Click on the subjects below to learn about USD professors working on issues related to the border. Click here to see professors listed in alphabetical order.

If you are a USD professor and wish to add your name or remove it from this list please contact: transborder@sandiego.edu.

• Arts and Culture
• Border Philanthropy
• Economic Development
• Education and Community Development
• Health and Quality of Life
• History
• Human Rights
• Immigration and Migrant Labor
• Indigenous Communities
• Languages and Literature
• Latinos and Latino Experience
• Law and Security
• Politics and Policy
• Religion and Spirituality
• Science and Environment

Arts and Culture

Esteban del Rio
College of Arts and Sciences
Communications
(619) 260-7464
edelrio@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
(Latino/a unity and difference in popular and informational media)

Evelyn Diaz Cruz
College of Arts and Sciences
Theatre Arts
(619) 260-7877
diazcruz@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~diazcruz/
Arts and Culture
Chicana/o theatre. Latino/a playwriting, Theatre of Diversity, MUERTOS play to be performed in Tijuana

Kimberly Eherenman
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-4068
kime@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
(Mexican Literature and Culture, Latin American Poetry)

Carl Jubran
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-5983
cjubran@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture

John Marambio
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-4071
marambio@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
Latin American films related to border issues

Duncan McCosker
College of Arts and Sciences
Fine Arts
(619) 260-4108
mccosker@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~mccosker/
Arts and Culture
(Border Photography)

Alejandro Meter
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-7417
ameter@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
Migration and exile, Jewish studies in Latin America

Kristin Moran
College of Arts and Sciences
Communications
(619) 260-4085
kmoran@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
Mass media in Mexico, Latino experience with mass media in the U.S.

Ruben R. Murillo
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-2768
rmurillo@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
Aztec culture, Mexican Literature, U.S. Mexico Border Literature, Immigration, NAFTA, the maquiladoras, and Zapatista movement

Alma Ortega
Copley Library
(619) 260-2259
alma@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture & Latinos and Latino Experience
Chicano/Latino Studies

Gail Perez
College of Arts and Sciences
English
(619) 260-4115
gperez@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture
Chicano / Chicana studies

Sally Yard
College of Arts and Sciences
Fine Arts
(619) 260-4512
syard@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture

Angela Yeung
College of Arts and Sciences
Music
(619) 260-4106
ayeung@sandiego.edu
Arts and Culture

Victor Zambrano
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-2398
zambrano@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~zambrano/
Arts and Culture

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Border Philanthropy

Richard Kiy
School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES)
MA in Nonprofit Management
President & CEO, International Community Foundation
Co-chair, US-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership
(619) 336-2250
rkiy@icfdn.org
http://www.icfdn.org/
http://www.borderpartnership.org/
border philanthropy

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Economic Development

Joan B. Anderson
School of Business
Economics
(619) 260-4857
joana@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~joana/
Economic Development
(Economic change on the U.S.-Mexican border, HDI, Education / quality, LA Business Environment)

Denise Dimon
School of Business
International Business
(619) 260-4836
dimon@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~dimon/
Economic Development
(President of the Business Associate of Latin American Studies, LA business environment)

Ralph H. Folsom
Law School
Administration
(619) 260-2325
rfolsom@sandiego.edu
Economic Development
(NAFTA in the Americas)

Thomas Minnich
School of Business
Marketing
(619) 260-7457
tminnich@sandiego.edu
Economic Development
(Trained marketing and communications professionals in South America and Mexico)

Michael R. Pfau
College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
(619) 260 -4011
pfau@sandiego.edu
http://www.SanDiego.edu/~pfau/
Economic Development
(Bross-border perceptions in the NAFTA countries)

Daniel Rivetti
School of Business
Finance
(619) 260-4844
drivetti@sandiego.edu
Economic Development
Directed Funding activities for private investment along the U.S-Mexico border, aircraft industry in Latin America

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Education and Community Development

Dr. Viviana Alexandrowicz
School of Leadership and Education Studies
Learning and Teaching
(619) 260-4121
vivianaa@sandiego.edu
Education and Community Development
(Bilingual Education)

Athena Perrakis
School of Leadership and Education Science
Leadership
(619) 260-8896
athena@sandiego.edu
Education and Community Development
History, development, and missions of Hispanic-serving institutions

Michelle Madsen Camacho Walter
College of Arts and Sciences
Sociology
(619) 260-7826
mcamacho@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~mcamacho/
Education and Community Development
Economic development and globalization in rural Mexico (Oaxaca), Public health relating to immigrant women from Mexico and Central America

Paula Cordeiro
School of Leadership and Education Science
(619) 260-4540
cordeiro@sandiego.edu
Education and Community Development
School leadership of college faculty teaching and binational nonprofit organizations focusing on education and community development

