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Table of Contents About UC Davis Mexico Initiatives

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Alumni Engagement Alumni Profile

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Alumni Organizations

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Centers, Institutes, and Projects

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Faculty and Staff Linkages

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Faculty and Staff Organizations

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Grants and Awards

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Instruction on Campus New Teaching Collaboration with Tec de Monterrey

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Teaching About Mexico

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Publications

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Research Highlights

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Student Opportunities Faculty-Led Study Abroad

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UC Education Abroad Programs

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Experiential Learning Opportunities

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Student Recruitment

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Student Organizations

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Student and Scholar Mobility Students and Scholars from Mexico

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U.S. State Department Programs

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Visits and Agreements

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About UC Davis Mexico Initiatives An Interwoven Relationship

Just as the cultural, economic, and political histories of California and Mexico are interwoven and interdependent, the University of California, Davis, is steeped in a rich and evolving history of engagement with Mexico. UC Davis Mexico Initiatives documents this engagement and highlights some of the many collaborations, research projects, programs, and people that are involved.

Rich in Research

UC Davis faculty members and their counterparts at Mexican institutions have initiated numerous research projects in agriculture, environmental sciences, energy, migration, arts, medicine, and other areas. Such collaborations have yielded 1,200 publications with 84 Mexican universities and research centers since 2015. Some of these research projects are featured in this document, as over 100 participating faculty members and research institutes.

A Hub of Intercultural Exchange

Ranked number one in the United States for diversity and internationalization (QS World University Rankings: USA, 2020), the UC Davis Hispanic student population has been growing steadily, with the university recently surpassing the 25% enrollment threshold for federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution. UC Davis hosts a significant number of Mexican visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars, and students of Mexican origin. A wide network of services and professional organizations serve UC Davis students, faculty, staff, and alumni of Mexican descent. UC Davis students may choose from a vast array of classes relating to Mexico and Mexican heritage, some of which are listed in this document. Mexico also constitutes a major destination for UC Davis students pursuing study abroad opportunities, including a specialized health program in Oaxaca. A new teaching collaboration with Tec de Monterrey provides further opportunity for intercultural learning.

Prepared for Partnerships Mexico is a key country of focus in the UC Davis Global Center for Latin America and the Caribbean. This regional initiative supports education, research, and engagement. It facilitates linkages, partnerships, activities, and visibility in Mexico and the region, including through collaboration with other Mexico-focused initiatives within the University of California system. UC Davis is thus well-positioned and ready to expand partnerships with Mexican universities, government agencies, and industry to expand the breadth and depth of engagement highlighted in UC Davis Mexico Initiatives.

Photos COVER: Yilda Korpela ‘19, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; minor in Public Health. A first-generation college student, Yilda was born and lived in Oaxaca, Mexico until she was 8 years old. She was the co-director of Chicanx/Latinx in Health Education and volunteered with Clinica Tepati, providing basic healthcare services to the underserved Latino community. Photo by Daniel Oberbauer. p. 39: Courtesy of UC Davis California Lighting Technology Center. p. 40: UC Davis graduate student Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana is a Humanizing Deportation team member. Said de la Cruz Santana about the project, "It has allowed me to grow, not just academically, but also personally." (UC Davis video still) p. 41: Huazuntlán River located in Veracruz, Mexico. Courtesy of Center for Watershed Sciences. p. 42: Courtesy of UC Davis Global Learning Hub.

Report prepared by UC Davis Global Affairs; last updated March 2021

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Alumni Engagement Alumni Profile Liliana Ferrer ’87 Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento UC Davis opened up a world of international relations for Liliana Ferrer ’87, helping to lead her career as the consul general of Mexico in Sacramento. She has been a career foreign service officer for the Mexican government since 1993.

“The environment at UC Davis strengthened my ability to become aware of what problems exist in the planet as a whole, not just locally,” said Ferrer, a recipient of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association’s Emil M. Mark International Award. “UC Davis truly makes you feel that you can make a difference and bring about change in the world.”

Ferrer graduated from high school in Sacramento and from Sacramento City College when her father Carlos Ferrer, a 40-plus year career Mexican foreign service officer, was posted as Consul of Mexico in Sacramento in the 80’s. While she was in high school, Ferrer’s now husband Douglas Ferrer ’83 invited her to sit in on one of his international relations courses about the history of Latin America. She was so inspired that she decided to become an Aggie, majoring in international relations.

Ferrer says her experience studying international relations led her to help vulnerable people and that she was incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to attend UC Davis, where a culture of service is part of the university identity.

“I not only received education and training at UC Davis, but I received mentorship and promotion of ideas and thoughts that I can make a difference, so the least I can do is to try to give back to the institution,” Ferrer said. “I’m very proud to say wherever I am in the world, that I am a UC Davis graduate and that I am an Aggie.”

While a student at UC Davis, Ferrer experienced many cultural and historical events like marching with fellow Aggies in San Francisco against armament.

These inspirational moments led Ferrer to her passion for building strong relationships between Mexico and California.

By: Ashley Han

In addition to several other initiatives, Ferrer is currently working on enhancing opportunities for youth in California communities.

Alumni Organizations

“I want to empower and enhance the position and the opportunities for the California community as a whole, and focusing on our Mexican nationals,” Ferrer said.

Ferrer recently joined members of the UC Davis community and the Chicanx and Latinx Alumni Association on a trip to Mexico City and believes “UC Davis is playing a particularly special role as one of the UC campuses to lead in the effort of strengthening the relationship with Mexico.”

Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association Works to enhance the educational, personal, and cultural development of Chicanx/Latinx UC Davis students and alumni.

Mexico City Alumni Network Open to the hundreds of UC Davis alumni living in Mexico; part of the California Aggie Alumni Association (CAAA).

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Centers, Institutes and Projects AB540 and Undocumented Student Center Director: Laura M. Bohórquez García The center increases campus awareness of, and advocates for, AB540 and undocumented student issues. The center fosters a sense of belonging, community and well-being for all undocumented students on campus and educational programming for the entire campus community.

Bahía de Loreto Natural Reserve University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) In June 2019, UCNRS formalized the establishment of a Sister Reserve at Bahía de Loreto in the Gulf of California. This coastal and marine reserve is a natural laboratory, rich in potential for scientific study and conservation efforts. UC Davis researchers have been active in the region for years.

In partnership with Eco-Alianza de Loreto A.C., a nonprofit that works to protect the ecosytems of the reserve, UC Davis is now leading the University of California efforts to establish a field station in Loreto and is developing educational and research opportunities with stakeholders in Baja California Sur. UC Davis faculty leading this initiative includes Nicholas Pinter.

Binational Internship Program U.S. Mexico Commission for Educational Exchange (COMEXUS), Fulbright Commission in Mexico With the goal of creating mutual understanding between the private sectors in Mexico and the United States, the Binational Internship Program for U.S. Students supports internships in for-profit business or NGOs. Grantees will be placed in cooperating businesses or NGOs, and will also take courses related to international business at ITAM, one of the most prestigious private universities in Mexico.

California Lighting Technology Center Director: Michael Siminovitch Part of the University of California, Davis, the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) is a not-for-profit research, development and demonstration facility dedicated to accelerating the development and commercialization of next-generation, energy-efficient lighting and daylighting technologies. The center is partnering with Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara to build an affiliated institution. See page 37 for more.

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) The CAMPOS program supports the discovery of knowledge by promoting women in science, starting with Latina STEM scholars, through an inclusive environment that is diversity driven, mentorship grounded and career success focused.

Center for Reducing Health Disparities Honored by the Mexican Government Director: Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities takes a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to addressing gaps in access to quality health care and designing viable solutions to achieving health equity.

One area of focus is developing outreach models that effectively engage diverse communities and increase their access to and utilization of health services.

In September 2020, the Mexican government awarded Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola the Ohtli Award for his work in advocating for the rights of Mexican nationals in the United States. It is the highest honor granted by the Mexican government to individuals who have dedicated their lived to improving the well-being of Mexicans, Mexican Americans and other Latinos abroad.

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Centers, Institutes and Projects Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success

Immigrant Integration and Citizenship Project

Interim Director: Lina R. Mendez

UC Davis School of Law

The center offers academic and professional advising; mentoring by faculty, student support; a sense of community, networking events and leadership development. Services are comprehensive, including strategic recruitment from local high schools and community colleges, support from day of acceptance and early academic intervention through graduation.

The Immigrant Integration and Citizenship Project provides education, outreach, and legal services to immigrants seeking to integrate and participate in civic and political society.

