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Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the •
Faculty Associate of the Center
for Mexican-American Studies and Population Research Center •
Director of the Public Policy
Institute My
primary academic interest is Latino Politics.
Because the Latino political experience is complex and multifaceted,
my work explores a variety of questions involving political behavior, public
policy, and public opinion.
Interests •
Latino Politics –Political Behavior and Public Opinion –Public Policy; Education and Immigration
Policy •
Religion and Politics •
State and Local Politics •
The Military and Society •
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Contact Office:
Batts 3.140 Phone:
(512) 471-1343 Email:
dleal@austin.utexas.edu Summer office hours: By appointment Education PhD,
Harvard University Activities •
Member, Editorial Board, American Politics Research, Social
Science Quarterly, and State Politics &
Policy Quarterly •
2006-2008: Member, American Political Science Association (APSA) Task Force on Religion and
Democracy in the United States •
2004-2006: Co-Chair, APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the
Profession •
2002-2004: National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow •
1998-99 APSA Congressional
Fellow •
Affiliated Researcher, The
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Journal Guest Editor
2007.
Guest Editor (with Louis DeSipio) for Special Issue “Latino Politics During the
Bush Years.” American Politics Research, v35, n2.
2006.
Symposium Editor for “The
Politics of Canada.” PS: Political Science & Politics, v39, n4.
Edited
Volumes
Under
contract. David L. Leal, Taeku Lee, and Mark
Sawyer (Eds.).
Under contract.
David L. Leal and José E. Limón (Eds.), Immigration
and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century. South Bend:
University of Notre Dame Press.
Forthcoming.
Forthcoming.
2008. Terri E. Givens, Gary P. Freeman, and David L. Leal (Eds.). Immigration
Policy and Security: US, European, and Commonwealth Perspectives.
2007. Rodolfo Espino,
Books
2006.
Reviewed in Political
Science Quarterly (Spring 2008):
“provides the most wide-ranging analysis of gubernatorial elections yet
produced, and puts its findings in the context of races for other offices . . .
[an] intriguing book.”
Journal Articles
2008.
“Latinos,
Immigration, and the 2006 Midterm Elections,” with Stephen A. Nuño,
2007. “Students in Uniform:
ROTC, the Citizen-Soldier, and the Civil-Military Gap.” PS:
Political Science & Politics,
v40: 479-483.
2007. “Latinos, Military Service, and
Support for Bush and Kerry in 2004,” with Matt Barreto. American Politics Research, v35:
224-251.
2006. “Symposium Introduction: Canada – The Unknown
Country.” PS: Political Science &
Politics, v39: 813-814.
2006. “Northern
Exposure? The Politics of Canadian Provincial Admission into the United States,”
with Dan Lipinski. PS: Political Science
& Politics, v39: 843-847. Additional
election tables.
2005. “American
Public Opinion toward the Military: Differences by Race, Gender, and Class?”
Armed Forces & Society, v32:
123-138.
2005.
“The Latino Vote in
the 2004 Election,” with Matt Barreto,
2004. “The
Politics of Latino Education: The Biases of At-Large Elections,” with
Kenneth J. Meier and Valerie Martinez-Ebers.
2004. “Playing the ‘Latino Card’: Race, Ethnicity, and National Party
Politics,” with Luis R. Fraga. Du Bois
Review: Social Science Research on Race, v1: 297-317.
2004. “Latinos and
School Vouchers: Testing the ‘Minority Support’ Hypothesis.” Social Science Quarterly, v85: 1227-1237.
2004. “Who Chooses Experience?
Examining the Use of Veteran Staff by House Freshmen,” with Frederick M. Hess. Polity,
v36: 651-664.
2003. “Technocracies,
Bureaucracies, or Responsive Polities? Urban School Systems and the Politics of
School Violence Prevention,” with Frederick Hess. Social Science Quarterly, v84: 526-542.
2003. “Contestation
vs. Replacement: Republican Party Gains in Southern State Legislative Elections,”
with Frederick Hess and Syed Ali. Politics
& Policy, v31: 648-670.
2003. “The Multicultural
Military: Military Service and the Acculturation of Latinos and Anglos.” Armed
Forces & Society, v29: 205-226.
2003. “Democratization
and the Ghost of Zapata: Mexico from 1959 to 1991.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research, v15: 134-150.
2003.
“Early Money and
Senate Primary Elections.” American Politics Research (formerly American Politics Quarterly), v31:
93-104.
2002. “Political
Participation by Latino Non-Citizens in the United States.” British
Journal of Political Science, v32: 353-370. First article published on Latinos in this journal.
2002.
“Home is Where the
Heart is: Congressional Tenure, Retirement, and the Implications for
Representation.” American Politics Research, v30: 266-285.
2001.
“Political Participation:
Does Religion Matter?” with Michael Jones-Correa. Political Research
Quarterly, v54: 751-770. Recipient of the Western Political Science
Association award for best paper published in PRQ in 2001.
