Curriculum Vitae Olga Magdalena Lazn-Andrei UCLA Visiting Scholar, Education Department PROFMEX R&D Director, Published Author

r PROFMEX (Worldwide Consortium for Research on Mexico) Tel. (310) 208 2244 www.profmex.org 10811 Ashton Ave APT. #101 Los Angeles, CA 90024 E-mail:olgalazin@gmail.com Cell: (310) 633 3676 For status contact: Suellen Coleman Management Services Officer Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA E-mail: coleman@gseis.ucla.edu Citizenship: USA, Romanian & HU. Education 2004 - 2012 UCLA Visiting Scholar, Department of Education 2003 - 2004 UCLA Post Doctoral Scholar, History 2001 Ph.D. in History, UCLA 1996 M.A. in History, UCLA 1990 B.A. in Philology, Boljay University Book (Sole author): La Globalizacin Se Descentraliza: Libre Mercado, Fundaciones, Sociedad Cvica y Gobierno Civil (Guadalajara, Los ngeles, Mxico: Universidad de Guadalajara, UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX/World, Casa Juan Pablos Cultural, 2008). (Decentralized Globalization: Free Markets, U.S. Foundations, and the Rise of Civil and Civic Society from Rockefellers Latin America to Soros Eastern Europe published in Spring 2007, by UCLA and the University of Guadalajara Press UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX, and Juan Pablos Editores) Online: http://olgalazin.net/books.html Book (Joint author):

La globalizacon se amplia: Claroscuros de los nexos globales (Guadalajara, Los ngeles, Mxico: Universidad de Guadalajara, UCLA, Program on Mexico, PROFMEX / World, Casa Juan Pablos Cultural, forthcoming 2010). Por Olga Magdalena Lazn y James W. Wilkie. http://www.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume17/2spring2012/Laglobalizaci onseamplia.pdf (The Positive and Negative Sides of Globalization. Claroscuros de los nexos globales, co-author, James W. Wilkie, Universidad de Guadalajara, UCLA, 2011) http://calstatela.academia.edu/DROLGALAZIN/Books/1392031/Globalization_Positi ve_and_Negative_Aspects Rise of the American Model for Philanthropy, book 2001 Book 2001. Online: http://ww.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume6/1winter01/us_decentralized_ model.html Book Presentation at the Convention Center, Los Angeles, May 20 -23, 2012. Book Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, California. Academic Competence: Latin American History; Health Systems in Latin America: Regional project on Coordination of Research Policies with the Latin American Countries: American Culture and History: Latin America and Its People, Constitutional History; Social and Political Philosophy of the Unites States, History of Free trade Blocs in Global, and Regional Perspective: NAFTA, Macroeconomics: Climate Change Gender Governance & Health1 Human Rights Migration Race & Ethnicity Social Determinants of Health-Southern California Urbanization Comparative Free Trade Blocs Analysis; History of Globalization; Philosophy of Individualism; Philosophy of Film & Hollywood Culture; Ancient and Modern History; Online: http://www.academia.edu/1889820/SYLLABUS_HISTORY_160_HEALTH_SYSTEMS_a nd_POVERTY_IN_MEXICO
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Creative Writing; Creating Thinking; U.S. History; the Age of Revolutions, Elitelore, and Folklore: Critical Thinking; Marxism; Capitalism, American Pragmatism; Feminism; Ethics; Environmental Studies; Asian Philosophy and Religion; Religious Studies (East and West); Aesthetics; Philosophy and Literature. English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. We provide language instruction for academic study in American universities. Ho to get the KAPLAN Exam. Professional Service: 2008 -- Director, Worldwide Research and Teaching at UCLA, Program on Mexico 2004 -- Program Coordinator, PROFMEX Initiative to Develop Teaching and Research on North America at the University of Baja California, Tijuana 1997 -- Editor-in-Chief, PROFMEX Web Journal, Mexico and the World <www.profmex.org> 1995-1999 -- UCLA Program on Mexico, Director of Globalization Studies 1994 -- PROFMEX Director, NAFTA-European Studies, new programs 1992 - PROFMEX (Worldwide Consortium for Research on Mexico) R & D Director 1991-1992 -- PROFMEX Director, European Integration Studies 1989 -- Programs Director for Modern Latin American Studies