Childhood Arrivals Project

The Immigration Law Clinic was one of the first of its kind in the United States. Given its proximity to the Central Valley, California’s agricultural center, the Clinic is in a unique position to serve the state’s large community of both documented and undocumented immigrants. Over the years, the Clinic has represented people from all over the world, including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and Eastern Europe.

UC Davis School of Law The Childhood Arrivals Project provides legal support and representation to unaccompanied immigrant minors and immigrants eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Through the Immigration Law Clinic’s efforts, thousands of DACA-eligible immigrants have received critical information about the DACA program, and many have received direct assistance in preparing their DACA applications.

Hemispheric Institute on the Americas Director: Charles Walker The Hemispheric Institute on the Americas is an interdisciplinary group bringing together faculty and graduate students that focus on the study of transnational processes in the American Hemisphere.

Their goal includes promoting research to challenge the boundaries of disciplinary specialization and culture area studies, exploring the connections throughout the social, cultural, and economic landscape of the Western Hemisphere from an array of perspectives and redirecting and redefining the study of Latin America from a broadly hemispheric viewpoint.

Immigration Law Clinic Co-Directors: Amagda Pérez; Holly Cooper

It is one of the only clinics in the nation devoted to representing detained immigrants before the immigration court — challenging conditions of confinement and contesting their confinement in federal court. Moreover, the clinic emphasizes the critical intersection between immigration and criminal law, and the need to challenge unlawful and prolonged detention to ensure the rights of criminal immigrant defendants. The Clinic stands alone in its statewide role providing critical advice to public defenders about the potential immigration consequences facing immigrant defendants.

Students interview clients and witnesses, conduct factual investigations, draft pleadings and motions, prepare legal briefs, prepare witnesses for direct and cross examination, and represent immigrants at hearings at the immigration court. Under the guidance of supervising attorneys, students research and develop legal arguments, collect facts, write trial briefs, and prepare clients and witnesses. The students also prepare federal court challenges to conditions of confinement and custody and represent

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Centers, Institutes and Projects clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit with cutting-edge appellate representation.

King Hall Immigration Detention Project

Migration Research Cluster Director: Giovanni Peri, Director, Migration Research Cluster; Professor and Chair, Department of Economics

Robin Hansen, Director of Clinical Programs

The Migration Research Cluster is a research network bringing together economists, sociologists, political scientists, historians, demographers and law scholars working on issues related to international migrants and migration. The Cluster was founded in 2013 with the help of an IFHA grant from UC Davis and has operated since then developing innovative multi-disciplinary research to study issues linked to the determinants and consequences of international migrations. In particular, the researchers in the Cluster study how international movements of people are driven by economic, demographic, political, historical and social determinants and how they reshape the economy and society of the receiving countries.

Dr. Hansen heads a multidisciplinary clinic that provides international consultation to Mexico for establishing developmental screening and clinical assessment services.

They adopt quantitative statistical and econometric methods to analyze state, national, and international trends as well as more qualitative and narrative analysis.

Migration and Health Research Center

UndocuAlly Program for Educators

Co-Directors: Marc Schenker, Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Xóchitl Castañeda, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

AB540 and Undocumented Student Center

UC Davis School of Law The King Hall Immigration Detention Project provides legal assistance to immigration detainees and litigates detention issues of national impact in immigration court and at the appellate level. In addition, counsel to public defenders is offered so that they may render effective assistance of counsel in accordance with their duties under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Padilla v. Kentucky decision.

MIND Institute

The Migration and Health Research Center (MAHRC) strives to improve the health of migrant communities globally by: • •

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Conducting research with the aim of improving the health of migrants; Promoting awareness of issues of migration and health through an annual Summer Institute, social media, lectures, and policy briefs; Disseminating research findings and news related to migration and health for academic and nonacademic audiences; and Collaborating with international partners to improve the health of migrants globally.

UndocuAlly is a term used to identify campus allies for undocumented students. The UndocuAlly Program for Educators is a professional learning opportunity for educators to develop and enhance their working knowledge regarding supporting undocumented student populations at UC Davis.

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Faculty and Staff Linkages BETTY IRENE MOORE SCHOOL OF NURSING Mary Lou de Leon Siantz

Gordon Worley

Professor Emeritus Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS)

Assistant Clinical Professor Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Areas of specialization: impact of migration on the health and development of Hispanic migrant and immigrant children and families Connection: • Collaborative research

Areas of specialization: wilderness medicine, rural health, humanitarian and disaster response, emergency medical services (EMS), air medical transport, and search and rescue Connection: • Coordinate volunteer medical trips

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Barbara Blanco-Ulate

Kenneth Brown

Assistant Professor Department of Plant Sciences

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Nutrition

Area of specialization: fruit biology

Areas of specialization: nutrition, pediatrics

Connections: • Collaborative research

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Institutional Linkage: • •

Instituto Politécnico Nacional UC MEXUS-CONACYT

Stephen Boucher Associate Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Areas of specialization: credit markets, land markets, risk and uncertainty Connection: • Collaborative research

Dario Cantù Professor Plant Biologist Department of Viticulture and Enology Areas of specialization: grapevine resistance to pathogens; the evolution of pathogenicity in plant pathogens; domestication and evolution of grapes; genetics of grape and wine flavor and aroma Connections: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: •

Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Marita Cantwell

Albert Fischer

Non-senate Academic Emeritus Cooperative Extension Vegetable Specialist Department of Plant Sciences

Professor Emeritus Department of Plant Sciences

Areas of specialization: postharvest biology and technology of fruits and vegetables Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkage: •

Areas of specialization: weed science, rice, ecophysiology, herbicide resistance Connections: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkages: • International Center for Tropical Agriculture • University of Chapingo, Mexico

Instituto Politécnico Nacional

David de la Peña Associate Professor Program Director, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design Department of Human Ecology Areas of specialization: participatory design and planning methods, social housing, sustainable architecture, and urban agriculture Connection: • Guest speaker/lecturer Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

Howard Ferris Professor Emeritus Department of Entomology and Nematology

Paul Gepts Distinguished Professor Geneticist and Plant Breeder Department of Plant Sciences Areas of specialization: Plant genetics, genomics, and crop biodiversity Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkages: • Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) • Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes • Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México

James Grieshop

Areas of specialization: soil ecology; decomposition and nutrient cycling

Emeritus Specialist in Cooperative Extension Department of Human Ecology

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Areas of specialization: Community based education, Latino and immigrant communities, leadership, transnational communication

Institutional Linkage: • Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)

Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario Centeotl

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Luis Eduardo Guarnizo

Steven Heydon

Professor Emeritus Department of Human Ecology

Senior Museum Scientist Department of Entomology and Nematology

Areas of specialization: migration, international development, economic sociology

Areas of specialization: Entomology, biodiversity, conservation, survey, inventory, biocontrol.

Connections: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited speaker/lecturer

Connection: • Field research

Jean-Xavier Guinard Professor Sensory Scientist Department of Food Science and Technology Areas of specialization: international education, sensory science, consumer research, food science, viticulture & enology, nutrition Connections: • University of California Education Abroad Program • UC Davis University Outreach and International Programs

Peter Hartsough Assistant Project Scientist Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

Frank Hirtz Senior Lecturer Emeritus Department of Human Ecology Areas of specialization: social and welfare policy, third sector Connections: • Collaborative research • UC Davis Study Abroad

Lovell Jarvis Professor Emeritus Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Area of specialization: economic development Connection: • UC Davis Global Centers for Latin America and the Caribbean

Areas of specialization: hydrology Connections: • Collaborative research • Field research

Jerry Leo Hedrick

Ermias Kebreab Professor Department of Animal Science Associate Dean of Global Engagement Director, World Food Center

Research Professor Emeritus Department of Animal Science

Areas of specialization: quantifying greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, sustainable agriculture

Areas of specialization: biochemistry, gamete biology

Connections: • Collaborative research

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Dietmar Kültz

Carlos Quiros

Professor Department of Animal Science

Professor Emeritus Department of Plant Sciences

Area of specialization: ecophysiogical proteomics of aquatic animals

Area of specialization: plant genetics

Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkages: • Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD) • Universidad de Sonora

John Largier Professor Department of Environmental Science and Policy Professor, Bodega Marine Laboratory CMSI Associate Director of International Programs Areas of specialization: oceanography, environmental science & engineering, hydrology, ecology Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited speaker/lecturer • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkages: • • •

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR) Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CIECESE) Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)

Richard Plant Professor Emeritus Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department of Plant Sciences Area of specialization: agricultural engineering

Deborah Lynn Rogers Resource Associate Department of Animal Science Areas of specialization: conservation biology, forest genetics, population genetics

Samuel Sandoval Associate Professor Department of Land, Air and Water Resources Cooperative Extension Specialist in Water Management Area of specialization: water resources planning and management Connection: • Collaborative research

