Second International Conference on Border Studies
The Second International Conference of Border Studies will be sponsored by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and the following Special Interest Groups: Health, Human Behavior and Methodological and Sociocultural Processes from the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), the Migration and Regional Development of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), the Research College of the Northern Border (Colegio de la Frontera Norte), the Human Activity Lab from the University of Seville (Universidad de Sevilla), and the Llilas Benson Latin American Studies and Collections from University of Texas at Austin. The Office of Global Engagement would like to acknowledge the generous support from the UTRGV College of Liberal Arts, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies, and the UTRGV Office of Faculty Affairs and Diversity.
Professors, researchers, students and the general public are invited to participate and collaborate in an unique geographic region on the important and timely issues related to borders, and to work together to find solutions to some of the most important economic, social, and ecological problems we face today.
We encourage papers to focus on global borders around the world, with a particular focus on the US-Mexico border. We will also have theoretical papers on the ideology of borders more generally and how borders help us understand broader global issues.
This call for papers invites proposals for seven panels that will be held on October 26th and 27th on the Brownsville campus of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Our goal is to generate a space for exchange of research and communication among those interested in issues related to the border including, but not limited to:
- Health
- Economics
- Politics
- Migration
- Socio/Cultural Processes
- HR Management
- Global Borders
The Second International Border Studies Conference will take place on Wednesday October 25th , 2017 at the Auditorium of the Multidisciplinary Academic Unit of the Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Matamoros, and at the Auditorium of the Research College of the Northern Border, and on Thursday October 26th , 2017 and Friday October 27th , 2017 at the Brownsville Campus of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Brownsville
Thursday October 26, 2017 - El Gran Salon BSTUN 2.36
- Registration and Continental Breakfast (Provided) - 8:30 am to 9:00 am
- Session 1 - 9:00 am to 10:30 am
- Session 2 - 10:45 am to 12:15 pm
- Session 3 - 10:45 am to 12:15 pm (Gardenia Room BSTUN 2.24)
- Lunch (Provided) - 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
- Session 4 - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
- Coffee Break - 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- Session 5 - 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
- Campus Tour - 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Brownsville
Friday October 27, 2017 - El Gran Salon BSTUN 2.36
- Continental Breakfast (Provided) - 8:30 am
- Session 6 - 8:45 am to 10:15 am
- Session 7 - 8:45 am to 10:15 am (Gardenia Room BSTUN 2.24)
- Session 8 - 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
- Session 9 - 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (Gardenia Room BSTUN 2.24)
- Lunch (Provided) - 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
- Dialogue-Discussion-Networking - 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
- Coffee Break - 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- Visit to the exhibit at the Brownsville Museum - 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
- Closing Ceremony/Dinner (Provided) - 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Day One - Thursday, October 26, 2017
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Session One: Economics, Law, and Urban Realities
9:00 am - 10:30 am - BSTUN 2.36 EL GRAN SALON
* Gregorio Castro Rosales, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipass Río Bravo; Ramiro Esqueda Walle, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro. Análisis espacial de la gestión del agua de uso urbano en las localidades de la frontera norte de México.
* Sylvia Gonzalez-Gorman, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Importance of Economic and Demographic Factors Among U.S.-Mexico Transborder Cities: Evaluating Sustainability Efforts and Environmental Social Justice.
* Arturo Vasquez and Sergio Robles, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Border Asymmetries: Environmental Ethics Issues in the Texas-Tamaulipas International Region.
* Enoc Alejandro García Rivera, CONACYT- UAT. Reforma constitucional de los hidrocarburos mexicanos del 2013. Sus desafíos jurídicos-sociales para la región fronteriza del Estado de Tamaulipas.
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Session Two: Global Borders: Space, Monuments, and Citizenship
10:45 am - 12:15 pm - BSTUN 2.36 EL GRAN SALON
* Manuel G. Galaviz, University of Texas at Austin. Border Publics: Space and Security in the San Diego-Tijuana Transborder Region.
* Miguel Diaz-Barriga and Margaret Dorsey, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Anthropology of Citizenship in a World of Walls.
* Karen Benavente, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Liberty Unbound: Emma Lazarus, José Martí and Gabriela Mistral, three early interpretations of the Statue of Liberty.
* Xavier Oliveras González, Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Atrapados entre un mundo sin fronteras y un mundo fortificado.
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Session Three: Cultural Perceptions of Health on the Border
10:45 am - 12:15 pm - BSTUN 2.24 GARDENIA ROOM
* Fabiola Peña Cárdenas, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Factores socioculturales y funcionamiento cognitivo de hispanos en la frontera de Estados Unidos.
* Rosalynn A. Vega, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Medical Migrations in the Rio Grande Valley: Winter Texans and Undocumented Residents.
* Xiaohui Wang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Lu Xu, University of North Texas; Cynthia Brown, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Suad Ghaddar, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Nelda Mier, Texas A&M University. Border Hispanic's Perception of Physical Activity and Diet for Weight Loss/Control.
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Session Four: Examining Global Borders Through the Lens of Film and TV
1:30 pm - 3:00 - ESTUN 2.36 EL GRAN SALON
* Linda Belau, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Cinema as Theory/Praxis:History, Difference, and the Border in John Sayles' Lone Star.
* Ed Cameron, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Film Noir on the Border: Disnarrative Fragmentation and 4th World Liminality.
