Tequila Talk with Denise Dresser. The Need for Reform in Mexico

January 20, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
A joint event with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD

Denise Dresser is a full-time professor of political science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and has been a visiting researcher since 1999 at the Pacific Council on International Policy, where she directed the “North American Futures” Project. Dresser has been a visiting research fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, and a senior visiting fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington D.C. She has also been an instructor at the University of California-Berkeley and Georgetown University.

Dresser is an accomplished author on themes ranging from democracy to PRI dominance, from economics to poverty alleviation and neopopulist solutions to neoliberal problems. She is the author of several books including, “What Every Citizen Would Prefer (Not) to Know About His Country,” a political satire written in collaboration with novelist Jorge Volpi; and “Cries and Whispers: Unexpected Experiences of 38 Women” (a second volume that includes 39 other women has just been published). She has also authored numerous articles on Mexican politics and U.S.-Mexico relations. Dresser is a syndicated columnist for the Mexican weekly Proceso, and writes a political column for the Mexican newspaper Reforma. She has hosted the political talk show "Entre Versiones" on Mexican television and does a weekly radio commentary on U.S,-Mexico Relations called “La Ventana Norte.” She has also written on Mexican affairs and U.S.-Mexico relations for the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and La Opinion. Dresser earned her Ph.D. at Princeton University.