Organized by the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College, October 22, 2021
“Conference on Mexican Politics: In recognition of Professor Emeritus Roderic Ai Camp's 50-year career of teaching & research”
Presenters:
Chair:
Peter Ward
”Looking Back (in order) to Look Forward: Forty Years of Shanties, Squatters, and Citizens: An Aging Scholar’s Retrospection and Introspection”
Professor of Emeritus of Public Affairs and Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Politics: Pressures From Below
Steven Wuhs Interim Dean, Professor of Political Science, University of Redlands
Miguel Basanez
”Two Critical Days of 1988 for Polling in Mexico: Rod Camp and the NYT”
Former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.; Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Andrew Selee
”Mexico’s Changing Role on Migration: From Sending Country to Pass-Through, Destination, and Barrier”
Professor of Emeritus of Public Affairs and Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Presenters:
Chair:
William Beezley
”Embroidering Domestic and Humans Rights: Women’s Voices”
Professor of History, University of Arizona
Joseph Klesner Professor of Political Science, Kenyon College
Caroline Beer
”Gender and Political Recruitment in Mexico”
John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Vermont
Victoria Rodriguez
”Latin America’s Women Presidents: Governance and Policymaking
Ashbell Smith Professorship at the LBJ School, University of Texas at Austin
PANEL ONE
Mexican Politics Elites: Exploring Gender and Class
PANEL TWO
In October 2021, the Center hosted a major conference on Mexican Politics in honor of CMC Prof. Roderic Camp in recognition of his 50 years of teaching and research. The conference consisted of workshops and panels with 12 experts on Mexican politics, including Mexico’s Former Ambassador to Washington, D.C.
Summary
Presenters:
Chair:
Shannan Mattiace
“Yucatán as an Exception to Rising Criminal Violence in México”
Professor of Political Science & International Studies, Allegheny College
David Pion Berlin Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside
Sallie Hughes
”Journalism at Risk: How Mexican Journalists Cope and Carry On”
Professor of Journalism, University of Miami
David Carey
“Gender-Based Violence through the Lens of Feminicide: Violence, Gender, and Society in Mexico and Guatemala”
Doehler Professor of History, Loyola University Maryland
Violence and Security in Mexico
PANEL THREE
"Conversations with Mexican Elites, the Life of an American Academic"
Professor Roderic Ai Camp, Claremont Mckenna College