2019-2020 Keynote Speakers
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 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
Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ph.D.
Opportunities and Challenges for Mexico Today
April 15, 2015