Ideology as a Predictor of News Coverage: The Causes and Consequences of Differential Media Coverage
My dissertation explores the causes and consequences of differential media coverage, looking at ideological extremity as a predictor for news coverage received by members of Congress.
Alvarez, R. D. and Jason Casellas (2025). Shifting Allegiances: The Election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures. Cambridge University Press.
Kistner, M. R., Robert D. Alvarez, Michael Heseltine, Maya Fitch, Lucas Lothamer, and Elizabeth N. Simas. “Measuring Partisanship and Representation in Online Congressional Communication.” American Political Science Review (Forthcoming)
Western Political Science Association 2025: “Social Identities and Political Socialization.”
American Political Science Association 2024: "Latino Republicans in Congress and State Legislatures."
American Political Science Association 2024: "Measuring Partisanship and Representation in Online Congressional Communication."
Southern Political Science Association 2024: "Hate Crimes and Headlines: How Media Coverage and Demographic Change Predicts Violence Toward Immigrants."
American Political Science Association 2023: "Latino Republican Legislator Ideology: More Conservative than White Republicans?"
Midwest Political Science Association 2023: "Capitalizing on Polarization: Predicting Media Coverage with Ideology."
American Political Science Association 2022: "The Election of Latino Republicans to State Legislatures."
2024-2025 Research Assistant (New American Leaders)
2023-2025 Congressional Social Media Project (University of Houston)
2023-2024 Research Assistant to Allison Archer (University of Houston)
2022-Current Editing and Content Creation (W. W. Norton & Company)
2020-2025 Research Assistant to Jason Casellas (University of Houston)
2019-2020 Research Assistant to Rick Young (University of St. Thomas)