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Rodolfo O. de la Garza
International Affairs Building, Room 1432
Professor of Political Science
Phone: 212 854-2292
rod2001@columbia.edu
Teaching and Research Focus:
Professor de la Garza specializes in immigration, Latino political behavior, and public policy. He directs the Project on Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race and is vice-president of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute at the University of Southern California. Professor de la Garza has worked on the design of programs to increase immigrant access to health services in California and evaluated the state-sponsored naturalization campaign in Texas. He has also chaired seminars on Latinos and foreign policy with emphasis on increasing Hispanic involvement in international affairs.
Education:
PhD, University of Arizona
Background:
Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs, University of Texas, 1980 – 2001
Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1991 – 1992
Distinguished teaching recognition, Colorado College, 1980
Distinguished teaching recognition, University of Texas, 1988
100 Most Influential Hispanics, Hispanic Magazine, 1998, 2002
American Political Science Association, vice-president
Lifetime Achievement Award, Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 1993
Western Political Science Association, executive council
National Association of Chicano Studies, founding member
Inter-University Program for Latino Research, founding member
Inter-University Program for Latino Research/Social Science Research Council Joint Committee on Hispanic Policy Research, director
Council on Foreign Relations, member
Publications:
Beyond the Barrio, Latinos in the 2004 Elections. University of Notre Dame Press, 2010.
The Future of the Voting Rights Act, co-edited with David L. Epstein, Richard H. Pildes, and Sharyn O’Halloran. Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2006.
Sending Money Home: Hispanic Remittances and Community Development, co-edited with Briant Lindsay Lowell. Rowman and Littlefield, 2002.
Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy: Lobbying for the Homeland?, co-edited with Harry P. Pachon. Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.
Awash in the Mainstream: Latinos and the 1996 Elections, with Louis DeSipio. Westview Press, 1998.
Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy, with Louis DeSipio. Westview Press, 1998.
Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U. S. Relations, co-edited with Jesœs Velasco. Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
At the Crossroads: Mexican and U. S. Immigration Policy, coeditor. Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
Ethnic Ironies: Latinos and the 1992 Elections, with Louis DeSipio. Westview Press, 1996.
Latino Voices: Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics, with Louis DiSipio, Westview Press 1992.
Barrio Ballots: Latinos and the 1990 Elections, with Louis DeSipio and Martha Menchaca. Westview Press, 1994.
The Chicano Political Experience, with F. Chris Garcia. Duxbury Press, 1977.
Numerous articles in professional journals including the American Journal of Political Science, Latin American Research Review, Social Science, Quarterly International Migration Review.
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