Articles & Book reviews: 2010 Lydia's Open Door: Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel, University of California Press, by Patty Kelly, 2008. On Amazon.com under olazin & In H_NET Reviews on books upon Latin America. 2009 Womens Issues & Reproduction Rights (http://www.olgalazin.net/articles) 2009 Conference, Mexico and The World: Online articles: http://ww.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume2/2spring97/emergingworldtra de.html 2008 In H_NET Reviews on books upon Latin America. 2006 Sole Author: Revising Wilkies Concept of Greater Mexican Los Angeles (Bounded by Oxnard-Ventura, Riverside, and Tijuana-Ensenada). Mexico and the World, 10:5 (Fall 2006) forthcoming 2004a Sole Author:

"La carrera mundial hacia los bloques de libre comercio, pp. 34-57 en Globalizacin y Cambio Tecnolgico: Mxico en el Nuevo Ciclo Industrial Mundial, Eds. Alejandro Dabat, Miguel ngel Rivera Ros y James W. Wilkie (Mxico, D.F., Guadalajara, Los ngeles: Universidad de Guadalajara, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX /Juan Pablos Editor, 2004). [See also 2003.]

2003 Sole Author: La carrera mundial hacia los bloques de libre comercio, en Publicationes de UNAM, Nmero 24, pp. 8-20. [See also 2004a] " 2002 How to Improve heath Services in Tijuana. Expansion del Papel del Instituto Nacional de Migracin de Mxico (INAMI) y Establecimiento de Un Think Tank" Dedicado a Mejorar la Calidad de Vida en La Gran Los Angeles-Tijuana, (Mxico, D.F.: INAMI, 2002), Chapter 5. 2001b Sole Author: Rise Of The U.S. Decentralized Model For Philanthropy: George Soros Open Society and National Foundations In Eastern Europe, Mexico and the World 6:1 (Winter 2001), http://www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume6/1winter01/01lazin1.htm 2001a Sole Author: History and Components of Globalization, Healthcare, Education and Telecommunications, in Statistical Abstract of Latin America 37 (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications), pp. xxiv-xxvii. 2000b Sole Author Book Review: Joseph Love; Crafting the Third World: TheorizingUnder-development in Romania and Brazil. (Stanford University Press, 1996), in Mexico and the World 5:2, web reprint in Mexico and the World http://www.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume5/2spring00/crafting_thirdwo rld.html. [See also 1999.] 2000a Romanian Globalization Theory and Its Impact In Latin America - The Neopopulist Discourse, UCLA Historical Journal, Issue 19, pp. 12-34. 1999c Sole Author: Book Review: Joseph Love; Crafting the Third World: Theorizing Under-development in Romania and Brazil. (Stanford University Press, 1996), also in UCLA Historical Journal Vol. 19, pp. 89 to 93. [See also 2000.]

1999b Sole Author: Mexico and Romania Compared, in Mexico and the World, edited by James W. Wilkie (Mxico, D.F.: PROFMEX-ANUIES), pp. 206-233. Also in Web Journal Mexico and the World 6:1 http://www.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume6/1winter01/01lazi n1.htm 1999a Joint Author: Globalizacin Fast-Track y el Surgimiento de reas de Libre Comercio (ALC) y Corporaciones Transglobales (CTG) Virtuales, pp. 307-359 en Mxico Frente a la Modernizacin de China, ed. Oscar M. Gonzlez Cuevas (Mxico, D.F.: Universidad Autnoma Metropolitana-Unidad Azcapotzalco). Co-authored with James W. Wilkie. 1996b Sole Author: Bloque Emergentes de Comercio Internacional: Comparacin Entre el rea de Libre Comercio de Amrica del Norte y la Unin Europea, Carta Econmica Regional, Universidad de Guadalajara, No. 48, May-June, pp. 29-36. 1996a Joint Author: Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas, Mexico & the World, Vol. 31, Part 2 (Fall 1996). Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1994 and 1995a.] <www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume1/4fall96/mexico_nafta_freetrade.htm> 1995b Sole Author: NAFTA and The European Union Compared, Statistical Abstract of Latin America, Vol. 31, Part 2, pp. 1205-1230; Reprinted in Web Journal Mexico & the World 2.2 (1997) < http://www.profmex.org>. 1995a Joint Author: Mxico Como Punta de Lanza para el Libre Comercio en las Amricas, pp. 47-112 en Ajustes y Desajustes Regionales, eds. Jess Arroyo Alejandre y David E. Lorey (Guadalajara y Los Angeles: University of Guadalajara, UCLA Program on Mexico). Coauthor James W. Wilkie. [See also 1994 and 1996a.] 1994 Joint Author: Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas, pp. 1173-1203. in

