Current Positions
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Professor-Researcher, Department of Social Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Colef) (1997-now)
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Visiting Scholar at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Aug 2018-Feb 2019)
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Araceli Almaraz
Ph D.
Orcid: 0000-0001-7142-1994
Research ID: P-7955-2017
Phone:
+52 (664) 631 63 00 Ext. 3208
Email:
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Address:
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Km. 18.5 Road Tijuana-Ensenada.
Tijuana, Baja California México
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AREAS OF INTEREST
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Entrepreneurial & Family Businesses
Agribusiness Studies
Historical Businesses
Globalization & industrial changes in Northern of Mexico
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph D. in Social Sciences, Social History by Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Mexico
Master Degree in Regional Development, Productive Systems Reproduction by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Mexico
B. A. Sociology, Urban by Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azc. Campus, Mexico
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
President of the National Association of Economic History (2024-2027)
​Co-founder of Startup Baja (2024)
Secretary of the National Association of Economic History (2021-2024)
National Correspondent of the Mexican Academy of History, in the state of Baja California
Sabbatical Grant, National Council of Science and Technology [Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, (2018-2019]
National System of Research-Mexico, Level I [2008-2010, 2010-2014], Level II [2015-2018 / 2019-2023], Level III [2024-2028]
LASA Committee Member of Charles Hale Fellowship Award for Mexican History, 2018
LATAM Associate Editor of Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, since 2015
Northern Adviser for The Mexican Economic History Association, Mexico, since 2014
Member of Technology and Science Local Committee, Baja California, Mexico, since 2013
Postdoctoral Grant, National Council of Science and Technology [Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 2011-2012]
Executive Secretary of Economic History of Northern of Mexico Association, Mexico, 2009-2010
International Evaluator for Mexican National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico, since 2008
Mexican Distinguish Student, National Institute of Historical Studies of Mexican Revolution, Mexico, 2007
RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Economic landscapes, entrepreneurial dynamics & regional development
From ISI to Global Markets (1945– 1994). Conacyt Project # 220138. Finished June 2018. Position: Director
Persistence and longevity in familiar business and family business
Project at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain, 2005-2018. Position: Associate
RECENT BOOKS
Araceli Almaraz Alvarado (2024), La construcción del empresariado fronterizo. De intermediarios a empresarios en Mexicali. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, ISBN En trámite.
Araceli Almaraz Alvarado e Ibarra González, Ana Carolina Ibarra González, coordinadoras (2024), Mujeres: Aportes a la historia, el arte y otras Ciencias Sociales. Academia Mexicana de la Historia Correspondiente de la Real de Madrid, A.C. ISBN 978-607-95480
David Piñera, Araceli Almaraz y Mario Cerutti, 2022, Perfiles protagónicos del noroeste de México, 1870-1970. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México, pp. 187.
ISBN 978-607-27-1699-5
Araceli Almaraz (Coord.) Historias de nuestras regiones. Un breve recorrido. Academia Mexicana de la Historia, Secretaría de Educación Pública, Secretaría de Cultura de Baja California, pp. 290, ISBN 978-607-95480-1-8