* David Anshen, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Permeable Border: Imperialism, the Drug War, and Revolution in Netflix's Narcos.
* David Carren, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: Its Intercultural Themes.
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Session Five: Lived Experiences and Cross-Border Collaborations
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm - ESTUN 2.36 EL GRAN SALON
* Belinda Gomez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Exploring the role of educational technology in bilingual education within a South Texas school.
* Evangelina Guillen, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Hispanic Girls' Lived Experiences of STEM Camp.
* Immanuel A. Edinbarough, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico de Matamoros (TecNM/ITM); Jesus A. Gonzalez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Social-cultural elements of cross-border collaboration in engineering undergraduate projects between UTRGV-ENGT and TecNM/ITM.
Day Two - Friday, October 27, 2017
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Session Six: Cross-Border Business Model
8:45 am - 10:15 am - ESTUN 2.36 EL GRAN SALON
* Yu Liu and Shahil Sharma, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Board Structure and Firm Performance in Mexico- The Influence from Hispanic Culture.
* Alberto Gomez, Isassi, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas. Digital Economy in the border states of Tamaulipas and Texas.
* Francisco López Vázquez and Miguel A. Sahagun Guardiola, Mercadotecnia Consultoría de Negocios-Reynosa. Análisis y Comprensión de la Relación Liderazgo Productividad en la Industria de Manufactura México-USA: Teoría y Prueba Empírica.
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Session Seven: Migrations and Flight
8:45 am - 10:15 am - BSTUN 2.24 GARDENIA ROOM
* Rosalynn A. Vega, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Meanings of (Im)mobility in the Mexican Alternative Birth Movement.
* Young Rae Oum, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Gender and Interracial Marriages among Korean American intellectuals.
* Abigail Thornton, UCLA. Constructing New Possibilities Post-Deportation in Tijuana.
* Antonio Abrego-Lerma and Neli Paulina Trejo-Guzmán, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. Creación de un repositorio de datos que contribuya en identificar las principales causas de la fuga de cerebros en México.
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Session Eight: Language, Violence, and Security
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - BSTUN 2.36 EL GRAN SALON
* Brent Campney, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Mob Violence and International Diplomacy in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
* José Miguel Cabrales Lucio and Alma Delia Gámez Huerta, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas. El neo-racismo como violación de derechos humanos hacia estudiantes internacionales en Estados Unidos: perspectiva de una alumna de enfermería mexicana en la Universidad de Houston, Texas.
* Alexandre Couture Gagnon, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Carlos Daniel Gutierrez Mannix University of Texas at Dallas. Requests for Language Rights by Minority Groups: French speakers in Québec and Spanish speakers in the Rio Grande Valley.
* Bertha Alicia Bermúdez Tapia, University of Colorado, Boulder. "I was a stranger and you welcomed me: A study of migrant shelters on the Texas-Tamaulipas border."
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Session Nine: Sociocultural Processes: Culture, Identity, and Borderlands
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - BSTUN 2.24 GARDENIA ROOM
* Cara Greenwell, University of Utah. Theorizing the Inclusions and Exclusions: Comparing Borderlands Theory to Border Theory.
* Tamer Balci, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Global Tools of Politics: Borders of Race in Central Asia.
* Steven Schneider, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Colliding Forces Along the U.S. - Mexico Border.
* Eric Wiley, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Karla Caridad Gómez Pérez, Catarsis Teatro. Transnational Theatre on the Texas-Mexico Border: UTRGV's Latino Theatre Initiatives and its Mexican Partners.
The Second International Conference of Border Studies will take place on Wednesday October 25th. 2017 at the Auditorium of the Multidisciplinary Academic Unit of Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas Matamoros located at Carr. Senderero Nacional Km.3, San José, 87300 Matamoros, Tamps., México; and at the Auditorium of El Colegio de la Frontera Norte located at Av. Fuentes de Verónica s/n entre Av. Revolución y Av. Independencia. Ciudad Industrial 87499 Matamoros, Tamaulipas. And on Thursday October 26th. 2017 and Friday October 27th. 2017 at the Brownsville Campus of The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley located at 1 W University Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78520.
UTRGV members, students, staff, and faculty can park accordingly to their parking permit rules. The reserved area is located in front of the visitors parking spaces in lot B1 across from Sabal Hall.
Travel and lodging arrangements are the sole responsibility of the registrant. These are some recommendations of lodging options available for attendees:
HOUSING ON CAMPUSCasa Bella Apartments (Very nice dorms)
2651 FJRM Ave., Brownsville, TX 78520
956-882-7191
http://www.utrgv.edu/housing/en-us/residence-halls/casa-bella/index.htm
HOTELSCourtyard
3955 North Expy. Brownsville, TX 78520
956-350-4600
Residence Inn
3975 North Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520
956-350-8100
Hampton Inn & Suites
3000 N. Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78526
956-548-0005
http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/texas/hampton-inn-and-suites-brownsville-BROHSHX/index.html
Homewood Suites
3759 N. Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520
956-574-6900
Holiday Inn Express
1985 N. Belden West Brownsville Cycle and Pedestrian Trail, Brownsville TX 78520
956-550-0666
Staybridge Suites
2900 Pablo Kisel Blvd. Brownsville, TX 78526
956-504-9500