Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium

PRIEC 2024

@University of Texas at Austin

November 21-22, 2024

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08:00 — 09:00

Opening Remarks & Breakfast

Francisco Pedraza (PRIEC Director, Arizona State University)

Amy Liu (Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab Co-Director, University of Texas at Austin)

09:00 — 10:30

Panel 1: Transnational Attitudes and Connections

Tolulope Babalola (Loyola Marymount University) – White Blood Count: Colonial Legacy and anti-Blackness and Punitiveness” 

Francy Luna Diaz (University of Michigan) – Latino Political Pulse: The Consequences of Transnational Ties and Unique Information Environments” 

Nura Sediqe (Michigan State University) – When you bleed, I bleed too’ Religious Belief as a Psychological Resource: The Influence of Ummah Consciousness on Political Protest for Muslims in the United States” 

Panel 2: Whiteness versus Blackness

Alex Goodwin (Southwestern University) – Dropping Bars: Examining Respectability Politics and Black Public Opinion on Using Rap Lyrics at Trial

Jennifer Hamilton (Georgia Institute of Technology) – Internalized Racism: Measurement and Political Relevance in African Settings

Julian Wamble (George Washington University) – We Know You: The political implications of Black Voters’ beliefs about White People

10:30 — 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 — 12:30

Panel 3: Race and Space

Samantha Chapa (University of Houston) – Immigrant Inclusion: Urban Policy and Political Participation

Miranda Sullivan (University of Texas at Austin) – “Immigration and Inequitable Court Assignment”

Allison Verrilli (University of Texas at Austin) – New Faces, Changing Spaces: How Gentrification Shapes Household Demand for Policing

Panel 4: Diversity of Immigrant Populations

Alvaro Corral (University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley) – Fighting Shared Oppression: How Latinx Group Identity Shapes Perceptions of Racial Profiling Toward Blacks and Latinxs

Jangai Jap (University of Georgia) – Language, Voting Behavior, and Group Identity among Asian Americans” – with Amy LiuKeith Padraic ChewMeiying Xu, and Seung Wook Ethan Yoo

Angel Saavedra Cisneros (Bowdoin College) – Social Identities and Political Socialization – with Robert Alvarez and Marcel Roman

12:30 — 13:30

Keynote Speaker & Lunch

Lisa Miller (Gardner Fellowship in Leadership and Social Policy Director, Rutgers University) 

13:30 — 13:45

Break

13:45 — 14:45

Roundtable: Journal Editors

Moderator: Angela Ocampo (University of Texas at Austin)

Regina Branton (Politics, Groups, and Identity Editor)

John Gerring (American Political Science Review Editor) 

Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien (Journal of Race and Ethnic Politics Editor)

14:45 — 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 — 16:45

Panel 5: Beyond the Black-White Binary

Lindsey Gonzalez (Texas A&M University – College Station) – Shades of Sympathy: Exploring Racial Sympathy Among U.S. Latinos

Angie Ocampo-Roland (University of Pittsburgh) – Meta-perceptions/stereotypes Among Black and Latino/x Americans and their Political Effects

Laura Uribe (University of Missouri – St. Louis) – How Latines React to Anti-Latine Rhetoric” –⁠ with Leah Christiani 

Panel 6: Texas Politics

Mi-Son Kim (University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley) – Explaining the Increased Support for the Republican Party in the U.S.-Mexico Border Community” ⁠–⁠ with Natasha Altema McNeely and Dongkyu Kim

Angela Perez (Michigan State University) – Meta-perceptions/Stereotypes Among Changing Boundaries in South Texas: An Analysis of Municipal Annexation in the Rio Grande Valley

Seung Wook Ethan Yoo (University of Texas at Austin) – Can Immigrant Assimilation Overcome White Backlash? An Experimental Evaluation

16:45 — 17:30

Free Time

17:30 — 18:30

Poster Session & Cocktail Hour

Alison Boehmer (University of California San Diego) – Work as Political Control: The Political Economy of Political Activity by Imprisoned People and Political Control by Prisoncrats”  
Discussant: Anna Gunderson (University of Texas at Austin)

 


Alyssah Gonzalez (University of Texas at Austin)  – Racial Disparities in Police Traffic Stops
Discussant: Leah Christiani (Hunter College)

 

Elyse Hatch-Rivera (University of Texas at Austin) – “The Geopolitics of Latinx Carcerality in the 100-Mile Border Zone”
Discussant: Loren Collingwood (University of New Mexico)

 

Katherine Sevine (University of Colorado Boulder) – “The Political Consequences of Incarceration Norms”
Discussant: Hannah Walker (University of Texas at Austin)

 

Linette Sanchez (University of Texas at Austin) – “How Having Latine Undocumented Parents Can Elicit Political Efficacy and Promote Political Participation”
Discussant: Francisco Pedraza (Arizona State University)

 

Taposi Padma Sinha (University of North Texas) – “How Chinese Aid Affects Ethnic Conflicts?”
Discussant: Dongkyu Kim (University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley)

 

Yu-hsien Sung (University of North Texas)“Fit In or Stand Out in the All-Boys Club? An Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric Between Women and Men Prosecutor Candidates”
Discussant: Isabel Laterzo-Tingley (University of Texas at Austin)

 

Ananya Hariharan (University of California, Los Angeles) – Exploring The Downstream Effects of Firms’ Lobbying on Election Law” 
Discussant: Ernest McGowen (University of Richmond)

18:30 — 20:30

Dinner

End of Day 1.

09:00 — 09:30

Breakfast

09:00 — 11:30

Conference-in-Conference: Southwest Omnibus Student Surveys

Melissa Baker (University of Texas at El Paso) 

Loren Collingwood (University of New Mexico)

Alvaro Corral (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

Matt Lamb (Texas Tech University)

Michelangelo Landgrave (University of Colorado Boulder)

Amy Liu (University of Texas at Austin)

Eddie Lucero (Colorado State University Pueblo)

Eric McDaniel (University of Texas at Austin)

Francisco Pedraza (Arizona State University)

11:30 — 11:45

Closing Remarks

Eric McDaniel (Politics of Race and Ethnicity Lab Co-Director)

End of Conference.