: “Illegal Logging and Economic Viability in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas,” at a workshop on “The transformation of rural Mexico: Building an economically viable and participatory campesino sector,” Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)-Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 16, 1997.

Presentation of paper: “Illegal Logging and Economic Viability in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas,” at Latin American Area Center seminar series, University of Arizona, March 24, 1997.

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Presentation of paper: “The peace process in Chiapas: lessons from a comparative perspective,” at a conference on “Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., March 13-15, 1997.

Paper: “Indigenous peoples and changing state identities: the case of Chiapas,” presented at workshop on “Borders, Orders and Identities,” Department of Government and Center for Latin American Studies, NMSU, January 17-19, 1997.

1996

Research proposal: “Sustainable development in the Lacandon rainforest of Chiapas: the case of the Marqués de Comillas region,” presented at a research workshop on “The Transformation of Rural Mexico,” sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies of the University of California- San Diego and the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS)-Occidente, Guadalajara, Mexico. Held at CIESAS-Occidente, Guadalajara, July 5-6, 1996.

Paper: “Redefining Citizenship in Mexico: indigenous movements and the question of autonomy in Chiapas,” presented at a workshop on “Local Politics and Democratization in Mexico and Cuba Compared,” sponsored by the Center for US-Mexican Studies of the University of California-San Diego and the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Held at UNAM, Mexico City, February 21-22, 1996.

1995 Paper: “Whose land is it anyway? Technocracy, campesino movements and the meanings of rural development in Chiapas,” presented at a conference on “The Transformation of Rural Mexico,” sponsored by the “Ejido Reform Project”, Center for US-Mexican Studies of the University of California-San Diego (UCSD), August 1995.

Paper: “The Effects of Ejido Reform in Chiapas,” presented at a conference on “The Reform of Mexico’s Agrarian Reform,” Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, New York, April 5-7, 1995.

Paper: “Background to the Peace Process in Chiapas,” presented at a workshop on “Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., April 29, 1995.

Paper: “Rural reforms and the Zapatista rebellion,” presented at a conference on “The Chiapas Rebellion,” University of Arizona, February 3-4, 1995.

Guest speaker at the following universities during 1995: University of New Mexico (February 8- 9), University of Texas at Austin (February 27), New Mexico State University (March 15), University of California-San Diego (April 13), University of Texas-El Paso (April 20).

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1994 Paper: “Identidad y cambio político en Chiapas,” presented at the XVI Colloquium of the Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Mexico, 16-18 November 1994.

Paper: “Chiapas and the struggle for radical democracy in Mexico,” presented at a conference, “Whither Mexico?”, Grinnell College, Iowa, November 10-11, 1994.

Paper: “Prospects for Ejido Reform in Chiapas,” presented at a workshop sponsored by the “Ejido Reform Project”, Center for US-Mexican Studies of the University of California-San Diego (UCSD), held at Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico, October 26-28, 1994.

Paper: “Chiapas and Democratization in Mexico,” presented at “Living with NAFTA: a town meeting on North American integration,” conference organized by Yale University Council on Latin American Studies, New Haven, April 8-9, 1994.

1993

Paper: “Neocorporatism and Neoliberalism in Mexico,” presented at “Mexico: Beyond NAFTA,” conference organized by the New England Consortium on Latin American Studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 1993.

Research report: “Ejido reforms in Chiapas, ” presented at “The Transformation of Rural Mexico,” workshop organized by the “Ejido Reform Project”, Center for US-Mexican Studies of the University of California-San Diego (UCSD), held in Tepotzlán, Mexico, November 1993.

1992

Participation in “The Transformation of Rural Mexico,” planning workshop organized by the “Ejido Reform Project”, Center for US-Mexican Studies (UCSD), September 1992.

1989

Paper: “Peasant strategies and corporatism in Chiapas”, presented at “Popular Movements and Political Change in Mexico,” conference held at the Center for US-Mexican Studies of the University of California-San Diego (UCSD), February 1989.

