People

Interests: American political institutions, judicial politics, state politics, and elections

Interests: American politics, judicial politics, and public opinion.

Interests: American politics, public administration

Interests: Comparative politics, Latin America, political economy, education policy, labor politics.

Bio: Dr. Rebecca Deen is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington. An expert in women in politics and civic engagement, the US presidency, and effective pedagogy, her current research investigates the relationship among civic engagement, political recruitment and volunteerism. She had held leadership positions with the American Political Science Association, chairing the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, the Committee on the Status of Asian American/Pacific Islanders in the Profession, and the Search Committee for the editors of PS, one of the Associations lead journals. Raised in southern Ohio, she is a graduate of Denison University (BA Political Science, minor in French) and The Ohio State University (MA, PhD). An active volunteer, she has served on the executive board of the PTA of each of her son’s schools and the Lamar Band Booster Club, and on the AISD’s Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. She is also on the Arlington Junior League’s Community Advisory Board. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, her cats, and her knitting – usually all at once.

Interests: State and local government

Interests: Race and ethnicity politics, political representation, and political theory

Interests: American government, public opinion, campaigns and elections

Interests: México, Mexican American politics, transnational politics, Latino political thought

Interests: International relations, foreign policy analysis (decision-making, identity, emotions), Middle East, Israel, Turkey, politics of Jewish identity

Interests: Health policy, American political development, bureaucracy, social policy