Gary Michael Segura
Professor of Political Science
Chair of Chicana/o Studies, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Encina West 314
Phone: (650) 723-3583
Research
American Politics
Political Representation
Latino Politics
Affiliations
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity
Awards
2007 Midwest Latino Caucus Best Paper Award for the Best Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting, Midwest Political Science Association
2005 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Faculty, American Political Science Association, Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas.
2004 Charles Redd Award for Best Paper on the Politics of the American West presented at the 2003 Annual Meeting, Western Political Science Association.
Grants and Fellowships
2007 National Science Foundation. “Spanish Translation and Hispanic Over-sample: American National Election Study.” with Matt A. Barreto.
2006 National Science Foundation. “Supplemental Grant: Contextual Variation and Latino Political Life.”
2006 Latino Policy Coalition. “Understanding Latino Policy Challenges in 21st Century America.” with Matt A. Barreto.
2005 National Science Foundation. “Contextual Variation in Latino Political Life.” with Michael Jones-Correa, on behalf of the Latino National Survey team. Divided between University of Washington and Cornell University.
Private Foundation Grants for the Latino National Survey.
The Latino National Survey is a collaborative project with Luis Fraga, John Garcia, Rodney Hero, Michael Jones-Correa and Valerie Martinez. The project combines a 40-minute survey of 8600 Latino residents of the United States with an extensive array of contextual and demographic data on place of residence.
2005 Wm. K. Kellogg Foundation. “Latino National Survey.”
2005 Carnegie Corporation. “Latino Incorporation in a Changing America: The Latino National Survey.”
2004 Joyce Foundation. “Latino Survey in Illinois and Iowa.”
2004 Russell Sage Foundation. “Latinos Immigrants in New Receiving Areas.”
2004 Irvine Foundation. “Latinos in California Survey.”
2004 Ford Foundation. “Latino National Survey.”
2003 Ford Foundation. “Public Policy Advocate Outreach for the Latino National Survey.”
2002 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. “Latino National Survey Planning Grant.”
2002 Annie E. Casey Foundation. “Latino National Survey Working Group,” under the auspices of the Inter-University Program in Latino Research.
2000 National Science Foundation, SES-0079056. “The Demographics of Pandora’s Box: An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Who Dies in War.” With Scott S. Gartner, divided between the two institutions.
2000 Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship. “The Blanket Primary and Latino Influence in California’s Republican Party.”
1999 Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship. “Demography, Representation, and Institutions in Southern California Governments.”
1997 Public Policy Institute of California. “Latino Representation and Local Electoral Laws in California.”
1996 Pew Charitable Trusts. “Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Participation in Latino Neighborhoods.” With Rodolfo de la Garza and Harry Pachon.
1995 National Science Foundation, SBR-9511527. “Casualties of War and Politics: American Electoral Politics and the Korean and VietnamWars.” With Scott S. Gartner.
1989 National Hispanic Scholar Fellowship
1988 National Hispanic Scholar Fellowship
1983 Harry S. Truman Foundation Fellowship
Recent Internal Grants and Fellowships
2005 University of Washington’s President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund.
Grant to establish the “Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race,” on behalf of the Department of Political Science. March.
2003 Obermann Summer Interdisciplinary Research Grant. “Assimilation and Political Incorporation: An Examination of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans.” With Wayne Santoro, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UI, Summer.
2002 UI Faculty Scholar Award.
2002 Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Semester, “Sex, Politics and Economics.” Fall.
2002 UI Career Development Award, awarded for Spring, 2003.
1994 Undergraduate Instructional Improvement Grant, “Politics and Homosexuality.”
Publications
Books
Making It Home: Latino Lives in America. With Luis Fraga, John Garcia, Rodney Hero, Michael Jones-Correa and Valerie Martinez-Ebers. Forthcoming, Temple University Press.
Diversity In Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States. 2005. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. Edited with Shaun Bowler.
Refereed Articles
“Should They ‘Dance with the One Who Brung ‘Em?’ Latinos and the 2008 Presidential Election.” 2008. PS: Political Science and Politics, 41 (4). Forthcoming. With Matt A. Barreto, Luis R. Fraga, Sylvia Manzano, and Valerie Martinez-Ebers.
