Education

• Ph.D. 2001 Cornell University, City and Regional Planning
• MCP 1993 University of California Berkeley, City and Regional Planning
• 1991 Professional Degree in Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Courses Taught

• 150 The Urban Scene
• 250 Planning the Multiethnic City
• 310 The Growth and Development of Cities
• 420 Communities, Neighborhoods, and Planning

Selected Publications and Presentations

Book
Land Privatization in Mexico: Urbanization, Formation of Regions and Globalization in Ejidos, Routledge, London and New York, 2004. http://www.routledge.com/books/Land-Privatization-in-Mexico-isbn9780415946544

Articles
“Is the New Urban Planning New?” Response to “Can We Reinvent Planning by Cliff Hague?” Planners Network, Winter 2008. http://www.plannersnetwork.org/publications/mag_2008_1_winter.html

 “Femicide in Ciudad Juárez: What Can Planners Do?” in Planners Network Magazine, No. 167, Spring 2006. http://www.plannersnetwork.org/publications/2006_Spring/vasquez.html

“A Tribute to Gill-Chin Lim’s Memory,” in Journal of Planning Education and Research, 24:1, 2005.

“Townview: A High School Adoption Program,” in Planners Network Magazine, January-March 2002. http://www.plannersnetwork.org/publications/2002_151_winter/vasquez.htm

“Bilateral Planning Mexico-United States: Institutions, Planners and Communities,” Journal of European Planning Studies, Vol. 9, No. 5, July 2001. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713666503~db=all

Web Page
Note-taker and drafter of the Resolutions of the Work Meeting at the Conference: Feminicide=Sanctioned Murder: Gender, Race & Violence in Global Context, Stanford University, May 16-19, 2007. http://ccsre.stanford.edu/feminicide/resolutions.html

Presentations
Multiple presentations mostly at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).

Research Interests

I am interested in analyzing the process of land privatization and the effect of land policies on ejidos (form of communal land) communities in Mexico, as ejido land has increasingly provided the physical space to build megaprojects; such was the case of the proposed new airport in Mexico City, which generated the mobilization of local communities that halted the project. Another venue of my research is related to comparative planning between Mexico and the United States and transnational social movements. Domestically, my research has dealt with urban policy and politics, youth and planning, and immigrant and Latino communities in cities and suburbs.  Currently, I am conducting research on the effects of urban form, community development, economic policy, infrastructure, and dysfunctional governance on the border city of Ciudad. My latest funded research work involves comparative planning theory, history, and the diffusion of the planning idea in Mexico and in the United States. Finally, I am also working on anti-immigrant measures in different towns and cities in the United States. My photographic work on Ciudad Juárez and the Los Angeles immigrant marches has been displayed in several venues.

Areas of concentration:
Regional and Community Planning and Development
Planning Theory and History
Property Rights and Land Policy
Comparative Urban Planning
Latino and Latin American Studies
Urban Social Movements, Diversity, and Gender
Immigrants and Planning