STELLA M. ROUSE CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Government and Politics voice: (301) 405-4194 University of Maryland fax: (301) 414-9690 3140 Tydings Hall email: srouse@umd.edu College Park, MD 20742 web: http://gvptsites.umd.edu/srouse/ ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Maryland Department of Government and Politics Associate Professor 2014 - Present Assistant Professor 2008-2014 Director, Center for American Politics and Citizenship 2015-present Assistant Director, Center for American Politics and Citizenship 2013-2015 Research Fellow, Center for American Politics and Citizenship 2010-2013 Duke University Social Science Research Institute, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010 2011 OTHER APPOINTMENTS Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) Public Fellows Program 2018-2019 EDUCATION Louisiana State University Ph.D. Political Science, 2008 M.A. Political Science, 2007 B.A. Political Science, 1996 PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Books Rouse, Stella M. and Ashley D. Ross. Forthcoming 2018. The Politics of Millennials: Political Beliefs and Policy Preferences of America s Most Diverse Generation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Rouse, Stella M. 2013. Latinos in the Legislative Process: Interests and Influence. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1107032705 Revised July 2018
Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 12 (3), September 2014. Named by Huffington Post as one of the Best Political Science Books of 2013 Articles Ross, Ashley D. and Stella M. Rouse. 2015. Economic Uncertainty, Job Threat, and the Resiliency of the Millennial Generation s Attitudes toward Immigration. Social Science Quarterly, 96 (5): 1363-79. DOI 10.1111/ssqu.12168. McKenzie Brian and Stella M. Rouse. 2013. Shades of Faith: Religious Foundations of Political Attitudes Among African Americans, Latinos and Whites. American Journal of Political Science, 57 (1): 218-235. Sill, Kaitlyn, Emily Metzgar, and Stella M. Rouse. 2013. Media Coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court: How Do Journalists Assess the Importance of Court Decisions? Political Communication, 30 (1): 58-80. Bratton, Kathleen A. and Stella M. Rouse. 2011. Networks in the Legislative Arena: How Group Dynamics Affect Cosponsorship. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 36 (3): 423-60. Rouse, Stella M., Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, and James C. Garand. 2010. Divided Loyalties? Understanding Variation in Latinos Attitudes Toward Immigration. Social Science Quarterly, 91 (3): 856-882. Ross, Ashley D., Stella M. Rouse, and Kathleen A. Bratton. 2010. Latino Representation and Education: Pathways to Latino Student Performance. State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 10 (1): 69-95. Rouse, Stella M. and Moises Arce. 2006. The Drug-Laden Balloon: U.S. Military Assistance and Coca Production in the Central Andes. Social Science Quarterly, 87 (3): 540-557. Other Publications Rouse, Stella M. 2017. Colombian-Americans. In Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies, ed. Ilan Stavans. New York: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199913701-0121. <Available at: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199913701/obo- 9780199913701-0121.xml?rskey=cKVsSY&result=7> Non Peer-Reviewed Reports Rouse, Stella M., Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, and Ben Thrutchley. 2015. Latino Civic Health Index National Conference on Citizenship. <available at: http://ncoc.net/latinoschi> 2
Also available in Spanish: Rouse, Stella M., Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, and Ben Thrutchley. 2015. Índice de Salud Cívica Latina National Conference on Citizenship <disponible en: http://ncoc.net/latinoschispanish> Book Chapters Swers, Michele L. and Stella M. Rouse. 2011. Descriptive Representation: Understanding the Impact of Identity on Substantive Representation of Group Interests, in The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress, eds. Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee. New York: Oxford University Press. Book Reviews Rouse, Stella M. Latino Representation in State Houses and Congress (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Jason P. Casellas, author; in American Review of Politics, Fall 2011/Winter 2012. WORK IN PROGRESS Polarization of Climate Change Beliefs: The Role of the Millennial Generation Identity with Ashley Ross and William Mobley (under review). The Impact of Electoral Arrangements on Minority Representation: District Magnitude and the Election of African American State Legislators with Paul Herrnson and Jeffrey Taylor (under review). Reactionary Politics: How Partisan Misalignment Conditions State Policy Responses to Federal Action with Nicholas Miras (graduate student). Legislative Minority Groups and Agenda Setting: A Social Network Examination of Collaboration and Integration in Congress with Michele Swers and Michael Parrott. Latinos and Committee Participation in the U.S. Congress. Look Who s Talking (About Immigration)! How Social Networks that Engage in Political Discussions Enhance Latino Political Participation with Antonio Rodriguez (graduate student). Congressional Judiciary Committee Members and Social Media: Messaging through Tweets about Supreme Court Decisions with Kaitlyn Sill and Emily Metzgar. The Presence and Prevalence of the Tea Party Movement in U.S. State Legislatures with Charlie Hunt (graduate student) and Kristen Essel (graduate student). Constituency Diversity and Policy Responsiveness in Congress with James Garand and Phillip Ardoin. 3
