Oct.

10, 2010

OLGA MAGDALENA LAZIN

UCLA VISITING SCHOLAR, 2006-2012

UCLA POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, 2001-2006

PROFMEX DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE STUDIES

PROFMEX (Worldwide Consortium for Research) Tel. (310) 208 2244

www.profmex.org

440 Veteran Ave, Suite 207

Los Angeles, CA 90024
E-mail: olazin@ucla.edu & drlazin@verizon.net
Cell: (310) 488 0061

Citizenship: USA & Romanian

Education

2009 - Visiting Researcher Fellow at UCLA, Education in Grand Los Angeles

2005 Post-Doc Fellow, Latin-American Studies & Education
2001 Ph.D. in History, UCLA
1996 M.A. in History, UCLA
1990 B.A. in Philology, Boljay University

Book (Sole author):

La Globalización Se Descentraliza:
Libre Mercado, Fundaciones, Sociedad Cívica y Gobierno Civil
(Guadalajara, Los Ángeles, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, UCLA
Program on Mexico, PROFMEX/World, Casa Juan Pablos Cultural,
2008)

Book (Joint author):

La globalizacíon se amplifica: Lados brillantes y oscuros de los nexos globales.

(Guadalajara, Los Ángeles, México: Universidad de Guadalajara,
UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX/World, Casa Juan Pablos Cultural, forthcoming 2010).
Por Olga Magdalena Lazín y James W. Wilkie.
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Professional Service:

PROFMEX (Worldwide Consortium for Research) R & D Director, 2008 to present

2008 -- Director, Worldwide Research and Teaching at UCLA, Program

on Mexico

2004 Program Coordinator, PROFMEX Initiative to Develop Teaching and

` Research on North America at the University of Baja California, Tijuana

1997—Editor-in-Chief, PROFMEX Web Journal, Mexico and the World

<www.profmex.org>

1994-- PROFMEX Director, NAFTA-European Studies, new programs

1991-1992 PROFMEX Director, European Integration Studies

1989-- Programs Director for Modern Latin American Studies

1995-1999 UCLA Program on Mexico, Director of Globalization Studies

Articles & Book reviews:

2010 Lydia's Open Door: Inside Mexico's Most Modern Brothel, University of California
Press, by Patty Kelly, 2008. In H_NET Reviews on books upon Latin America.

2009 Women’s Issues & Reproduction Rights (http://www.olgalazin.net/articles)

2006 Sole Author:

“Revising Wilkie’s Concept of Greater Mexican Los Angeles “
(Bounded by Oxnard-Ventura, Riverside, and Tijuana-Ensenada).
Mexico and the World, 10:5 (Fall 2006) forthcoming

2004a Sole Author:

"La carrera mundial hacia los bloques de libre comercio”, pp. 34-57 en
Globalización y Cambio Tecnológico: México en el Nuevo Ciclo Industrial
Mundial, Eds. Alejandro Dabat, Miguel Ángel Rivera Ríos y James W.
Wilkie (México, D.F., Guadalajara, Los Ángeles: Universidad de Guadalajara,
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UCLA Program on Mexico,

PROFMEX / Juan Pablos Editor, 2004). [See also 2003.]

2003 Sole Author:

"La carrera mundial hacia los bloques de libre comercio”, en
Publicationes de UNAM, Número 24, pp. 8-20. [See also 2004a]

2001b Sole Author:

“Rise Of The U.S. Decentralized Model For Philanthropy: George Soros’
Open Society and National Foundations In Eastern Europe,”
Mexico and the World 6:1 (Winter 2001),
http://www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume6/1winter01/01lazin1.htm

2001a Sole Author:

“History and Components of Globalization,” Statistical Abstract of Latin
America 37 (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications),
pp. xxiv-xxvii.

2000 Sole Author

Book Review: “Joseph Love; Crafting the Third World: Theorizing
Under-development in Romania and Brazil.” (Stanford University
Press, 1996), in Mexico and the World 5:2, web reprint in Mexico and the
World
<www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume5/2spring00/00Lazin1.htm>.
[See also 1999.]

1999c Sole Author:

Book Review: “Joseph Love; Crafting the Third World: Theorizing
Under-development in Romania and Brazil.” (Stanford University
Press, 1996), also in UCLA Historical Journal Vol. 19, pp. 89 to 93.
[See also 2000.]

