Research

Books

-- (Mis)Informed: What Americans Know About Socially Marginalized Groups and Why it Matters for Politics. 2021. Cambridge University Press.

--Talking Politics: Political Discussion Networks and the New American Electorate. 2020. Oxford University Press.

--White Backlash: Immigration, Race, and American Politics. 2015. Princeton University Press. (Winner of the 2016 Ralph Bunche Book Award)

-- Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Advertising to Latino Voters. 2010. Stanford University Press. (Winner of the 2012 American Political Science Association Latino Caucus Best Book Award)

-- New Faces, New Voices: the Hispanic Electorate in America. 2012. Princeton University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Aritcles and Book Chapters

-- How Reliance on Spanish-Language Social Media Predicts Beliefs in False Political Narratives amongst Latinos (with Jonathan Nagler, Marianna Garcia, Aaron Pope, Joshua Tucker and Robert Vidigal), 2024, PNAS Nexus..

-- Using Civically Engaged Research to Understand the Strategic Dynamics of Social Media Outreach (with LaGina Gause, Alison Boehmer, Dang Do, Bianca Freeman, and Laura Uribe), 2024, Politics, Groups and Identities..

-- Context, Contact, and Misinformation about Socially Marginalized Groups in the U.S. (with Nazita Lajevardi and Laura Uribe), 2024, Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics..

-- Measuring Perceived Skin Color: Spillover Effects and the Massey-Martin Scale (with Christopher Elmendorf and Kevin Quinn), 2023, Journal of Politics..

-- Latino Political Participation 25 Years After the Passage of Proposition 187: Opportunities and Continuing Challenges (with Lisa Garcia Bedolla), 2020, UC Davis Law Review..

-- English Language Learners in California Schools" (with Lisa Garcia Bedolla and Liesel Spangler). 2020, Immigrant Incorporation in California.. Stanford University Press.

-- Appealing to Diverse Electorates in the U.S." (with David Searle), 2020, Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion. Oxford University Press..

-- “Using Machine Learning to Uncover Hidden Heterogeneities in Survey Data" (with R. Michael Alvarez and Christina Ramriez), 2019, Scientfic Reports.

-- “Political Discussion Networks and Political Engagement amongst Voters of Color" (with Taylor Carlson and Lisa Garcia Bedolla), 2019, Political Research Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912919873729

-- “When Campaigns Call, Who Answers? Using Observational Data to Enrich Our Understanding of Phone Mobilization" (with Taylor Carlson, Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Stan Oklobdzjia and Shad Turney), 2019, Electoral Studies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.03.001

-- “How Negative Sentiment toward Muslim Americans Predicts Support for Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election” (with Nazita Lajevardi) Journal of Politics, 2018, DOI: 10.1086/700001

-- “Answering Questions About Race: How Racial and Ethnic Identities Influence Survey Response” (with R. Michael Alvarez) American Politics Research, 2018, DOI: 10.1086/700001

-- “Labels vs. Pictures: Treatment-Mode Effects in Experiments About Discrimination” (with Christopher Elmendorf and Kevin Quinn) Political Analysis, 2018, DOI: 10.1017/pan.2017.36

-- “Media Framing and Partisan Identity: The Case of Immigration Coverage andWhite Macropartisanship” (with Hans Hassell and Zoltan Hajnal) Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/rep.2016.25.

-- “Racially Polarized Voting” (with Christopher Elmendorf and Kevin Quinn) University of Chicago Law Review, 2016, 83:587-691.

-- “Re-Examining the Racial Gap in Political Knowledge” The Journal of Politics, 2015: 77(1): 44-54.

--“How Watershed Immigration Policies Affect American Public Opinion over a Lifetime” (with Lydia Lundgren) International Migration Review, 2014, Fall, 1-36.

-- “Life Cycle Effects and Social Pressure to Vote” (with Costas Panagopolous) Electoral Studies, 2014, 33:115-122.

-- “Do Blacks and Whites See Obama Through Race-Tinted Glasses? A Comparison of Obama and Clintons Approval Ratings” (with Craig Burnett) Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2012, 42(2):363-375.

-- “Hispanic Public Opinion and Partisanship (with R. Michael Alvarez) Political Science Quarterly, 2011, 126(2): 255-286.

-- “Are Blacks and Latinos Responsible for the Passage of Proposition 8? Analyzing Voter Attitudes on California's Proposal to Ban Same-Sex Marriage in 2008" Political Research Quarterly, 2010, 63(4): 922-932.

-- “Does Language Matter? The Impact of Spanish and English-language GOTV Efforts on Latino Turnout" (with Costas Panagopolous)American Politics Research,2011, 39: 643-663

-- Agenda Setting, Public Opinion, and the Issue of Immigration Reform. (with Johanna Dunaway and Regina Branton) Social Sciences Quarterly, 2010, 91(2): 359-378.

-- “Assessing the Causes and Effects of Political Trust Amongst U.S. Latinos” (with R. Michael Alvarez), American Politics Research, 2010, 38(1): 110-141.

-- Examining the Link Between Issue Attitudes and News Source: The Case of Latinos and Immigration.  (with Simran Singh) Political Behavior, 2009, 31(1):1-30.

-- “The Hispanic Vote in the 2004 Presidential Election: Insecurity and Moral Concerns" (with R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan Nagler), The Journal of Politics, April 2008, 70(2): 368-382.

-- “Race Based vs. Issue Voting: A Natural Experiment'' (with Jonathan Nagler and R. Michael Alvarez), Political Research Quarterly, June 2005, 58:203-218.

-- “Who Evaluates a Presidential Candidate by Using Non-Policy Campaign Messages?” Political Research Quarterly, March 2005, 58:55-67.