Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• "Modernización del TLCAN y sus implicaciones para el desarrollo de la Economía Mexicana," co-authored with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Isabel Salat, and Joaquín Sanchez, Revista de Economía Mexicana, Anuario UNAM, Año 3, núm. 3, 2018, 249-298.
• "Trumping the NAFTA Renegotiation: An Alternative Policy Framework for Mexican-US Cooperation and Economic Convergence," co-authored with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Isabel Salat, Real World Economics Review, no. 82 (December 2017), 94-121.
• "The Debate over 'Thirlwall's Law': Balance-of-Payments-Constrained Growth Reconsidered," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, vol. 13, no. 3 (December 2016), pp. 275-290.
• "Wage-led versus Profit-led Demand Regimes: The Long and the Short of It," Review of Keynesian Economics, vol. 4, no. 4 (2016).
• "The US Economy Since the Crisis: Slow Recovery and Secular Stagnation," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, vol. 13, no. 2 (2016), pp. 203-214.
• "Finance, Distribution, and the Role of Government: Heterodox Perspectives for Understanding the Crisis," Studies in Political Economy, vol. 97, no. 1 (2016), pp.76-86.
• "Structural Change, the Real Exchange Rate and the Balance of Payments in Mexico, 1960-2012," co-authored with Carlos A. Ibarra. Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 40, no. 2 (March 2016), pp. 507-539.
• "The Mexican and U.S. Economies after Twenty Years of NAFTA," International Journal of Political Economy, vol. 43, no. 2 (Summer 2014), pp. 5-26.
• Economic Stagnation in the United States: Underlying Causes and Global Consequences. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (Revista de Economia Politica), vol. 34, no. 4 (October-December 2014), pp. 689-725.
• "Trade Liberalization and the Balance of Payments Constraint with Intermediate Imports: The Case of Mexico Revisited," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol. 25, no. 1 (June 2013), pp. 33-47.
• "Stolper-Samuelson Revisited: Trade and Distribution with Oligopolistic Profits," Metroeconomica, vol. 63, no. 3 (July 2012), pp. 569-598.
• "NAFTA, Trade and Development," (co-authored with Gerardo Esquivel), CESifo Forum (2010/4), pp. 17-30.
• “Davidson on Keynes: The Open Economy Dimension,” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, vol. 32, no. 1 (Fall 2009), pp. 19-41.
• “External Shocks, Structural Change, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1979-2007,” World Development, vol. 37, no. 7 (July 2009), pp. 1274–1284.
• “Developing Country Exports of Manufactures: Moving Up the Ladder to Escape the Fallacy of Composition” (co-authored with Arslan Razmi), Journal of Development Studies, vol. 44, no. 1 (January 2008), pp. 21-48.
• “The  Fallacy of Composition and Contractionary Devaluations: Output Effects  of Real Exchange Rate Shocks in Semi-Industrialised Countries” (co-authored with Arslan Razmi), Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 32, no. 1 (January 2008), pp. 83-109.
• “The Economic Consequences of Dollar Appreciation for U.S. Manufacturing Profits and Investment: A Time-Series Analysis,” International Review of Applied Economics, vol.21, no. 4 (September 2007), pp. 491-517.  Unpublished Statistical Appendix

Book Chapters

• “International Trade and Development,” in Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi, eds., An Introduction to Macroeconomics: A Heterodox Approach to Economic Analysis, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2016, pp. 259-281.
• "Integration, Productivity, and Inclusion in Mexico: A Macro Perspective," in Alejandro Foxley and Barbara Stallings, eds., Innovation and Inclusion in Latin America: Strategies to Avoid the Middle Income Trap, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp. 175-204.
• "Integracion, Productividad e Inclusion en Mexico: Perspectiva Macroeconomica," in Alejandro Foxley and Barbara Stallings, eds., Economias Latinoamericanas: Como Avanzar Mas Alla del Ingreso Medio, Santiago, Chile: CIEPLAN, 2014, pp. 343-390.  Published in Spanish.
• “Would a North American Monetary Union Protect Canada and Mexico Against the Ravages of ‘Dutch Disease’? A Post-Financial Crisis Perspective” (co-authored with Mario Seccareccia), in Gerald Epstein, Thomas Schlesinger, and Matías Vernengo, eds., Banking, Monetary Policy and the Political Economy of Financial  Regulation: Essays in the Tradition of Jane D’Arista, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2014.
• "Long-Run Growth in Open Economies: Export-Led Cumulative Causation or a Balance-of-Payments Constraint?" in Handbook of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. I, edited by Geoffrey Harcourt and Peter Kriesler. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
• “Global Imbalances and the U.S. Trade Deficit,” in After the Great Recession: The Struggle for Economic Recovery and Growth, edited by Barry Z. Cynamon, Steven M. Fazzari, and Mark Setterfield. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
• "Trade and the Development Gap" (co-authored with Gerardo Esquivel), in Mexico and the United States: The Politics of Partnership, edited by Peter H. Smith and Andrew Selee. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013.
• "Open Economy Models of Growth and Distribution," in A Modern Guide to Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Policies, edited by Eckhard Hein and Engelbert Stockhammer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011.  Mathematical Appendix
• “Comercio, Empleo y Distribución: Efectos de la Integración Regional y Global,” in Los Grandes Problemas de México, vol. IX, Crecimiento Económico y Equidad, edited by Nora Lustig. Mexico City: El Colegio de México, 2010, pp. 175-214.  (in Spanish)
• "Export-Led Growth, Real Exchange Rates, and the Fallacy of Composition" (co-authored with Arslan Razmi), in The Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth, edited by Mark Setterfield. Cheltenham,UK: Edward Elgar, 2010, pp. 379-96.

 Most recent books:

 2016    American Anthropological Association (AAA) Association for Queer Anthropologists, Winner, Ruth Benedict Book Prize, Outstanding Edited Volume, for Queer Brown Voices (Texas, 2015)

2011    Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Alternate

2010    The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, A Division of the Institute of International Education.

                            City/Country: Bogotá, Colombia    

                            University: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

2010    American Sociological Association (ASA) Sociology of Sexualities Section, Winner, Best Book Award, for The Sexuality of Migration. (NYU, 2009)

2010    Honorable mention, Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Latino Studies Section, for The Sexuality of Migration. (NYU, 2009)

2010    LASA, Sexualities Studies Section, Winner, Carlos Monsiváis Best Social Science Academic Essay, for “Revisiting Activos and Pasivos: Towards New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire.” in Latina/o Sexualities. (Rutgers, 2010)

2009    Faculty Award. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center, AU.

2008    Distinguished Faculty (single faculty award, University wide), Multicultural Affairs/           International Student and Scholar Services, American University

2006    Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) of the City University of New York.            Paul Monette-Roger Horowitz Dissertation Award.

2005    Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Proposal Award.

2004-5 Society for the Study of Social Problems Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship 2004-5 American Sociological Association (ASA), Sociology of Sexualities Section,                                   Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Fellowship

2003-4 Social Science Research Council, Sexuality Research Fellowship Program, Dissertation Research Fellow

2004    ASA Race & Ethnic Minorities Section, James E. Blackwell student paper, honorary mention: “On being a white person of color: using autoethnography to understand Puerto Ricans’ racialization” (published in the journal Qualitative Sociology)

2002    ASA Sociology of Sexualities Section, student paper, winner: Sexuality, gender, and race: LGBTs at the crossroads of Santería religious practices and beliefs

2002    Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Student Research Grants 

Media Appearances

Interview with Federal News Radio's Tom Temlin The Federal Drive, "Understanding the role of management in cybersecurity," October 17, 2016. Read more.