Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium

Do experiences with authoritarianism in the home country leave signatures on newcomers’ attitudes once they arrive?

Cookie Kim theorizes an authoritarian regime legacy traces to Asian Americans immigrants, not so much Latinos. And, that influence thins out fast for 2nd Gen.

#ASUPRIEC

We know parent political socialization matters for partisan identity development.

HopeGomez calls for conceptually distinguishing clarity from strength parent socialization features.

Key finds: low clarity of parent pid —> higher non-identifiers, strong parent parent id —> strong PiD.

#ASUPRIEC

Our imagination of borders often elevates browness.

Katie Clone refocuses symbolic bordering to whiteness by scrutinizing text from CNN and The Hill that addresses US refugee admission proposals.

Key insight: there is a critical coverage of the cap for its whiteness “bordering practices”

How might union representation shape views regarding racial inequities in education?

Adriel Bustillos reasons that perception of representation by unions may create support of egalitarian and equitable policy impacts especially in realms outside of economic and political life.

Key finding:

Firms with more conservative and diverse worker bases were more likely to pledge to withhold contributions to election objectors and donated more to those politicians after the insurrection.

Why might corporations wade into politics of racialized issues?

Ananya Hariharan teaches that firms have incentive to respond to employees, sorted as issue publics, even when doing so is unrelated to firms bottom line

Tests if firms withhold donations to pols who back Jan6 insurrectionists

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This KnowYourRights literacy score is based on scenario of ICE visiting your home.

The 14-item scale discriminates real know how by counting some items “correct” if checked indicating this is a right you have and some items that are “correct” if left unchecked.

Holds promise for practioners.

Kicking off the #ASUPRIEC program is ASU undergrad María Blandón.

Argument: pol knowledge research lacks theory, measures of know how relevant in street politics, like ICE ambushing people en route to school, work, church, or home.

Blandón shares new metric of Knowledge Your Rights Literacy

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It’s that time!!

#ASUPRIEC, Tempe , AZ.

We’ll post highlights of presentations from the program.

Shout out to team
@asuclapr.bsky.social at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social who organized a great program and a roundtable on redistricting & elections.

Had a great time presenting and learning from colleagues at @priec.bsky.social Thanks @dadakim.bsky.social and @quicopedraza.bsky.social for organizing PRIEC’s 20th anniversary🌟

PRIEC in SoCal. Wonderful colleagues, interesting new research, and of course, the views and cuisines that SoCal has to offer.

Whoever took these candid photos deserves a raise. Thank you, @priec.bsky.social, for capturing so much of our 20th anniversary celebration conference. Excited for all of the other PRIECs this anniversary year!!!

PRIEC is now on Bluesky! 💙💛. Be sure to follow!

It was exhilarating celebrating 20 years of PRIEC! 🎊

Upshot: lithium mining can generate environmental damage, at great cost to nearby Native and other marginalized communities—some of which are already suffering from the harms from the mining other minerals.

Needless to say, Christian is great, and all faults in this project are due to me.

TBC, the issue isn’t NIMBYism by Native and other marginalized communities.

The issue is NIMBYism by comfortable communities who have the power to shove mining into someone else’s yard.

Mai Do presenting "Framing the Fourteenth: How Frames Shape Public Opinion on Birthright Citizenship co-authored with Joo, Pitzer; and Jenn Merolla, UCR.

Minhye Joo, Pitzer presenting "Framing the Fourteenth: How Frames Shape Public Opinion on Birthright Citizenship co-authored with Mai Do , UCR and Jenn Merolla, UCR.

Mai Do, UCR; Minhye Joo, Pitzer; handling Q&A like a boss! Framing the Fourteenth: How Frames Shape Public Opinion on Birthright Citizenship (

In "Framing the Fourteenth: How Frames Shape
Public Opinion on Birthright Citizenship" Mai Do,
UCR; Minhye Joo, Pitzer; & Jenn Merolla, UCR,
show elite framing that invokes "anchor babies" dampens public support for birthright citizenship. Negative framing moves GOPers most.

#UCRPRIEC20

Professor Maricruz Osorio (Bentley U), presenting, "Playing State Politics: How Immigrant Organizations Respond to State Governments"

We know that the incredible investment that community organizations provide includes facilitating civic engagement. @cruzita.bsky.social argues this investment facilitates courageous citizenship, whereby org interventions help people of vulnerable communities manage political risk.

#UCRPRIEC20

Professor Adrian Felix, UC Riverside, standing at the front of a room behind a lectern, presenting "Biographies of Removal: The Faces of Deracination," co-authored work with UCR graduate student Jenni Martinez.

UCR graduate student Jenni Martinez, standing at the front of a room behind a lectern, presenting "Biographies of Removal: The Faces of Deracination," co-authored work with Professor Adrian Felix, UC Riverside.