Jamie Romo
School of Leadership and Education Science
Learning and Teaching
(619) 260-7817
jromo@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~jromo/
Education and Community Development
Teacher preparation, assessment, and effectiveness in the SD-Tijuana border region, border pedagogy (developing a pedagogy for global-local schools), collaboration among educators and action research in the San Diego- Tijuana border region

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Health and Quality of Life

Anita Hunter
School of Nursing
(619) 260-7609
ahunter@sandiego.edu
Health and Quality of Life

Nancy Sabin
School of Nursing
(619) 260-7996
njex@sandiego.edu
Health and Quality of Life
(Latino Health Care)
Health beliefs, access issues, and general health considerations, specifically in context to human trafficking from Mexico, HIV on both sides of the border, legal issues of undocumented women in abusive situations, and TB

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History

Iris Engstrand
College of Arts and Sciences
History
(619) 260-4038
iris@sandiego.edu
History
History of Mexico

Michael Gonzalez
College of Arts and Sciences
(619) 260-4043
michaelg@sandiego.edu
History
(Chicano history, History of Mexican culture on LA)

Kenneth Serbin
College of Arts and Sciences
History
(619) 260-4037
kserbin@sandiego.edu
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kserbin/
History
(Modern Latin America, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina)

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Human Rights

Dee Aker
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
(619) 260-2358
daker@sandiego.edu
Human Rights and Gender

Virginia Lewis
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-4631
vlewis@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~vlewis/
Human Rights

Jorge A. Vargas
School of Law
(619) 260-4816
mexlaw@sandiego.edu
Human Rights

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Immigration and Migrant Labor

John Adkins
School of Law
(619) 260-4766
adkins@SanDiego.edu
Immigration and Migrant Labor

David Herrera
School of Leadership and Education Science
davidherrera@sandiego.edu
Immigration and Migrant Labor

Belinda Lum
College of Arts and Sciences
Sociology
(619) 260-4027
b.lum@sandiego.edu
http://www.sandiego.edu/sociology/faculty/lum.php
Immigration and Migrant Labor
Immigrant work and labor in the United States, Immigrants and Global Cities and Global Economy, and Immigrant political engagement and activism

Peter Nuñez
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-8798
pnunez@sandiego.edu
Immigration and Migrant Labor

Gail Perez
College of Arts and Sciences
English
(619) 260-4115
gperez@sandiego.edu
Immigration and Migrant Labor
Chicano / Chicana studies

Olivia Ruiz
College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
ruizo@sandiego.edu
Immigration and Migrant Labor
(Border Issues - race, gender, class, migration and risk)

David A. Shirk
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-2315
dshirk@sandiego.edu
http://web.mac.com/davidashirk/Shirk_Site/Homepage.html
Law and Security

Jorge A. Vargas
School of Law
(619) 260-4816
mexlaw@sandiego.edu
Immigration and Migrant Labor

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Indigenous Communities

Alana Cordy-Collins
College of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
(619) 260-4725
alanacc@SanDiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~alanacc/
Indigenous Communities
(Peruvian prehistory)

Elaine D. Elliot
College of Arts and Sciences
Community for Service Learning
(619) 260-4798
Elliott@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~elliott/cv.htm
Indigenous Communities
Oaxaca, Mixteco indigenous people, (migration), Non-profit community in Tijuana and San Diego

Michelle Jacob
College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
(619) 260-7742
mjacob@SanDiego.edu

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Languages and Literature

Kimberly Eherenman
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-4068
kime@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
(Mexican Literature and Culture, Latin American Poetry)

Kevin Guerrieri
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-7827
Kevin2@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
Colombian narrative, Scholarship of Engagement, and Literature and culture in the Tijuana-San Diego Borderlands

Jim Hardison
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-7668
hardison@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
(Spanish language)

Carl Jubran
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-5983
cjubran@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature

José Mendoza
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-5962
jmendoza@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
(Indigenous Literature of Mexico)

Alejandro Meter
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-7417
ameter@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
Migration and exile, Jewish studies in Latin America

Ruben R. Murillo
College of Arts and Sciences
Languages and Literature
(619) 260-2768
rmurillo@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
Aztec culture, Mexican Literature, U.S. Mexico Border Literature, Immigration, NAFTA, the maquiladoras, and Zapatista movement

Gail Perez
College of Arts and Sciences
English
(619) 260-4115
gperez@sandiego.edu
Languages and Literature
Chicano / Chicana studies

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Latinos and Latino Experience

Leeva Chung
College of Arts and Sciences
Communications
(619) 260-5966
leeva@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience

Esteban del Rio
College of Arts and Sciences
Communications
(619) 260-7464
edelrio@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience
(Latino/a unity and difference in popular and informational media)

