{"id":680,"date":"2021-02-24T19:49:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2022-02-13T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T05:13:11","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About CFEAB"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"680\" class=\"elementor elementor-680\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25d3d5db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25d3d5db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e3ddd8f\" data-id=\"6e3ddd8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dedaf82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-706 elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dedaf82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5ec41 pink-purple elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c5ec41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">About cfeab<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b036d97 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"b036d97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fe7155\" data-id=\"1fe7155\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1384cf yellow-orange elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1384cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Who We are<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0051779 section-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0051779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Collaborative for Economic Analysis of Borders (CFEAB) was created by Belinda Rom\u00e1n, PhD as part of her ongoing effort to encourage and provide students with opportunities to:\u00a0<\/p><ol><li>Study and learn about the economics of the Mexico-U.S. borderlands<\/li><li>Gain hands-on research and analysis skills while producing a live interactive website; and<\/li><li>Provide a high-quality platform that informs ongoing debates, discussions, business activities and policy objectives involving border regions using clear and current data.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26ad66 section-text grad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e26ad66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Funding for this project was provided by an internal grant from St. Mary\u2019s University. 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"659bf60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Collaborative for Economic Analysis of Borders (CFEAB) is a multi-disciplinary collaborative involving students, faculty and the community who live, work and\/or are interested in the broader picture of the economy of the Mexico-U.S. border.\u00a0 Our goal is to gather and analyze economic data with a view to informing anyone interested in what is happening long, across and within the area.\u00a0 Our economic lens has a wide-angle so that we can capture the complexity and multitude of relationships that generate human energy in this space.<\/p><p>Some of our forthcoming topics include:<\/p><ul><li>Health and human interactions<\/li><li>Gastronomy and Culture<\/li><li>Cross-border Commerce<\/li><li>Gender and Ethnic Relationships<\/li><li>Personal and Cybersecurity<\/li><li>Shared resources and environmental concerns<\/li><li>Innovation and Creativity<\/li><li>Science and Technology<\/li><\/ul><p>All work on this site involves students who have expressed an interest in learning about the area or the methods used in economic analysis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c796b red-pink elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12c796b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The CFEAB Team<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2c5ebb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2c5ebb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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It is a collaboration between faculty and students in which the focus is a bi-national view of the Mexico-U.S. border. This is a work in progress; however, students are invited to submit an application through the Contact Us page to participate in the creation of visuals and datasets that will inform past, present, and future research on the border.<\/p><h4>Director of CFEAB<\/h4><p>Belinda Rom\u00e1n, Ph.D.<br \/>Assistant Professor of Economics<br \/>College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences<br \/>210-436-3112<br \/><a href=\"mailto:broman@stmarytx.edu\">broman@stmarytx.edu<\/a><\/p><h4>Student staff of CFEAB<\/h4><p><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">St. Mary&#8217;s Internal Grant Student Intern<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.4px;\">Regina de la Parra &#8211; Fall 2020, Spring &amp; Fall 2021, and Spring 2022 <\/span><\/p><p><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Student Researchers\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.4px;\">Michaela Robinett &#8211; Fall 2021 and Spring 2022<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\"><br \/><\/em><\/p><p>Regina de la Parra &#8211; <span style=\"font-size: 15.4px;\">Fall 2020, Spring &amp; Fall 2021, and Spring 2022 <\/span><span style=\"color: transparent; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Fa<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.4px;\">Sofia Puente &#8211; Spring 2022<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.4px;\">Elaine Castorena &#8211; Spring 2022<\/span><span style=\"color: transparent; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">ll<\/span><\/p><p><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Student Collaborators<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.4px;\">Paul Garza &#8211; Fall 2021<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Spring 2020 (EC4340A) &#8211; Special Topics in Economics &#8211; The Border Economy<\/em><\/p><p>Jaiden Alvarado<br \/>Corey Anderson<br \/>Sami Bouls<br \/>Gerardo Nino Pozo<br \/>Danielle Costly<br \/>Jesse Gonzalez<br \/>Mark Martinez<br \/>Carly Oosterveen<br \/>Mac Papin<br \/>Troy Rivera<br \/>Alejandro Santibanez<br \/>Victoria Von Helland<br \/>Elijah Wheeler<\/p><p><em>In collaboration with the Office of Community Based Research at St. Mary&#8217;s University<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About cfeab Who We are The Collaborative for Economic Analysis of Borders (CFEAB) was created by Belinda Rom\u00e1n, PhD as part of her ongoing effort to encourage and provide students with opportunities to:\u00a0 Study and learn about the economics of the Mexico-U.S. borderlands Gain hands-on research and analysis skills while producing a live interactive website; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/about-us\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About CFEAB<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfeab.com\/wp52\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}