Statistical Abstract of Latin America, Vol. 31:2, Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1995a and 1996a.] 1985b Sole Author: Originality and Stereotypes, Nord, Baia Mare University, Romania, Jan, p. 3. 1985a Sole Author: Confessions, in Romanian, Nord, Baia Mare University, Department of Philology & Literature, Romania, January 1, pp. 4 to 19.

Teaching Experience: Lecturer of History: UCLA, California State University, Cal State University Long Beach, Cerritos College, Santa Monica College, West LA College, and El Camino College. 2012 History 161 - UCLA, Spring Quarter, Latin American Social History Survey Course, Co-taught with Dr James W Wilkie Syllabus link attached here: http://calstatela.academia.edu/DROLGALAZIN/Papers/1894506/SYLLABUS_HISTOR Y_160_HEALTH_SYSTEMS_and_POVERTY_IN_MEXICO 2011 UCLA Extension, Topics in Latin American History, Summer Quarter, Winter Quarter 2010 Women and Globalization, Upper Division Womens Studies Course 401I California State University, Long Beach, Spring Semester 2010 UCLA Ext: Latin American Issues and Globalization, Spring Semester 2009 World History Since 1500, Upper Division History Course, Course 380 at California State University, Long Beach, Spring Semester 2009 UABC Tijuana: Mexico y la Globalizacin, Spring Semester 2009 UCLA, History Department, History 161, Mexican History Since Porfirio Diaz. 2008 Course 301, History: The Individual, the Family and the Community, Cal State University Dominguez Hills, for 7 years, every semester. 2008 Women in World History, Upper Division History 380, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Fall Semester 2008 University of Tijuana: Mexico Frente a la Globalizacin, History Department. UAT., Winter Semester 2007 History 8B Teaching Assistant, Summer & Fall Quarters 2007 Mexico Since 1910, UCLA Upper Division Course History 171, UCLA Extension (UNEX), Spring Quarter 2007 Health Systems in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective: Summer Quarter 2007 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective. Hist. 301.1, Spring

2006 Lecturer: History of Latin America, Upper Division Course History of Mexico, Upper Division Course, Santa Monica College, Summer Quarter, & fall 2006 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective. Hist. 301.1, Spring and Fall 2006 2005 History of the Americas, Lower Division History 8.1, Cerritos College, Winter Quarter 2005 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective. Hist. 301.4, Winter Semester 2005 West Los Angeles College, Mexican-American History in the History of the United States Since 1863, History 44, Summer Session 2005 Calif. State University Dominguez Hills, The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective, History 301.4, Spring Semester, and Fall Semester, Hist 301.4. 2005 Cal State University, Long Beach, Women in Global Perspective, Women Studies, Winter Semester 2004 Calif. State University Dominguez Hills, The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective, History 301.4, Fall Semester 2004 UCLA, Mexican Film Since 2000, History 170C, Summer Session, History 170C, Summer Session, Co-taught with James Wilkie 2004 UCLA, Elitelore and Cinemalore in the 20th Century, Hollywood's Mexico, History 169, Winter Quarter 2004 El Camino College, History of Mexico History 19, Spring Semester 2004 Cerritos College, History of the United States and Its Constitution, History 101 (Two Sections), Spring Semester 2003 Cerritos College, History of the United States and Its Constitution, History 101 (Two Sections), Fall Semester 2003 UCLA, The Mexican Films of Luis Buuel, History XLC 170A, Summer Session 2003 UCLA Extension Issues in Latin American History: Globalization Since 1492, History XL 170C, Summer Quarter 2003 UCLA Extension Mexican Film History History 170C, Spring Quarter My Invited Guest: Alejandro Pelayo, Cultural Attach of Mexico 2002 California State University, Domnguez Hills The Individual, Family and Community in Historical Perspective: History 301.1, Fall Semester, Spring Semester Summer Session 2002 California State University, Domnguez Hills History of the World, History 121, Summer Session 2002 California State University, Domnguez Hills History of the World, History 121, Summer Session 2002 California State University, Domnguez Hills History of the World, History 121, Summer Session 2002 California State University, Domnguez Hills History of the World, History 121, Summer Session 2002 Santa Monica College. The Mexican Revolution Since 1910 History 19, Spring Semester. 2002 California State University, Domnguez Hills Women and Globalization Womens Studies 401-I, Spring Semester

