MSU

I am a graduate student of political science at Michigan State University.

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Contact me here!

Email: lopezray@msu.edu

Phone: (517) 355-6590

What do I study?

I study American Politics as my primary field and Research Methodology as my secondary field. In my general research agenda, I ask the following questions:

(i) to what extent do racial minorities achieve electoral inclusion in Anglo-American systems, and (ii) how does identity alter political attachments within and outside Anglo-American spaces?

American Politics: Campaigns & Elections, Congressional Representation, Immigration, Poverty & Inequality, Public Opinion, Race & Ethnicity

Started: Fall 2021

Ended:

Research Methodology: Big Data, Geospatial Analysis, Video-Based Research, Text Analysis, Statistics

Education

Stanford University - 4.0 GPA

M.A. Degree: Latin American Studies

2020 - 2021

Sonoma State University - 3.4 GPA

B.A. Degrees: Political Science and French

2015 - 2020

The George Washington University - 4.0 GPA

Semester in Washington Politics

2018 - 2018

Aix Marseille University - 3.6 GPA

Study Abroad

2017 - 2018

Research Experience

Graduate Student - Stanford University

Muwekma Ohlone Territory

2020 - 2021

Social Media Intern - African American Policy Forum

New York City, New York

2020 - 2020

Undergraduate Researcher - Sonoma State University

Rohnert Park, California

2019 - 2020

Undergraduate Researcher - Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

2019 - 2019

Undergraduate Researcher - The George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

2018 - 2018

My Skills

SPSS

50%

STATA

50%

QGIS

20%

Amazon Mechanical Turk

75%

R

20%

HTML

13%