Biography

Academic Positions

• Present2025

  Professor

  University of Houston, Department of Political Science

• Present2023

  Executive Director Population Health Collaborative

  University of Houston, UH Population Health

• 20252015

  Associate Professor

  University of Houston, Department of Political Science

• 20222018

  Associate Director

  University of Houston, Center for Mexican American Studies

• 20212020

  President

  University of Houston, Faculty Senate

• 20152008

  Assistant Professor

  University of Houston, Department of Political Science

• 20082007

  Resident Scholar

  University of Houston, Center for Mexican American Studies

Education & Training

• Ph.D. 2007

  Ph.D. in Political Science

  Columbia University

• M.Phil 2006

  M. Phil. in Political Science

  Columbia University

• M.A. 2003

  M.A. in Public Administration

  Columbia University

• B.A. 1997

  Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

  Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico City

• Diploma 1996

  Diploma in Government and Public Policy

  Universidad Iberoamericana, México City

• Diploma 1995

  Diploma in Religions of the World

  Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), México City

Fellowships & Grants

• 2025
  NIH AIM-AHEAD Grant - Public-Private Partnership to Improve Population Health Using AI/ML (PI)
• 2025
  Houston Endowment Grant Turnout in Houston (CO-I)
• 2006-2014
  United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY

• 2011
  Americas Society, New York, NY
• 2010
  New Faculty Research Grant, University of Houston
• 2006-2007
  ISERP Graduate Fellow, Columbia University
• 2005-2006
  Schiff Fellow, Columbia University
• Summer 2005
  GIS Fellow, Columbia University
• 2005
  Beca Complemento Secretaria de Educacion Publica
• 2003-2005
  Faculty Fellow, Columbia University