HEATHER SILBER MOHAMED Clark University Department of Political Science 950 Main Street Worcester, MA (352) (mobile)

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1 HEATHER SILBER MOHAMED Clark University Department of Political Science 950 Main Street Worcester, MA (352) (mobile) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, Clark University Department of Political Science, January 2014 Present Courses: Research Methods; Introduction to American Government; Latino Politics in the U.S.; Women, Politics, and Public Policy; Immigration, Identity, and Diversity Politics in the U.S.; Politics of Food and Drink Affiliations: Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Women s and Gender Studies Program, Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies Visiting Lecturer, Brown University Department of Political Science, Instructor, Clark University Department of Political Science, Fall 2012 EDUCATION Brown University, Ph.D. in Political Science, May 2012 Dissertation: Immigration, Protest, and the Politics of Latino/a Identity. Dissertation Committee: Marion Orr (Chair), James Morone, Wendy Schiller Brown University, A.M. in Political Science, May 2008 High Pass on Comprehensive Exams in American Politics and Comparative Politics The London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc. in Comparative Politics with Merit (Specialization: Latin America), December 2002 Tufts University, B.A. in Spanish and International Relations, Magna cum Laude, May 1998 Study Abroad La Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, January June 1997, Madrid, Spain PUBLICATIONS Book Silber Mohamed, Heather The New Americans?: Immigration, Protest, and the Politics of Latino Identity. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Silber Mohamed, Heather Americana or Latina? Gender and identity acquisition among Hispanics in the United States. Politics, Groups, and Identities. 3 (1): pp Silber Mohamed, Heather Can Protests Make Latinos American? Identity, Immigration Politics, and the 2006 Marches. American Politics Research. 41(2): pp Other Peer-Reviewed Publications Silber Mohamed, Heather and Emily Farris Immigration Politics and Policy in the United States. In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Ed. Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: /OBO/

2 Additional Publications Silber Mohamed, Heather. Forthcoming. Book Review: Contested Transformations: Race, Gender, and Leadership in 21 st Century America by Carol Hardy-Fanta, Pei-te Lien, Dianne Pinderhughes, and Christine Marie Sierra in Political Science Quarterly. Silber Mohamed, Heather Immigration Reform and the 2014 Midterms: The Politics of Executive Action. in Chris Galdieri, Tauna Sisco, and Jennifer Lucas (eds). Races, Reforms, and Policy: Implications of the 2014 Election. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press. Silber Mohamed, Heather Americana or Latina? Gender and identity acquisition among Hispanics in the United States. in Zoe Oxley (ed.) Gender and Political Psychology. New York: Routledge. Mueller, Lisa, Heather Silber Mohamed, and Stephanie Slocum-Schaeffer Teaching Research Methods. PS: Political Science and Politics. (names alphabetical; contributions equal) Silber Mohamed, Heather The Boundaries of American-ness: Perceived Barriers among Latino Subgroups in Tony Affigne, Marion Orr and Evelyn Hu-DeHart (eds). Latino Politics En Ciencia Política: The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness. New York: New York University Press pp Working Papers Silber Mohamed, Heather. Embryonic Politics: Attitudes about Abortion, Stem Cell Research, and IVF. (Revise and Resubmit) Emily M. Farris and Heather Silber Mohamed. Picturing Immigration: How the Media Criminalizes Immigrants. (Under Review) Silber Mohamed, Heather and Emily M. Farris. Bad Hombres? : An Examination of Identities in Media Coverage of Immigration. Silber Mohamed, Heather and Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino. Girls for Hillary: How Daughters Influence Parents Political Attitudes. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Fund for Latino Scholarship Research Grant, American Political Science Association, August Elmer Plischke Annual Faculty Research Award, Clark University, April Belfer Family Graduate Fellowship in Public Policy, Brown University, for dissertation research, Fall 2011 and Fall American Political Science Association (APSA) Travel Grant, July Midwest Latino/a Caucus Travel Grant Award, Midwest Political Science Association, April Award received for best research paper submitted by a Latino/a Graduate Student. John A. Garcia Scholarship for ICPSR Methods Training, Summer 2009, University of Michigan. Awarded by American Political Science Association (APSA) Political Methodology Group. Brown University Graduate School Research Travel Grant, to support ICPSR studies, July 2009.

3 Brown University Political Science Department Grant for Methods Training, June Selected for competitive fellowship to attend ICPSR Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) workshop at the University of Massachusetts -Amherst. Dissertation Fellowship, Brown Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University Graduate Fellowship, for doctoral work in Political Science, , , , Summers 2007, 2008, and Stanley J. Bernstein Graduate Fellowship, Brown University, for graduate studies, Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) Fellowship, Brown University, Citizenship Education Conference and Scholarship Competition, First Place Award, Syracuse University, Received for policy proposal and presentation at university-wide conference. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Latinas, Religiosity, and Political Engagement (co-authored with Mirya Holman and Erica Podrazik), to be presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (anticipated April 2018) Roundtable: Author Meets Critics, Discussing, The New Americans: Immigration, Protest, and the Politics of Latino Identity, scheduled to take place at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (anticipated April 2018) Gender, Religiosity, and Latino/a Abortion Attitudes (co-authored with Mirya Holman and Erica Podrazik), to be presented at the Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (anticipated March 2018) Girls for Hillary: How Daughters Influence Parents Political Attitudes (co-authored with Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino) presented at the Gender and Political Psychology conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, October 2017 Who Are They?: An Examination of Identities in Media Coverage of Immigration, (co-authored with Emily Farris) presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, April 21, 2017 Embryonic Politics and Moral Values: Attitudes about IVF, Abortion, and Stem Cell Research, presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 8, 2017 The Immigration Paradox: Latino Policy Priorities and the Limits of Pan-Ethnic Unity, presented at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Haven, CT, April 24, 2015 Immigration Reform and the 2014 Midterms: Latinos and the Politics of Executive Action, presented at the American Election 2014: Contexts and Consequences Conference, St. Anselm s College, Manchester, NH, March 2015 Defining American at the State Level: Statehouse Immigration Initiatives and Protest Responses, presented at the annual meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, Boston, MA, November 2014.