Johan Six Adjunct Professor Department of Plant Sciences Areas of specialization: agroecology Connections: • Collaborative research • Invited lecture/speaker Institutional Linkages: • Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería, Gobierno de México • Ecological Society of America • Instituto Tecnológico de Tuxtla-Gutiérrez • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

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Faculty and Staff Engagement J. Edward Taylor Distinguished Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Areas of specialization: economic development, population and resources, labor economics, economywide modeling and applied microeconomics Connections: • Collaborative research • Faculty Position • Invited lecture/speaker Institutional Linkages: • Banco de Mexico

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El Colegio de México Mexican Consejo Nacional de Cié ncia y Tecnolgí a (CONACYT) Mexican National Population Council Universidad Anahuac

Stephen A Vosti Adjunct Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Areas of specialization: tropical deforestation, economic development, poverty-environment links, bioeconomic models, resource economics

COLLEGE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Thomas L. Rost

Arthur Shapiro

Professor Emeritus Department of Plant Biology

Distinguished Professor Department of Evolution and Ecology

Areas of specialization: plant structure and anatomy

Areas of specialization: entomology, biogeography, botany, ecology

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Connection: • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Simon R. Cherry

John Harvey

Distinguished Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Co-Director, EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center

Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Areas of specialization: radiology, molecular imaging using PET scanning Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Area of specialization: pavement life cycle assessment Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Sangtae Kim

Raul Piedrahita

Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Professor Emeritus Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Areas of specialization: nano-scale effects on electrical conduction

Areas of specialization: aquacultural engineering

Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Frank Loge

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Valeria La Saponara Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Professor Director, Center for Water-Energy Efficiency Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Areas of specialization: durability of fiber-reinforced composites for aerospace, civil, naval and wind energy applications

Areas of specialization: water-energy nexus, water and energy efficiency in urban and agriculture systems, sustainable building design, water reuse, conservation-based water rate design,

Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Connection: • Collaborative research • Professorship Institutional Linkage: • Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Jay Lund Distinguished Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Co-Director of Center for Watershed Sciences Areas of specialization: systems analysis in water resources and environment planning and management Connections: • Collaborate with government agencies • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Institutional Linkages: • Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán • Universidad de Guanajuato • Unidad de Materiales

Stephen Whitaker Professor Emeritus Department of Chemical Engineering Areas of specialization: multiphase transport phenomena Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited speaker/lecturer • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkages: • Instituto Technologico de Celaya • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE Leopoldo M Bernucci Distinguished Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese The Russell F. and Jean H. Fiddyment Chair in Latin American Studies

Areas of specialization: Spanish linguistics, educational linguistics Connections: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited lecturer/speaker

Area of specialization: colonial and modern Latin American literature (Brazil and Spanish America)

Institutional Linkages: • Colegio Universal • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Connections: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Led UC Davis Study Abroad programs

Jesus De Loera

Robert Blake Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Spanish and Portuguese Director, Davis Language Learning Center Areas of specialization: linguistics, Spanish, computer assisted language learning (CALL)

Professor Department of Mathematics Areas of specialization: Mathematics Connections: • Invited lecturer/speaker • Sabbatical in Mexico

Connection: • UC Davis Study Abroad programs

Institutional Linkages: • CINVESTAV-Instituto Politecnico Nacional • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Manuel Calderón De La Barca Sanchez

Gregory Downs

Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy

Professor Department of History

Area of specialization: high energy nuclear physics

Areas of specialization: borderlands; law, culture and society; United States

Connections: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Collaborative research

Yvette Flores

Institutional Linkages: • Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey • Mexican Physical Society

Cecilia Colombi Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Chair of Spanish

Professor Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies Areas of specialization: clinical psychology, family psychology, health psychology Connections: • Fellowship (Forgarty) • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Led UC Davis Study Abroad program • Sabbaticals in Mexico

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Gail Goodman

Martin Hilbert

Distinguished Professor Department of Psychology

Professor Department of Communication

Areas of specialization: memory development and children's abilities and experiences as victims/witnesses

Areas of specialization: communication, media, digital age, big data

Erin R Hamilton Associate Professor Department of Sociology Areas of specialization: demography, migration Connections: • Collaborative research • Fellowship (Fulbright) • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited lecturer/speaker Institutional Linkages: • El Colegio de Mexico • La Universidad Autó noma del Estado de Mé xico • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Inés Hernández-Avila Professor Department of Native American Studies Areas of specialization: native American women's poetry; contemporary indigenous literature of Mexico; indigenous/native theater Connections: • Collaborative research • Invited lecturer/speaker • Led UC Davis Study Abroad program Institutional Linkage: • Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos

Connections: • Collaboration with international NGOs • Invited lecturer/speaker

Robert McKee Irwin Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese Areas of specialization: Mexican and Mexican American studies, migration and border studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural and media studies, digital storytelling Connections: • Collaborative research • Collaboration with government agencies • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited lecturer/speaker • Sabbatical in Mexico Institutional Linkages: • Caribbean Studies Association • El Colegio de la Frontera Norte • El Colegio de la Frontera Sur • El Colegio de México • Instituto Mora • Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey • Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez • Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas • Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua • Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaAzcapotzalco • Universidad de Guadalajara • Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement David Kyle

Robert P. Newcomb

Associate Professor Department of Sociology

Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese Co-director, UC Comparative Iberian Studies Working Group

Areas of specialization: comparative historical development and contemporary cultures of social innovations Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Mexicali Industrial Park (PIMSA)

Desiree Martín Associate Professor Department of English Areas of specialization: Latina/o and Latin American Literature, U.S.-Mexico border studies, transnational American studies, 19th and 20th-c. Mexican cultural production Connections: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Sabbatical in Mexico

Cristina Martínez-Carazo Professor Department of Spanish and Portuguese Areas of specialization: Spanish Film, Spanish Art, Spanish Literature

Areas of specialization: Comparative Luso-Hispanic studies, Luso-Brazilian literature and culture, Latin American literature and culture Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Research experience Institutional Linkage: •

Universidad de las Américas

Bettina Ng’weno Associate Professor Department of African American and African Studies Areas of specialization: anthropology, property, states, ethnicity, race Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Research experience

Pablo Ortiz Professor Department of Music Areas of specialization: music composition, culture

Alexandra Navrotsky Distinguished Professor Emeritus Department of Chemistry Areas of specialization: solid state chemistry, geochemistry, and materials science Connection: • Collaborative research

Connections: • Field visits • Invited performance • Collaborative projects • Hosted visiting students/scholars Institutional Linkage: • El Colegio Nacional

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Frank Osterloh Professor Department of Chemistry Areas of specialization: chemical, physical, and catalytic properties of inorganic nanomaterials Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Connections: • Collaborate with government agency • Collaborative research Institutional Linkages: • Mexican Ministry of Energy • Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

Geerat J. Vermeij Distinguished Professor Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Giovanni Peri

Areas of specialization: paleobiology, evolutionary biology, marine biology, ecology, malacology

Professor Department of Economics

Stefano Varese

Areas of specialization: labor economics, economics of international migration Connections: • Collaborative projects • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Invited lecturer/speaker Institutional Linkage: • Econometric Society – Latin America

Nicholas Pinter Professor Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Area of specialization: rivers, fluvial geomorphology, flood hydrology, floodplains, and watershed Connections: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Michael Siminovitch Professor Department of Design Director, California Light Technology Center Area of specialization: efficient light design

Professor Emeritus Department of Native American Studies Founding Director, Indigenous Research Center of the Americas (IRCA) Areas of specialization: cultural anthropology, ethnohistory, environmental justice and human rights, transnational migration Connections: • Fellowship (Fulbright) • Collaboration with international NGOs • Sabbaticals in Mexico Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Charles Walker Professor Department of History Director, Hemispheric Institute on the Americas Faculty Director of Global Centers for Latin America and the Caribbean, Global Affairs Areas of specialization: Latin American social, cultural, and intellectual history; Peru and the Andes; the history of catastrophes and natural disasters (earthquakes); the Tupac Amaru Rebellion; truth commissions.