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GRANTS AND AWARDS Grants Funded Principal Investigator: Title: Immigration Policy and Border Communities (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Duration: September 2017-September 2020 Source: National Science Foundation (NSF –REU) Amount: $373,256 Principal Investigator Immigrant Rights and Services in Paso del Norte region May 2015-April 2016 Source: Discovery Scholars Program, College of Arts & Sciences Amount $2,500 Co-principal investigator Title: Immigration Reform and Perspectives from New Mexico Duration: September 2010-August 2011 Source: Office of the Governor of the State of New Mexico Amount: 75,000 Co-principal investigator Title: “Immigration Reform and Human Rights at the Border” Duration: September 1, 2009-August 31, 2010 Source: Dreyfus Foundation, New York Amount: $15,000 Co-principal investigator Title: “Enduring Legacies: food and culture in the US-Mexico border region” Duration: September 1, 2008-July 1, 2009 Source: New Mexico Council for the Humanities Amount: $5,000 Co-principal investigator Title: “Preserving Memory, Promoting Justice: Creating a Social Justice Archive on the US-Mexico Border” Duration: August 1, 2008-July 31, 2009 Source: Southwest and Border Cultures Institute (SWBCI) Amount: $6,000 Co-principal investigator Title: “Border Teachers Network: enhancing experiential learning on the US-Mexico Border” Duration: September 1, 2006-August 31, 2007 Source: Border Research Cluster and Center for International Programs, NMSU Amount: $5,000 Principal Investigator. Title: “Biodiversity, democracy and identity in Mexico”

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Duration: July 1, 2001-December 31, 2002 Source: Macarthur Foundation Research and Writing Grant, Program on Global Security and Sustainability Amount: $75,000 Co-Principal Investigator with Yosef Lapid and Jose Garcia (Department of Government, NMSU) Title: “Alter et Idem (Transformed Yet Recognizable): Toward an Identities/Borders/Orders Reconfiguration of International/Comparative/Area Studies”. Duration: August 1997-December 1998. Source: Ford Foundation planning grant Amount: $50,000 Principal Investigator. Title: “The politics of ‘post-development’ in rural Mexico: local responses to globalization in Marqués de Comillas, Chiapas.” Duration: July 1996-August 1999 Source #1: NMSU College of Arts and Sciences Mini-grant Amount: $1,200 (1998-9) Source #2: NMSU Mexico Small Grants Program Amount: $1,000 (1998) Amount: $1,100 (1997) Source #3: Center for US-Mexican Studies, UCSD Amount: $2,500 (1996-7) Total Amount: $ 5,800 Co-principal investigator with Ellen Rosell (Department of Government, NMSU). Title: New Mexico’s Colonias Duration: October 1994-June 1995 Source: NMSU College of Arts and Sciences Mini-grant Amount: $1,000 Principal Investigator, “Impact of Ejido Reform in Chiapas,” Summer Field Work Research Grant, “Ejido Reform” Project, Center for US-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego, 1994. Amount: $2,500 Principal Investigator, “Peasant Movements and Rural Modernization in Chiapas,” Research Grant on Rural Studies, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1993-1995. Amount: $1,000 Principal Investigator, “State-Peasant Relations and Political Change in Mexico, 1982-1992,” Post-doctoral Research Award, Economic and Social Research Council, Great Britain, 1990-1992. Amount: $50,000 Other Grant Activities Administrator of Title VI grant for National Resource Centers, New Mexico State University Center for Latin American and Border Studies as part of consortium with Latin American and Iberian Institute at University of New Mexico. 2003-2006.

