Yoshira Macias Mejia

Biography

Yoshira D. Macías Mejía is an assistant professor in the department of political science and law. Dr. Macías Mejía received her PhD from the University of New Mexico and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, doctoral fellow. Her research interests include political behavior, political and social solidarity, race and ethnic politics, Latino/a/e/x politics, youth and politics, health policy and immigration policy. She teaches introductory courses, political psychology, US race and ethnic politics, and US Latino/a politics. Her research is published in Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Latino Studies, and the U.S. Latina & Latino Oral History Journal. Other featured work includes research and policy reports with the UNM Native American Budget & Policy Institute, PS Now with the American Political Science Association and the Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State University.

Research

American Politics, Political behavior, Race and Ethnic Politics, Latina/o/x/e Politics, Intersection of Immigration and Health Policy