Kenneth González
School of Leadership and Education Science
Counseling
(619) 260-7546
kennethg@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience
Latinas/os in education, specifically access to college and doctoral student socialization

Belinda Lum
College of Arts and Sciences
Sociology
(619) 260-4027
b.lum@sandiego.edu
http://www.sandiego.edu/sociology/faculty/lum.php
Latinos and Latino Experience
Immigrant work and labor in the United States, Immigrants and Global Cities and Global Economy, and Immigrant political engagement and activism

Alma Ortega
Copley Library
(619) 260-2259
alma@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience
Chicano/Latino Studies

Alberto Pulido
College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
(619) 260-4022
apulido@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience
(Social Justice, Chicano /a Race and Ethnic Relations, Mexican Literature, Latino Catholicism)

Jamie Romo
School of Leadership and Education Science
Learning and Teaching
(619) 260-7817
jromo@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~jromo/
Latinos and Latino Experience
Teacher preparation, assessment, and effectiveness in the SD-Tijuana border region, border pedagogy (developing a pedagogy for global-local schools), collaboration among educators and action research in the San Diego- Tijuana border region

Olivia Ruiz
College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
ruizo@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience
(Border Issues - race, gender, class, migration and risk)

Jorge A. Vargas
School of Law
(619) 260-4816
mexlaw@sandiego.edu
Latinos and Latino Experience

James Weyant
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
(619) 260 - 4007
jweyant@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~jweyant/
Latinos and Latino Experience

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Law and Security

Peter Nuñez
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-8798
pnunez@sandiego.edu
Law and Security

David A. Shirk
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-2315
dshirk@sandiego.edu
http://web.mac.com/davidashirk/Shirk_Site/Homepage.html
Law and Security

Jorge A. Vargas
(619) 260-4816
School of Law
mexlaw@sandiego.edu
Law and Security

Randy Willoughby
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-4014
rwilloug@sandiego.edu
Law and Security
(Security Issues of the San Diego Tijuana border)

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Politics and Policy

Emily Edmonds
College of Arts and Sciences
International Relations
(619) 260-7802
Edmonds@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~edmonds/
Politics and Policy
(Subnational politics in Mexico, Decentralization and Democratization in Latin America)

Gary Gray
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-2653
ggray@sandiego.edu
Politics and Policy

Michael R. Pfau
College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
(619) 260 -4011
pfau@sandiego.edu
http://www.SanDiego.edu/~pfau/
Politics and Policy
(Bross-border perceptions in the NAFTA countries)

David A. Shirk
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-2315
dshirk@sandiego.edu
http://web.mac.com/davidashirk/Shirk_Site/Homepage.html
Politics and Policy

Randy Willoughby
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science
(619) 260-4014
rwilloug@sandiego.edu
Politics and Policy
(Security Issues of the San Diego Tijuana border)

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Religion and Spirituality

Maria Pilar Aquino Vargas
School of Arts and Sciences
Theology and Religious Studies
(619) 260-4280
aquino@sandiego.edu
Religion and Spirituality
(US Latina and Latin American feminist liberation theologies, Latino Catholicism)
Christianity and Ethics in the Contemporary World, Global Studies and Feminist Movements, Feminist Intercultural Theology and Liberation Theologies, Women, Religion and Human rights, Religion, Culture, and Globalization, Peacemaking, Religion, and Reconciliation

Orlando O. Espín
College of Arts and Sciences
Theology and Religious Studies
(619) 260-4049
espin@sandiego.edu
Religion and Spirituality
Popular Catholicism in the borderlands
(U.S. Latino/a theologies and U.S. Latino/a Catholicism, Intercultural theology)

Barbara Quinn
College of Arts and Sciences
Center Christian Spirituality
(619) 260-4785
bquinn@sandiego.edu
Religion and Spirituality
Immigration and Catholic Social Thought, Border Immersion

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Science and Environment

James P. Bolender
College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry and Biochemistry
(619) 260-4792
bolender@sandiego.edu
Science and Environment
(Pollution and fish in Baja, California, Sur)

Michel Boudrias
College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry and Biochemistry
(619) 260-4794
boum@sandiego.edu
Science and Environment

Dan Moriarty
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
(619) 260-4004
moriarty@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~moriarty/
Science and Environment
Mexican Wolf Species Survival Program (Bi-national effort to restore viable wolf populations in Mexico and the US)

Zhi-Yong (John) Yin
College of Arts and Sciences
Marine and Environmental Studies
(619) 260-8864
zyin@sandiego.edu
http://home.sandiego.edu/~zyin/courses.htm
Science and Environment
Climatic change and its impact on water resources