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SYLVIA MANZANO

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2004 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Political Science M.A. 1997 St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. Political Science B.A. 1994 St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. Political Science ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor (2007-2011) Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation (2007-09) Held in residence at Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University Instructor (2004-06) Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s University San Antonio, Texas Instructor (2002-03) Department of Political Science, University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona GRANTS AND AWARDS

2010 Texas A&M Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activity ($10,000) 2010 Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts Common Ground Teaching Grant ($500) 2009 Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts Education Technology Workshop ($3,000) 2009 Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts Diversity in Pedagogy Workshop ($1,000) 2007-09 National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($120,000) 2006 Latino Policy Coalition Research Grant ($10,000) 2000-03 Ford Foundation-NRC Pre-Doctoral Fellowship ($69,000) 2001 Social Science Research Council Dissertation Workshop Fellowship ($2,500) 1999-2000 University of Arizona Graduate College Fellowship ($5,000) 1999-2000 American Political Science Association Minority Fellow with Funding

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PUBLICATIONS (co-authors listed in alphabetical order) Manzano, Sylvia and Joseph D. Ura. forthcoming. “Desperately Seeking Sonia? Latino Heterogeneity and Geographic Variation in Web Searches for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.” Political Communication. Manzano, Sylvia, Christina Bejarano and Celeste Montoya. forthcoming. “Tracking the Latino Gender Gap: Gender Attitudes Across Borders, Sex and Generations.” Politics and Gender. “Indecent Proposal: The Rise and Success of Arizona Prop 200” forthcoming. in David L. Leal and Jose E. Limón (eds). Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century. South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press. “21st Century Latino Partisanship and Turnout: Responding to Political Environment and Redefining Group Politics.” 2011. in American Government ABC-CLIO, 2010. http://americangovernment2.abc-clio.com/. “Latinos in the Sunbelt: The Political Implications of Demographic Change.” 2011. in Darren Dochuk and Michelle Nickerson (eds). Sunbelt Rising: The Politics of Space, Place and Region. University of Pennsylvania Press. Manzano, Sylvia, Matt A. Barreto and Loren Collingwood. 2010. “A New Measure of Group Influence in Presidential Elections: Assessing Latino Influence in 2008.” Political Research Quarterly. 63 (4): 908-21. Manzano, Sylvia and Barbara Norrander. 2010. “Measuring Public Opinion in the States.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly. 10 (4): 446-483. Manzano, Sylvia and Gabriel R. Sanchez. 2010. “Take One For The Team?: Limits of Shared Ethnicity and Candidate Preferences.” Political Research Quarterly 63 (3): 568-80. “Changing the National Ethos or Just Being American?” with Arturo Vega. 2010. in Norma Cantu and Maria Franquiz (eds) Inside the Latino Experience: A Latino Studies Reader. New York: Palgrave. Manzano, Sylvia, Matt A. Barreto, Ricardo Ramirez and Kathy Rim. 2009. “Mobilization, Participation and Solidaridad: Latino Participation in the 2006 Immigration Protest Rallies.” Urban Affairs Review. 44: p.736-64. Sylvia Manzano, Matt Barreto, Luis Fraga, Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Gary Segura. 2008. “Should They Dance With The One Who Brung ‘Em? Latinos and the 2008 Presidential Election.” PS: Political Science & Politics. 41: p.753-760.

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“Bonding and Bridging: Latinos and Social Capital.” 2007. in Rodolfo Espino, David Leal and Kenneth J. Meier (eds). Latino Politics: State of the Discipline. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. “Parties and Politics in Arizona.” with Barbara Norrander, in Zachary A. Smith ed. 2002. Politics and Public Policy in Arizona, 3rd Edition. Westport, CT: Praeger Press. UNDER REVIEW and WORKING PROJECTS “The Effect of Minority Opinion on Public Policy: The Case of Education Equity” with Barbara Norrander. “The Customer is Always Right: Diverse Electorates and Perceptions of Party.” “Controlling for Latinos: Immigration Policy, Public Opinion and Representation” “Dos Partidos Un Camino: Partisanship, Latino Representation and Immigrant Protections” RESEARCH AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“The Effect of Minority Opinion on Public Policy: The Case of Education Equity” with Barbara Norrander. State Politics and Policy Conference, Springfield IL, June 2010. “The Customer Is Always Right: Perceptions of Party and Racial Affect” at The Politics of Race, Immigration and Ethnicity Consortium meeting, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. May 2010. “Latino Representation and Immigration Policy” September 2009 at The Politics of Race, Immigration and Ethnicity Consortium, University of Washington, Seattle. September 2009. “Is the Gender Gap American?” with Celeste Montoya Kirk and Christina Bejerano. July 2009. Women’s Studies Department, University of Colorado, Boulder. “Latinos in the Sunbelt: Political Implications of Demographic Change” April 2009. presented at Sunbelt Rising: The Politics of Space, Place and Region in American South and Southwest Conference. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. “Taking Latino Representation Seriously: Linkages between Preferences and Representation” April 2009. Texas A&M American Politics Program. “Immigration Policy and Public Opinion” May 2009. Conference on Minority Group Research and Sub-National Politics. Rice University, Houston, Texas. “En Fuego: Latino Voters and the 2008 Democratic Primaries” April 2009. with Gabriel Sanchez and Matt A. Barreto. Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

