Angela Ocampo, Ph.D.

axocampo@utexas.edu


Assistant Professor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year of PhD: 2018

Country: United States (Texas)

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About Me:

Angela X. Ocampo received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. She holds an MA in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BA from Brown University in International Relations and Ethnic Studies (with Honors).  Professor Ocampo specializes in the study of race and ethnicity in U.S. politics, with a specific focus on the Latina/o/x community. She teaches courses on political behavior and representation, minority politics, immigration and citizenship and Latina/o/x politics. Her research agenda examines the sociopolitical incorporation of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities both as every-day participants and as political leaders in American institutions. More specifically, she examines the social and psychological factors that mobilize Latinas/os/xs to engage politically, as well as those that propel them or deter them from running for elected office. Professor Ocampo’s current book project “Truly at Home? Social Belonging and Political Engagement in Times of Exclusion,” which received the 2019 American Political Science Association’s Best Dissertation Award in Race, Ethnicity and Politics, examines the notion of perceived belonging to U.S. society and its influence on political interest and political engagement among Latinas/os/xs. Her research has been published in Social Forces, Political Research Quarterly, Social Science Research, Politics, Groups and Identities, The Forum, and Latino Studies. She is a Co-Principal Investigator of the 2024 Collaborative Multi-racial Post-Election Survey (CMPS), a groundbreaking multiracial/ethnic and multilingual post-election study of political preferences and behaviors among racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.Professor Ocampo has won Ford Foundation fellowships, and her research has been funded by numerous grants including the National Science Foundation (NSF), UC-MEXUS and the American Political Science Association's Warren E. Miller Fund. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Early Career Award and APSA’s Political Psychology Distinguished Junior Scholar Award. She is also a recognized teacher and mentor. In 2023, she received the Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award for Graduate Student Mentoring from the American Political Science Association (APSA). In 2024, she was recognized by the College of Liberal Arts with the Josefina Paredes Endowed Teaching Award, an award given annually to junior faculty who have demonstrated outstanding teaching at UT-Austin.

Research Interests

Political Participation

Representation and Electoral Systems

Political Parties and Interest Groups

Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Immigration & Citizenship

Political Psychology

Latino Politics

Race And Politics

Citizenship

Countries of Interest

United States