Speaking Engagements

Ricardo Ainslie has an active speaking calendar. He presents regularly at national and international conferences and meetings. In addition he has been a keynote speaker and workshop presenter on a variety of topics.

For inquiries about speaking engagements please email him at: rico.ainslie@mail.utexas.edu
  • Individual and Collective Trauma in Mexico’s Drug War Chicago Psychoanalytic Society March 2012
  • “In Treatment” with ASPP. Portrayal of the therapist, patient, and the therapeutic relationship Austin Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology January 2012
  • The Role of Transference and Countertransference in Understanding Socio-Political Conflicts: A Reflection on Three Incidents in Mexico’s Current Drug War (with Luis Sandoval and Andrew Costigian) Association for Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society Annual Meeting Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 2011
  • Understanding Mexico’s Drug War Through its Epicenter: Ciudad Juarez NOVA University of Texas at Austin, May 2011
  • Juarez as Collective Trauma: Theorizing the Psychic Consequences of the Unraveling of the Social Fabric Annual Meeting of The APA Division of Psychoanalysis New York, April 2011
  • Making Sense of Mexico’s Drug War LAMP University of Texas at Austin, April 2011
  • Testified before U.S. Congress: Homeland Security Subcommittee Hearing: “The U.S. Homeland Security Role in the Mexican War Against Drug Cartels.” April, 2011
  • Greater Austin Crime Commission and the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law LBJ Library, University of Texas, March 2011
  • Trends and Challenges on the US Border, Psychological Factors Influencing Immigration LBJ School for Public Affairs University of Texas, March 2011
  • 360 Roundtable on Immigration Texas State University March 2011
  • Border Violence and its Impact on Children, Youth and Families School of Social Work, University of Texas March 2011
  • How Attachment Theory Can Help Us Understand Prejudice Discussant, Annual meetings of the Division of Psychoanalysis Chicago, April, 2010
  • Psychoanalysis and the Art of Community Engagement Philadelphia Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology Swarthmore, PA, April 2010
  • Violence in Ciudad Juárez: Life at the Epicenter of Mexico’s Drug War. Republics of Fear: Understanding Endemic Violence in Latin America Today Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies Austin, Texas, March 2010
  • Mexico’s War Against the Cartels World Affairs Council Springfield Il, March 2010
  • The Psychology of the Immigrant Experience University of Texas Forum Lecture, January 2010
  • The Psychology of Hate Hallmark Speaker Series, YWCA Corpus Christi, Texas, January 2010
  • Psychoanalytic Education Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Rutgers University, October 2010