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“Terrorism or Immigration? The Underpinnings of American Public Opinion on Border Enforcement” with Karthick Ramakrishnan. March 2009. Western Political Science Association Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. “Wide Left or Wide Right? Latino Voter and Legislator Political Preferences” with Eric Juenke and Robert Preuhs. 2008. Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. “Latinos in the Sunbelt: Political Implications of Demographic Change” 2008. presented at Sunbelt Rising: The Politics of Space, Place and Region in the American South and Southwest Conference. San Marino, CA “Taking Latinos Seriously? Linkages Between Legislative and Mass Preferences at the State Level.” 2008. Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. “Latino Public Opinion, Influence and Policy Outcomes” with Barbara Norrander. 2007 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. “Latino Political Participants--Changing the National Ethos Or Just Being 'American'?” with Arturo Vega. 2007 Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV. “The Effect of Minority Opinion on Public Policy: The Case of Education Equity” with Barbara Norrander. 2007 Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy, Austin, TX. “Effect of Minority Opinion on State Public Policy” with Barbara Norrander. 2006 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. “Take One for the Team: Perception and Reality of Latino Political Cohesiveness” with Gabriel Sanchez. 2006 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. “The Latino States of America: State Measures of Latino Partisanship and Ideology” with Barbara Norrander. 2006 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. “I Don’t See Color, I Vote for the Best Candidate: The Persistence of Ethnic Polarized Voting” with Arturo Vega. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, NM. “Immigration 101: Contemporary Immigration Issues in America.” 2005 University President’s Peace Commission, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. “The San Antonio Spurn: Precinct Quality in San Antonio Texas.” 2005 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Oakland, CA. “Indecent Proposal: The Rise and Success of Arizona Prop 200.” 2005 Inter-University Program for Latino Research Conference, Austin, TX. “Bridging and Bonding: Latino Social Capital.” 2004 Latino Politics, State of the Discipline Conference at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

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State-Level Measures of Minority Partisanship and Ideology with Barbara Norrander. 2003 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. Minority Ideology and Partisanship and Representation in State Legislatures with Barbara Norrander. 2002 Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy, Milwaukee, WI. Diversity in Partisanship and Ideology within the States with Barbara Norrander. 2002 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL March. Social Capital Accumulation and Political Engagement Among Latinos with John A. Garcia. 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Latino Politics and Policy Race and Ethnicity in American Politics State and Local Politics TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Texas A&M University Undergraduate

Latino Politics (Writing Intensive Section, Upper Division, Majors Only) State and Local Politics Honors Section (non-majors, all undergraduate classifications)

Graduate

Seminar in Latino Politics in the United States St. Mary’s University Undergraduate

American National Government Texas, State and Local Politics Immigration Politics and Policy Urban Politics Race and Gender in Public Policy Public Administration

Graduate

Seminar in Political Behavior: Pathways to Participation Introduction to Political Science Research Seminar in Public Policy

PROFESSION SERVICE

Reviewer: Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, American Politics

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Research, Social Science Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press, CQ Press 2009-11. Chair, Western Political Science Association Committee on Status of Latinos in the Profession. 2009, 2010 Chair Committee on Best Latino Politics Paper at Western Political Science Meeting. 2008 Panelist Applied Research Center: Latinos in the 2008 Presidential Election 2008 Roundtable Panelist American Political Science Association Meeting 2007 Member, Committee for Best Paper on Latino Politics at Western Political Science Association Meeting 2007 Panelist “The College Dream: Preparing Texas' Latino Students for the Twenty-First Century”, the College Board, San Antonio TX. 2006-09 Panel Discussant and Chair, Midwest Political Science Association Meetings 2006-10 Panel Discussant and Chair Western Political Science Association Meeting 2005-08 Panel Discussant and Chair American Political Science Association Meeting UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE

2011 Speaker, Texas A&M Latino Student Conference “Latinos and Political Parties”

2010 Moderator, Texas A&M DREAM Act Panel

2009 Panelist, Texas A&M Latino Student Workshop “Latinos and Academic Research”

2007 – 2010 Co-Director, Project for Representation, Equity and Governance

2007- 2010 Coordinate PERG Speaker Series Events and Schedules

2007-2010 American Politics and Race and Ethnicity Exam Committees

2009 Building Diversity into Pedagogy Working Group, College of Liberal Arts.

2009 Race and Ethnic Politics Search Committee

2009 Chair Graduate Exam in Race and Ethnic Politics

2008 Roundtable Panelist Texas A&M University Ford Fellowships Seminar