''Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos'' is a bilingual,

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covering Mexican studies. Articles in both English and Spanish focus on the

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, scientific development, and the literature and arts of

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. The journal is published three times a year by

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on behalf of the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UCMEXUS), and the

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

. The current

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is Ruth Hellier-Tinoco, who succeeded founding editor,

Jaime Rodríguez O. Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

The journal's editorial offices are located at

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