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Administrator of Ford Foundation planning grant on “Identities, Borders and Orders,” Fall 1997. Grant evaluator, NMSU Mexico Small Grants Committee, Fall 1997. Evaluation of over thirty grant applications from NMSU faculty. Grant evaluator, Graduate Grants Committee for the “Ejido Reform Project”, Center for US-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego. Spring 1994, 1995 and 1996. Evaluation of over thirty grant applications from graduate students for research in rural Mexico. Awards: 2019: Outstanding Academic Department Head, College of Arts and Sciences, NMSU 2019: Outstanding Aggie Researcher Award, NMSU 2011 Recipient of Graduate Students’ Mariposa Award for Teaching, Department of Government, NMSU 2009 Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, Department of Government, NMSU from the Nick Franklin Committee, Department of Government, NMSU 2006 Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award, College of Arts and Science, NMSU 2006 Nominated for University Research Council Outstanding Research Award, NMSU 2005 Recipient of Graduate Students’ Mariposa Award for Teaching, Department of Government, NMSU 2000-1 Recipient of “Globalization Award” for promoting global awareness at New Mexico State University, awarded by the Center for International Programs, New Mexico State University 1999 Recipient of the award “Reconocimiento Carlos Esteban Brasseur de Bourbourg” from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico. The award was given for my book The Chiapas Rebellion: the struggle for land and democracy, which was chosen as the best work on Mexican history and culture to be published outside Mexico in 1998-99. Joint 1st prize for “Best Doctoral Dissertation on Mexico”, Anglo-Mexican Society of Great Britain, 1990. Final Diploma in Spanish, Institute of Linguists, Great Britain, 1982.

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TEACHING Courses taught at NMSU since 1994

The number in parentheses denotes the number of times I have taught each course between Fall 1994 and Fall 2019.

Lower Division

GOVT 110G Introduction to Political Science (12) HONS 248G Citizen and the State: Great Political Issues (7)

Upper Division

GOVT 301 Special Topics: Political Ecology(3) Govt 313/314 Model United Nations (2) GOVT 367 Inter-American Relations (3) GOVT 370 Comparative Politics (7) GOVT 371 Latin American Politics (4) GOVT 372 Political Development (3) GOVT 373 Resistance Movements in World Politics (4) GOVT 375 Self-Determination & Minority Rights (3) GOVT 380V Contemp. World Political Ideologies (7) GOVT 378 US-Mexico Border Politics (3) GOVT 379 Mexican Politics (11) GOVT 411 Service Learning Experience: Social Justice on the US-Mexico Border (5) GOVT 470 Special Topics/Compar. Politics: Social Movements and Identity Politics (1) GOVT 484 Contemporary Political Theory (5)

Graduate

GOVT 503 Qualitative Research Methods (2) GOVT 517 Special Topics:Social Justice on the US-Mexico Border (5) GOVT 570 Seminar in Comparative Politics (17) GOVT 571 Seminar Latin American Politics (2) GOVT 572 Seminar Political Development (3) GOVT 573 Resistance Movements in World Politics (4) GOVT 574 Comparative Political Studies: Political Ecology (3) GOVT 578 Seminar in US-Mexico Border Politics (3) GOVT 579 Seminar in Mexican Politics (9) GOVT 580 The Study of Political Theory (3) GOVT 581 Contemp. Political Theory (1)

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Graduate supervision

Chair of one doctoral thesis (UNAM, Mexico) Member of four doctoral thesis committees Member of 35 MA thesis committees Chair of 25 MA thesis committees Supervised six graduate internships Supervised fifteen graduate independent studies

Undergraduate supervision Supervised 4 honors theses Supervised twelve undergraduate internships Supervised twenty undergrad independent studies

Teaching experience prior to NMSU:

Lower-division:

Introduction to Social Theory (University of Portsmouth, UK, Spring 1990)

Upper-division:

Mexican Government and Politics (Brown University, Spring 1993 and Fall 1993; University of Connecticut, Fall 1993) New Social Movements in Latin America (Brown University, Spring 1993 and Spring 1994) Rural Social Movements in Mexico (University of Connecticut, Fall 1992) Graduate Seminars: Ethnographic Research Methods (Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Fall 1986) (In Spanish) New Social Movements in Latin America (University of Connecticut, Fall 1992 and Fall 1993)

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SERVICE Committee Service for Department of Government and NMSU

Academic Department Head, Department of Government, July 2011-present

Acting Head, Department of Government, January-June 2011 Chair, Department of Government, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Fall 2008-Spring 2010

