About Us

Founded in April 1995, the Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics has quickly become one of the largest subfields in the American Political Science Association (APSA). Our section now represents more than 500 political science professors, graduate students, authors, and editors. Most of us specialize in the politics of Native, African, Latino, and/or Asian Pacific Americans; some study racial and ethnic politics internationally; some study issues of race/ethnicity in social theory, public policy, education, law, and political history..

Section Business
The section holds a business meeting at the APSA annual conference. Minutes from the previous meetings can be found for the following years:
2008   2009   2010   2011  2012  2013 2016

Section by-laws can be found by clicking here.

Section Officers 2018-2020 

Chair
Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley, lgarciab@berkeley.edu

Chair-Elect
Chris Stout, Oregon State University, Christopher.stout@oregonstate.edu

Secretary
Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University, nazita@msu.edu

Treasurer
Camille Burge, Villanova University, camille.burge@villanova.edu

Program Chairs
Yamil Velez, Columbia University, yrv2004@columbia.edu
Hannah Walker, Rutgers University, hannah.walker@rutgers.edu

REP Newsletter Co-Editors:

Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University, rblock@uwlax.edu
Hannah Walker, Rutgers, hannah.walker@rutgers.edu

Web Administrator
Jonathan Collins, Brown University, jonathan_collins@brown.edu

Listserv Editor:
Paula Mohan, Madison College, paulamohan@gmail.com

Journal Editor
Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, aleka@uic.edu

Executive Council

Bernard Fraga, University of Indiana - Bloomington, bfraga@indiana.edu
Tyson King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, tkingmea@umbc.edu
Ivy Cargile, California State University, Bakersfield, icargile@csub.edu
Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania, mjcorrea@sas.upenn.edu


(2018-2020)
Ivy Cargile, California State University, Bakersfield, icargile@csub.edu
Bernard Fraga, Indiana University, bfraga@indiana.edu
​Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania, mjcorrea@sas.upenn.edu
Tyson King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, tkingmea@umbc.edu
Natalie Masuoka, University of California, Los Angeles, nmasuoka@ucla.edu

Graduate Student Issues Committee:

(2018-2020)
Sudip Bhattacharya, Rutgers University, sudipb@polisci.rutgers.edu
Princess Williams, University of Michigan, princesh@umich.edu
Kesicia Dickenson, Michigan State University, dicki124@msu.edu

Nominations Committee  (2018-2020)
Christian Grose, University of Southern California, cgrose@dornsife.usc.edu 
Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University, nazita@msu.edu 
Rene Rocha, University of Iowa, rene-rocha@uiowa.edu

Best Book Committee (2019-2020)
Jamila Michener, Cornell University, jm2362@cornell.edu
Elizabeth Maltby, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, elizabeth.maltby@unlv.edu
Gabe Sanchez, University of New Mexico, sanchezg@unm.edu

Best Dissertation Committee (2019-2020)
​Jenn Merolla, University of California, Riverside, merolla@ucr.edu
Chris Zepeda Milan, University of California, Los Angeles, czm@ucla.edu
Jennifer Chudy, Wellesley College, jchudy@wellesley.edu


Best Paper Committee*
Best paper at 2019 APSA conference (1-year term) Brad Jones, University of California, Davis, bsjjones@ucdavis.edu
Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University, hakeem@stanford.edu
Kassra Oskooii, University of Delaware, oskooiik@udel.edu

*By-laws designate outgoing Program Chairs as committee members.

Mark Q. Sawyer Memorial Scholarship in comparative race politics (2-year term, selected by co-presidents) Andra Gillespie (chair), Emory University, andra.gillespie@emory.edu
Lorrie Frasure, UCLA, lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu
Tyson King-Meadows, UMBC, tkingmea@umbc.edu