2001.
“A Shrinking ‘Digital
Divide’? The Provision of Classroom Computers Across Urban School Systems,”
with Frederick Hess. Social Science Quarterly, v82: 765-778.
2001.
“Quality, Race, and the Urban Education Marketplace,” with Frederick Hess. Urban
Affairs Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly), v37: 249-266.
2001.
“School Quality, Race, and Class Revisited: A Reply to Saporito, Yancey, and
Louis,” with Frederick Hess. Urban Affairs Review, v37: 277-281.
2001.
“The
2000.
“The Politics of
Bilingual Education Expenditures in Urban School Districts,” with Frederick
Hess. Social Science Quarterly, v81: 1064-72.
1999.
“It’s Not Just a Job:
Military Service and Latino Political Participation.” Political Behavior,
v21: 153-174.
1999.
“Survey Bias on the
Front Porch: Are All Subjects Interviewed Equally?” with Frederick Hess. American
Politics Quarterly, v27: 468-487.
1999.
“Politics and Sex-Related Programs in Urban Schooling,” with Frederick Hess. Urban
Affairs Review, v35: 24-43.
1999.
“Computer-Assisted Learning in Urban Classrooms: The Impact of Politics, Race,
and Class,” with Frederick Hess. Urban Education, v34: 370-388.
1997.
“Minority Teachers, Minority
Students, and College Matriculation: A New Look at the Role-Modeling Hypothesis,”
with Frederick Hess. Policy Studies Journal, v25: 235-248.
1996. “Becoming ‘Hispanic’:
Secondary Pan-Ethnic Identification among Latin American-Origin Populations in
the United States,” with Michael Jones-Correa. Hispanic Journal of
Behavioral Sciences, v18: 214-254.
Book Chapters
Forthcoming.
“Minority Representation in the United States Congress,” with Jason P.
Casellas. In Karen Bird, Thomas Saalfeld, and Andreas M. Wüst (eds.), The
Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities: Voters, Parties, and
Parliaments in Liberal Democracies. London: Routledge (ECPR Studies in
European Political Science).
Forthcoming.
“Latinos, Immigration, and Social Cohesion in the
Forthcoming. “Absentee Voting and
Transnational Civic Engagement among Mexican Expatriates,” with James McCann
and
2008.
“The Citizen-Soldier, Then and Now: The National Guard, Military Reserves, and
ROTC.” In Derek S. Reveron and Judith Hicks Stiehm
(eds.), Inside Defense: Understanding the
U.S. Military in the 21st Century.
2007. “Latino Public Opinion: Does It Exist?” In Rodolfo Espino,
2007.
“Latinos, Religion, and the 2004 Presidential Election.” In David E.
Campbell (ed.), A Matter
of Faith? Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election.
2006.
“Mexican-American and Cuban-American Public Opinion: Differences at the State
Level?” In Jeffrey
Cohen (ed.), Public Opinion in State
Politics. Stanford:
2005.
“School House Politics: Expenditures, Interests, and Competition in School
Board Elections,” with Frederick M. Hess. In William
Howell (ed.), Besieged: School
Boards and the Future of Education Politics.
2004.
“Assessing Traditional Teacher Preparation: Evidence from a Survey of Graduate
and Undergraduate Programs.” In Frederick
Hess, Andrew Rotherham, and Kate Walsh (eds.), A Qualified Teacher in Every
Classroom?
2003.
“Unorthodox Lawmaking: Juvenile Justice Legislation after Columbine.” In Paul Herrnson and
2003.
“Minority Voters and Candidates: Tracking Trends.” In Robert Watson and
2000.
“Partisanship and Issue Emphasis in the 1994 House Elections,” with Frederick
Hess. In David
Brady, John Cogan, and Morris Fiorina
(eds.), Continuity and Change
in House Elections. Stanford:
1999. “Congress and
Recent
Presentations and Talks
“The
Latino Vote in U.S. Presidential Elections: Past, Present, and Future.” Rothermere
American Institute, Oxford University,
March 4, 2009.
“Transnational Political Engagement and the Civic
Incorporation of Mexican Immigrants in the United States.” Paper presented at Mexico Week, London School of Economics, March 3, 2009
(paper co-authored with James McCann and Wayne Cornelius).
“New Immigrant
Groups and Social Cohesion: The
“Religion and Theology in Latino
Political and Civic Lives.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Political Science Association.
Roundtable Participant: “Roundtable on
Future Migration and Development Policy in the
“Illegal,
Unauthorized, or Undocumented? Congressional Voting on Immigration Reform in
2006,” with Jason Casellas. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.
Roundtable Participant: “Challenging North American
Borders: Security & Immigration.” Annual Policy Conference of the Network on North American
Studies in Canada, “North American Issues: Designing Institutions, Choosing
Policies.”
“Pointless: On the Failure to Adopt an Immigration
Points System in the
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