Responding to the Challenges of Democratic Pluralism: The Representation of Latinos through Legislative Caucuses (book-length manuscript). AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2017. Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation (ENACT) Faculty Fellowship, Brandeis University ($5,000). Universitas 21 Millennial Project Funding, University of Maryland, Division of Research, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of Government and Politics ($52,000); Co-PI s: Richard Engstrom (IGSR) and Michael Hanmer. Research and Support Award (RASA), The Graduate School, University of Maryland ($10,000). Fund for Latino Scholarship Grant for Latino Undergraduate Student Recruitment, American Political Science Association ($2,000). 2015. Dean s Research Initiative for Mentored Undergraduate Research Team, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland ($2,500). 2014. Elmer Plischke Annual Faculty Research Award, Department of Government and Politics. Dean s Research Initiative for Mentored Undergraduate Research Team, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland ($2,500). 2012. Dean s Research Initiative, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland ($10,200). Emerging Scholars Program Award, College of Behavior and Social Sciences, University of Maryland ($1000 professional development funds). 2011. Research and Support Award (RASA), The Graduate School, University of Maryland ($9000). 2010. Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($40,000). Research and Support Award (RASA), The Graduate School, University of Maryland ($9000, declined; unable to hold concurrently with Ford Fellowship). Artinian Award, Southern Political Science Association. 2009. Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship. APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship Travel Award, American Political Science Association. Political Networks Fellowship, Conference on Networks in Political Science, Harvard University ($1000). 4
2008. National Science Foundation Dissertation Support Grant ($6287); Co-PI: Kathleen Bratton. INVITED PRESENTATIONS United States Chair, Universidad de San Andres, Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Politics under Trump. Buenos Aires, Argentina. February 26-March 2, 2018. Speaker Series, SPA Latino Scholars Latino Millennials to the Rescue? Climate Change (Dis)Belief in the United States and the Future of Environmental Policy. Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, School of Public Affairs, American University, April 5, 2017. Latinos and the 2016 Election. Presentation at the Legacy Leadership Forum, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, October 28, 2016. Speaker Series, Who Chooses the President? An Election Series Event The Latino Electorate and the 2016 Presidential Elections. Presentation at Washington College. Sponsored by the Starr Center and Louis L. Goldstein Program in Public Affairs, September 28, 2016. An Agenda Beyond Immigration: Latinos and the Politics of Climate Change paper presented at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, March 2, 2016. International Conference on Who Will Succeed Obama? U.S. Presidential Primaries and their Impact on Canada. Latinos, Climate Change and the 2016 Presidential Elections paper presented at The Chaire Raoul Dandurand Center for Research at the University of Quebec at Montréal, Canada, February 25, 2016. Latinos and Committee Participation in the U.S. Congress, Research presentation, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, January 23, 2014. Latinos in the Deliberative Process, paper presented at The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences, Duke University, February 17, 2011. Latinos in the Deliberative Process, paper presented at The National Conference of Ford Fellows, Irvine, California, October 15-16, 2010. PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (since 2013) Reactionary Politics: How Partisan Misalignment Conditions State Policy Responses to Federal Actions. Paper presented at the State Politics and Policy Conference s Annual Meeting, State College, PA (Pennsylvania State University), June 7-9, 2018 (with Nick Miras). 5