2002 California State University, Long Beach World History Since 1500, History 212, Spring Semester 2001 Santa Monica College The Mexican Revolution Since 1910 Fall Semester 2001 California State University, Domnguez Hills Women in World History, History 380, Fall Semester 2000 Santa Monica College History of Mexico Summer Quarter 2000 Santa Monica College, History of Latin America Summer Quarter 1999 Cerritos College History of the Americas, History 8.1, Winter Quarter 1999 UCLA Many Images of Mexico History 171, Spring Quarter Co-taught with James W. Wilkie

UCLA Course Teaching Assistant: Department of History 2009 Women in Maquiladoras; Equity Pay 1999 Colonial Mexico (8A) 1999 Classic Travel Accounts of Latin America (History 170C) 1997-1998 Historical Statistics of Latin America (Graduate: 268A-B) 1995 Elitelore and Folklore (History 169) 1994 Leaders in World Development (169) 1993-1994 Latin American Film and Society (170A)

Course Readers Edited: Lecturer 2010 Immigration to the U.S. and Gender: UCLA, History 160B 2010 Women in Mexican Cinema: Hist. 160 2009 Elitelore and Folklore in Latin America: History 161 2004 Viva Zapata The Film and the Debate, Winter 2004 2003 Mexicos Film History, UCLA 2002 Women in Global Perspectives, Course reader, Gender Studies, 401I CSULB 2002 Multiculturalism and Los Angeles, Cal State Domnguez Hills. 2002 Women in International Advocacy Movements: Globalizing Women in History California State University, Domnguez Hills 2001 2001 Women in History: Globalizing Women and Gender Studies in History, California State University, Dominguez Hills 1999 Elitelore Issues, UCLA 1999 Frontiers in Elitelore, UCLA , 169 1994 Issues in Elitelore and Folklore, UCLA, 169

