Joe R. Tafoya Ph.D. Candidate The University of Texas at Austin Department of Government jrtafoya@utexas.edu https://goo.gl/b5cu9f EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. Government, expected: Mar. 2018 Sub Fields: American Politics / Public Policy / Methodology Thesis: Facing Uncertainty Makes Better Citizens: Risk Tolerance, Political Participation, and Race/Ethnicity Thesis Committee: David L. Leal (chair), Robert C. Luskin, Daron Shaw, and Melissa R. Michelson M.A. Government, 2014 California State University, East Bay B.A. Political Science, 2011 B.A. History, Western Europe concentration, 2011 PUBLICATIONS with David L. Leal, Jerod Patterson. 2017. Religion and the Political Engagement of Latino Immigrants: Evidence from the LINES. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. with Corral, Alvaro., Louis DeSipio, and David L. Leal. 2017. "Latinos in the 2008 Election: Introduction" in Can You Hear Us Now? Latinos and the 2008 Election, ed. Louis DeSipio, Rodolfo de la Garza, and David L. Leal. 2015. Racial Profiling and Anti-Immigrant Laws: Where the Public Stood on Arizona s SB1070. Reference Encyclopedia on Contemporary Issues and People of Color, eds. Alvaro Huerta, Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Donathan Brown. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. with Melissa Michelson. 2013. The Latino Politics of Proposition 19: Criminal Justice and Immigration. In Something s in the Air: Race and the Legalization of Marijuana, eds. Katherine Tate, James Lance Taylor, and Mark Q. Sawyer. Berkeley: The University of California Press. WORKS IN PROGRESS 1
with Loren Collingwood and Benjamin Gonzalez O Brien. Sanctuary Cities in Texas: How Race and Ethnicity and Partisanship Shaped Public Opinion with Ngoc Phan and David L. Leal. Naturalization as Mobilization: Variation in Naturalization that Responds to Immigration Laws in the States (under review) with Melissa R. Michelson, Maria Chavez, and Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti. I Feel Like I Was Born Here: Social Identity, Political Socialization, and DeAmericanization (under review) Sanctuary Cities in Texas: Cross-Racial and Co-Ethnic Resentment of Latinos Over Local Enforcement of Immigration Law with Alvaro J. Corral. Latino Political Efficacy: Perceptions of Political Power, Political Participation, and Coalition-Building. with Alvaro J. Corral and David L. Leal. Dual Religious Identities: A New Measure of Religious Commitment and its Effect on Political Behavior with Alvaro J. Corral and David L. Leal. Declining Religiosity among Latinos, Anglos, and African Americans: Implications for American Politics Does Legal Status Matter in Processing Political Information? Latino Knowledge and Partisanship Redux. Learning from the Shadows: Political Sophistication of Undocumented Latino Youth PRESENTATIONS with Ngoc Phan and David L. Leal. 2017. Naturalization as Mobilization: Variation in Naturalization that Responds to Immigration Laws in the States. State Politics and Policy Conference, Saint Louis, MO. with Alvaro J. Corral and David L. Leal. 2017. Dual Religious Identities: A New Measure of Religious Commitment and its Effect on Political Behavior. Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL 2017. Sanctuary Cities in Texas: Cross-Racial and Co-Ethnic Resentment of Latinos Over Local Enforcement of Immigration Law. Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C. with Alvaro J. Corral. 2017. Latino Political Efficacy: Perceptions of Political Power, Political Participation, and Coalition-Building. Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, B.C. 2
with Ngoc Phan and David L. Leal. 2016. Naturalization as Mobilization: Variation in Naturalization that Responds to Immigration Laws in the States. American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA 2016. Facing Uncertainty Makes Better Citizens: Risk, Political Participation, and Race/Ethnicity. American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA with Alvaro Corral and David L. Leal. 2016. Religion, Migration, and Nationalism. Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN). London School of Economics, UK. 2016. How Facing Uncertainty Makes Better Citizens: Risk Tolerance, Participation, and Race/Ethnicity. Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois. with Alvaro Corral and David L. Leal. 2016. Dual Religious Identity: Multiple Religious Identities and the Implications for American Politics. Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois. with David L. Leal. 2015. Politics of Latino Identity and Religion. Conference on The Politics of Latino Identity, University of Houston, TX. with Chávez, Maria, Jessica Lavariega Monforti, and Melissa Michelson. 2015. DACA, De-Americanization, and the Stickiness of Identity. American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California. with Alvaro Corral and David L. Leal. 2015. Declining Religiosity among Latinos, Anglos, and African Americans: Implications for American Politics. American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California. with David L. Leal. 2015. Texas Public Opinion about the Death Penalty. Presentation at the conference Latinos and the Death Penalty, sponsored by the Capital Punishment Center, University of Texas School of Law; Death Penalty Clinic, University of California, Berkeley School of Law; and Cornell University Law School. 2015. Does Legal Status Matter in Processing Political Information? Latino Knowledge and Partisanship Redux. Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV with Alvaro Corral. 2015. Latino Political Efficacy: How Latinos Assess the Latino Vote. Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV 2014. Watching and Learning from the Shadows: Political Knowledge of DREAMer Latinos. Midwestern Political Science Association, Seattle, WA and National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, San Antonio, Texas. 3