1999b Sole Author:

“Mexico and Romania Compared,” in Mexico and the World,
edited by James W. Wilkie (México, D.F.: PROFMEX-ANUIES),
pp. 206-233. Also in Web Journal Mexico and the World 6:1
<www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume6/1winter01/01lazin1.htm>

1999a Joint Author:

"Globalización Fast-Track y el Surgimiento de Áreas de Libre
Comercio (ALC) y Corporaciones Transglobales (CTG) Virtuales", pp. 307-359
en México Frente a la Modernización de China, ed. Oscar M. González Cuevas
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(México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Azcapotzalco). Co-

authored with James W. Wilkie.

1996b Sole Author:

“Bloques Emergentes de Comercio Internacional:
Comparación Entre el Área de Libre Comercio de América del
Norte y la Unión Europea,” Carta Económica Regional,
Universidad de Guadalajara, No. 48, May-June, pp. 29-36.

1996a Joint Author:

“Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas,”
Mexico & the World, Vol. 31, Part 2 (Fall 1996).
Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1994 and 1995a.]
<www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume1/4fall96/mexico_nafta_freetrade.htm>

1995b Sole Author:

“NAFTA and The European Union Compared,” Statistical Abstract of Latin
America, Vol. 31, Part 2, pp. 1205-1230;
Reprinted in Web Journal Mexico & the World 2.2 (1997)
<www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/webjournal.htm>.

1995a Joint Author:

“México Como Punta de Lanza para el Libre Comercio en las Américas,” pp. 47-
112 en Ajustes y Desajustes Regionales, eds. Jesús Arroyo Alejandre y David E.
Lorey (Guadalajara y Los Angeles: University of Guadalajara, UCLA Program
on Mexico). Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1994 and 1996a.]

1994 Joint Author:

“Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas,” pp. 1173-1203. in
Statistical Abstract of Latin America, Vol. 31:2,
Co-author James W. Wilkie. [See also 1995a and 1996a.]

1985b Sole Author:

“Originality and Stereotypes,” Nord, Baia Mare University, Romania, Jan, p.
3.

1985a Sole Author:

“Confessions,” in Romanian, Nord, Baia Mare University,
Department of Philology & Literature, Romania, January 1, pp. 4 to 19.
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Teaching Experience: Lecturer of History:

2010 UCLA Ext: Latin American Issues and Globalization, Spring Semester

2009 UCLA, History Department, History 161, Mexican History Since Porfirio Diaz.

2008, University of Tijuana: Mexico Frente a la Globalización, History Department.

UAT., Winter Semester.

2007 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills,

The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective.
Hist. 301.1, Spring

2006 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills,

The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective.
Hist. 301.1, Spring and Fall 2006

2005 Cal State University, Dominguez Hills

The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective.
Hist. 301.4, Winter Semester

2005 West Los Angeles College

Mexican-American History in the History of the United States Since 1863
History 44, Summer Session

2005 Calif. State University Dominguez Hills

The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective
History 301.4, Spring Semester, and Fall Semester, Hist 301.4.

2005 Cal State University, Long Beach

Women in Global Perspective
Women Studies, Winter Semester

2004 Calif. State University Dominguez Hills

The Individual, Family, and Community in Historical Perspective
History 301.4, Fall Semester

2004 UCLA,
Mexican Film Since 2000
History 170C, Summer Session
Co-taught with James Wilkie

2004 UCLA
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Elitelore and Cinemalore in the 20th Century

"Hollywood's Mexico,” History 169, Winter Quarter

2004 El Camino College,

History of Mexico
History 19, Spring Semester

2004 Cerritos College,

History of the United States and Its Constitution,
History 101 (Two Sections), Spring Semester

2003 Cerritos College,

History of the United States and Its Constitution,
History 101 (Two Sections), Fall Semester

2003 UCLA,
The Mexican Films of Luis Buñuel,
History XLC 170A, Summer Session

2003 UCLA Extension

Issues in Latin American History: Globalization Since 1492,
History XL 170C, Summer Quarter

2003 UCLA Extension

Mexican Film History
History 170C, Spring Quarter
My Invited Guest: Alejandro Pelayo, Cultural Attaché of Mexico

2002 California State University, Domínguez Hills

The Individual, Family and Community in Historical Perspective:
History 301.1, Fall Semester
Spring Semester
Summer Session

2002 California State University, Domínguez Hills

History of the World,
History 121, Summer Session

2002 Santa Monica College.

The Mexican Revolution Since 1910
History 19, Spring Semester.

