Lyle C. Brown is professor emeritus of political science at Baylor University, where he served as departmental director of graduate studies and director of Baylor's Foreign Service Program. A former president of the Southwestern Council of Latin American Studies, Dr. Brown is the co-editor of RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICAN LIFE AND LITERATURE and the author of numerous articles. His international academic experience includes teaching at Mexico City College (now University of the Americas) and postgraduate study at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico. He received his M.A. from the University of Oklahoma and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Joyce Langenegger teaches government at Blinn College and is the college's executive director of academic success. She is a frequent workshop presenter on innovative teaching strategies. Named to the "Who's Who Among America's Teachers" listing, Dr. Langenegger has been honored with a NISOD Teaching Excellence Award, a Blinn College-Bryan Teacher of the Year award and a San Jacinto College "Most Valuable Player" award for her work as a professor and administrator at that institution. Before beginning her teaching career, Dr. Langenegger practiced law in Houston. She received M.A. and J.D. degrees from Baylor University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Fielding Graduate University.
Sonia Garcia is Assistant Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX. She received her Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997.
Ted Lewis was born in Manchester, England in 1940. Lewis attended Hull Art School for four years. He worked as an animation specialist in television and films (among them the Beatles' Yellow Submarine). Lewis' first novel, All the Way Home and All the Night Through was published in 1965, followed by Jack's Return Home, subsequently retitled Get Carter after the success of the film of the same name starring Michael Caine, which created the noir school of British crime writing and pushed Lewis into the best-seller list. Lewis' novel GBH is available in reprint from Soho Press (April 2015). Ted Lewis died in 1982 having published seven more novels and written several episodes for the television series Z-Cars.
Robert E. Biles, professor emeritus and former chair of political science at Sam Houston State University, has taught college students about Texas politics in Texas, Colombia, and Ecuador. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Biles is the author of numerous books and articles. His involvement in politics includes serving as a school board member, county party chair, county election supervisor, and staff member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has advised state agencies and held leadership positions in statewide lobbying groups and professional organizations. Dr. Biles has received four Fulbright grants, as well as awards for his research, teaching, and administrative service.
