Past Meetings
FALL 2009
The 16th meeting of the Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Colloquium (PRIEC)
November 6, 2009, University of California, Irvine
Social and Behavioral Sciences 1517
12:45 Panel One – Mass Politics
Kathy Rim (University of California, Irvine) – “In Solidarity? Asian American Racial Group Consciousness”
Betina Cutaia Wilkinson (Louisiana State University) – “How Outsiders View Insiders: Latinos’ Perceptions of Commonality and Competition toward Blacks and Whites”
Katherine Tate (University of California, Irvine) – “Who Speaks for Black America?”
Ben Bishin (University of California, Riverside) and Casey Klofstad (University of Miami) – “Why Won’t Little Havana Turn Blue? How Socio-Economics, Institutions, and Cohort Effects influence Cuban Americans’ Political Behavior”
Philippe Andrade (Claremont Graduate University) – “The Impact of Acculturation on the General Policy Preferences of Latino Voters”
3:30 Panel Two – Institutional Perspectives
Sara Wallace Goodman (University of California, Irvine) – “Immigration Control through Language and Country Knowledge Requirements”
Will Terry (University of California, San Diego and Princeton University) – “The Political Determinants of African-American Lynching in the U.S. South, 1882-1930”
Stephen Nuño (Northern Arizona University), Gabriel Sanchez (University of New Mexico), and Matt Barreto (University of Washington) – “Voter ID Requirements and the Disenfranchisement of Latino, Black, and Asian Voters.”
FALL 2009
The 15th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Husky Union Building, Room 310
1:00 Panel A: Immigrant and Ethnic Politics
“Latino Ethnicity, Identity, and Linked Fate: Attitudes and Political Behavior in American Politics”, Ali Valenzuela, Stanford
“Immigrant Political Integration: The Two-Way Street”, Francisco Pedraza, Washington
“Overcoming Pre-immigration Barriers to Socio-political Participation in the Latino Immigrant Community”, Javier Rodriguez, UCLA
“Latino Representation and Immigration Policy”, Sylvia Manzano, Texas A&M
3:15: Panel B: Racial Politics
“Faces in the Office: Racial Employment Segregation Among Congressional Staff”, Curt Ziniel, UC Riverside / U of O
“Racial Attitudes Across Four Major Racial Groups: Results From the Multi-Racial Post-Election Survey”, Lorrie Frasure, UCLA, Gabe Sanchez, UNM, Sylvia Manzano, TAMU, Ricardo Ramirez, USC
“Racial Bias by Another Name: Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Voting Against Barack Obama”, Caroline Tolbert, Iowa
“The Tangled Roots of Proposition 187”, Dan HoSang, University of Oregon
SPRING 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
1pm to 5:20pm
Boalt Law School, Room 145, UC Berkeley
First Session 1:00 - 2:20 - New Studies in Immigrant Incorporation
Marcela Garcia-Castanon (U-Wash) “Learning to be American: The Socialization of Immigrants to American Politics.”
Loan Kieu Le (UC-Berkeley) “Ethnic Spatial Concentration and Cognition: Theory, Models, and Simulations of Rational Decision-Making.”
Francisco Pedraza (U-Wash) “The Two-Way Street of Immigrant Political Incorporation.”
Roger Waldinger (UCLA) and Nelson Lim (RAND) “Connectivity and Collectivity: Immigrant Involvement in Homeland Politics.”
Second Session 2:30 - 3:50 - Religion, Ideology, and Identity
Eric McDaniel (UC-Berkeley / U-Texas) and Irfan Noorudin (Ohio State) “God?s Nation? The Political Consequences of Religious Nationalism.”
Raymond Orr (UC-Berkeley) “Social Construction in Sacred Places: Indigenous Worldview Selection.”
Ali Adam Valenzuela (Stanford) “Do You Believe in God or Politics? The Role of Religion and Ideology in Latino Political Behavior.”
Jackie Bass (UC-Berkeley) “Word of Faith and its Effect on the Churches Involvement in African American Communities.”
