News and Events
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Mi-son Kim published a scholarly blog post in 9DASHLINE. "Evaluating South Korea's Democratic Backsliding"
Drs. Mi-son Kim and Dongkyu Kim published "Economic Inequality and Political Participation in East Asian Democracies: The Role of Perceived Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility" in the Journal of Asian and African Studies.
Dr. Dongkyu Kim and his coauthors published "On the architecture of collaboration in inter-organizational natural resource management networks" in the Journal of Environmental Management.
The CSRPA executive team just published another article by utilizing the 2018 Our Voice\Nuestra Voz Survey. Drs. Natasha Altema McNeely, Dongkyu Kim, and Mi-son Kim. 2021. "Deportation threat and political engagement among Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley." Ethnic and Racial Studies.
Congratulations to the executive team of CSRPA! An original research paper by Drs Dongkyu Kim and Mi-son is published in Political Studies. "Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and Electoral Participation in the U.S. Counties: Revisiting the Inequality-Participation Nexus."
An original research paper utilizing Our Voice/Nuestra Voice Survey was accepted for publication! Mi-son Kim, Dongkyu Kim, and Natasha Altema McNeely. 2020. "A Comparative Analysis of the Attitudes toward the U.S.-Mexico Border Policy: Evaluating Perspectives on Border Security and Building a Wall in the Rio Grande Valley, National Hispanic and General U.S. Populations", Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 42 (4).
Congratulations to the executive team of CSRPA! An original research paper was accepted for publication! Mi-son Kim, Dongkyu Kim, and Natasha Altema McNeely. forthcoming. "Race, Inequality, and Social Capital in the U.S. Counties," The Social Science Journal.
CSR EVENTS & NEWS
09/11/23
Congratulations to Cesar Villegas for successfully defending his prospectus toward his doctorate degree in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Texas. We are very proud of your accomplishments. We wish you the best on your future endeavors!
09/11/23
Congratulations to Caitlin Carrillo for joining the Political Science masters program at UTRGV. We wish you the best for your future!
Congratulations to our awesome staff members on their graduation! Anna Pena, Caitlin Carrillo, Cecilia Herrera, & Sofia Herrera. It's always hard to send them away. However, we know their future is bright.
On May 10th, 2023, CSRPA has its first End of Year Staff Meeting! Thank you for your awesome work for this academic year! Good luck with your finals!
The Monitor published a news article about the border wall policy brief (04.06.2023)
Rio Grande Guardian published the border wall policy brief of CSRPA (04.06.2023)
KRGV Channel 5 interviewed Dr. Mi-son Kim to discuss the new survey result on the border wall (04.05.2023)
Telemundo 40 interviewed Dr. Dongkyu Kim, Cecilia Herrea, and Michael Sanchez about CSRPA and the recently published policy brief on the Voice 2 Survey (04.04.2023).
CSRPA launched the "Translation & Transcription Lab (T & T Lab)" in collaboration with Evident Change! It's an academic space to produce high-quality interview data. Dr. Carla Angulo-Pasel leads the team of three advanced Political Science majors.
Congratulations to our two lead interviewers, Mark Decker & Gerardo Gonzalez! Hope for the best for your future!
Congratulations, Rebecca Rivera, for your admission into a Master's program in International Affairs at the New School in New York and becoming a student intern at the Permanent Mission of Honduras at the United Nations!
Congratulations, Daniela Elizondo, for your admission into the Master's program of the Department of Political Science at UTRGV!
“Congratulations on your graduation, our three lead interviewers, Daniela Elizondo, Rebecca Rivera, and Daphne Rodriguez-Fresn! We are so proud of your accomplishments! Best wishes for your next adventures!
CSRPA held the second STATA Boot Camp from April 14th to 28th in 2022. A total of 3 undergraduate students from the Department of Political Science have learned basic data management skills for three days.
Congratulations, Frida Rodriguez and Daniela Elizondo, the two of the awesome CSRPA interviewer team, for being invited to the UT Austin Government Program's Diversity and Inclusion in Government Graduate Studies (DIGGS) program for summer 2022! Two bright future political scientists are on their way to Austin!
CSRPA held the first STATA Boot Camp from January 19th to January 21st in 2022. A total of 9 participants from the School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling, Sociology, a University NSF Team, and the School of Earth Environmental and Marine Sciences have learned basic principles and skills of data management for three days.
Dr. Natasha Altema McNeely spoke about Voting Rights Act at the Community Round Table Panel Discussion on MLK day.
Congratulations to CSRPA Staffer Alvaro Marquez who was awarded an Engaged Scholar Award for Spring 2018. Mr. Marquez' project will examine first-generation Latino students’ perceptions of the barriers they face in post-secondary education and their subjective understandings of available supports in order to inform practices and policies that lead to student success. His mixed-methods study will combine a web-based Qualtrics survey and in-depth interviews with undergraduate students enrolled and formerly enrolled at UTPA/UTRGV.
As a dual Sociology and Spanish major, and an aspiring educator, Mr. Marquez' project is motivated by his desire to understand the barriers faced by first generation students in order to engage his future students, and prepare them for success in postsecondary education.
In February 2018, CSRPA welcomed 5 students from the University of Michigan School of Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST) program to assist with the LRGV Population Health Survey. Students helped with translation, tested and piloted the survey. Their insightful suggestions and feedback was vital in helping us fine-tune the survey instrument. Thank you Brittany, Jennifer, Audrey, Ariana, Elizabeth, and Jack. We look forward to future collaborations through this program.