Mexico

Mexico

HNRS 401H3-001

Rogelio Garcia Conteras

Fall 2025

TTh 9:30-10:45 a.m. 

GEAR 129

Course Application due March 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. 

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This honors course offers an in-depth account of Mexico's rich historical, cultural, political, and economic evolution, examining key events from pre-Columbian times to the present. The class is an exploration of Mexico's transformation from an ancient civilization to a modern nation, and analyzes the unique, at times difficult, at times friendly, relation between Mexico and the United States.

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About Rogelio Garcia Conteras

Rogelio Garcia Conteras is teaching faculty, leading social innovation initiatives at the Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation Department of the Walton College of Business of the University of Arkansas. He holds a doctorate degree from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

His teaching experience includes public and private institutions of higher education in Mexico, China, Spain, Chile, and the United States.

In 2015, Dr. Garcia-Contreras served as a consultant during a development and gender equality summit organized by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. He served for three years as a member of a UNESCO Steering Committee on the sustainability of peace. He was part of the Holy See Dicasterio’s Banking for the Poor Conference Series, and he has collaborated with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. He was a visiting professor at the Master of Microfinance and Impact Investment at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and a member of the Cathedra UNESCO at Universidad Abat Oliba in Barcelona.

He serves as an advisor and board member of several social impact organizations worldwide. And he is the co-host of Points of Departure, a podcast produced in collaboration with KUAF 91.3 FM, the Northwest Arkansas affiliate of National Public Radio.

Ask Dr. Garcia-Contreras about the day he met Pope Francis.