Third Session 4:00 - 5:20 - Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Representation
Irene Bloemraad (UC-Berkeley) and Christel Kesler (Oxford) “Do Immigrants Hurt Civic and Political Engagement? The Conditional Effect of Immigrant Diversity on Trust, Membership, and Participation across 23 Countries, 1981-2001.”
Carole Uhlaner (UC-Irvine) “The Intersection of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity with Voter Turnout: Explaining Differences Across States.”
Christopher Parker, Matt Barreto, Francisco Pedraza, Loren Collingwood (U-Washington) “Race of Interviewer Effects: The Importance of Actual and Perceived Race of Interviewer in Survey Response”
WINTER 2009
The 13th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)
Friday, January 30, 2009
1pm to 5pm
Mission Inn, Riverside CA
Ho-O-Kan Room
1. Byran Martin (UCR):
To Judge or not to Judge, that is the Question: Social Norms and Racial Attitudes in Telephone Surveys
2. Luisa Heredia (Harvard):
“Welcoming the Stranger”: The Catholic Church’s Activism on Behalf of Un/Documented Immigrants
3. Leland Saito (USC):
The Rise of Political Power Among Immigrants, Racial Minorities, and Unions in Los Angeles
BREAK
1. Rodolfo Espino (ASU) and Rafael Jimeno (ASU):
Latino Linked Fate and Complex Causality
2. Bethany Albertson (UW) and Shana Kushner Gadarian (Princeton):
Is Lou Dobbs Frightening? The Effect of Threatening Advertisements on Black, White and Latino Attitudes towards Immigration
3. Matt Barreto (UW), Victoria DeFrancesco (Northwestern), Jennifer Merolla (CGU), and Ricardo Ramirez (USC):
Bulls Eye or Bomb? Ethnically Targeted Campaign Ads in the 2008 Election
FALL 2008
The 12th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)
September 26th 2008
107 Social Science Building, UC San Diego
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
1pm Panel 1: Immigration Policy and Its Effects
Jennifer Merolla, Juana Mora, Ivy Melgar, CGU
Adrian Pantoja Pitzer College
“From Frames to Action: The Immigration Debate and Its Effects on
Participation”
Kristen Parks, Gabriel Lozada, and Miguel Mendoza, UCSD
“The effects of U.S. border policy on unauthorized migration: New evidence
from Oaxaca, Mexico”
2pm Panel 2: Evaluating Names and Policies
Tom Wong, UC Riverside
“Explaining Cross-national Variations in Immigration Policy: A Preliminary
Research Design”
Xavier Vidal, UC Riverside
“What’s in a Name? Reevaluating the Spanish Surname List”
Break
3:30 Panel 3: Immigrant Context
Zoli Hajnal, Marisa Abrajano, and Nick Warner, UCSD
“Immigrant Context and the Political Views of Native-born Americans”
4:15 Panel 4: Roundtable on Understanding the 2008 General Election
Marisa Abrajano - UCSD
Janelle Wong - USC
Lorrie Frasure -UCLA
Ben Bishin - UCR
SUMMER 2008
The 11th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)
WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 1pm to 5pm
WHERE: 318 Social Science Tower, UC Irvine
Panel 1: Anglo/White Reactions Attitudes on Racial Issues
Marcela Garcia-Castanon, University of Washington
“Backlash to Beto: Anglo American’s perceptions of the 2006 Immigration Rallies.”
