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Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Social Equity
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Education/Degree:
1 Political Science (University of New Mexico)
About
Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga is an assistant professor of public policy and social equity in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Her research examines the ways in which race, politics and media impact the public policy-making process in the United States. She has also worked in multiple organizations conducting applied research work such as the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco, CA, and the Cross-Border Issues Group, conducting field work in Southern and Western Mexico. Her current research projects examine the outcomes of health, immigration and criminal justice policies on ethno-racial minorities, with an emphasis on Latinos and immigrants, and the attitudes of minority groups towards politics and public policies.
Current Work
Dr. Gomez-Aguinaga’s research centers on understanding how the growing diversity of our country impacts the US political system. She has two lines of work related to this agenda. The first examines the political behavior of racial and ethnic groups, with an emphasis on Latinos and immigrants. In this area of work, her research explores how minority languages and non-traditional media influence the political attitudes and turnout of the Latino electorate. The second line of research studies the “who gets what, when and how” in the public policymaking process, centering on policy inequalities among ethno-racial and underrepresented groups face.
Research Area Keyword(s)
health policy, immigration policy and politics, political behavio, public policy, Race and ethnicity in politics