Chair, MA Committee, Fall 2002-Fall 2004 Chair, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Government, Spring 1996 - Spring 2001 Library Liaison for Department of Government, Fall 1994-Summer 1999 Department Recruitment Coordinator, Fall 1999 - Spring 2001 Member, Planning Committee, Department of Government, Spring 1996 - Spring 2001 Member, MA Committee, Department of Government, since Spring 1995 Interim Chair, MA Committee, Department of Government, Fall 1998 Member, Faculty search committees in Spring 1996, Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2001 Participant in production of student recruitment video, Fall 1997 Translation assistance for Greg Butler (Department of Government, NMSU) for book Strengthening Volunteer Initiatives, translated into Spanish for use in Honduras, 1994-95. Member of J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium organizing committee, 2005-2010 and 2015-2019

Director, Migration Policy Office, International Relations Institute, NMSU, 2009-2011 Director, Center for Latin American and Border Studies, Fall 2003-Spring 2011 Chair, Southwest and Border Regions Research Cluster, Summer 2005-8 Elected to Faculty Senate for 1999-2001 period Member of University Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1999-2001 Chair of Research Affairs Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 1999-2000 Member of Research Affairs Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2000-2001 Member, Center for Latin American Studies Executive Committee, 1995-99 Member, Center for Latin American Studies Speaker Series committee, 1997-98 Member, NMSU Mexico Small Grants Committee, Fall 1997 Member, NMSU Latin America Focus Group, Fall 1996 Member, NMSU Mexico Focus Group, Fall 1996 Writer of program notes for F.W. de Klerk speech, University Speakers Series, March 31, 1998 Organizer of several guest lectures on political issues in Latin America

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Organizer of six symposia with students from NMSU and the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ). Organizer of institutional agreement for research collaboration with Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico. Faculty adviser to Student Association for Latin American Studies (SALAS) since Fall 1995 Regular Speaker at campus events on Chiapas Spanish/English interpreter at various campus workshops

Professional affiliations:

American Political Science Association International Studies Association Latin American Studies Association Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies Western Social Science Association

Professional Service:

Member, Editorial Board, Latin American Perspectives, 2012-present

Chair, Rural Studies Section, Latin American Studies Assoctn, 2004-6

Co-Track chair, Agrarian and Rural Issues, Latin American Studies Association 2005-6

Program Co-chair and member of Executive Council of the Latin American Studies Association

(LASA), January 2006-October 2007. Responsible for organization of program for LASA’s 27th

International Congress, held in Montreal in September 2007. Member, Bryce Woods Book Award Committee, Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 2015-16. Review of articles submitted for publication:

Latin American Perspectives Bulletin of Latin American Research Comparative Politics Journal of Interamerican and World Affairs Journal of Latin American Anthropology Journal of Latin American Studies

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Latin American Research Review South Eastern Political Review Society and Natural Resources Polity

Other review work:

Review of candidate seeking promotion and tenure at another university, Fall 2019

Member of review committee of the National Science Foundation’s program Research Experience for Undergraduates, October 2018

Review of three book manuscripts for Duke University Press Review of one grant application to the National Science Foundation Review of seven chapters of a book manuscript entitled Introduction to Politics for Brown and Benchmark Publishers. Review of Power and Choice: an Introduction to Political Science by W. Phillips Shively for new edition by Prentice Hall Publishers. Review of draft chapters of book manuscript entitled Free Trade and the Farm Crisis in Mexico by Tom Barry. Editorial assistance for entry on Mexico in World Directory of Minorities by Minority Rights Group, London. Review of book manuscript entitled Marcos: the man and the mask, for Duke University Press.

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Community Service

Participant in Taskforce on Immigrant Advocacy and Services, Las Cruces, 2008-present

Guest columnist for Las Cruces Sun-News, El Paso Times and Grassroots Press Guest columnist for La Jornada newspaper (Mexico City) Commentator on politics in Chiapas and on 1997 British elections, KRWG-TV and KRWG-FM, France Presse Internationale, Reuters, BBC. Organizer with students and faculty of over ten fundraisers and educational events on Chiapas in the Las Cruces community. Talk on Guatemalan political history to students from Mayfield High School, Las Cruces, as part of the school’s World Affairs Challenge project, March 1997. Guest lecture to Model UN students, Spring 2003 Judge of presentations at NMSU Graduate Research Symposium, 1999, 2003