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, [email protected]

Chair-Elect
Chris Stout, Oregon State University, [email protected]

Secretary
Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University, [email protected]

Treasurer
Camille Burge, Villanova University, [email protected]

Program Chairs
Yamil Velez, Columbia University, [email protected]
Hannah Walker, Rutgers University, [email protected]

REP Newsletter Co-Editors:

Princess Williams, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, [email protected]
Sara Sadhwani, Pomona College, [email protected]

Web Administrator
Jonathan Collins, Brown University, [email protected]

Listserv Editor:
Paula Mohan, Madison College, [email protected]

Journal Editor
Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [email protected]

Executive Council

Bernard Fraga, University of Indiana - Bloomington, [email protected]
Tyson King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [email protected]
Ivy Cargile, California State University, Bakersfield, [email protected]
Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania, [email protected]


(2018-2020)
Ivy Cargile, California State University, Bakersfield, [email protected]
Bernard Fraga, Indiana University, [email protected]
​Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania, [email protected]
Tyson King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [email protected]

Graduate Student Issues Committee:

(2018-2020)
Sudip Bhattacharya, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Princess Williams, University of Michigan, [email protected]
Kesicia Dickenson, Michigan State University, [email protected]

Nominations Committee  (2018-2020)
Christian Grose, University of Southern California, [email protected] 
Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University, [email protected] 
Rene Rocha, University of Iowa, [email protected]

Best Book Committee (2019-2020)
Jamila Michener, Cornell University, [email protected]
Elizabeth Maltby, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, [email protected]
Gabe Sanchez, University of New Mexico, [email protected]

Best Dissertation Committee (2019-2020)
​Jenn Merolla, University of California, Riverside, [email protected]
Chris Zepeda Milan, University of California, Los Angeles, [email protected]
Jennifer Chudy, Wellesley College, [email protected]


Best Paper Committee*
Best paper at 2019 APSA conference (1-year term) Brad Jones, University of California, Davis, [email protected]
Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University, [email protected]
Kassra Oskooii, University of Delaware, [email protected]

*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, [email protected]
Lorrie Frasure, UCLA, [email protected]
Tyson King-Meadows, UMBC, [email protected]