Connection: • Guest speaker/lecturer

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Faculty and Staff Engagement CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Tina Castillo Academic Coordinator Connection: • Field marketing trip

OFFICE OF RESEARCH Paul Dodd Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research and Strategic Initiatives Areas of specialization: Nanotechnology, magnetic materials, international institutional research partnerships

Connections: • Collaboration with research funding agencies • Collaborative research

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Nancy Erbstein

Yuuko Uchikoshi Tonkovich

Associate Professor in Residence School of Education Associate Vice Provost of Global Education for All, Global Affairs

Associate Professor School of Education

Areas of specialization: education, ethnic studies, community development, youth

Areas of specialization: language development, literacy development, bilingualism, early childhood education

Connection: • Collaboration with research funding agencies

SCHOOL OF LAW Gabriel J. Chin

Holly S Cooper

Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law Director, Clinical Legal Education School of Law

Lecturer Co-director of the Immigration Law Clinic School of Law

Areas of specialization: criminal law, criminal procedure, and immigration

Areas of specialization: immigration law and policy, detained immigrants’ rights, refugee law, international human rights, prisoners’ rights

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Kevin Johnson Dean Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies School of Law Areas of specialization: Immigration and Refugee Law

Connection: • Invited lecturer/speaker Institutional Linkages: • Consulate General of Mexico • Mexican Supreme Electoral Courts • UC MEXUS • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola

Kathryn DeRiemer

Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities

Associate Professor Department of Public Health Sciences

Areas of specialization: mental health and substance abuse, psychiatric epidemiology, health and mental health disparities Connections: • Collaboration with international NGOs • Collaboration with government agencies • Hosted visiting students/scholars Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

Luis Carvajal-Carmona

Areas of specialization: molecular epidemiology, infectious diseases, public health sciences Connections: • Collaborative research • Hosted/sponsored visiting students/scholars Institutional Linkages: • Unidad de Investigación Médica de Zacatecas • Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social (IMSS)

Wetona Suzanne Eidson-Ton

Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

Associate Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine Director, Rural PRIME

Areas of specialization: human genetics and genomics

Areas of specialization: women’s health, obstetrics, infant, child and adolescent care

Connection: • Collaborative research

Connection: • Collaborative research

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad de Nuevo Leon

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Anáhuac Mayab

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Lorena García

Stephen A. McCurdy

Associate Professor Department of Public Health Sciences Director, Undergraduate Education

Professor Emeritus Department of Public Health Sciences

Areas of specialization: epidemiology-injury prevention (i.e. violence), obesity, diabetes, women

Areas of specialization: epidemiology; general occupational and environmental medicine toxicology; pesticides; heavy metals

Connection: • Collaborative research

Connection: • Sabbatical in Mexico

Institutional Linkage: • University of Guanajuato, Leon

Institutional Linkage: • Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

Eugenio Gerscovich

Diana Miglioretti

Professor Emeritus Department of Diagnostic Radiology Connection: • Sabbatical in Mexico

Randi Hagerman Distinguished Professor Department of Pediatrics Medical Director, UC Davis MIND Institute Areas of specialization: pediatric child development & behavior; fragile X syndrome Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkages: • Club Rotario Juarez Campestre • Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil

Irva Hertz-Picciotto Professor Department of Public Health Sciences Chief, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Director, Environmental Health Sciences Center Area of specialization: epidemiology

Professor Department of Public Health Sciences Chief, Division of Biostatistics Areas of specialization: breast cancer screening and radiation exposure from medical imaging; multilevel and latent variable models, longitudinal and clustered data analysis, and the evaluation of screening and diagnostic tests Connection: • Collaborative research

Marc Schenker Distinguished Professor Department of Public Health Sciences Founding Co-Director, Migration and Heath Research Center (MAHRC) Founding Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Areas of specialization: epidemiology, occupational/ environmental health, migration and health Connections: • Collaboration with government agencies • Collaborative research • Fellowship (Fulbright) • Guest speaker/lecturer • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Sabbatical in Mexico

Institutional Linkage: • Escuela de Salud Pública de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Institutional Linkages: • Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) • University of Guanajuato

Jay Solnick

Institutional Linkage: • Club Rotario Juarez Campestre • Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil

Jose V. Torres Professor Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Professor Department of Infectious Diseases

Areas of specialization: immunology, cancer, virology, vaccines, immunotherapy

Areas of specialization: infectious diseases, internal medicine, medical microbiology and immunology

Connections: • Collaborative research • Field visits • Hosted visiting students/scholars • Sabbatical in Mexico

Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Instituto Mexicana de Seguro Social

Institutional Linkage: • Latin American Council for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Flora Tassone Professor In-Residence Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Areas of specialization: transcriptional and translational gene regulation; fragile X (FMR1) gene Connection: • Collaborative research

SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Eric W Davis

Janet Foley

Field Veterinarian Department of Medicine and Epidemiology Director, International Animal Welfare Training Institute

Professor Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

Areas of specialization: Surgery; Equines; Companion Animals; Cattle, Beef Connection: • Fellowship (Fulbright) • Field visits • Volunteer activities

Areas of specialization: vector-borne disease; wildlife; laboratory animals; felines; ecosystem health; infectious diseases Connection: •

Collaborative research

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Cecilia Giulivi

Esteban Soto Martínez

Professor Department of Molecular Biosciences

Professor Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

Areas of specialization: oxidative stress; humans; laboratory animals; marine mammals; biochemistry; molecular diagnostics; physiology, gastrointestinal

Areas of specialization: aquaculture; wildlife; zoological species; infectious diseases; immunology; vaccine development

Connections: • Fellowship (International Union of Biochemistry)

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Xunde Li Associate Researcher Department of Population Health and Reproduction Research Scientist, Western Institute for Food Safety Areas of specialization: source, persistence and transmission of microbial pathogens in the agroecosystem; molecular epidemiology of foodborne zoonotic pathogens; antimicrobials

Institutional Linkage: • UC MEXUS

Jonna Mazet Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology Co-Vice Chair, UC Global Health Institute Board of Directors Founding Executive Director, One Health Institute Global Director of PREDICT Project Project Director, One Health Workforce: Next Generation Project

Connection: • Collaborative research

Areas of specialization: marine mammals; emerging infectious diseases; pathogen pollution; pastoralism; all species; wildlife; humans; zoonoses; ecosystem health; epidemiology; wildlife

Beatriz Martínez-López

Connection: • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Assistant Professor Department of Medicine and Epidemiology Director, Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance

Sharon Spier

Areas of specialization: risk assessment, modeling, quantitative methods--all species; epidemiology; infectious diseases; foreign animal diseases Connection: •

Collaborative research

Institutional Linkages: • Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo • Comité Estatal de Sanidad Acuícola de Sinaloa

Professor Emeritus Department of Medicine and Epidemiology Areas of specialization: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infections in horses; Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis in horses; Genetic diseases of horses; Equine Medicine Connection: • Collaborative research Institutional Linkage: • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Faculty and Staff Engagement Marcela Uhart Veterinarian Director, Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center Latin America Program Areas of specialization: avians; wildlife; marine mammals; ecosystem health; infectious diseases Connections: • Field research • Hosted visiting students/scholars

Faculty and Staff Organizations Chicana/o Latina/o Faculty Staff Network (CLN) The Chicana/o Latina/o Faculty Staff Network is made up of faculty and staff members of the campus community. The CLN serves as a platform to connect and network with faculty & staff from across campus and disciplines to strengthen the Chi/Lat Community and campus climate at UC Davis. Additionally, the CLN provides a forum for discussion of issues or concerns affecting our student population.

Latinx Staff and Faculty Association (LSFA) The mission of the Latinx Staff and Faculty Association (LSFA) is to provide information about the campus community and to offer professional guidance to those seeking support or career advancement. LSFA will act as a collaborative unit and advocate for the concerns and issues at the University and Community level for staff, faculty, and students.

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Grants and Awards Seed Grants for International Activities Partnering with UC Davis colleges and schools, Global Affairs provides Seed Grants for International Activities to faculty taking on innovative research, service, and engagement projects around the world. The following are awarded grants that featured research sites within Mexico or in partnership with affiliated Mexican institutions.

Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Mary Lou de León Siantz

“Adolescent Mental and Reproductive Health and Migration in the Americas” (2019)

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Johan Six

“Engaging Farmers and Building Local Capacity to Enhance Soil Functioning and Food Security through Conservation Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico” (2011) Affiliated Institutions: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT); International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Tuxtla Gutierrez Technological Institute (ITTG); Mexican National Institute for Forest, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP) Alexandra Navrotsky; Sangtae Kim

“Defects, Surfaces, and Interfaces in Ceramics: A Collaboration with Brazil and Mexico” (2006) Affiliated Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) J. Edward Taylor

“Binational Training, Research and Institutional Development for the Study of Economic Change and Sustainability in Rural Mexico” (2001) Affiliated Institution: El Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX)

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences & College of Letters and Science Dario Cantu; Michael Siminovitch

“Establishing A Roadmap For the ‘Center of Sustainable Tequila Production’ at the Universidad Autónoma Guadalajara” (2019) Affiliated Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara James Grieshop; Margaret Handley; Jeffrey Cohen

“An International Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Lead Contamination in Traditional Foods among Mexican Migrants in the U.S. and Communities of Origin: The Contributions of Epidemiology, Anthropology, and Community Development” (2007) Affiliated Institution: Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario Centeotl A.C. (CENTEOTL), Oaxaca

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Grants and Awards College of Letters and Science David Kyle; David Orzechowicz

“World in a Cup: Understanding Coffee Cultures through the Sociological Imagination” (2017) Affiliated Institutions: Various coffee farms in Oaxaca and Chiapas Michael Lazzara; Marian Schlotterbeck; Charles Walker

“Teaching Human Rights in the Americas” (2017) Affiliated Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Robert McKee Irwin

“Collaborations in Cultural Studies” (2013) Affiliated Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Mexicali Inés Hernández-Ávila

“Latina/Latino Citizenships in the Americas: Concepts, Expressions and Practices” (2002) Affiliated Institution: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos, Mexico City Adela de la Torre

“Border Academy 2003: Intimate Partner Violence in the Border Region” (2002) Affiliated Institutions: Universidade Autónoma de TamaulipasUniversity; Hospital of UANL (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)

School of Medicine Randi Hagerman; Flora Tassone

“Molecular Testing for Fragile X Mutations in Individuals with ASD and Intellectual Disability in Mexico” (2018) Affiliated Institutions: Club Rotario Juarez Campestre; Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil, Mexico City Marc Schenker; Sally Moyce

“Acute Kidney Injury and Heat Exposure in Agricultural Zones” (2015)

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Grants and Awards UC MEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grants UC MEXUS-CONACYT Collaborative Grants provide seed funding of up to $25,000 to teams of UC and Mexico researchers for pilot projects in basic and applied research. UC Davis researchers were co-PIs on 69 such grants between 2010 and 2020. Listed here are the most recent projects, along with UC Davis faculty and collaborating institutions.

2020 Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Plant Sciences

“Analysis of the cuticular resistance of papaya fruits (Carica papaya L.) to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Colletotrichum truncatum” Collaborating institution: Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) Scott Dawson, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

“Bioluminescent imaging of Giardia metabolism and role of parasite´s virulence factors in host intestinal pathogenesis” Collaborating institution: Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) James Letts, Molecular and Cellular Biology

“Building a mechanistic understanding of respiratroy supercomplexes using the model fungal phytophathogen” Collaborating institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Atul Parikh, Biomedical Engineering

“Biophysics of phosphorus-free Microbial Lipids” Collaborating institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Samuel Sandoval Solis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources

“The impact of changes in the water allocations of the Colorado river on agricultural and urban users in Baja California” Collaborating institution: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) Weijian Yang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

“Simultaneous Multiplane Light-sheet Microscopy” Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada Lauren Young, Political Science

“The causes and effects of lynchings in Mexico using a new dataset of media reports” Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

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Grants and Awards 2019 Ricardo Castro, Materials Science and Engineering

“Light and resilient blades for vertical-axis wind energy turbines” Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán Manuel Navedo, Pharmacology

“Calcium dynamics of migrating vascular smooth muscle cells during diabetic hyperglycemia: role of Ltype calcium channels, STIM1, Orai1 and Homer proteins” Collaborating institution: Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí Nicholas Pinter, Earth and Planetary Sciences

“Tectonics, sea level, and interglacial paleo-environments of the Loreto Basin from uplifted coastal terraces” Collaborating institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Esteban Soto, Medicine and Epidemiology

“Efficacy of β Glucan as immunostimulant to Pacific white snook Centropomus viridis” Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo AC

2018 Alan Bennett, Plant Sciences

“Nitrogen fixation associated with an indigenous landrace of maize” Collaborating institution: Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca Fabian Bombardelli, Civil and Environmental Engineering

“Understanding physical processes and water-quality transport mechanisms in Californian small coastal inlets for resilient coastal systems under scenarios of climate change” Collaborating institution: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) Matthew Gilbert, Plant Sciences

“Impact of leaf width on water use efficiency and drought tolerance of tepary beans” Collaborating institution: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Erin Hamilton, Sociology

“Understanding child migration from the United States to Mexico” Collaborating institution: El Colegio de México

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Grants and Awards Robert Irwin, Spanish

“Humanizing deportation: A digital storytelling project” Collaborating institutions: Tecnológico de Monterrey; Universidad de Guadalajara; Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua Ermias Kebreab, Animal Science “Development of the enteric methane emissions inventory for cattle in Mexico through in vivo and in silico methodologies”

Collaborating institution: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) Sharman D. O'Neill, Plant Biology

“Genomics of vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) and its microbiomes” Collaborating institution: Unidad de Genómica Avanzada Cinvestav

2017 Cathy Busby, Earth and Planetary Sciences

“Controls of Subduction and Continental Rifting on Volcanism and Tectonics in the Mulege Region, Baja California Sur, Mexico” Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) Paul Gepts, Plant Sciences

“The inheritance of pod dehiscence in common bean, a crucial trait of its domestication” Collaborating institution: Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) Bradford Jones, Political Science; Omar García-Ponce, Political Science; Jeffrey Sherman, Psychology

“The paradox of migration: Assessing Mexican beliefs about the inmigrante”

Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) Allen Van Deynze, Plant Sciences

“Phenotypic variation and QTL mapping of nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) & Phythophthora root rot resistance in chile peppers (Capsicum spp)” Collaborating institution: Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes Diego Yankelevich, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Laura Marcu, Biomedical Engineering

“Compact tunable blue source for fast multispectral time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging” Collaborating institution: Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)

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Grants and Awards UC MEXUS – Other Grants UC MEXUS has provided support to faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars at UC Davis through various granting programs, including the following.

45 UC MEXUS Dissertation Grants

22 UC MEXUS Small Grants for Students

Since 2002

Since 2010

35 UC MEXUS Small Grants for Faculty

22 UC MEXUS Faculty grants

Since 2002

1998-2011

31 UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

12 UC MEXUS-CONACYT Faculty Fellowships

Since 2002

2002-07

External Grants UC Davis researchers are active in 16 contracted projects in Mexico with total funding of over $7.4 million, as of March 2021. Below are selected UC Davis research projects involving Mexico that received significant external funding.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Erin Hamilton, Sociology

“Child Migration from Mexico to the United States” (2017) $150,000

National Science Foundation (NSF) Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Plant Sciences

“The Genetics of Highland Adaptation in Maize” (2016) $4.1 million Lauren Young, Political Science

“Analysis of Cycles of Retributive Violence” (2018) $249,000 Bradford Jones, Political Science

“The Paradox of Migration and Attitudes Towards Immigrants: Assessing Mexican Beliefs about Migration the Immigrants” (2017) $257,000

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Instruction on Campus New Teaching Collaboration with Tec de Monterrey UC Davis is the lead institution on a global classroom pilot project, selected by the Universitas 21 (U21) Global Education Enhancement Fund, to support the delivery of higher education in a rapidly changing and highly interconnected world.

UC Davis is partnering with Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) in Mexico and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China to create a framework for teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using a global classroom model that has been developed and utilized by Tec de Monterrey and will be enhanced

by UC Davis and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Several courses were piloted in 2020-21 between the three universities and a digital toolkit of resources is being created to support the model. The project—administered within Global Affairs at UC Davis—will focus on a combination of virtual, hybrid, and in-person collaboration. It will be assessed, adjusted, and expanded so that all universities within the international U21 network may access and take advantage of the toolkit to develop SDGrelated courses and address global challenges.

Teaching About Mexico UC Davis offers dozens of classes, taught in English and Spanish, that address a wide array of topics pertaining to Mexico and Mexican-Americans. The classes listed below—organized by department—are just a sample of the relevant offerings available to UC Davis students.

African American & African Studies The African American & African Studies Department, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, offers an undergraduate major and a Designated Emphasis for students pursuing a Ph.D. Students in this interdisciplinary field have an opportunity to investigate the history and culture of communities of African descent around the world.

African Descent Communities & Culture in North America Study of the origin and development of African descent communities and cultures in the U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico.

Race & Ethnicity in Latin America Social and political effects of racial and ethnic categorization in Latin America, including issues of economic production, citizenship, national belonging, and access to resources. Emphasis is on peoples of African, Indigenous, and Asian descent.

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Instruction on Campus Chicana/Chicano Studies The Department of Chicana/o Studies is an international, cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching, and public service. The faculty is internationally recognized for its contributions to Latin American and Chicana/o Studies scholarship, public policy, and community relations.

Introduction to Chicana/o Studies Analysis of the situation of the Chicana/o (MexicanAmerican) people, emphasizing their history, literature, political movements, education and related areas.

