Joaquín Roy (Lie. Law, University of Barcelona, 1966; Ph.D, Georgetown University, 1973) is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, founding director of the European Union Research Institute, and director of the European Union Center (www.miami.edu/eucenter/) of the University of Miami. He is the author of over 200 articles and reviews and 25 books, among them The Reconstruction of Central America: The Role of the European Community (North-South Center, 1991); The Ibero-American Space/El Espacio Iberoamericano (U. Miami/University of Barcelona, 1996); and Cuba, the U.S. and the Helms-Burton Doctrine (University of Florida Press, 2000). He is co-editor of Las relaciones exteriores de la Unión Europea (México: UNAM, 2001); Retos de la integración regional: Europa y América (México: UNAM, 2002); and La Unión Europea y el TLC (México: UNAM, 2004). His over 1,200 columns and essays have appeared in newspapers and magazines in Spain, the United States, and Latin America. Among his honors received is the “Encomienda al Mérito Civil,” awarded by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
Aimee Kanner (B.A. in International Relations, George Washington University, 1995; M.A. in Inter-American Studies, University of Miami, 1997; Ph.D. in International Studies, University of Miami, 2001) is assistant professor of political science at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches courses on the politics of Western Europe, the politics of the European Union, the politics of Latin America, and comparative politics. She is the former associate director of the Miami European Union Center, serving also as an editor, research associate, and program consultant. Dr. Kanner’s interests include European studies, particularly the European Union, Latin American studies, and regional studies. She has published several works related to these interests, including “La Convención Europea: ¿Una Constitución para Europea?” in Alejandro Chanona, Roberto Domínguez, and Joaquín Roy (coordinators), La Unión Europea y el TLCAN (México: UNAM, 2003); “La institucionalidad del MERCOSUR” in Roberto Domínguez Rivera, Joaquín Roy, and Rafael Velázquez Flores (coordinators), Retos e Interrelaciones de la integración regional: Europa y América (México: Plaza y Valdés, 2003); and (with Joaquín Roy) “Spain and Portugal: Partners in Development and Democracy” in Eleanor E. Zeff and Ellen B. Pirro (eds.), The European Union and the Member States: Cooperation, Coordination and Compromise (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2001); and España y Portugal en la Unión Europea (México: UNAM, 2001).