The Mayoral Classification Challenge BUILD Conference. Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, May 2-4, 2018 (by invitation). The Climate Change Politics of Millennials. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association s Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 31-September 2, 2017 (with Ashley Ross). Climate Change (Dis)Belief in the United States and How Millennials May Shape Our Environmental Future. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 12-14, 2017 (with Ashley Ross). Environmentally-Minded: The Attitudes of Latinos about Climate Change. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January7-9, 2016 (with Ashley Ross). The Presence and Prevalence of the Tea Party Movement in U.S. State Legislatures. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the State Politics and Policy Conference, Sacramento, CA, May 28-30, 2015 (with Irwin Morris, James Glenn, and Kristen Essel). Economic Uncertainty, Job Threat, and the Resiliency of the Millennial Generation s Attitudes toward Immigration. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 15-17, 2015 (with Ashley Ross). Explaining Variation in Policy Responsiveness in the U.S. House, 1980-2000. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 3-6, 2014 (with James Garand and Phillip Ardoin). Gender, Race, and Coalition Building: Agenda Setting as a Mechanism for Collaboration among Minority Groups in Congress. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 29- September 1, 2013 (with Michele Swers and Michael Parrott). Look Who s Talking Now (About Immigration)! Solidarity, Social Networks and Latino Political Participation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Hollywood, California, March, 2013 (with Antonio Rodriguez). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to American Government, undergraduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Fall 2016, Fall 2008) Seminar in Maryland Politics, Policy and Leadership, undergraduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Fall 2015). Seminar in Minority Politics, undergraduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Fall 2009, Fall 2008) 6
Problems in State and Local Government, undergraduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Fall 2017, Spring 2014, Spring 2010, Fall 2009) Issues in State & Local Politics and Policy, graduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Spring 2017, Fall 2013) Scope and Methods for Political Science Research, undergraduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Fall 2012) Honors Seminar in Minority Politics, undergraduate course, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (Spring 2009) STUDENT ADVISING Mentor, Uchechi Esonu (Bowdoin College) 2012 University of Maryland, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Summer Research Initiative Scholars Program Ph.D. Committees: Current: Antonio Rodriguez (chair) Jonathan England (member) Matthew Burger (member) Noa Balf (member) Past: Genevieve Mayhew (member, defended May 2017) Carla Abdo (member, defended May 2016) Mike Parrott (member, defended April 2016) Joe Wantz (member, defended May 2014) Stephen Yoder (member, defended January 2014) Mentorship Committees: Kevin Castellanos (chair) Robert Campana (chair) Heather Hicks (member) Nick Miras (member) Methods Paper Committees: Kelsey Hinchliffe (member) Third Year Paper Committees: Katti McNally (member) Honors Thesis Committees: Mitchell Rock (chair, 2018) Meghan Gallagher (chair, 2015) 7
Ross Fasman (2015) Paul Stern (2014) Lindsey Anderson (2013) Lauren Oppenheimer (2012) Nida Kanwal (2012) Ejaz Baluch, Jr. (2010) SERVICE ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE: Panel Participant, White Supremacy: Ideology, Presence, and Impact. Department of Government and Politics, October 23, 2017. Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2017-2018. Panel Participant, Fact vs. Myth: Unpacking Trump s First 100 Days. Department of Government and Politics, February 15, 2017. Director, Social Media Communication, Department of Government and Politics, 2014-2016. Member, Jean Elizabeth Spencer Award Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017. Member, Executive Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2009-2010; 2013-2015. Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2012-2015. Representative, Department of Government and Politics, Ralph Bunche Recruitment Fair, Duke University, 2014. Member, American Politics Search Committee, 2013, 2014. Coordinator, American Politics Workshop, 2011-2013; spring 2018. Co-Coordinator, Workshop in Social Network Analysis, September 2013. Member, Roger H. Davidson Award Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2011. Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2008-2010. Member, Conley Dillon Award Committee, Department of Government and Politics, 2010; 2012. UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Associate Director, University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll Initiative, October 2016-present. Panelist, Census 2020: Race and Whose Story Counts. Presented by the Center for Global Migration Studies, April 19, 2018. Panelist, Scholarship and Practice Symposium, Change and Challenge: 100 Days of Journalism During the Trump Administration. Phillip Merrill College of Journalism, May 3, 2017. 8