“Race and the Recall: Racial Polarization in the California Recall Election.” 2008. With Luis R. Fraga. American Journal of Political Science 52 (2): 421-435.
“Commentary on ‘Citizens by Choice Voters by Necessity: Long Term Patterns in Political Mobilization by Naturalized Latino Voters’.”
With Adrian D. Pantoja and Ricardo Ramirez. 2008. Political Research Quarterly, 61 (1): 50-52
“All Politics are Still Local: the Iraq War and the 2006 Midterm Election.” 2008. With Scott S. Gartner. PS: Political Science and Politics, 41(1): 95-100.
“What Goes Around, Comes Around: Race, Blowback, and the Louisiana Elections of 2002 and 2003.” 2006. With Christina Bejarano, graduate student. Political Research Quarterly, 60(2): 328-337.
Su Casa Es Nuestra Casa: Latino Politics Research and the Development of American Political Science.” American Political Science Review, 100(4): 515-522. 2006. With Luis Fraga, John Garcia, Rodney Hero, Michael Jones-Correa and Valerie Martinez-Ebers.
“Immigration and National Identity: An Introduction to a Symposium on Immigration and National Identity.” Perspectives on Politics, 4(2): 277-278. 2006.
“Culture Clash? Contesting Notions of American Identity and the Effects of Latin American Immigration.” Perspectives on Politics, 4(2): 279-287. 2006. With Luis Fraga.
“Explaining the Latino Vote: Issue Voting among Latinos in the 2000 Presidential Election.” Political Research Quarterly, 59(2): 259-271. 2006. With Stephen P. Nicholson and Adrian D. Pantoja.
“Earthquakes and Aftershocks: Tracking Partisan Identification amid California's Changing Political Environment.” American Journal of Political Science, 50(1): 146-159. 2006. With Stephen P. Nicholson and Shaun Bowler.
“Racial/Ethnic Group Attitudes Toward Environmental Protection in California: Is “Environmentalism” Still a White Phenomenon?” Political Research Quarterly 58(3):435-448. 2005. With Matthew Whittaker (graduate student) and Shaun Bowler.
“War and the Fate of Legislators: War Casualties, Policy Positions, and U.S. Senate Elections During Vietnam.” Political Research Quarterly, 53 (3):467-477. 2004. With Scott S. Gartner and Bethany A. Barratt.
“The Mobilizing Effect of Majority-Minority Districts on Latino Turnout.” American Political Science Review, 98(1): 65-76. 2004. With Matt Barreto and Nathan D. Woods (graduate students).
“Fear and Loathing in California: Contextual Threat and Political Sophistication Among Latino Voters.” Political Behavior, 25 (3): 265-286. 2003. With Adrian D. Pantoja.
“Does Ethnicity Matter? Descriptive Representation in the Statehouse and Political Alienation Among Latinos.” Social Science Quarterly, 84(2): 441-460. 2003. With Adrian D. Pantoja.
“The Paradox of Presidential Approval: The Mixed Blessing of Divided Government to Presidential Popularity.” Journal of Politics, 64 (3): 701-720. 2002. With Stephen P. Nicholson and Nathan D. Woods, graduate student.
“Citizens by Choice, Voters by Necessity: Patterns in Political Mobilization by Naturalized Latinos.” Political Research Quarterly, 54 (4): 729-750. 2001. With Adrian D. Pantoja and Ricardo Ramirez, graduate students.
“Race, Casualties and Opinion in the Vietnam War.” Journal of Politics, 62 (1): 115-146. 2000. With Scott S. Gartner.
“Midterm Elections and Divided Government: An Information-Driven Theory of Electoral Volatility.” Political Research Quarterly, 52 (3): 609-630. 1999. With Stephen P. Nicholson.
“War, Casualties, and Public Opinion.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 42: 278-300, 1998.With Scott S. Gartner.
“Dynamics of Latino Partisanship in California: Immigration, Issue Salience, and Their Implications.” Harvard Journal of Hispanic Politics, 10: 62-80, 1997. With Dennis Falcon, graduate student, and Harry Pachon.
“All Politics are Local: The Effects of Local Losses on Individual Attitudes Towards War.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 41: 669-694, 1997. With Scott S. Gartner and Michael Wilkening, graduate student.