Globalization, Transnational Migration, & Chicana/o & Latina/o Communities Chicana/o and Latina/o migration experiences within a global context. Topics include national and/or transnational migration in Mexico, Central America, and the United States.

Latin American Women’s Engagement in Social Movements Latino Families in the Age of Globalization: Migration & Transculturation United States-Mexican Border Relations Theories of U.S.-Mexican border relations, with an overview of the political, economic, and social relationships and an in-depth analysis of immigration issues, border industrialization, women's organizations, economic crises, and legal issues.

Women of Color Reproductive Health & Reproductive Politics in a Global Perspective Transnational Latina/o Political Economy Bi-National Health Examination of health status and intervention strategies presented in public health care settings, private clinics and by indigenous healers in Mexico.

Analysis of impact of high-risk diseases. Offered in a Spanish speaking country under supervision of UC Davis faculty/lecturer; may be taught abroad.

Queer Latinidad Decolonizing Spirit Legacies of colonization and decolonization; indigenous forms of spirituality and sacredness.

Emphasis on remembering traditions, practices, relations, and forms of indigenous knowledge.

Mexican Film & Greater Mexican Identity Mexican & Chicano Mural Workshop The Mural: a collective art process that empowers students and people through design and execution of mural paintings in the tradition of the Mexican Mural Movement; introduces materials and techniques.

History The Department of History at UC Davis is distinguished by the high quality of both its teaching and research. Five of the department faculty members focus their teaching and research primarily on Latin America.

History of Latin America to 1700 History of Latin America, 1700-1900 Race in America to 1865 Latin American Migration History Migrations to, from, and within Latin America, with a focus on the period from independence to the present day. The historical development of settler colonialism, inter-regional migrations, rural-to-urban migration, migration promotion, restriction laws, naturalization, and sanctuary across Latin American scenarios.

Business, Biomes & Knowledge: Latin American Environmental History Introduction to the geography, political ecology, environmental movements of Latin America and the Caribbean, regional biomes, commodity markets, and the relationships between non-human ecosystems and Latin American societies.

Development of extractive processes, land law, agricultural practices, scientific knowledge, and

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Instruction on Campus environmental conservation in neotropical forests, Sonoran Desert, the Amazon, Andes and Pampas, among other ecologies.

Women & Gender in Latin American History Human Rights in Latin America History of Mexico to 1848 History of Mexico since 1848 Modern Latin American Cultural & Intellectual History Mexican-American History to 1910 Economic, social, religious, cultural and political development of the Spanish-speaking population of the Southwestern United States from about 1800 to 1910.

Mexican-American History since 1910 California History

Law

Native American Studies The Native American Studies Department undergraduate and graduate programs offer a formal comparative, interdisciplinary, and hemispheric approach to the study of indigenous cultures of the Americas.

Ethnohistory of Native People of Mexico & Central America Ethnohistorical development of pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial Mexican and Central American indigenous people; the impact of economic and political factors on the process of cultural adaptation. Attention is given to the questions of nation-building, forced assimilation, indigenous resistance, organized political responses.

Ethnohistory of Native Peoples of Mexico & Central America (to 1500 and since 1500) Contemporary Indigenous Literature of Mexico

Political Science

UC Davis School of Law confers Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees, offering a top-tier legal education and outstanding student experience, from its renowned faculty to its unparalleled atmosphere of support and collaboration.

A top-20 program in the United States, the Political Science Department offers doctoral training and undergraduate majors in Political Science, Political Science—Public Service, and International Relations.

Migration, Work, & Taxation

Latin American Politics

Explores workers’ and prospective workers’ choices to move from one place to another, both across and within national borders. In particular, explores how tax policy and broader economic forces shape those choices.

Issues related to democratic consolidation in Latin America, with a regional focus on South America.

Topics include transitions to democracy, the role of the military, political economy, and political behavior.

Latinos & Latinas & the Law

Mexican Politics

Seminar analyzes some of the legal issues of particular relevance to the Latino community in the United States, including racial identity, immigration, language regulation, national and transnational identity issues, affirmative action, and civil rights.

Introduction to the politics of contemporary Mexico.

Focus on rise, fall, and aftermath of Mexico's oneparty dominant system.

Chicano Politics

Immigration Crimes

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Instruction on Campus Spanish The UC Davis Spanish program, part of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is ranked among the top 20 programs in the United States overall and is number one for faculty research productivity.

Anglos, Latinos & the Spanish Black Legend: Origins & Educational Implications of AntiHispanic Prejudice Survey of Latin American Literature to 1900 Survey of Latin American Literature 1900 to Present Mexican Novel Evolution of the Mexican novel from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis on the narrative of the Revolution and significant contemporary works.

Latin American Literature of the Turn of the 20th Century Latin American Poetry: From Vanguardism to Surrealism & Beyond Study of vanguardism, surrealism, and more recent movements of Latin American poetry. An in-depth analysis of the works of such major poets as Neruda, Vallejo, and Paz.

Latin American Women Writers in Translation Borders of the Spanish Speaking World Analysis of cultural dynamics of border contexts (contact zones) in which Spanish speaking populations are prominent. Contexts may include one or more of the following: US-Mexico, USCaribbean, Mexico-Central America, Dominican Republic-Haiti, Spain-Portugal, Colombia-Venezuela, Argentina-Brazil, among others.

Introduction to Latinx Culture

Mexican Culture Study of Mexican culture through a diversity of cultural expression, including elite, popular and mass media culture. Focus on national icons and archetypes, multiculturalism, transnationalism.

Cinema & Latin American Culture Understanding Latin American cultures through cinema. History and critical analysis of Latin American film. Focus on a national cinematic tradition. Comparative experiences in different parts of Latin America and/or a particular era. Conducted entirely in Spanish.

California & Latin America Interdisciplinary survey on the relationship between California and Latin America (1500s-present). Latin American representations of California and Californian representations of Latin America, as well as borderlands texts, with a special focus on Mexican-American perspectives. Conducted in Spanish.

Topics in Latin American Cultural Studies Critical Approaches to Latin American Literature: Poetry & Drama Mexican Narrative Study of the evolution of Mexican narrative.

Emphasis on the narrative of the Revolution and significant contemporary works.

Latin American Short Story Works by major writers with emphasis on 20thcentury authors such as Quiroga, Borges, García Márquez, Cortázar, and Rulfo.

Latin American Women Writers New Directions in Latin American Poetry

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Publications 499 Publications with Co-Authors from UC Davis and Mexico 2015-20 100 or fewer authors per publication; Data from SciVal Does not include 692 additional publications with 101 or more authors

Publications by Subject Area

Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 221 Medicine, 114 Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology, 102 Environmental Science, 64 Earth and Planetary Sciences, 48 Immunology and Microbiology, 44 Multidisciplinary, 41 Veterinary, 40 Engineering, 27 Physics and Astronomy, 24 Social Sciences, 23 Neuroscience, 21 Chemistry, 20 Psychology, 20

Materials Science, 12 Mathematics, 11 Nursing, 11 Computer Science, 10 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8 Chemical Engineering, 6 Business, Management and Accounting, 4 Energy, 4 Decision Sciences, 2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2 Arts and Humanities, 1 Health Professions, 1

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Research Highlights Agriculture

Rural School Access and Agricultural Transformation

Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimations from Dairy Farms in Mexico

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Animal Science In an ongoing research project examining greenhouse gas emissions from Mexican dairy farms, Ermias Kebreab (Animal Science; World Food Center) partnered with Octavio Castelán-Ortega from Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM). A graduate student and another faculty member from UAEM visited UC Davis for three months as part of the collaboration.

Research conducted by J. Edward Taylor (Agricultural and Resource Economics; Center on Rural Economies of the Americas and Pacific Rim) with Diane Charlton, examines the timing and location of secondary school construction in Southern Mexico to identify the effects of school supply on labor outcomes. Their findings indicate that rural school construction in less-developed countries can accelerate the transformation from agricultural to nonagricultural economies, although effects may differ across socioeconomic groups.

Energy Efficiency Establishing a Research and Development Center for Mexico’s Lighting Industry UC-Mexico Initiative; UC Davis California Lighting Technology Center

Building from a 2016 energy efficiency workshop hosted by the University of California at UC Davis, the Mexican Ministry of Energy awarded funding to the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in collaboration with UC Davis to establish a sister center to the UC Davis California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC). The new center in Guadalajara, developed with the support of Michael Siminovitch (Design; CLTC; Energy Efficiency Institute) will establish opportunities for student and researcher exchange and help Mexico meet its ambitious clean energy goals.

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Research Highlights Health Disease at the U.S.-Mexico Border Veterinary Medicine Janet Foley (Medicine and Epidemiology) is collaborating with researchers at National Autonomous University of México (UNAM) School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics with a One Health response to disease risk.

