Jesus Velasco Marquez is a specialist in the history of the United States and the history of relations between Mexico and the United States. He has written several important books on the subject, and was one of the major advisers for the award-winning PBS documentary on the U.S.-Mexican War. He is presently Researcher and Lecturer at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), is involved in academic activities at several universities in Mexico, including UNAM and El Colegio de Mexico, and has served as a member of the Mexican Foreign Service in Canada and the United States.