“Appearances Can Be Deceptive: Self-Selection, Social Group Identification, and Political Mobilization.” Rationality and Society, 9 (2): 131-161, 1997. With Scott S. Gartner.
“Cross National Variation in Political Sophistication of Individuals: Capability or Choice?” Journal of Politics, 59 (1): 126-147, 1997. With Stacy B. Gordon, graduate student.
“Sequential Choices and Partisan Transitions in U.S. Senate Delegations: 1972-1988.” Journal of Politics, 57(1):86-100, 1995. With Stephen P. Nicholson, graduate student.
“Endogeneity, Exogeneity, Time, and Space in Political Representation.” Legislative Studies Quarterly, 20(1): 3-22, 1995. With James H. Kuklinski.
Book Chapters and Invited Articles
“Hearing Footsteps: Latino Population Growth and Anticipated—but not Quite Present—Political Effects in Emerging Communities.” Forthcoming. In de la Garza, Rodolfo O., Louis DeSipio, and David L. Leal (eds.). Beyond the Barrio: Latinos in the 2004 Elections. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. With Christina Bejarano.
“An Evaluation of the Electoral and Behavioral Impacts of Majority-Minority Districts.” Forthcoming. In Levi, Margaret, Jack Knight, James Johnson, and Susan Stokes, eds. Mobilizing Democracy: A Comparative Perspective on Institutional Barriers and Political Obstacles. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. With David I. Lublin.
“Majority-Minority Districts, Co-ethnic Candidates, and Mobilization Effects.” In Henderson, Ana, Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: Perspectives on Democracy, Participation, and Power. Forthcoming. Berkeley: Institute for Governmental Studies Public Policy Press. With Nathan D. Woods.
“A Place at the Lunch Counter: Latinos, African-Americans, and the Dynamics of American Race Politics.” In Meier, Kenneth, Rodolfo Espino, and David Leal, eds., Latino Politics: Identity, Mobilization, and Representation. Forthcoming, University of Virginia Press. With Helena A. Rodrigues.
“Comparative Ethnic Politics in the United States: Beyond Black and White.” Annual Review of Political Science, 9: 375-395. 2006. With Helena Alves Rodrigues.
“A Symposium on the Politics of Same-Sex Marriage: An Introduction and Commentary.” PS: Political Science and Politics, 38 (2). April 2005. Served as Symposium Editor.
“Latino Political Participation.” With Helena A. Rodrigues. For the Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, Oxford University Press. 2005.
“Social, Political and Institutional Context and the Representation of Minority Americans.” In Segura, Gary M. and Shaun Bowler, eds. Diversity In Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States. 2005. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. With Shaun Bowler.
“Agenda Change and the Politics of Latino Partisan Identification.” In Segura, Gary M. and Shaun Bowler, eds. Diversity In Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States. 2005. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. With Stephen P. Nicholson.
“Unquestioned Influence: Latinos and the 2000 Election in California.” In Rodolfo de la Garza and Louis Desipio, eds., Muted Voices: Latino Politics in the 2000 Election, New York: Rowman and Littlefield. 2004. With Luis Fraga and Ricardo Ramirez.
“Targets of Opportunity: California's Blanket Primary and the Political Representation of Latinos.” In Cain, Bruce E. and Elisabeth R. Gerber, eds., Voting at the Political Fault Line: California's Experiment with the Blanket Primary, 248-269. 2002. Berkeley: University of California Press. With Nathan D. Woods, graduate student.
“Hispanics, Social Capital and Civic Engagement.” National Civic Review 90 (1): 85-96. 2001. With Harry Pachon and Nathan D. Woods, graduate student.
“Institutions Matter: Local Electoral Laws, Gay and Lesbian Representation, and Coalition Building Across Minority Communities.” In Ellen Riggle and Barry Tadlock, eds., Gays and Lesbians in the Democratic Process, 220-241. 1999. New York: Columbia University Press
Review. Who Are We? By Samuel Huntington. Perspectives on Politics, 3(3): 640-642.
Review. Congress and the Rent Seeking Society, by Glenn Parker, Journal of Politics, 59: 591-593, 1997.