2002 California State University, Domínguez Hills

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Women and Globalization

Women’s Studies 401-I, Spring Semester

2002 California State University, Long Beach

World History Since 1500,
History 212, Spring Semester

2001 Santa Monica College

The Mexican Revolution Since 1910
Fall Semester

2001 California State University, Domínguez Hills

Women in World History,
History 380, Fall Semester

2000 Santa Monica College

History of Mexico
Summer Quarter

2000 Santa Monica College,

History of Latin America
Summer Quarter

1999 Cerritos College

History of the Americas,
History 8.1, Winter Quarter

1999 UCLA
Many Images of Mexico
History 171, Spring Quarter
Co-taught with James W. Wilkie

UCLA Course Teaching Assistant: Department of History

2009 Women in Maquiladoras; Equity Pay

1999 Colonial Mexico (8A)
1999 Classic Travel Accounts of Latin America (History 170C)
1997-1998 Historical Statistics of Latin America (Graduate: 268A-B)
1995 Elitelore and Folklore (History 169)
1994 Leaders in World Development (169)
1993.1994 Latin American Film and Society (170A)
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Course Readers Edited

2010 Women in Mexican Cinema: Hist. 160

2009 –Elitelore and Folklore in Latin America: History 161

2004 “Viva Zapata The Film and the Debate”, Winter 2004

2003 “Mexico’s Film History,” UCLA

2002 “Multiculturalism and Los Angeles,” Cal State Domínguez Hills.

2002 “Women in International Advocacy Movements: Globalizing

Women in History” California State University, Domínguez Hills

1999 “Frontiers in Elitelore,” UCLA

1994 “Issues in Elitelore and Folklore,” UCLA

1995

Research Travel Awards from UCLA International

2009 The Feminist Majority Foundation: Speaker on the Fragile Promise of

Choice in the U.S. and Mexico City. July 14-15.

1999-2001 “Reconstructing the Legal Framework For Civil Society in

Romania: The Mexican Model."

1997-1998 “Women Issues and Civil Society in Mexico”

1996 “Latin America and Eastern Europe Compared”

Conferences, Seminars, Lectures, and Professional Activities

2010 UCLA Conference, School of Law, “Reproductive Justice in U.S. and Mexico:
Is Machismo Winning?, March 12-15th, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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2009 Mexico and Globalization, Paper UNAM, Mexico D.F., January 25, Mexico
Frente a la Globalización.

2007- Universidad Michoacana, Panelist “Greater Los Angeles and The Digital Coasts
of California”, September 27, Morelia, Mexico. Organizer

2006 UCLA-State of Quintana Roo-Instituto de Administración Pública, Conference on

“Innovative Practices of State Governments in Mexico, Cancún, December 21-23.
Paper: “Improving the Historical Amparo System”

2006 University of Baja California, Tijuana, two-day seminar, Aug 25-25,

“The European Union as Broadly-Based Historical Model Compared to
the Narrowly-Based U.S. Free Trade Agreements.”
(The EU provides for migration as well as worker and student mobility—
provisions absent in NAFTA, a mere trade agreement)

2005 National University of Mexico, Mexico City, December 13

Invited Lecture: “Historical Theory and Oral History Methods.”

2004 University of Guadalajara, three-day seminar, April 26-27,

“The Long Collapse of Europe’s Communist Dictatorships--
First-Hand View and Continuing Research in Eastern Europe.”

2003b PROFMEX Seminar:

“Mexico’s Two Green Revolutions”
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, December 15

2003a American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 3

Session 19. Modern Medicine, Science, and Technology in the Developing
World, “Health, Education, and Communications in Latin America, 1940–2000”

2002c UCLA-UNAM Conference on Human Rights:

Paper: “Mexican Migrants in the USA and Human Rights Issues in
Latin America,” November 12, Dashew Center

2002b IEEE (Communications, Computers and Electronic Engineering)

Conference IEEE, Acapulco, paper on “The Social Impact of
E-Networking in a Globalized World,” Acapulco, October 1-6,

2002a Southwest Feminist Leadership Institute,

Chair, "International Family Planning and the Global Gag Rule,"
Los Angeles, March 1
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2001b International Education Association

Conference on Latin American Literature and Education,
Paper: “The Challenge of Globalization, Civil Society in
Latin America and Canada.” Mexico City, June 17-24

2001c Conference on “Urban Poverty Worldwide,” Toluca, State of Mexico,

November 6-9, Paper: “Women in the Labor Force: Mexican Women Laborers
in Maquiladoras”

2001a PROFMEX Conference on Immigration Policy, UCLA, Los Angeles.