Research Awards from UCLA International Studies Overseas Programs

1999-2000 UCLA Travel Grant to Conduct Research on Reconstructing the Legal Framework for Civil Society in Romania: The Mexican Model." 2009 The Feminist Majority Foundation: Speaker on the Fragile Promise of Choice in the U.S. and Mexico City. July 14-15. 1999-2001 Reconstructing the Legal Framework For Civil Society in Romania: The Mexican Model. 1997-1998 UCLA Travel Grant to Conduct Research on Women and Civil Society in Mexico 1996 Latin America and Eastern Europe Compared 1996 Latin American Center Fieldwork Award Conferences, Seminars, Lectures, and Professional Activities 2012 Free Trade and Globalization, UCLA, History Department, Fall 2012 2011 UCLA Conference, School of Law, Reproductive Justice in U.S. and Mexico: Is Machismo Winning?, March 12-15th, UCLA Los Angeles, CA 2010 Conference on Latin American Literature and Education, Mexico City, June 17-24, Paper: The Challenge of Globalization, Civil Society in Latin America and Canada. 2010 Reproductive HEALTH & Womens Rights in Mexico, Paper Presentation. Moderator on Research & Advocacy panel, UCLA School of Law, March, 2th. Organizer 2010 The Economic Policy of Immigration, Paper presentation, Conference in Mazatln, Universidad Autonoma de Mazatln, June 23-25, MX 2010 PROFMEX-UCLA Conference Organizing Committee, Paper presented: Barriers to Reproductive Rights in the U.S. A. & Mexico Morelia, State of Michoacn, September 19-25. 2010 UCLA Conference, School of Law, Reproductive Justice in U.S. and Mexico: Is Machismo Winning?, March 12-15th, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Co-Conference Organizer: Women in Film, Hollywood, Paper presentation, UCLA, May 1998 2009 Mexico and Globalization, Paper UNAM, Mexico D.F., January 25, Mexico Frente a la Globalizacin. 2007 - Universidad Michoacana, Panelist Greater Los Angeles and The Digital Coasts of California, September 27, Morelia, Mexico. Organizer 2006 UCLA-State of Quintana Roo-Instituto de Administracin Pblica, Conference on Innovative Practices of State Governments in Mexico, Cancn, December 2123.Paper: Improving the Historical Amparo System 2006 University of Baja California, Tijuana, two-day seminar, Aug 25-25, The European Union as Broadly-Based Historical Model Compared to the Narrowly-Based U.S. Free Trade Agreements. (The EU provides for migration as well as worker and student mobility provisions absent in NAFTA, a mere trade agreement) 2005 National University of Mexico, Mexico City, December 13 Invited Lecture: Historical Theory and Oral History Methods.

2004 University of Guadalajara, three-day seminar, April 26-27, The Long Collapse of Europes Communist Dictatorships First-Hand View and Continuing Research in Eastern Europe. 2003c PROFMEX Seminar: Mexicos Two Green Revolutions Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, December 15 2003b UCLA History Annual Conference on Womens History, March 17, Paper: The Politics of Gender in Mexico http://www.olgalazin.net/articles.html 2003a American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 3 Session 19. Modern Medicine, Science, and Technology in the Developing World, Health, Education, and Communications in Latin America, 19402000 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, EPA Courses at UCLA: English for Academic Purposes, Full-time. Lecturer/Instructor. 2002c UCLA-UNAM Conference on Human Rights: Paper: Mexican Migrants in the USA and Human Rights Issues in Latin America, November 12, Dashew Center 2002b IEEE (Communications, Computers and Electronic Engineering) Conference IEEE, Acapulco, paper on The Social Impact of E-Networking in a Globalized World, Acapulco, October 1-6, 2002a Southwest Feminist Leadership Institute, Chair, "International Family Planning and the Global Gag Rule," Los Angeles, March 1 2001b International Education Association Conference on Latin American Literature and Education, Paper: The Challenge of Globalization, Civil Society in Latin America and Canada. Mexico City, June 17-24 2001c Conference on Urban Poverty Worldwide, Toluca, State of Mexico, November 6-9, Paper: Women in the Labor Force: Mexican Women Laborers in Maquiladoras 2001a PROFMEX Conference on Immigration Policy, UCLA, Los Angeles. Social Security Totalization Project Advancements, Jan. 15th. 2000b PROFMEX-UCLA Conference on Mexico and Public Policy, Paper: Mexicos Free Trade Agreements a Lichpin for Development and The Mexico NGO Sector and the Role of Women. Morelia, Michoacn, Mexico, Sept. 14 23. TV Interview: Noticiero Canal 13, Televisa National Program Mexico/USA coverage September 19-25 2000a Conference Organizer Technological Knowledge and Womens Role in the Global Advocacy Networking, UCLA, June 4 1999e PROFMEX Conference Organizing Committee, Mexico and the World, Paper Presentation, Morelia, State of Michoacn, December 8-15 1999d UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture, Paper: "Globalization of Civil Society: The Open Society Fund in East-Central EuropeInternational Philanthropy October 16 1999c PROFMEX-Guanajuato Conference on Innovative Ideas for Mexicos Development, Paper The Role of Transnational NGOs in Developing Civil Society in Mexico, Guanajuato City, April 14-19. 1999b U.S. Small Business Association Seminar at UCLA: Chair, Globalization and Romania's Transylvanian Region, July 7. 1999a American-Romanian Academy Paper: International Advocacy Networks From Local to Global, University of Oradea, Romania, March 15-20. 1998a Conference Organizer: The Latina Woman in Film, UCLA, May 1998. 1997-2010 Director, Globalization Studies, UCLA Latin America Center