“An Update on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in Political Science: What the Profession Should be Doing.” PS: Political Science and Politics, XXXIII (4): 899-903, December, 2000. With Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Manuel Avalos, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Linda Lopez, and Ronald Schmidt, Sr.
The New Politics of Non-White America. Congressional Quarterly Press. With Shaun Bowler. Anticipated Publication 6/10
Revise and Resubmit:
“Heuristics, Nativity, and Political Judgment: Foreign Born Latinos and Vote Choice.” With Stephen P. Nicholson and Adrian D. Pantoja.
“Assimilation, Incorporation, and Ethnic Identity in Understanding Latino Electoral and Non-Electoral Political Participation.” With Wayne Santoro.
Under Review
“Democratic Accountability, the Separation of Powers, and Government Approval: How Party Government Shapes Approval of American National Institutions.” With Stephen P. Nicholson
“Race Matters: Latino Racial Identities and Political Beliefs.” With Stephen P. Nicholson and Adrian Pantoja.
Professional Activities
Professional Service and Memberships
President-elect, Midwest Political Science Association, 2008-2009, President 2009-2010.
Southern Political Science Association, Committee on the Status of Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals, 2008-2009.
Western Political Science Association PRQ Best Paper Award Committee, 2008-2009.
NSF IGERT Panelist, 2007
Vice-President, Midwest Political Science Association, 2006-2007.
Member, APSA Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee, 2006-2007.
General Program Chair, 2006 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
Board of Overseers, American National Election Study, 2006-2009
Member, WPSA Best Paper on Latino/a Politics Committee, 2005-2006.
President, Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association, 2004-2005.
Member, Executive Council of the American Political Science Association, 2002-2004.
Member of the Council’s Administrative Committee, 2003-2004;
Member of the Council’s Sub-committee on Public Presence, 2003-2004.
Member, Nominations Committee, American Political Science Association, 2005-2006.
Section Program Co-Chair, Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.
Member, Executive Council of the Western Political Science Association, 2005-2008.
Member, Executive Council of the Organized Section on Elections, Voting Behavior, and Public Opinion of the APSA, 2002-2004.
Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, January, 2002-present.
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Politics, January, 2005-2007.
Member, Editorial Board, Political Research Quarterly, June 2006-present.
Member, Editorial Board, PS: Political Science & Politics, January, 2002-2004.
Member, Executive Council of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2000-2003.
Member, Latino Scholarship Fund Award Committee, American Political Science Association, 2003-2005.
Member, Midwest Political Science Association Ad Hoc Committee on Short Courses.
Chair, Western Political Science Association’s Committee on the Status of Chicanos, 2001-2003.
Member, American Political Science Association’s Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession, 1999-2001.
Member, Western Political Science Association’s Committee on the Status of Chicanos, 2000-2001.
Member, Steering Committee, Latino Scholarship Fund, APSA Centennial Campaign
Invited Presentation, University of Illinois at Urbana, La Casa Cultural Latina and Department of Political Science, November 2007
Invited Presentation, Immigrant Political Incorporation Workshop, Harvard, September 2007
Invited Presentation, Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives, February 2007
Invited Presentation, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC, February 2007
Invited Presentation, Latino Issues Forum and San Francisco Foundation, February 2007
Invited Lecture, University of California, Davis, February, 2007
Invited Lecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, April 2006
Invited Lecture, Texas State University, San Marcos, April 2006
Invited Lecture, University of California, Berkeley, October 2005
Invited Panelist, American Anthropological Society Conference on Race and Human Variation, Arlington, VA, September 2004
Invited Lecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, November 2004
Invited Lecture, University of California, San Diego, May 2004
Invited Lecture, Washington University in St. Louis, February, 2004
Invited Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, April, 2003
Invited Lecture, University of Washington, November, 2003
Invited Lecture, Hunter College-CUNY, October, 2002
Invited Lectures, Ralph Bunche Institute, 2000, 2004
Invited Discussant, Conference on Migration, UC-San Diego, Fall 2000
Invited Lecture, University of California, Irvine, April, 1999
Invited Panelist, Conference on the “New Californios” UC-Irvine, April 1997.
Invited Panelist, Conference on ‘The 1996 elections and the Latino Community,” School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, November 1996.
