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Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors for the North American Center for Transborder Studies is a group of outstanding citizens of the United States, Canada and Mexico who have demonstrated a commitment to the common good of North America, Arizona State University and NACTS. We invite you to click on the names or photos of our board members below for brief biographies.

Mr. Raul Rodriguez Chairman of the Board of Advisors President RMI *Read a Q&A with Raul in "NACTS Perspectives"*	Mr. Jack Agrios Officer in the Order of Canada Kennedy Agrios LLP	Mr. Alfonso Aguilar Chief of the Office of Citizenship U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Ambassador Hattie Babbitt Attorney at Law Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C.	Dr. Stephen Blank Co-Director North American Transportation Competitiveness Research Council	Mr. Rudy Bustamante Community Relations Officer U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Dr. Malcolm Cairns Director of Business Research Canadian Pacific Railway Read a Q&A with Malcolm in "NACTS Perspectives"	Dr. Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro Professor and Researcher Department of Population Studies El Colegio de la Frontera Norte	Ambassador Maria de Lourdes Dieck-Assad Dean School of Government, Social Sciences and Humanities Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
Dr. Daniel Drache Professor of Political Sciences York University Associate Director Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies	Mr. Duncan Edmonds Chairman McRae Group Executive in Residence Wilfred Laurier University	Dr. Rafael Fernandez de Castro Director Department of International Studies Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM)
Ms. Christine Frechette Founding President and Executive Director North American Forum on Integration	Mr. Bonsal Glascock President and COO iMallsGlobal	Mr. C.A. Howlett Senior Vice President, Public Affairs U.S. Airways
Ms. Tamar Jacoby Senior Fellow The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research	Ambassador John Maisto Former Ambassador of the United States to Venezuela, Nicaragua, and the Organization of America States *Read a Q&A with John in "NACTS Perspectives"*	Hon. A. Anne McLellan Academic Director Institute for United States Policy Studies University of Alberta
Dr. Robert A. Pastor Director Center for North American Studies American University	Ambassador Andrés Rozental President Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales	Mr. Thomas Skancke President and CEO The Skancke Company
Mr. Javier Treviño Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs CEMEX	Dr. José Luis Valdés-Ugalde Director Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)	Dr. Carlos Vélez-Ibañez Chair and Professor Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies and Anthropology Arizona State University
Mr. Raul Yzaguirre Presidential Professor of Practice in Community Development and Civil Rights Arizona State University

Faculty Advisory Council

The North American Center for Transborder Studies is a transdisciplinary research center whose work is reflective of the broad research interests and capabilities of the outstanding Arizona State University faculty members who have committed to work with us.

Francisco Lara-Valencia Chair, Faculty Advisory Council Assistant Professor School of Planning Read a Q&A with Francisco in "NACTS Perspectives"	Jaime Aguila Assistant Professor Department of Humanities & Arts Polytechnic campus	Daniel Arreola Professor School of Geographical Sciences
Alan Artibise Executive Dean College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Manuel Avalos Associate Vice President Research and Faculty Development Associate Professor Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences	Carol Baldwin Associate Professor ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Benjamin Broome Professor Hugh Downs School of Human Communication	Maureen Campesino Assistant Professor College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation	Felipe Castro Professor Department of Psychology
Evelyn Cruz Director and Associate Clinical Professor Immigration Clinic Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law	Maria Luz Cruz-Torres Professor School of Global Studies	Amira de la Garza Associate Professor Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Paul Espinosa Professor Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies	Mary Fonow Director Women and Gender Studies Program	Brian Gratton Professor Department of History
Susan Gray Associate Professor Department of History	Subhrajit Guhathakurta Associate Professor School of Planning School of Sustainability	Paul Hirt Associate Professor Department of History
Dirk Hoerder Distinguished Visiting Professor Department of History Read a Q&A with Dirk in "NACTS Perspectives"	Wei Li Associate Professor Asian Pacific American Studies Read a Q&A with Wei in "NACTS Perspectives"	Arnold Maltz Professor W.P. Carey School of Business
Arthur Mason Assistant Professor School of Justice and Social Inquiry	Dawn McLaren Research Economist JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center	Cecilia Menjivar Associate Professor School of Social and Family Dynamics
Julie Murphy Erfani Associate Professor ASU at the West Campus Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences	Martin Pasqualetti Professor School of Geographical Sciences	David Pijawka Professor School of Planning
Luis Plascencia Assistant Professor ASU at the West Campus Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences	Doris Marie Provine Director School of Justice and Social Inquiry	Mary Romero Professor School of Justice and Social Inquiry
Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez Chair Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies	Mr. Raul Yzaguirre Presidential Professor of Practice in Community Development and Civil Rights Arizona State University