PRIEC

Join PRIEC at UC Santa Barbara this May

Next will be hosted by University of California, Santa Barbara on May 8, 2026. We encourage you to apply to present or attend and join us in an engaging day of scholarship and discussion.

Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium

January 24, 2025
At Arizona State University

About Event

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PRIEC is a series of meetings that promotes collaboration among faculty and graduate students working on racial/ethnic politics and immigration. It provides a forum for sharing work-in-progress, mentoring for students, and feedback for faculty.

Invitation to May 8, 2026 PRIEC

Dear Colleagues,

The Department of Political Science in collaboration with Migration Initiative, Asian American Studies, and Center for Black Studies Research at UC Santa Barbara is pleased to invite presentation proposals for the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) convening on 8 May 2026, in Santa Barbara, California. 

RSVP and/or submit a paper for consideration here by the link above.

Proposal Guidelines: We welcome proposals that explore a wide range of issues related to the politics of race, immigration, and ethnicity. Proposals may focus on any level of analysis (national, state, local) and any area of the political system (legislative, executive/bureaucratic, judicial). We are especially interested in research that features institutions, governance, and public policy, or examines comparative and/or transnational perspectives with a focus on the U.S., or includes interdisciplinary approaches or community-engaged research. Research that focuses on individual-level political attitudes and political behavior is also welcome.

Who Should Submit: We encourage submissions from academic scholars, social scientists across various disciplines, and policy practitioners. We particularly welcome contributions from graduate students and early-career researchers. This is an ideal venue for sharing research at any stage of development, whether it is a work-in-progress or a more developed study. You may submit a paper, or writeup of a research design, research note, or preliminary analysis, but a fully or partially developed manuscript is not required.

Presentation Format:  12 minute presentations, comment collection after each presentation.

Deadline for full presentations: Friday, 20 March 2026

Notification of acceptance: Monday, 24 March 2026

Special Invitation to Undergraduate Scholars Poster Session: 

We invite faculty to encourage undergraduate students conducting original research on topics related to the politics of race, immigration, ethnicity, or identity broadly defined to submit. This session will provide undergraduates an opportunity to engage with leading scholars and collect meaningful feedback on their projects.

Deadline for undergraduate presentations: Tuesday, 7 April 2026

Notification of acceptance: Friday, 10 April 2026

Contact Information: For any questions or additional information, please contact Emily Hickingbottom at ehickingbottom@ucsb.edu or Pei-te Lien at plien@polsci.ucsb.edu

 

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Why Join PRIEC ?

Audience reacts and offers feedback after each presentation;

No conference membership or conference fee to attend;

Culture of constructive feedback and professional conduct;

Low barrier to entry -- no paper required to present.

April 12, 2024​

We are now inviting and welcoming presentation proposals for the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) meeting at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, to take place on April 12th, 2024; the schedule is not finalized but it is to go from 9am-4pm.

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Paper Presented at PRIEC: Highlighting Innovations in Political Science Research​

David Lopez Amaya, a senior at The University of New Mexico, is pioneering in political science with an emphasis on minority voting rights. In a unique B.A./M.A. program, mentored by Professor Loren Collingwood, he focuses on Native American voting rights, striving for equitable representation and demonstrating the impactful role of education in advancing social justice.

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