Dual Citizenship: USA and Romania        Born: November 4, 1963

Web page:   www.bol.ucla.edu/~olazin/

 

Education

 

2002          Post-Doctoral Fellow in Latin American Studies, UCLA

2001          Ph.D. in History, UCLA

1996          M.A. in History, UCLA

1990          B.A. in Philology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

 

Book:                     Decentralized Globalization:

           Free Markets, U.S. Foundations, and

                the Rise of Civil  and Civic Society from

                  Rockefeller’s Latin America to Soros’ Eastern Europe

 

Published in Spring 2002 by the University of Guadalajara Press

UCLA Program on Mexico, PROFMEX, and Juan Pablos Editores.

 

Books in Progress:

   Gran Los Angeles - Tijuana

   Rise of Multicultural Regions

   (in print)

   Women as NGO Leaders Worldwide:

History of Feminist Advocacy Group and the Rise of

     Web-Based Activism

 

Teaching Experience:  Instructor of History

2002 “Women and Globalization,” Upper Division Women’s Studies Course

Spring 2002, W/ST 401L - Women and Gender Relations in Global Perspective

         “World History Since 1500,” Upper Division History Course
           California State University, Long Beach, Spring Semester

Spring 2002, HIST 212 - World History Since 1500: History of Globalization

Spring 2002, HIST 212 - World History Since 1500: History of Globalization

 

2002 “Women in World History,” Upper Division History Course 380
           California State University, Dominguez Hills, Spring Semester

 

2001 “Mexico Since 1910,” UCLA Upper Division Course History 171
          UCLA Extension (UNEX), Spring Quarter

 

2000 “History of Latin America,” Upper Division Course

         “History of Mexico,” Upper Division Course
           Santa Monica College, Summer Quarter

 

1999 “History of the Americas,” Lower Division History 8.1
          Cerritos College, Winter Quarter

 

UCLA Teaching Experience:  Department of History

 

1999-2000   Teaching Assistant:

         “The Americas,” Lower Division Course 8B

1998            Co-Instructor:

“The Latina Woman in Film History: Cinemalore Examined,” Upper Division/Graduate Course 169

1997           Co-Instructor:

                        “Latin American Elitelore”Upper Division/Graduate Course 169

 

UCLA Course Teaching Assistant: Department of History    

1997                                          “Cultural History of Mexico” (170C)

 

1997-1998                          “Historical Statistics of Latin America” (Graduate: 268A-B)

 

1994              “Leaders in World Development” (169)

 

1993-1994                          “Latin American Film and Society” (170A)

 

  1992              “Classic Travel Accounts of Latin America” (History 170C)

 

Long-Term Research Projects

 

“Women in Global Technology: Past and Present”

 

“Women’s History & Gender Studies in the Process of

Globalization”

 

 

 

Co-Managing Editor of Web Journal

 

1997 --       Mexico and the World     http://www.profmex.com

 

 

 

Articles Authored

 

 

2002     “Expansion del Papel del Instituto Nacional de Migración de México (INAMI) y Establecimiento de Un ‘Think Tank" Dedicado a Mejorar la Calidad de Vida en La Gran Los Angeles-Tijuana,”

                  (México, D.F.: INAMI, 2002), Chapter 5.

 

2001     “History and Components of Globalization,”

Statistical Abstract of Latin America 37

(Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center Publications),

pp. xxiv-xxvii.

 

2000a  “Romanian Globalization Theory and Its Impact In

Latin America - The Neopopulist Discourse,”

UCLA Historical Journal, Issue 19, pp. 12-34.

 

2000b   Review  of Crafting the Third World: Theorizing Under-

development in Brazil (Stanford University Press, 1996)

 by Joseph Love,” Mexico and the World  5:2

                   www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume5/2spring00/00Lazin1.htm

 

1999a   “Mexico and Romania Compared,” in Mexico and the World,

                  edited by James W. Wilkie (México, D.F.: PROFMEX-ANUIES),

                  pp. 206-233.

          Also in Mexico and the World  6:1        www.isop.ucla.edu/profmex/volume6/1winter01/01lazin1.htm

 

1999b   "Globalización Fast-Track  y el Surgimiento de Áreas de Libre

Comercio (ALC) y Corporaciones Transglobales (CTG) Virtuales", in

México frente a la Modernización de China,  ed. Oscar M. González Cuevas (México, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Azcapotzalco), pp. 307-359.