“Social Security Totalization Project Advancements”, Jan. 15th.

2000c PROFMEX-UCLA Conference on Mexico and Public Policy,

Paper: “Mexico’s Free Trade Agreements a Lichpin for Development” Morelia,
Michoacán, Mexico, Sept. 14– 23.
TV Interview: Noticiero Canal 13, Televisa National Program
Mexico/USA coverage September 19-25

2000b Conference Organizer Technological Knowledge and Women’s

Role in the Global Advocacy Networking,” UCLA, June 4

2000a PROFMEX-UCLA Conference Organizing Committee,

“Mexico and Public Policy,” Morelia, State of Michoacán,

1999d UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture,

Paper: "Globalization of Civil Society:
"The Open Society Fund in East-Central Europe–International Philanthropy"
October 16

1999c PROFMEX-Guanajuato Conference on Innovative Ideas for Mexico’s

Development, Paper “The Role of Transnational NGOs in Developing Civil
Society in Mexico,” Guanajuato City, April 14-19.

1999b U.S. Small Business Association Seminar at UCLA:

Chair, “Globalization and Romania's Transylvanian Region,” July 7.

1999a American-Romanian Academy

Paper: “International Advocacy Networks From Local to Global”, University of
Oradea, Romania, March 15-20.

1988b Roundtable Organizer: “Globalization and Romania’s Translyvanian Region

(Planning
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without Reliable Data), UCLA, July 7. (Co=Organizer with James Wilkie.)

1998a Conference Organizer: “The Latina Woman in Film,”

UCLA, May 1998.

1997d PROFMEX-ANUIES Conference

Paper: “Mexico and the World,” Morelia, State of Michoacán,
December 8-15
www.profmex.com //mexworld/issue6/art1

1997c Romanian Civic Academy Conference on Rebuilding Civil Society,

Paper: “The Deliberate Distraction of Romania’s Civil Society after 1947
by the Ceausescu Dictatorship," Sighet, Maramures, Romania, June 22

1997b Romanian Academy Conference,

Paper: “Civic Society and the Transfer of the Mexican-U.S. Model
to Romania,” Cluj Napoca, Romania, June 15,

1997a PROFMEX-ANUIES Conference Organizing Committee,

“Mexico and the World,” Morelia, State of Michoacán,
December 8-15. Paper presentation: “Regional development and Tourism in
Mexico.”

1996b UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture,

Paper: "Civil Society and the Mexican Adaptation
of the U.S. Philanthropic Model," October 16

1996a UCLA Colloquium on Romania,

Paper: “The Emerging Mexican Informational Infrastructure,” June 17

1994c Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute, Invitee as International

Observer of the Mexican Presidential Election, Mexico City,
August 19-22 (Zedillo).

1995b PROFMEX Policy Seminar for Managing the Greater El Paso-

Ciudad Juárez Metropolitan Area,
Paper: “Simplifying U.S.-Mexican Visas,” El Paso, March 14-15.

1995a The American-Romanian Academy of Science Annual Meeting,

Moderator: “Session on Culture"
Paper: “Orwell's ‘1984’ and Life Under ‘Big Brothers’ Stalin & Ceausescu,”
University of Reno, January 12-17
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1994 University of Guadalajara,

Lecture: “From European Community to European Union”
October 13

1994 Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office, Budapest, September

1993-- Organizer, NPPOs GLOBAL-Program for Legally Facilitating the Flow

of U.S. - Based Tax Exempt Funds to Not-For-Private-Profit
Organizations Worldwide. Conferences held in:

Belgium, Hungary, Romania, 1998

Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, 1994
France, Russia, Spain, 1993

1994b PROFMEX Conference on Experiences of De-statification

Paper: “NAFTA and EU Compared,” Mexico City, August 23, 1994

1994a Romanian Internet Learning Workshop.

Paper: “Ironies and Complexities of Redefining Civil Society In East-Central
Europe.” Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, April 29

1993b Mexico City University (UAM-A),

Lecture: “Accelerating the Education of Young Women in Mexico:
A Development Imperative,” September 18

1993a Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office at the Institute

of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
June 15-26.

