Ideology as a Predictor of News Coverage: The Causes and Consequences of Differential Media Coverage
My dissertation work 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 (Forthcoming). Shifting Allegiances: The Election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Elements in American Politics).
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-Current Research Assistant (New American Leaders)
2023-Current 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-Current Research Assistant to Jason Casellas (University of Houston)
2019-2020 Research Assistant to Rick Young (University of St. Thomas)