"We are calling for attention to the full violence of deportations by taking serious the richness & complexity of stories using ethnographies & tools of critical inquiry."
~paraphrased concluding remarks by Jenny

"Biographies of Removal: The Faces of
Deracination" (Adrián Félix, UCR)

#UCRPRIEC20

What's going on in the Dakotas? Christian Castillo
UC Riverside presents work co-authored with @lauraevans.bsky.social

The politics of extractive markets gets even more complex when layering sovereignty.

"Green Mining: The Politics of Lithium and
Indigenous Peoples"

#UCRPRIEC20

Taft Crowley UC Santa Barbara standing in front of room presenting, "From Sugar Rush to Land Bust: How chronic disease burdens contribute to landlessness and migration". Title slide.

Taft Crowley UC Santa Barbara standing in front of room presenting, "From Sugar Rush to Land Bust: How chronic disease burdens contribute to landlessness and migration". Slide showing Impetus for Project

Here is a tricky public policy puzzle.

Taft Crowley, UCSB, explains how chronic disease burdens respond to global shifts in food production & food markets. Both drive surges in type 2 diabetes, & feed forward into material conditions shaping ability to pay for health care & migration.

#UCRPRIEC20

Ayse Busra Topal, UC Riverside standing at the front of the room like a boss presenting the paper, "Emotional Reactions to Islamophobia and the Political Participation of Muslims"

Ayse Busra Topal, UC Riverside standing at the front of the room like a boss presenting the paper, "Emotional Reactions to Islamophobia and the Political Participation of Muslims"

Pushing what we know on emotional drivers of political participation, @abusrat.bsky.social, teaches us Muslim American mobilization is sensitive to different sources of Islamophobia.

"Emotional Reactions to Islamophobia and the
Political Participation of Muslims."

#UCRPRIEC20

Left to right, Tyler Reny (CGU), Claudia Alegre (UCLA), Nathan Chan (LMU). Standing in front of the PRIEC pipe and banner with step and repeat logo of PRIEC

Matthew Tokeshi (Williams College) and Nathan Chan (LMU) presenting, "Racial Invisibility in American Public Opinion" at the PRIEC 20th anniversary at UC Riverside. Title slide

Matthew Tokeshi (Williams College) and Nathan Chan (LMU) presenting, "Racial Invisibility in American Public Opinion" at the PRIEC 20th anniversary at UC Riverside. Slide breaking down the two dimensions of U.S. hierarchy and racial invisibility

Flexing creative muscles, Nathan Chan (LMU) & Matthew Tokeshi (Williams College), advance the concept of "racial invisibility." For sure, the US hierarchy defined by race and nativity dimensions, but overlayed on both is variation in visibility.

#PRIECUCR20

The @priec.bsky.social 20th anniversary meeting is 🔥🔥🔥

At @priec.bsky.social this morning — @fulyafelicity.bsky.social presenting on the ways that authoritarian regimes engage their diasporas and how those emigrants respond (or don’t!)

Photo of independent scholar, Tandy Tillinghast, Western Oregon, standing at the front of the room before title screen of presentation, "Triangulating Racism, Isolation, and health: Bridging Frameworks and Interventions for Survivors."

Linking racism, discrimination, & health, independent scholar Tandy Tillinghast, discusses how scholars can translate social science research to praxis.

Key to this: transdisciplinary participatory action research that center survivors in design, data collection, & analyses.
#PRIECUCR20

Photo of Sophia Tomany de Brito, UC Santa Barbara, presenting, "Protecting the 'Home Land': The Use of Nature Conservation Appeals in the Politics of U.S. Immigration Enforcement"

Photo of Sophia Tomany de Brito, UC Santa Barbara, presenting, "Protecting the 'Home Land': The Use of Nature Conservation Appeals in the Politics of U.S. Immigration Enforcement"

At the intersection of immigration politics & environmental politics, Sophia Tomany de Brito (UCSB), shows conservation appeals appear to be more of a booster than a bridge.

GOP & Dems electeds carefully position on conservation, but stay firm on partisan immigration positions. #PRIECUCR20

Awash in plenty, @dadakim.bsky.social, Shaun Bowler, & the UCR crew coordinate us across 2 rooms

Panel 1B, @minhye.bsky.social & @jieunspark.bsky.social kick us off with "The Politics of Skin Tone: How Does Skin Tone Shape Political Identities and Attitudes?"

Answer: Your skin tone does matter!

#PRIECat20! @priec.bsky.social 🤩

Left to right, Francisco Pedraza (Arizona State University), Kim Yi Dionne (UC Riverside), Maricruz Osorio (Bentley University), Shaun Bowler (UC Riverside). Standing in front of the PRIEC pipe and banner with repeat step of PRIEC logo

Congratulations @dadakim.bsky.social, Shaun Bowler, and the rest of the @ucrpolisci.bsky.social crew for organizing a terrific program!!