Co-Organizer and Moderator, Money in Politics: A Bipartisan Discussion. November 12, 2015. Member, Judge Williams Center Faculty Advisory Board, 2015-present Member, African American Studies Department Search Committee, 2015-2016 Co-Organizer and Panel Participant, University of Maryland-Washington Post Poll Legislative Issues Event, February 23, 2015 Co-Organizer and Panel Participant, University of Maryland-Washington Post Poll Launch Event, October 29, 2014. Faculty Advisor, It s Our Future, University of Maryland Student Organization (2016-present) Faculty Advisor, The Political Latinos United Movement for Action in Society (PLUMAS), University of Maryland Student Organization (2012-present). Faculty Advisor, Students for Gansler, University of Maryland Student Organization (2013-2014). Participant, Truman Award Mock Interview for Fang Cao, March 2014 (organized by the National Scholarship Office and Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research). Panel Participant, Post-Mortem on the 2012 Elections, November 13, 2012 (organized by the Center for American Politics and Citizenship). Invited Speaker, Latino Heritage Month Lecture Series: The Political Trajectory of Latinos. Sponsored by the University of Maryland Latino Heritage Month Planning Committee and Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy, September 25, 2012. Invited Speaker, Constitution Day Event: Election Dissection: Do Strict Voter ID Laws Translate into Voter Suppression? September 19, 2012. Panel Participant, Provost s Conversations Series: Latinos in America: Will Numbers Mean Power? March 7, 2011. Moderator, Conference on the Tea Party and the 2010 Elections, October 20, 2010 (organized by the Center for American Politics and Citizenship). Panel Participant, Post-Mortem on the 2008 Elections, November 11, 2008 (organized by the Center for American Politics and Citizenship). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Editorial Board Member, Social Science Quarterly (2018-present) Editorial Board Member, Women Also Know Stuff Initiative (2017-present) Conference Program Committee, Section Co-Chair, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2018. Conference Program Committee, Section Chair, State and Intergovernmental Politics, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2018. Member, American Political Science Association, Latino Caucus Best Book Award Committee 2017. Peer Review Committee Member, Fulbright Specialist Program, Fulbright Scholars Program 2016-2017. Member, Executive Council, Southern Political Science Association, 2013-2015. 9
Member, Site Selection Committee, Southern Political Science Association, 2014-2015. Member, Executive Council, National Capital Area Political Science Association, 2013-2015. Developmental Committee Co-chair, AP U.S. Government and Politics, 2014- present. Developmental Committee Member, AP U.S. Government and Politics, 2013-2014. Member, Executive Committee for Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, American Political Science Association, 2012-2014. Chair, Committee on the Status of Latinos in the South, Southern Political Science Association, 2014-2015 Member, Committee on the Status of Latinos in the South, Southern Political Science Association, 2012-2014, 2016. Program Chair, Section for Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2013. Chair, Jewel Prestage Award Committee for the best paper on the intersection of gender, race, ethnicity, and political behavior 2012. Southwestern Political Science Association. Member, Committee to Award Best Paper in Women s Studies 2012. American Political Science Association, Women and Politics Research Section. Book manuscript reviewer for: Oxford University Press (2014); University of Michigan Press (2015, 2016) Journal manuscript reviewer for: American Political Science Review Politics and Gender American Journal of Political Science State Politics and Policy Quarterly Journal of Politics Social Science Quarterly Legislative Studies Quarterly The Social Science Journal American Politics Research Social Problems Political Behavior Politics, Groups and Identities Political Communication Policy Studies Journal Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics Journal of Women, Politics & Policy International Migration Review Public Opinion Quarterly Political Research Quarterly Chair/Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (2010, 2013, 2015); Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016); Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association (2013); Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (2010, 2012; 2017); Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association (2008) LANGUAGES Spanish (native- speak, read, and write fluently) 10