The team worked with health workers, veterinarians, and government officials in Mexicali to conduct the first comprehensive study to examine the risk factors for Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the deadliest tick-borne disease in the Americas. The researchers have published together and are sharing laboratory expertise and

building capacity for future work, since climate change may mean Rocky Mountain spotted fever spreads further into the United States.

Women’s Health in Mexican Communities Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS), Mary Lou de Leon Siantz (Nursing) researches the impact of migration on health and development in children and families. She investigates the mental and reproductive health of rural Mexican migrant adolescent girls in California’s Central Valley and Jalisco, Mexico and researches the impact of climate change on the health of Mexican farmworker women and their families.

Immigration and Migration Humanizing Deportation Global Migration Center

Leading a team of UC Davis graduate students and research collaborators based in Mexico, Robert Irwin (Spanish; Global Migration Center) has helped document the stories of hundreds of adults and children deported from the United States to Mexico. The bilingual, digital project, “Humanizing Deportation,” serves as a public archive for researchers and has been cited in graduate theses and dozens of scholarly articles and news stories.

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Research Highlights Social Implications of Migration between the U.S. and Mexico

Immigration, Race, and Law

Center for Poverty and Inequality Research Research by Erin Hamilton (Sociology) focuses on the factors impacting migration and its impacts on communities in Mexico and the United States. Current work includes researching the well-being of young adult immigrants in California and child and family migration between the U.S. and Mexico. Research published in 2020 by Hamilton and colleagues in Canada and Mexico assesses the implication of the return to Mexico of half a million U.S.-born minors over the last decade.

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: Legislating a New America, edited by Gabriel J. Chin (School of Law) and Rose Cuison Villazor, explores the 1965 immigration law as one of the most important bills of the civil rights era. The act’s political, legal, and demographic impact continues to be felt; one effect was the shattering of traditional patterns of Mexican migration, which set the stage for current immigration politics. Chin’s academic work has been referenced by the United States Supreme Court and his expertise in matters of race, law, and immigration is frequently sought by news outlets.

Water

Integrated Water Resources Management

Economic Analysis of Water Supply in Baja California Center for Watershed Sciences

Global Migration Center

Water Management Research Group Working with a multidisciplinary group of students, scientist, practitioners, and decision makers, Samuel Sandoval (Land, Air & Water Resources) and the Water Management Research Group have developed simulation models and analyses to improve water management along the border. The group has produced models, science communication materials (in English and Spanish), and briefings for authorities to improve the delivery of water from Mexico to the United States in accordance with the Treaty of 1944. The group is helping establish the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters, where scientist, students, practitioners, and decision makers share their expertise for managing shared water resources between both countries.

Studying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Energy and Efficiency Institute Since 2005, the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences has supported water supply modeling efforts in the border region of Baja California in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) and federal and state water agencies in Mexico.

The research program has resulted in numerous reports, publications and presentations. The project also enhances modeling platforms and capabilities. Research is co-led by Jay Lund (UC Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering), Josué Medellín-Azuara (UC Merced) and Leopoldo Mendoza (UABC).

Frank Loge (Civil and Environmental Engineering; Center for Water-Energy Efficiency) received an endowed professorship from the Institute Technólogico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey to help advance research at the nexus of food, water, and agricultural systems. Loge is working with Tec de Monterrey’s Latin America & Caribbean Water Center to establish goals and an action plan, which will build upon ongoing research with colleagues at UC Davis and in Mexico.

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UC Davis Mexico Initiatives

Student Opportunities Faculty-Led Study Abroad UC Davis Quarter Abroad: Latin(x) Health Internship Program in Oaxaca

UC Davis Seminar Abroad: Oaxacalifornia— Multiethnicity and Migration The State of Oaxaca has the highest number of indigenous nationalities in Mexico—seventeen different ethnic and linguistic groups. The city of Oaxaca and the surrounding towns manifest this ethnic diversity and at the same time, the city constitutes the center of national and transnational outgoing migration. The Seminar analyzes the social, economic and political conditions of these population movements focusing on the cultural changes that are affecting the whole state of Oaxaca as its rural population is transiting toward an increasingly globalized economy.

Location: Oaxaca Faculty Leader: Stefano Varese 8 students enrolled, 2019

This specialized program offers students the opportunity to take UC Davis classes on transnational (US-Mexico) health issues, participate in clinical rotations through internships in hospitals and clinics in Oaxaca, and to spend three weeks in public health experiences in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Location: Oaxaca Faculty leader: Yvette Flores Partner institution: Child Family Health International 90 Students enrolled 2016-20

UC Davis Summer Abroad: Chiapas – Literary and Social Movements Participants study contemporary Mayan and Zoque literary and social movements while living in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. Since 1994, the state has been home to the EZLN, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, which carries out its struggle through the power of the word. Students visit a Zapatista autonomous community and regional Indigenous cultural centers in Mayan communities.

Location: Chiapas Faculty leader: Inés Hernández-Ávila 44 students enrolled 2016, 2017

UC Education Abroad Programs The University of California’s Education Abroad Program (EAP) has functioned in Mexico since the 1980s and offers a variety of programs and resources through the UC Center Mexico City.

Immersion: National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Recognized as a leading research university in the Spanish-speaking world, UNAM is located within walking distance from UC’s Casa de California, and is where UC students can enroll in semester- or yearlong programs.

Location: Mexico City 15 UC Davis students enrolled, 2015-20

Contemporary Mexico, UC Center Location: Mexico City 6 UC Davis students enrolled, 2015-20

Other UCEAP Mexico Programs 5 UC Davis students enrolled, 2015-20

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Student Opportunities Experiential Learning Opportunities The UC Davis Global Learning Hub and the Internship and Career Center (ICC) promote experiential learning opportunities around the world, including Mexico, beyond those listed on the previous page. Experiences include short term volunteer experiences, structured internship programs, and professional development opportunities for recent graduates.

Enseña por México, Teach for Mexico The Enseña por México program, part of the Teach for All program founded by Wendy Kopp, creator of Teach for America, contacted UC Davis to recruit students, and recent graduates for this prestigious program that combines leadership training, teaching experience and service. The ICC and Enseña por México are committed to working together to increase awareness of this unique opportunity which promises to ultimately result in participation by UC Davis students and recent graduates.

California State University Sacramento Bilingual Teaching Credential For more than five years, the ICC has promoted this unique program in which participants earn a California teaching credential with the bilingual authorization, Bilingual CrossCultural Language and Academic Development (BCLAD) emphasis while earning a $7,500 stipend. The program combines coursework in Guadalajara, Mexico and Sacramento (California State University), including student teaching in both locales and allows participants to earn a sought after teaching credential, and gain international experience without incurring significant debt.

Consul General of Mexico, Sacramento, CA For more than a decade the ICC has worked intermittently with the Mexican Consul General’s office to place interns, most recently during Summer 2014.

U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Service Center for International Trade Development The synergy between the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Service Office, along with the Northern California World Trade Center and Center for International Trade Development has enhanced California’s trade efforts with Mexico for over two decades. These efforts are routinely supported by UC Davis interns working with one, or all three of these organizations. For example, CITD, home of the California Mexico Trade Assistance Center coordinates multi-sector trade missions to Mexico that foster bilateral trade relationships. It is common for ten or more UC Davis students to intern with these offices each quarter, though they engage in projects and activities that support worldwide export, Mexico is one of the region’s largest and most important trading partners.

Student Recruitment Steps to College The Annual ‘Steps to College’ (Pasos a la Universidad) at the Mexican Consulate in North Sacramento is held on the first Saturday in February of each year. Students arrive from across Northern California and parts of the Central Valley as early as 7:00 a.m. to attend a day filled with motivational speakers, workshops on financial aid and university admissions, as well as an all-day college fair with recruiters and counselors from UC Davis to as far south as UCLA and every other California university campus in-between. All workshops are offered in English and Spanish.

Counselors give one-on-one advice and assistance with filling out financial aid applications, interviews with financial advisors, and represent more than 50 universities in California and Mexico. The event is meant to educate middle to high school students about the opportunities in obtaining higher education, as well as helping their parents navigate the system in a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.

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UC Davis Mexico Initiatives

Student Organizations Chicano and Latino Engineers and Scientists Society (CALESS) Provides academic and moral support to members through social activities and study groups.

Chicanos in Health Education (CHE) CHE was originally founded in 1972 as a result of an increased awareness and desire by students, the community, and the AAMC (American Association of Medical Colleges) to increase the number of Chicano/ Latino students interested in pursuing careers in the health field. CHE continues this tradition by encouraging underrepresented students to pursue a graduate level education while also giving back to underserved communities. The organization educates members on issues of medicine, culture, social and political issues, and application processes.