1997d PROFMEX-ANUIES Conference Paper: Mexico and the World, Morelia, State of Michoacn, December 8-15 1997c Romanian Civic Academy Conference on Rebuilding Civil Society, Paper: The Deliberate Distraction of Romanias Civil Society after 1947 by the Ceausescu Dictatorship," Sighet, Maramures, Romania, June 22 1997b Romanian Academy Conference, Paper: Civic Society and the Transfer of the Mexican-U.S. Model to Romania, Cluj Napoca, Romania, June 15, 1997a PROFMEX-ANUIES Conference Organizing Committee, Mexico and the World, Morelia, State of Michoacn, December 8-15. Paper presentation: Regional development and Tourism in Mexico. 1996b UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture, Paper: "Civil Society and the Mexican Adaptation of the U.S. Philanthropic Model," October 16 1996a UCLA Colloquium on Romania, Paper: The Emerging Mexican Informational Infrastructure, June 17 1995b PROFMEX Policy Seminar for Managing the Greater El Paso- Ciudad Jurez Metropolitan Area, Paper: Simplifying U.S.-Mexican Visas, El Paso, March 14-15. 1995a The American-Romanian Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Moderator: Session on Culture" Paper: Orwell's 1984 and Life Under Big Brothers Stalin & Ceausescu, University of Reno, January 12-17 1994f PROFMEX Director, NAFTA-European Integration 1994e University of Guadalajara, Lecture: From European Community to European Union October 13 1994e Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office, Budapest, September 1994d Mexicos Federal Electoral Institute, Invitee as International Observer of the Mexican Presidential Election, Mexico City, August 19-22 (Zedillo). 1994c PROFMEX Conference on Experiences of De-statification Paper: NAFTA and EU Compared, Mexico City, August 23, 1994 1994b Romanian Internet Learning Workshop. Paper: Ironies and Complexities of Redefining Civil Society In East-Central Europe. Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, April 29 1994a PROFMEX Policy Seminar for Managing the Greater El Paso-Ciudad, Jurez Metropolitan Area, El Paso, March 14-15. Paper: Simplifying U.S.-Mexican Visas 1993 - Organizer, NPPOs GLOBAL-Program for Legally Facilitating the Flow of U.S. Based Tax Exempt Funds to Not-For-Private-Profit Organizations Worldwide. Conference held in: France, Russia, Spain, 1993 1993b Mexico City University (UAM-A), Lecture: Accelerating the Education of Young Women in Mexico: A Development Imperative, September 18 1993a Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow June 15-26. 1992 Director NAFTA - European Integration Studies, based in France and Mexico, February 20-December 15. 1992 Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office, Paris and Bordeaux, Moscow (Russia) in April. 1991 PROFMEX Organizer, Mission to Analyze De-statification in Eastern Europe, September 15 October 12. 1990 Latin Language Professor, Cluj, Romania

1988b Roundtable Organizer: Globalization and Romanias Translyvanian Region (Planning without Reliable Data), UCLA, July 7. (Co=Organizer with James Wilkie.) Conferences held in: Belgium, Hungary, Romania, 1998 Belgium, Hungary, Romania, 1995 Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, 1994 France, Russia, Spain, 1993 Memberships: PROFMEX- Director Research & Development, The United States and the World 2007AAUP 2005 CSUDH Lecturers Representative, 2004 FEMU Mexican Federation of University Women, 2003 The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), 2002 California Faculty Association, Latino Caucus, 2001 UCLA Alumni Association, Life Member, 2001 Holmby Park Advisory Board, Beverly Hills, 2001 Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), 2000-Feminist Majority Foundation (Founder, Feminist Alliance, UCLA Chapter), 2000 American Historical Association 1998 Conference on Latin American History (CLAH), 1998 American-Romanian Foundation (California Tax-Exempt Organization) Founding Member and Chair of Board of Directors, 1997PROFMEXConsortium for Research on Mexico Board of Directors, 1997 American-Romanian Academy of Science and Arts Institute for the Study of Gender in Mexico Managing Editor-In-Chief: PROFMEX Web Journal 1990 http://www.profmex.org/contact.html Languages Spoken and Written, ESL Teacher: City of Long Beach Languages: Polyglot Freelance translations from: English Speak, read, write Romanian Speak, read, write Spanish Speak, read, write French Speak, read, write German Speak Latin Read, write

