{"id":951,"date":"2022-08-26T21:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/?page_id=951&#038;preview_id=951"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:44:34","slug":"faculty-pages-velasco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/faculty-pages-velasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. G. J. Velasco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile advgb-dyn-fb78a65d\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/gj-velasco-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Man in a winter jacket standing outdoors with a canyon in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-799 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/gj-velasco-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/gj-velasco-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/gj-velasco-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/gj-velasco-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/gj-velasco.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gvelasco@tarleton.edu\">gvelasco@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone:&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+12549689627\">254-968-9627<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gjvelasco.wixsite.com\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal Website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone is-style-squared\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-3774b2d3-ed2e-4804-ba46-9d8cb1fd2dc4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/velasco-cv-2020.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Curriculum Vitae<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-520282a7-adce-477e-822e-0a7095a3092f advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M13,7h-2v4H7v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2h-4V7z M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M12,20 c-4.41,0-8-3.59-8-8s3.59-8,8-8s8,3.59,8,8S16.41,20,12,20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Courses Taught<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GOVT 2305 &#8211; Federal Government<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLS 3308 &#8211; International Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLS 3314 &#8211; Comparative Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLS 4315 &#8211; Foreign Policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M13,7h-2v4H7v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2h-4V7z M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M12,20 c-4.41,0-8-3.59-8-8s3.59-8,8-8s8,3.59,8,8S16.41,20,12,20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Publications<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-6226c0e8\">Books<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Editor, American Presidential Elections in a Comparative Perspective: The World is Watching. Lanham, MD, Lexington Books, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author. Neoconservatives in U.S. Foreign Policy Under Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush: Voices Behind the Throne. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press and The Wilson Center, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Spanish Translation of this book was published by the Fondo de Cultura Economica in September, 2016 under the title: La Derecha Radical en el Partido Republicano de Reagan a Trump. The book includes a new long epilogue for the Spanish readers on American politics crisis and the emergence of Donald Trump.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-Editor with Rodolfo de la Garza. Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations. Boulder, Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book in Progress\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seducing America: The Relationship Between the Mexican Government and American Transnational Intellectuals, 1920-2006. (Manuscript will be finished by the Fall of 2020).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-editors with Tony Payan, Director of the Mexican Center at Rice University; and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa, Director of the Center for US and Mexican Law at the University of Houston of, The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Foresight to 2040, Houston University Press, Forthcoming, July 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-628dcfc2\">Articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With Tony Payan, and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano, \u201cIntroduction,\u201d in Forthcoming in Tony Payan, Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and Jesus Velasco (Eds). The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Strategic Foresight. Houston, Texas, Arte P\u00fablico Press, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With Tony Payan, and Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano, \u201cConclusions,\u201d in Forthcoming in Tony Payan, Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and Jesus Velasco (Eds). The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Strategic Foresight. Houston, Texas, Arte P\u00fablico Press, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With Joy Langston \u201cPolitical and Economic Trends in Mexico and their Effects on US-Mexico\u2019s Bilateral Relationship,\u201d Forthcoming in Tony Payan, Alfonso Lopez de la Osa Escribano and Jesus Velasco (Eds). The Future of US-Mexican Relations: Strategic Foresight Houston, Texas, Arte P\u00fablico Press, 2020. Houston, Texas, Arte P\u00fablico Press, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a full list of articles, please see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/velasco-cv-2020.pdf\">curriculum vitae<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-5042ad4d\">Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Uppsala, Sweden. &#8211; \u201cAre US-Mexican Relations in Crisis? Lopez Obrador, Donald Trump, and the Future of the Bilateral Relation,\u201d June 3, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Uppsala, Sweden. &#8211; \u201cBuilding a Straw Man: President Trump, the Media, and the Immigration Crisis,\u201d May 28th, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Stockholm, Sweden &#8211; \u201cMigration and Security in the time of Trump: The Case of Mexico and Central America, May, 29th, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a full list of presentations, please see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/250\/2022\/08\/velasco-cv-2020.pdf\">curriculum vitae<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M13,7h-2v4H7v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2h-4V7z M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M12,20 c-4.41,0-8-3.59-8-8s3.59-8,8-8s8,3.59,8,8S16.41,20,12,20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Scholarly Activities<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organization of International Seminar at Tarleton State University and the Center for Teaching and Research in Economics (CIDE).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Project to help Tarleton State University achieve designation as Hispanic Serving Institution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, Division of International Studies, Center for Teaching and Research in Economics (CIDE). September 1999-December 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading advgb-dyn-24b35914\">Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>September 2007, July 2008. Madero\/Fundacion Fellowship, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 2006-June 2007. Awarded by the Fulbright Commission. Ten Months Research Residence at Harvard University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 2006-June 2007. Foundation Harvard in Mexico.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December-June 2004. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson Center &#8211; Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionales Mexico Public Policy Scholars Program 2004-2005 for a six-month academic residence at Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of El Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). (National Society of Researchers. Elected for membership to the SNI. This is the highest academic association in Mexico.) 1996-2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M13,7h-2v4H7v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2h-4V7z M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M12,20 c-4.41,0-8-3.59-8-8s3.59-8,8-8s8,3.59,8,8S16.41,20,12,20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Professional Affiliations<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contributing Expert and Scholar &#8211; Mexican Center, Rice University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#4f2d7f;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M13,7h-2v4H7v2h4v4h2v-4h4v-2h-4V7z M12,2C6.48,2,2,6.48,2,12s4.48,10,10,10s10-4.48,10-10S17.52,2,12,2z M12,20 c-4.41,0-8-3.59-8-8s3.59-8,8-8s8,3.59,8,8S16.41,20,12,20z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Degrees<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Political Science. Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin. (August, 1995).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A. in History. Universidad Iberoamericana, Department of History. Mexico City. 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