Clinica Tepati (CT) Clinica Tepati is a UC Davis student run organization that aims to provide free medical care to the underserved populations of the greater Sacramento area. More specifically, Tepati targets the uninsured Latino community.

Danzantes del Alma Danzantes del Alma is the highly acclaimed folklórico dance troupe that has served UC Davis and northern California since 1977. Presenting a diverse repertoire from the many regions of Mexico, these volunteer student dancers from all academic majors share a common desire to celebrate Mexican and Latino culture through dance.

Hermanos Macehual A Latino student group that provides academic and social support to UC Davis students.

La Conciencia de UC Davis (La Conciencia) La Conciencia is a media outlet for the student of color experience. It is a platform for students to promote ideas based on educational, political, social and other intersectional issues. La Conciencia provides a sustainable space for creativity and critical consciousness to thrive, filling the void at UC Davis for our voice to be heard. A radical knowledge hub of inclusive spaces to empower the voices, identities and thoughts of the spectrum of identities within POC communities, inspired by our on-campus hxstory of La Onda Xicana, La Palabra and the Third World Forum.

La Raza Law Student Association (LRLSA) La Raza Law Students Association at King Hall is dedicated to increasing the numbers of Chicanos and Latinos in law schools and the law profession throughout the region. They strongly encourage more Raza students to consider a career in law to fill a need for talented advocates in the field, and to empower communities to create positive social change.

Latino Fellowship Committed to developing Latino leaders who serve the campus community with the love of Jesus Christ as they explore God, faith and the experiences of our people.

Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) A network of students, alumni, and health professionals who are interested in the health and well-being of the Latino community, dedicated to providing social, academic, and professional support for Latino students and empowering

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Student Organizations students through mentorship. LMSA is committed to increasing cultural awareness within the medical school community. LMSA was founded in 1986 to increase the number of Latinos and other underrepresented students in medical schools throughout the country.

Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A) A student organization that promotes higher education, cultural, and historia. MECha was founded on the principles of self determination for the liberation of our people. We believe that political involvement and education is the avenue for change in our society. For current contact information, visit the Center for Student Involvement website.

Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), UC Davis Campus Chapter An organization for Chicanas, Latinas, and Indigenous Women of the Americas working in academia.

Mujeres Ayudando la Raza (MAR) A support network for the Chicana/Latina students of UC Davis.

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences The UC Davis SACNAS student chapter enhances year-round mentorship and networking opportunities to support their development as scientists and science leaders.

Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians. SNMA programs are designed to serve the health needs of underserved communities and communities of color. In addition, SNMA is dedicated both to ensuring that medical education and services are culturally sensitive to the needs of diverse populations and to increasing the number of African-American, Latino, and other students of color entering and completing medical school.

Undergraduate Diversity and Inclusion in Physics (UDIP) Undergraduate physics students dedicated to attaining representation that reflects the American population with the goal of bettering the physics community through: community outreach, collaboration with educators, mentorship and building leadership skills, increased access to resources, management of work/life balance, mental health awareness, sexual harassment awareness and how to deal with/limit Imposter Syndrome.

Greek Life: Latina/o Interest Alpha Pi Sigma Gamma Zeta Alpha Lambda Theta Alpha Lambda Theta Nu Lambda Theta Phi

Nu Alpha Kappa Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Lambda Gamma Sigma Omega Nu Sigma Pi Alpha

Greek Life: Multicultural Interest Delta Xi Phi Sorority Sigma Alpha Zeta Sorority

Lambda Sigma Gamma Sorority

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Student and Scholar Mobility Students and Scholars from Mexico 51 UC Davis Students from Mexico

Engineering, 9

Fall 2019

2019-20

5 Undergraduate and 34 Graduate Students 12 OTHER (Non-degree/Optional Practical

12 Major Fields of Specialization

Training)

TOP FIELDS OF STUDY Physical & Life Sciences, 25 Social Sciences, 11

TOP MAJOR FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Agriculture, Agriculture Operations & Related Sciences, 11 Biological & Biomedical Sciences, 8 Health Professions & Related Programs, 4 Mathematics and Statistics, 2

U.S. State Department Programs Fulbright U.S. Scholars to Mexico Erin Hamilton, Sociology

Host Institution: National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City

2018-19

Area of Specialization: Chemistry

Host Institution: El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City

Project: Copper-Protein Interactions in the Brain: Disentangling Functional vs. Neurotoxic Effects Related to Alzheimer's Disease

Area of Specialization: Sociology Project: The Impact of Migration on Environment and Labor Conditions in Agro-Export Mexican Agriculture

Richard Mines, Agricultural and Resource Economics 2012-13 Host Institution: Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIEASOccidente), Guadalajara, Mexico Area of Specialization: Economics Project: The Impact of Migration on Environment and Labor Conditions in Agro-Export Mexican Agriculture

Stefano Varese, Native American Studies 2010-11 Host Institution: National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City Area of Specialization: Anthropology Project: Political Economy and Agricultural Ecology of Production in Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Communities of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca, Mexico

Juana Alicia Montoya, Chicano Studies 2006-07

Richard Sayler, Chemistry 2019-20

Host Institution: Escuela Superior de Arte de Yucatán (ESAY), Mérida Area of Specialization: Art Project: Visiting Professor in Mural Arts/Painting

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Student and Scholar Mobility Fulbright Visiting Scholars from Mexico José Fernando Calderón 2000-01 Home Institution: Institute for Veterinary Science Research, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali Host: UC Davis Animal Science Project: Design of a Mathematical Model to Predict Starch Digestibility of Feed Grains

Hugh Drummond Durey 1998-99 Home Institution: Institute of Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Host: UC Davis Evolution and Ecology Project: Visiting Scholar

Román Gerardo Fernández Aldecoa 2018-19 Home Institution: Center of Scientific Investigation and Advanced Studied of Ensenada Host: UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory Project: Distribution and Supply of Meroplanktonic larvae in the Bay of Todos Santos: The Role of Internal Tides in its Spatial Variation

Javier López Baltazar 2010-11 Home Institution: Instituto Tecnologico del Valle de Oaxaca

Miguel Ángel Martínez-Gamino 2001-02 Home Institution: National Institute for Forest, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP), San Luis Potosi Host: UC Davis Vegetable Crops and Weed Science Project: Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems

Fulbright Visiting Students from Mexico Carolina Medina Graciano 2018-19 Home Institution: Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi Specialization: Mathematics

Héctor Mauricio Núñez Amortegui 2019-20 Home Institution: Center of Investigation and Economical Teaching A.C., Aguascalientes Specialization: Energy Economics

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Mexico Itzel Morales Lagunes 2016-17 Climate Leader Engagement Coordinator at Climate Reality Mexico & LATAM

Host: UC Davis Plant Sciences

Ana Rodríguez Lepure

Project: Transcription Factor Regulation of Tomato Fruit Chloroplast

2010-11 Environmental Researcher for El colegio de la Frontera Norte

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Visits and Agreements Delegation to Mexico led by Chancellor Gary S. May 2018 State Government of Aguascalientes State Government of Guanajuato State Government of San Luis Potosí Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes Universidad de Guanajuato Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi

Delegations to Mexico led by Global Affairs 2018 La Casa de la Universidad de California en México Universidad de Guadalajara

2017 Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Selected Institutional Delegations from Mexico 2020 Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2019 Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

2018 Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México Ministry of Agricultural Development, Baja California Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP)

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Visits and Agreements 2017 State Government of Aguascalientes State Government of Guanajuato

2016 Sitek - Sustainable Integrated Technologies Galvanizadora Tijuana S.S. de C.V. Undersecretary of Energy, Mexico

2015 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Tecnológico Nacional de México University of Guanajuato

Institutional Agreements of Cooperation El Colegio de la Frontera Norte A.C. Renewed in 2020 UC Davis Faculty Contact: Robert Irwin - Spanish and Portuguese - rmirwin@ucdavis.edu International Institution Leader: Dr. Alberto Hernández Hernández, President International Faculty Contact: Magarita Valencia Triana Expiration Date: 09/10/24

Universidad de Guanajuato Signed in 2018 UC Davis Faculty Contact: Valeria La Saponara – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering International Institution Leader: Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, General Rector International Faculty Contact: Elias Ledesma Expiration Date: 11/07/22

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Global Recognition In 2020, the University of California, Davis, was named as the only university to earn the 2020 Platinum Institutional Award for Global Learning, Research and Engagement from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), and was named one of only four U.S. universities and the only comprehensive research university to receive the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Campus Internationalization from NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

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