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE UT Austin, Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2013 - Present Reviews of literature, editing of book chapters, and STATA tutorials. Menlo College, Department of Political Science, 2012 Field work interviewing undocumented Latinos in the greater Los Angeles area. Product: Chávez, Maria, Melissa Michelson, and Jessica Lavariega Monforti. Living the Dream: New Immigration Politics and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. Princeton University, Department of Politics, 2012 Recruitment and organization of Get-Out-The-Vote phone bank aimed at Latinos in East Los Angeles for Drs. Ali Valenzuela and Melissa Michelson. CSU East Bay, Department of Political Science, 2011 Data processing and interpretation. Product: Malhotra, Neil, Melissa R. Michelson, Todd Rogers, and Ali Adam Valenzuela. 2011. Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience. American Politics Research, 39: 664-681. Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, Duke University, 2011 Participation in APSA s training program in Race and American Politics and Statistical Research Methods. Stanford University Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, 2011. Recruitment and organization of Get-Out-The-Vote phone bank aimed at Latinos in East Los Angeles. Product: Valenzuela, Ali and Melissa R. Michelson. 2011. Turnout, Status, and Identity in Los Angeles: Mobilizing Latinos to Vote in two Contrasting Neighborhoods. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting Paper. INSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE Assistant Instructor: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality, Fall 2017 Assistant Instructor: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality, Spring 2017 Teaching Assistant: Urban Politics, Dr. Shannon Bow O Brien, Fall 2016 Guest Lecture: American Elections and Campaigns, Dr. Robert C. Luskin, Fall 2015 The 2016 Presidential Election and the Politics of Exclusion Teaching Assistant: U.S. Congress, Dr. David L. Leal, Fall 2015 4
SERVICE Teaching Assistant: Introduction to American Government, Dr. David L. Leal, Fall 2014 Guest Lecture: Introduction to American Government, Dr. David L. Leal, Fall 2014 Congress and its work English as Second Language Instructor, Casa Marianella Transitional Shelter, 2014 Guest Lecture, Latino Politics, Dr. David L. Leal, Fall 2013 Debating Immigration Teaching Assistant, Latino Politics, Dr. David L. Leal, Fall 2013 Teaching Assistant, Latino Politics, Dr. Jason Casellas, Spring 2012 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to American Government, Dr. David L. Leal, Fall 2012 Co-President of Government Department Graduate Student Organization, 2016-2017 Peer Reviewer for American Politics Research (APR) academic journal, 2015 Graduate Student Mentor, Department of Government, 2015 Graduate Student Mentor, Department of Government, 2013 Graduate Student Mentor, UT Austin, Project M.A.L.E.S., 2013 Graduate Student Mentor, UT Austin, Project M.A.L.E.S., 2012 HONORS, AWARDS, AND FUNDING $1,200 travel funds for State Politics and Policy Conference, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2017 $1,200 travel funds for Western Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2017 $1,200 travel funds for American Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2016 $1,200 travel funds for Midwestern Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2016 Participant of the 2016 Future Faculty Development Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 5
$1,200 travel funds for American Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2015 $1,200 travel funds for Western Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2015 $1,200 travel funds for Western Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2014 $1,500 living expenses for ICPSR Summer Program, UT Austin, 2013 $500 travel funds for ICPSR Summer Program, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2013 John A. Garcia Award to attend the ICPSR Summer Program, The Society for Political Methodology, 2013 $900 travel funds for Midwest Political Science Association, The Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, 2013 $4,000 APSA Minority Fellowship, 2012-13 Flight vouchers from Southwest Airlines Education Program and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, 2012 $15,000 Graduate School Diversity Recruitment Fellowship, UT Austin, 2011 Certificate of Participation in APSA s Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, 2010 6