Identity portfolios
How identities become available, salient, and politically consequential across contexts.
Sergio García-Ríos
Assistant Professor
LBJ School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin
Director of Polling and Data
Univision News
About
My research examines how Latinos develop and use portfolios of identities and how those identities shape political behavior, policy attitudes, and participation.
Born and raised in Durango, Mexico, and a fronterizo by choice, I bring an identity-centered approach to the study of American politics. My work combines surveys, experiments, and quantitative analysis with a sustained interest in the political lives of immigrants.
That scholarship informs my teaching and my public-facing work. At Univision News, I design and interpret polling that helps explain Latino public opinion during major election cycles.
Research
Research interests
Latino political behavior
Voting, participation, issue priorities, and the political incorporation of Latino communities.
Public opinion & surveys
Measurement, survey modes, bilingual research, and rigorous analysis of diverse populations.
Publications
Selected scholarship
2023
The Participatory Implications of Racialized Policy Feedback
Perspectives on Politics, 21(3)
with Nazita Lajevardi, Kassra Oskooii, and Hannah Walker
2022
Fight Not Flight: The Effects of Explicit Racism on Minority Political Engagement
Electoral Studies, 80
with Randy Besco, Julian Lagodny, Nazita Lajevardi, Kassra Oskooii, and Erin Tolley
Teaching
Methods, politics, and policy
My courses connect substantive policy questions to careful research design and hands-on analysis.
Graduate
Survey Design & Analysis
From questionnaire design and fieldwork to reproducible analysis in R.
Undergraduate
Data Analysis for Public Policy
Statistical reasoning, visualization, inference, and regression for policy questions.
Graduate seminar
Latino Politics
Identity, participation, representation, and public policy in the United States.
Graduate seminar
Immigration Politics & Policy
The politics, institutions, and human consequences of immigration policy.
Public engagement
Polling and media
I serve as Director of Polling and Data for Univision News.
My work with Univision includes designing and analyzing public-opinion research on Latino voters, elections, immigration, and public policy, as well as presenting findings to national audiences in English and Spanish.
Appointments
Office hours and meetings
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