AGENDA
March 16, 2005
Marriott Hotel, Oakland -- Simmons 1
2:00-2:10 -- Welcome and Introductions
 | Maria Chavez, Seattle University |
| Louis DeSipio, University of California, Irvine |
2:10-3:00 -- Studying the Latino Experience in Areas of New Residence or New Concentration: New Case Studies or Building New Models
| Paul Apostolidis, Whitman College |
| Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| Jason Casellas, Princeton University |
Chair: Maria Chavez, Seattle University
3:00-3:30 -- Undergraduate Research Presentation
"Church is More than Free Wafers: Religious Organizations and Latino Political Participation"
| Hugo Ivan Salazar, University of California, Irvine |
3:30-4:00 -- Graduate Student Issues
| Matt Barreto, University of California, Irvine |
| Christina Bejarano, University of Iowa |
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:15 -- Latinas in the Profession
| Lisa García Bedolla, University of California, Irvine |
| Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University |
| Anna Christina Sampaio, University of Colorado, Denver |
Chair: Louis DeSipio, University of California, Irvine
5:15-6:15 -- Meet The Author Book Discussion
Karthick Ramakrishnan, Public Policy Institute of California
Book: Democracy in Immigrant America: Changing Demographics and Political Participation (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005).
6:15-7:00 -- Reports from the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession and the Latino Caucus in Political Science
Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession
| Lisa García Bedolla, University of California, Irvine |
| David Leal, University of Texas at Austin |
Latino Caucus in Political Science / Sector Latino de Ciencia Política
| Gary Segura, University of Iowa |
Refreshments generously provided by the APSA Latino Caucus in Political Science.