About
Our Goal
Proyecto Latino: Politics & Policy at UT is a research collaborative that focuses on the implementation and dissemination of social science evidence-based research on the growing Texas Latino community and its most pressing needs. The collaborative is composed of students, faculty, and community partners. We seek to not only take the pulse of the Texas Latino electorate in and around local, state, and national elections, but to provide data-driven information that can inform politics, policymaking and community advocacy. Our aim is to provide research that is rigorous and cutting-edge and that is also culturally competent, attentive to community needs and accessible to a public audience. Our efforts are geared to empower and support community leaders, policymakers and researchers at UT, in the state of Texas and beyond in their efforts to bring real, meaningful and lasting change that addresses the critical needs of the Latino community.
Our Team
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Dr. Danielle Clealand
Dr. Danielle Pilar Clealand received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Political Science. Her research examines Black politics, Afro-Latino identity, group consciousness, Black public opinion and racial inequality with a focus on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and the United States using a mixed method, interdisciplinary approach. Dr. Clealand's book, The Power of Race in Cuba: Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness during the Revolution, examines racial ideology, the institutional mechanisms that support racial inequality in Cuba and Black identity formation.
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Dr. Angie Gutierrez
Dr. Angie Gutierrez earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles. She is also a Senior Research Analyst for BSP Research, as well as a former analyst in both the Harris 2024 campaign and the Biden 2020 campaign. Her book project focuses on group consciousness in the Latino electorate, reconceptualizes the way that group consciousness is measured in survey research, and examines when group consciousness influences political behavior.
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Dr. Angela X Ocampo
Dr. Angela X 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. Dr. 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).
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