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TAMIU Weather Update 2025-01-17 15:26:00
Due to the threat of severe winter weather, TAMIU will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
  • Offices closed Monday, Jan. 20 (MLK Day)
  • Offices closed & classes cancelled Tuesday, Jan. 21
  • Regular office hours resume Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 8 a.m.
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2019-2020 Keynote Speakers

Edward Nik Khah

Edward Nik-Khah, Ph.D.
The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information

October 16, 2019

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C. Tyler DesRoches

C. Tyler DesRoches, Ph.D.
The Human Right to Water and Moral Limits to Water Markets

November 13, 2019

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2018-2019 Keynote Speakers

Thomas Leonard

Thomas C. Leonard, Ph.D.
Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era

October 17, 2018

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Francisco Cantu

Francisco Cantú
The Human Cost of Deterrence Based Border Enforcement

November 14, 2018

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Francisco Monaldi

Francisco J. Monaldi, Ph.D.
The Collapse of Venezuela: Lessons for Mexico and U.S. Policy in Latin America

March 6, 2019

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Craig Vangrasstek

Craig VanGrasstek, Ph.D.
Hegemony and the Hemisphere: An Historical Perspective on Inter-American Trade Relations

April 3, 2019

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2017-2018 Keynote Speakers

Ali Noorani

Ali Noorani
There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Integration

October 11, 2017

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Ronald Rael

Ronald Rael
Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary

November 28, 2017

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Raymond Robertson

Raymond Robertson, Ph.D.
Better Neighbors: Toward a Renewal of Economic Integration in Latin America

March 7, 2018

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Peter Lindert

Peter H. Lindert, Ph.D.
What is Government Doing about Inequality since the 1970s?

April 11, 2018

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2016-2017 Keynote Speakers

Tamara Draut

Tamara Draut
Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class will Transform America

October 19, 2016

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Viridiana Rios

Viridiana Ríos, Ph.D.
The Economic Effects of Violence and Corruption in Mexico

November 9, 2016

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John Perkins

John Perkins
Economic Crisis: The Hit Men Strike Home ... What Wrecked Our Economy and How to Fix It

February 22, 2017

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Edward Alden

Edward Alden
Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy

April 5, 2017

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2015-2016 Keynote Speakers

David Kallick

David D. Kallick
Bringing Vitality to Main Street: How Immigrant Small Businesses Help Local Economies Grow

October 21, 2015

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Tony Payan

Tony Payan, Ph.D.
Trade, Politics and Culture: Resetting the Texas-Mexico Relationship for the 21st Century

November 18, 2015

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Jason Silverman

Jason H. Silverman, Ph.D.
Thieves, Greasers, and Mongrels: The Great Emancipator Encounters the Immigrant

March 16, 2016

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Alfredo Corchado

Alfredo Corchado
Still Midnight in Mexico? Mexico's Challenges, Journalism and the Borderlands, and the New American Narrative

April 13, 2016

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2014-2015 Keynote Speakers

Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor
The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown

October 15, 2014

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Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom
Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora

November 12, 2014

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Donna Decesare

Donna De Cesare
Unsettled/Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs

March 25, 2015

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Diana Negroponte

Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ph.D.
Opportunities and Challenges for Mexico Today

April 15, 2015

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