Italian Speak, read, write Hungarian Speak, read, write Persian Speak Research Travel by World Region and Country

Europe Austria: Sept 1991 Belgium: Sept 1995 Bulgaria: Sept 1992 England: Jan and May 2001, 2009 England (Scotland): 2006 Czech Republic: 2006 France: 1991-1992 Hungary: 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003-2012 Romania: Yearly, 1992-Russia: June 1993 Spain: March 1992 Switzerland: June-July 1994 Turkey: July 2000

Americas Canada: Oct 1992, Nov 1995 Mexico: Yearly, 1992 USA: October 1992-Guatemala: Jan 1999 Costa Rica: March1999 Caracas, Venezuela 2009

References

James W. Wilkie, UCLA Professor of History and Globalization Chair, UCLA Program on Mexico, 6299 Bunche Hall, L.A. 90095 President, PROFMEX 1242 Lachman Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272 Tel. cell (310) 454-8812, office 206-8500, E-mail: james.wilkie@att.net Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, UCLA Professor of Education Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education Social Sciences and Comparative Education (SSCE) Division Head, Director, Paulo Freire Institute; Tel 310 455 1090 E-mail: catnovoa@aol.com

Dr Peter Lowenberg, PROF. Chairman international Psychoanalitic Association, UCLA 449 Levering, Los Angeles, Ca 90024-1909 Tel: 1 (310) 471 3039 E-mail: Peterl@ucla.edu Ivn T. Berend, UCLA Professor of East Central European History Director, UCLA Center for Eastern Europe and Russian Studies UCLA, 6343 Bunche Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Tel. (310) 825 1178 E-mail: iberend @history.ucla.edu Jess Arroyo Alejandre, Professor of Economics and Rector University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Tel: (011-52-33) 36-33-54-45 E-mail: jesusarr@cucea.udg.mx Nadima Simn Domnguez, Professor UNAM, Facultad de Contaduria y Administracin, Div. Investigacin Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico D.F. Cell: 01 (52) 55 54 14 98 71 Tel: (011-52-5622-8465 Home address: Ingenieros Petroleros 72 E-mail: nadimasimon@hotmail.com Ronald E. Hellman, CUNY Professor of Sociology Director, CUNY Center for Science and Society in the Americas City University of New York 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016 Tel. (516) 477-4011 rhellman@suffolk.lib.ny.us Professor Adriana Baban Department of Psychology Babes-Bolyaj University 400015 Republicii 37 Cluj-Napoca Romania Tel/Fax: 40.264.599402 email: adrianababan@psychology.ro

Elena Chiriac, Manager 512 Veteran Ave L.A., Ca 90024 31 824 5077 Richard Weiss, UCLA Professor of U.S. History UCLA Bunche Hall 7256, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Tel. (310) 825 1779 E-mail: rweiss@history.ucla.edu Ana Torres-Bower, Professor of Philosophy Former Dean of Social Sciences Cerritos College 11110 Alondra Blvd. Norwalk, CA 90650 Tel: (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2778 TorresBower@cerritos.edu

Fields International History Diplomatic History Modern Latin American History Colonial/Imperial History (Spanish and Portuguese Empires) Specialties Globalization The Green Revolution Development Growth of Civil Society and NGOs Science and Technology Development International Trade and Economic Relations International Economic Relations My research and teaching interests focus on development and technology transfers from 1450 through the present day. I am particularly interested in understanding global trends and how they promote continuity and change. I am currently working on a book about how trade and technology have changed human food sources.