1992 Director NAFTA - European Integration Studies, based in

France and Mexico, February 20-December 15.

1992 Chief of Mission, Establishment of PROFMEX Office, Paris and Bordeaux,

Moscow (Russia) in April.

1991 PROFMEX Organizer, “Mission to Analyze De-statification in

Eastern Europe,” September 15 – October 12.

Memberships:

AAUP 2005—
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American Historical Association 1998--

FEMU –Mexican Federation of University Women, 2003--

The Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), 2002 --

California Faculty Association, Latino Caucus, 2001—

CSUDH Lecturer’s Representative, 2004--

UCLA Alumni Association, Life Member, 2001--

Holmby Park Advisory Board, Beverly Hills, 2001--

Northern California Translators Association (NCTA), 2000--

Feminist Majority Foundation (Founder, Feminist Alliance, UCLA Chapter), 2000--

Conference on Latin American History (CLAH), 1998 –

PROFMEX–Consortium for Research on Mexico

Board of Directors, 1997—

Languages Spoken and Written: Freelance translations from:

English speak, read, write

Romanian speak, read, write
Spanish speak, read, write
French speak, read, write
Latin read, write
Italian speak, read, write
Hungarian speak, read, write

Research Travel by World Region and Country_______

Europe Americas

Austria: 1991 Canada: 1992, 1995

Belgium: 1995 Costa Rica: 1999
Bulgaria: 1992 Guatemala: 1999
Czech Republic: 2006 Mexico: 1992--
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France: 1991-1992
USA: October 1992--
Hungary: 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003--
Romania: 1992--
Russia: June 1993
Spain: March 1992
Switzerland: June-July 1994
Turkey: July 2000
UK (England): 2001, 2006
(Scotland): 2006

References

Elena Chiriac, Manager

512 Veteran Ave
L.A., Ca 90024
31 824 5077

James W. Wilkie, UCLA Professor of History and Globalization

Chair, UCLA Program on Mexico, 6299 Bunche Hall, L.A. 90095
President, PROFMEX
1242 Lachman Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272
Tel. cell (310) 454-8812, office 206-8500,
E-mail: james.wilkie@att.net

Iván T. Berend, UCLA Professor of East Central European History

Director, UCLA Center for Eastern Europe and Russian Studies
UCLA, 6343 Bunche Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel. (310) 825 1178
E-mail: iberend @history.ucla.edu

Jesús Arroyo Alejandre, Professor of Economics and Rector

University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Tel: (011-52-33) 36-33-54-45
E-mail: jesusarr@cucea.udg.mx

Nadima Simón Domínguez, Professor

UNAM, Facultad de Contaduria y Administración, Div. Investigación
Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico D.F.
Cell: 01 (52) 55 54 14 98 71
Tel: (011-52-5622-8465
Home address: Ingenieros Petroleros 72
E-mail: nadimasimon@hotmail.com
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Ronald E. Hellman, CUNY Professor of Sociology

Director, CUNY Center for Science and Society in the Americas
City University of New York
365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016
Tel. (516) 477-4011
rhellman@suffolk.lib.ny.us

Professor Adriana Baban

Department of Psychology
Babes-Bolyaj University
400015 Republicii 37
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Tel/Fax: 40.264.599402
email: adrianababan@psychology.ro

Alejandro Mungaray
Rector,
University of Baja California
Mexicali, BC, Mexico
Alejandro <Mungaray@uabc.mx>

Richard Weiss, UCLA Professor of U.S. History

UCLA Bunche Hall 7256, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Tel. (310) 825 1779
E-mail: rweiss@history.ucla.edu

Ana Torres-Bower, Professor of Philosophy

Former Dean of Social Sciences
Cerritos College
11110 Alondra Blvd.
Norwalk, CA 90650
Tel: (562) 860-2451 Ext. 2778
TorresBower@cerritos.edu

Fields

 International History  Diplomatic History

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 Modern Latin American History  Colonial/Imperial History (Spanish and

Portuguese Empires)

Specialties

 Globalization  The Green Revolution

 Development – Growth of Civil  Science and Technology

Society and NGOs

 Development – International  International Economic Relations

Trade and Economic Relations

My research and teaching interests focus on development and technology transfers from 1450 through the
present day.  I am particularly interested in understanding global trends and how they promote continuity and
change. I am currently working on a book about how trade and technology have changed human food sources.