Section Program Chair, Voting and Elections, 2001 Meeting of the WPSA
Manuscript Reviewer: APSR, AJPS, JOP, LSQ, PRQ, SSQ, JCR, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, El Centro, APR, NSF, PS, International Migration Review
Tenure Reviewer (Seven occasions to date)
University and College Service
UW
Departmental Review Committee, Department of Communication, 2007-8
Founder and Director, University of Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Sexuality, 2006-present.
UI
Faculty Senate, 2003-2004.
Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Government Relations, 2002-2004.
Member, University of Iowa Council on the Status of Latinos, 2001 to present.
Member, Board in Control of Athletics, 2003-2004; Subcommittees on Academic Achievement and Equity.
Member, Sexuality Studies Program Advisory Committee, 2003-2004.
Member, Obermann Center Advisory Committee, 2003-2005.
Member, Interdisciplinary Research Grant Review Committee, Obermann Center, December 2003.
Faculty Host, Provost Candidate Forum, December 2003.
Member, Faculty Assembly Nominations Committee, April 2003.
Presentation to the Latino Youth Summit, Sponsored by Opportunity at Iowa, October 31, 2003.
Visiting Lecture, Hispanic Student Association, Cornell College, November, 2002.
Paper Presentation, “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: How Latino Immigration and Political Incorporation are Changing the Face of American Politics,” at the public forum, “Latinos-Ignored No Longer,” sponsored by the UI Council on the Status of Latinos in Commemoration of Latino Heritage Month, October 15, 2002.
Key Note Speaker, UI Latino Commencement Celebration, May 2002.
Conference Presentation, Western Hemispheric Integration, Democracy and the Rule of
Law, organized by the UI College of Law and International Programs, April, 2002.
CGU
Member, Affirmative Action and Diversity Committee,
Serving on the Information Science Search Committee as part of these duties;
Member, Campus Master Planning Committee;
Member, Commencement Speaker Committee;
Member, Lambda Faculty and Staff Association, Curriculum sub-committee, 1997-2001;
Committee for an Undergraduate Major in Political Psychology, April 1999 to 2000;
Panel Speaker, Inauguration of Steadman Upham as President of the University;
Faculty Executive Committee, July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1999;
Space Allocation and Facilities Review Committee, March 1997-2001;
Diversity Task Force, January 1997 to May 1998;
Chair, Campus-wide Working Group on Financial Aid and Fellowship Allocation Policy, Spring 1998;
Community Fellows Selection Committee, October, 1998;
UC-Davis
Member, Central Valley Initiative Planning Committee, Vice-Provost's Office, Spring 1994;
Member, Chancellor's Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Issues, April 1994-1996;
Member, Institute of Governmental Affairs--SSDS Statistical Consultant Search Committee, Summer 1994;
Chair, Institute of Governmental Affairs-ICPSR Committee and UCD Faculty ICPSR Liason, 1994-95;
Departmental Service
UW
Member, Lev Award Committee, 2007
Member, Third-year Review Committee for Matt Barreto, 2007
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2006-08
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Review for Luis Ricardo Fraga, 2006
Chair, African-American Politics Target of Opportunity Search, 2005-06.
Member, Graduate Program Committee, 2005-07.
Member, Honors Program Interview Committee, 2005-06.
UI
Member, Department Executive Committee, 2003-04.
Member, Department Bose Speaker Series Committee, 2003-04.
Member, Tenure Review Committee for Sara M. Mitchell, December 2003.
Chair, American Politics Doctoral Examination Field Committee, November 2003.
Chair, Third-year Review Committee, Fred Boehmke, 2002-2003.
Chinese Politics Search Committee, 2002
Computer Committee, 2001-2002
CGU
Coordinator of the MA program in American Politics, 1999-2001;
American Politics Field Committee;
Admissions and Awards Committee, Chair: July 1997-June 1999;
Political Economy Search Committee 1996-1997;
UC-Davis
American Politics Search Committee, 1995-96;
MA Graduate Program Advisor (American, Public Law, and Theory), 1994-95;
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, 1994-96;
Coordinator, Political Science Research Colloquium, 1992-1994;
Law and Politics Search Committee, 1993-94;
Director, Public Affairs Internship Program, 1993-94;
Co-Director, Public Affairs Internship Program, 1992-93;
Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee 1991-92;