4 "The Gender Identification Gap?: Male-Female Differences in Immigrant Self-Identification," presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, September The Latino/a American Gender Identification Gap, presented at the annual meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Hartford, CT, April The Boundaries of American-ness: Perceived Barriers among Latino Subgroups, presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September Debating Immigration: Public Policy Discourse and Latino Political Identity, presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April Paper selected for 2010 Midwest Latino/Latina Caucus Travel Grant Award Eventual Identity: Latinos, Immigration Politics and the Spring 2006 Protests, presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, April Debating Immigration: Public Policy Discourse and Latino Political Identity, presented at the Brown University Graduate Students of Color Conference, Providence, RI, March Award for Best Senior Oral Presentation Eventual Identity: Latinos, Immigration Politics and the Spring 2006 Protests, presented at the National Conference on Latino Politics, Power and Policy: Findings from the Latino National Survey. Brown University, Providence, RI, October 24, Correlating Neoliberalism and Education Outcomes in Latin America, presented at the Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) Geo-Conference, Brown University, June CONFERENCE CHAIR AND DISCUSSANT Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Discussant, Panel on Framing and Immigration, Chicago, IL, April Gender and Political Psychology Conference, Panel Discussant, October American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Discussant, Panel on Gender and Race in the 2016 Elections, San Francisco, CA, August Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chair and Discussant, Panel on Race, Religion, and Immigration in the U.S., April American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Panel on Gender, Race, and Campaigns, August (Comments submitted electronically) APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Washington, DC, January Research Methods Track. Panel on Policies in States and Cities, Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA, November Politics, Culture, and Society Graduate Workshop, Brown University, October 2006.

5 INVITED TALKS Immigration Policy and Latino Identity Politics in the U.S., Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, March 27, 2017 (via Skype). Immigration, Protest, and Latino Identity Politics, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, February 23, Panelist, Worcester State University Symposium on Voting Rights, Worcester, MA, November 1, Immigration and Latino Identity Politics from 2006 to 2016, Saint Anselm College New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Manchester, NH, September 28, The 2016 Presidential Election and the Hispanic Vote, panel discussion at Brown University, Providence, RI, March Latinos in Our Communities, presented at the Rhode Island Latina Leadership Institute, Providence, RI, May The Latino/a American Gender Identification Gap? presented at the Annual Dr. Han-Jyun Hou Conference on the Politics of Immigration, Binghamton University, June PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES Discipline Gender and Political Psychology Mid-Career Scholar Awards Committee, Midwest Latino/a Caucus Newsletter Editor, APSA Latino Caucus Book Award Committee, Graduate Student Issues Committee, American Political Science Association Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section, Referee, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy, Politics, Groups, and Identities, American Politics Research, Social Forces, Ethnic and Racial Identities, SAGE Open, Clark University s Student Undergraduate Research Journal, University of Chicago Press, University of California Press. Clark University Clark University Steering Committee (elected position), Fall 2017-present (3 year appointment). Clark University Judicial Board, Fall present (3 year appointment). Clark University LEEP Projects Committee, Spring 2015 and Spring Clark University Institutional Review Board, Spring 2015.

6 Brown University Graduate Student Coordinator, Brown University Political Science Department Seminar Series, Brown University Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Teaching Certificate I Program, Certificate III Program, Coordinator, Brown University Graduate Workshop on Politics, Culture and Society, Department Representative, Brown University Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Advisory Committee, ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, Brown University Department of Political Science, Co-Instructor, Tufts University Experimental College, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL EXPERIENCE U.S. Congressman Marty Meehan (D-MA-05) June 2005 April 2006 Senior Legislative Assistant, Washington, DC. Advised senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee on policy related to defense, foreign policy, homeland security and veterans affairs. Drafted and managed all Congressional funding requests for related projects. Developed policy recommendations, legislation, amendments, speeches, and Op/Eds for local and national press. Organized coalitions in support of legislative initiatives. Top-secret security clearance obtained. U.S. Congressman John F. Tierney (D-MA-06) June 2003 June 2005 Legislative Assistant, Washington, DC. Senior advisor to Member of House Education and the Workforce Committee on issues including labor, trade, workforce development, pensions, taxes, fisheries and Social Security. Worked with federal agencies, national organizations, and constituency groups to advance Member s policy agenda. Spoke on behalf of Member at related events. U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) August 1998 August 2001 Legislative Aide, Washington, DC. Briefed Senator on foreign policy, national security, and veterans issues, and aided in policy development and strategy. Wrote speeches, memos, correspondence, and background material for Armed Services Committee hearings. Organized meetings with Administration officials and foreign heads of state to discuss Senator s policy concerns. ADDITIONAL TRAINING, LANGUAGES, AND SKILLS Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, 2009 ICPSR Hierarchical Linear Modeling Workshop, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2009 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), S4 Institute, Brown University, 2007 Fluent in Spanish. Basic knowledge of Portuguese. Completed Intensive Portuguese Courses at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Summer Proficient in Stata, SPSS, HLM, NVivo, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

7 MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Political Science Association (APSA). Latino Caucus; Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics; Women and Politics Section. Midwestern Political Science Association Midwest Latino/a Caucus. New England Political Science Association. Western Political Science Association. National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. New Frontier Network, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Kennedy Staff Club, Edward M. Kennedy Institute. December 2017.