(Co-authored with James W. Wilkie)

 

1996     “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.

 

1995a   “NAFTA and The European Union Compared,” in Statistical Abstract

                  of Latin America, Vol. 30;1,  pp. 1205-1230.

 

1995a    “México Como Punta de Lanza para el Libre Comercio en las

Américas,” in Ajustes y Desajustes Regionales,  eds. Jesús Arroyo Alejandre y David E. Lorey (Guadalajara y Los Angeles: University of Guadalajara y UCLA Program on Mexico), 47-112.

(Co-author James W. Wilkie)

 

1994     “Mexico as a Linchpin for Free Trade in the Americas,”

      in Statistical Abstract of Latin America, Vol. 31:2, pp. 1173-1203.      (Co-author James W. Wilkie)

 

1985                       “Originality and Stereotypes,” Nord, Baia Mare, Romania, Jan, p. 3.    

 

1984     “Confessions,” Nord, Baia Mare, Romania, January 1, p. 5.

 

 

 

 

Course Readers Edited

 

2001    Women in History: GlobalizingWomen in History,

             California State University, Dominguez Hills

 

1998                      Frontiers in Elitelore, UCLA History 169

 

1995     Issues in Elitelore and Folklore, UCLA History 169

 

 

 

 

Research Awards from UCLA International Studies Overseas Programs

 

1999-2000          UCLA Travel Grant to Conduct Research on “Reconstructing the Legal Framework For Civil Society in Romania: The Mexican Model."

 

1997-1998          UCLA Travel Grant to Conduct Research on

“Women and Civil Society in Europe

 

1996                   Latin American Center Fieldwork Award

 

 

 

 

Professional Achievements

 

2000          PROFMEX-UCLA Conference Organizing Committee,

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

September 19-25.

 

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

UCLA, May 1998

 

1997--        Director, Globalization Studies, UCLA Latin America Center

 

1997          PROFMEX Conference Organizing Committee,

“Mexico and the World,” Morelia, State of Michoacán,

December 8-15

         www.profmex.com //mexworld/issue6/art1

 

1994--        PROFMEX Director, NAFTA-European Integration

 

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, 1995

                           Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, 1994

                           France, Russia, Spain, 1993

 

1993          Chief of Project, Establishment of PROFMEX Office at the Institute

         of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow

                  June 15-26.

 

1992                           1992          Director NAFTA - European Integration Studies, based in

                                                     France and Mexico. February 20-December 15.

         

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

Eastern Europe, September 15 – October 12.

 

 

 

 

Memberships

 

American Historical Association

 

American-Romanian Academy of Science and Arts

 

American-Romanian Foundation (California Tax-Exempt Organization)

         Founding Member and Chair of Board of Directors, 1997--

         President, 1997—

 

Conference on Latin American History

 

Feminist Majority Foundation (Founder of Feminist Alliance, UCLA Chapter)

 

Institute for the Study of Gender in Mexico

 

Northern California Translators Association (NCTA)

 

PROFMEX–Consortium for Research on Mexico

                  Board of Directors, 1997—

 

Holmby Park Advisory Board,  Beverly Hills, 2001--

 

 

Conferences, Seminars Presentations and Invitations:

 

2001 Conference on “Latin American Literature and Education,” Mexico City,

June 17-24, Paper: “The Challenge of Globalization, Civil Society in   

Latin America and Canada.”

 

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

         November 6-9, Paper: “Marginalization of Women in the Labor Force.”       

2000 Conference Organizer, “Technological Knowledge and Women’s

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

 

2000 PROFMEX-UCLA Conference on “Mexico and Public Policy,” Paper:

“The Mexico NGO Sector and the Role of Women.” Morelia,

Michoacán, Mexico, Sept. 14– 23.
TV Interview: Noticiero Canal 13 de Televisa Broadcast to Mexico/USA

 

1999 UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture,

October 16, Paper:  "Globalization of Civil Society:

The Open Society Fund in East-Central Europe–International Philanthropy"

 

1999 Organizer, PROFMEX-Guanajuato Conference on Innovative Ideas for Mexico’s Development," Paper “The Role of Transnational NGOs in Developing Civil Society in Mexico,” Guanajuato, April 14-19.