Andres Jimenez and Louis DeSipio, UC, Office of the President and UC, Irvine
“White Voter Reactions to Anti Affirmative Action Initiatives: Comparison of Michigan, California, Washington State”
Panel 2: Elite Studies
Pei-te Lien, UC Santa Barbara
“Development of the Survey for the Gender and Multicultural Leadership Project”
Karthick Ramakrishnan, UC Riverside
Discussion of forthcoming book: Civic Hopes and Political Realities: Immigrants, Community Organizations, and Political Engagement (with Irene Bloemraad)
Panel 3: Looking to 2008
Chris Stout and Reuben Kline, UC, Irvine
“The Bradley Effect 25 Years Later: An Analysis of Minority Candidates and the Accuracy of Pre-Election Polls”
Ricardo Ramirez, University of Southern California, Jennifer Merolla, Claremont Graduate University, and Matt Barreto, Univ. Washington
“Bulls Eye or Ricochet? The Effect of Ethnically Targeted Ads in the 2008 Election”
Panel 4: Roundtable on Studying the 2008 election
- Ideas on feasible research projects on the 2008 elections;
- Identifying the low-hanging fruit
- Discussions of possible collaborations
SPRING 2008
The 10th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC)
WHEN: FRIDAY, April 18, 2008
WHERE: Cal State Long Beach, The Anatol Center
Hosts: Ron Schmidt and Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, Department of Political Science
SESSION I: 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. – Reports on Research-In-Progress” I
1. Armando Mejia (PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin, Madison): “Grassroots Politics in a Global Metropolis: Latino Organizing For Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development in Los Angeles”
2. Ivy Melgar, (PhD Candidate, Claremont Graduate University), “From Frames to Action: The Immigration Debate and its Effects on Participation.” Presenting research by Adrian Pantoja, Jennifer Merolla, Juana Mora, and Ivy Melgar.
3. Jennifer Hernandez (PhD Candidate, UC Irvine), “Naturalization, Socialization & Incorporation: Children of Immigrants in Florida and San Diego.”
SESSION II: 2:30 – 3:45 p.m. – Reports on Research-In-Progress II
1. Lisa Garcia Bedolla (UC Irvine), “Getting Out the Vote: Mobilizing Low Propensity Voters in California.”
2. Raphael Sonenshein (CSU Fullerton), “Using Political Geography to Understand the New Coalition Politics of Immigration.”
SESSION III: 4:00 – 5:15 p.m Roundtable Discussion: “Race/Ethnicity/Immigration in the 2008 Elections (So Far)”
Participants: Maulana Karenga, CSULB
Taeku Lee, UC Berkeley
Karthick Ramakrishnan, UC Riverside
Ricardo Ramirez, USC
Raphael Sonenshein, CSU Fullerton
WINTER 2008
The 9th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
WHEN: FRIDAY, February 1, 2008
WHERE: Mission Inn, Riverside CA — Santa Barbara Room
1pm : Zoltan Hajnal (UCSD) “Counting Votes to Determine Winners and Losers in American Democracy”
1:30 : Rodolfo Espino (ASU) “The Depressing Effects of Voter ID Requirements on Minority Voting”
2pm : Curt Ziniel (UCR) “Counting Faces and Voices: Race Representation by House Office Staff”
2:30 : COFFEE BREAK
3pm : Mara Cohen-Marks (LMU) and Chris Stout (UCI) “Rating LA’s Top Cops: Racial Differences in Public Opinions”
3:30 : Brian Thomas (UCR) “Empathetic Failures Between Whites and Blacks: Failures of Knowledge Or Subtle Racism?”
