Paul Ganster Recognized for Lifetime Achievement
Ganster is an authority on the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Ganster is an internationally recognized border scholar, author of several dozen publications about the U.S.-Mexico border area, and an advocate of systematic studies of border regions across the globe. He has served as president of ABS and co-editor of the Journal of Borderland Studies.
During 32 years as an SDSU faculty member, Ganster has generated more than $15 million in funding for science and policy research in the U.S.-Mexico border region. He is currently chair of Good Neighbor Environmental, a federal panel that advises the president and Congress on border environmental issues.
Ganster is also chair of the Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities, a group that advises the San Diego Association of Governments on border issues. Over the course of his career, he has been a Fulbright Scholar in Costa Rica and a visiting faculty member at the Autonomous University of Baja California in Tijuana.
