María Rosa García-Acevedo

Education

• Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.
• M.A. from the University of New Mexico.
• B.A. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
• She has been a research fellow in the United States and Mexico at the Center for U.S. Mexican Studies, University of California San Diego; the School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine; the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez and the Colegio de la Frontera Norte.

Courses Taught

• 155 American Political Institutions
• 156 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• 197 Ethnic Politics
• 332 Politics of Latin America
• 421 The Politics of Development
• 464 Comparative Public Policy
• 480 The Politics of Globalization
• 156 HON Introduction to Comparative Politics:Honors
• 420A International Relations of Selected Areas:Latin America
• 432A Politics of Mexico
• 432B Government and Politics of South America
• 471C Proseminar:International Relations
• 471E Proseminar:Public Administration
• 496 I Experimental Topics Courses in Political Science

Selected Publications and Presentations

The [Re]construction of Diasporic Policies in Mexico in the Era of Globalization and Democracy: The Case of the Clubes de Oriundos. Politics & Policy 36: 6. December 2008  

“Globalization and Democracy in the [Re]construction of Diasporic policies in Mexico.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting. Chicago, 2007.  

“Looking Across the Canal: Reflections on Visions and Policies on Water Issues in the United States” In The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment (Vicente Sanchez (ed). San Diego: San Diego State University, 2006.

Research and Interests

Her main areas of research and teaching are Comparative Politics, Latin American and Mexican Politics, and Public Policy.