4pm : ROUNDTABLE ON THE 2008 ELECTION: Bridging past research and new realities (on partisanship, race/gender, intergroup relations, and polling reliability)
PARTICIPANTS: Carole Uhlaner (UCI), Amy Cabrera Rasmussen (CSULB), Zoltan Hajnal (UCSD), Rodolfo Espino (ASU)
FALL 2007
The 8th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, September 28,2008
Claremont Graduate University and Pitzer College
Location: McConnell Founders Room, Pitzer College, Claremont CA
Session I: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
1. Jose Muñoz (SUNY, Stony Brook), “Putting History to Work: Deliberation Strategies, Social Capital, and Collective Action in Mexican Immigrant Social Movement Organizations in Los Angeles”
2. Taeku Lee (UC Berkeley), Mark Sawyer (UCLA), Jim Sidanius (Harvard), and Janelle Wong (USC), “Race in the City of Angles: Preliminary Report on the 2007 Los Angeles Community Social Survey”
3. Javier Rodriguez (UCLA), “Latino Pre-Immigration SES as a Predictor of Socio-Political Incorporation in the United States”
Session II: 3:30pm-5:30pm
4. Matt Barreto and Karam Dana (UW-Seattle) “Political Incorporation versus Isolation of Muslim Americans: The Role of Religiosity and Immigration”
5. Ivy Melgar, Jennifer Merolla, Juana Mora (CGU) and Adrian D. Pantoja (Pitzer), “Framing the Immigration Debate and its Effects on Political Attitudes and Behaviors: An Experimental Study”
6. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Tom Wong (UCR) “Immigration Policies Go Local: The Varying Responses of Local Governments to Undocumented Immigrants”Contact: Jennifer Merolla and Adrian Pantoja
SUMMER 2007
The 7th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, July 27,2007
University of California, Los Angeles
Location: 4357 Bunche Hall
PANEL 1: 1. Tamura Howard (UCLA) “Framing Education Policy: The Contestation of Meaning in the Debate Over Access to Higher Education”
2. Arely Zimmerman (UCLA) “Remaking Citizenship in the Context of ‘Imminent Deportability’: Associative Networks and Central American Immigrants in Los Angeles”
3. Celia Lacayo (UC Berkeley) “Santa-Ana: The REAL-ity of Orange County”
4. Alfonso Gonzales (UCLA) “Anti-Mexican Hegemony and the Politics of Immigration Control in the U.S. from 1986 to 2006?
PANEL 2: Roundtable: Race, Immigration and the 2008 Election
Mark Sawyer, UCLA
Franklin Gilliam, UCLA
Raymond Rocco, UCLA
SPRING 2007
The 6th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, April 27, 2007
University of Southern California
LOCATION: Social Sciences (SOS) B-40
Graduate Student Panel
Dino Bozonelos (UCR)
Kathy Rim (UCI)
Faculty Panel
Kareem Crayton (USC)
Rodolfo Espino (ASU)
Ron Schmidt (CSULB)
WINTER 2007
The 5th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, February 2, 2007
Mission Inn, Riverside CA (co-sponsored by UC MEXUS)
Session 1: Ben Bishin, Casey Klofstad
Martin Johnson
Session 2: Ricardo Ramirez, Adrian Felix, Carmen Gonzalez
Karthick Ramakrishnan and Kevin Esterling
Roundtable on Immigration Protests: Matt Barreto, Kathy Rim, Mara Marks, Gabriel Sanchez
FALL 2006
The 4th meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, September 29,2006
UC Irvine
2pm to 6pm, 318 Social Science Tower
Session 1: Matt Barreto, Jennnifer Merolla, and Ricardo Ramírez
Kathy Rim
Marisa Abrajano
Session 2: Natalie Masuoka
Lisa García Bedolla
SUMMER 2006
The 3rd meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Monday, June 26,2006
Loyola Marymount (co-sponsored by UCR)
The Living Room (see “MAL” building on campus map)
Panel 1: Presentation of Latino Policy Coalition’s next survey
Panel 2: Book presentations by Janelle Wong and Lee/Ramakrishnan/Ramírez
WINTER 2006
The 2nd meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, Jan. 13, 2006
UC Riverside (co-sponsored by UC MEXUS)
Tomas Rivéra Library Room 403
Panel 1: Francisco Pedraza, Chris Stout
Panel 2: Matt Barreto, Jennifer Merolla, and Ricardo Ramírez; Max Neiman; Dom Apollon
WINTER 2006
The inaugural meeting of the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium
Friday, Sept. 30,2005
UC Riverside (co-sponsored by UC MEXUS)
Panel 1: Dino Bozonelos, Natalie Masuoka, Stephen Nuño
Panel 2 : Louis DeSipio, Martin Johnson, Louis DeSipio, Janelle Wong
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