 

1999 Organizer, UCLA Seminar on “Globalization and Romania's       

         Transylvanian Region,” sponsored by U.S. Small Business Associatio, July 7

 

1999        UCLA History Annual Conference on Women’s History, March 17,

 Paper: “The Politics of Gender During the Period of Socialism”

 

1997 Romanian Academy Conference on "Civil Society ,” Cluj Napoca,

Romania, June 15, Paper: “Civil Society and the Transfer of the

Mexican-U.S. Model to Romania,”

 

1997 Romanian Civic Academy Conference on “Rebuilding Civil Society,"

 Sighet, Maramures, Romania, June 22, Paper: “The Deliberate Distraction

 of Romania’s Civil Society after 1947 by the Ceausescu Dictatorship"

 

1996        UCLA Colloquium on Romania, June 17, Paper:

 “The Emerging Romanian Informational Infrastructure”

 

1996 UCLA Colloquium in European History and Culture,

         October 16, Paper: "Civil Society and the Mexican Adaptation   

         of the U.S. Philanthropic Model"

 

1995 The American-Romanian Academy of Science Annual Meeting,

         University of Reno, January 12 – 17.  Moderator: “Session on Culture”;

Paper: “Orwell's  ‘1984’ and Life Under  ‘Big Brothers’ Stalin & Ceausescu”

 

1994 PROFMEX Policy Seminar for Managing the Greater El Paso-Ciudad

         Juárez Metropolitan Area, El Paso, March 14-15. Paper:

“Simplifying U.S.-Mexican Visas”

 

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

         of the Mexican Presidential Election, Mexico City, August 19-22.

 

1994 PROFMEX Conference on “Experiences of De-statification”

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

 

1994 Romanian Internet Learning Workshop.  Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, April 29, Paper: “Ironies and Complexities of Redefining Civil Society In East-Central Europe.

 http://oc1.itim-cj.ro/rilw/Papers/Olga.html

 

  1993  Mexico City University (UAM-A), September 18, paper:

 “Accelerating the education of Young Women in Mexico: A

 Development Imperative”

 

 

Languages Spoken and Written

 

English                speak, read, write        Romanian           speak, read, write

French                speak, read, write        Spanish               speak, read, write

 

German               speak                           Latin                   read, write

 

 Hungarian           speak, read, write

 Italian                 speak, read, write                

 

 

 

Travel and Research___________________________________________

 

Europe                              Americas

 

Austria: Sept 1991                                  Canada: Oct 1992, Nov 1995

Belgium: Sept 1995                                 Mexico: Yearly, 1992--

Bulgaria: Sept 1992                                                  

England:  Jan and May 2001                           

France:    1991-1992                               USA: October 1992--

Hungary:  1991, 1992, 1995                   Guatemala, January 1999    

Romania: Yearly, 1992--                    Costa Rica, March 1999

Russia: June 1993                                           

Spain: March 1992

Switzerland: June-July 1994

Turkey: July 2000

References

 

Dr. James W. Wilkie, UCLA Professor of Globalization History

and Policy Studies

Chair, UCLA Program on Mexico

President, PROFMEX

1242 Lachman Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272

Tel. cell (310) 454-8812, office 206-8500

E-mail: wilkie@ucla.edu

 

Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres, UCLA Professor of Education

Director, UCLA Latin American Center

UCLA, Bunche 10343, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6859

Tel. (310) 825-4571, Fax (310) 206 6859

E-mail: torres@gseis.ucla.edu  and/or CATNOVOA@aol.com

 

Dr. Aida Mostkoff-Linares, Professor of Latin American History

Santa Monica College

1900 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628

Tel: (310) 434 4597

E-mail: MOSTKOFF_AIDA@smc.edu

 

Dr. Catherine Komisaruk, Professor of Latin American History

California University of Long Beach, CA90840-0106       

Tel:  office (562) 985 8759, home (562) 961 7745

E-mail: ckomisar@csulb.edu

 

Dr. Jesús Arroyo Alejandre, Professor and Dean, School of Economics

University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Tel: (011-52-33) 36-33-54-45

E-mail: jesusarr@cucea.udg.mx

 

Dr. 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

 

Dr. 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

 

Dr. 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

 

Dr. Dumitru Pop, Professor of Folklore,

University of  Babes-Bolyai,

Str. Mihail Kogalniceanu Nr. 1

Cluj Napoca, 3400, Romania

Tel. (40-64) 134-898

 

Dr. Gérard Chaliand, Professor of World Geo-Politics

Paris Geo-Political Strategies, Inc.

63 Rue Pascal

Paris, France 75013

Tel. (33-1) 43-31-09-12