National Advisory Committee

Jeronimo Cortina is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the associate director of the Center for Mexican American Studies. He earned a PhD in political science from Columbia University, where he previously earned a master’s degree in public administration and public policy from the School of International and Public Affairs. Cortina specializes in Latino politics, survey research, and immigration. His work has been published in scholarly and policy journals such as the Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Policy Studies and American Politics Research Journal, among others. His books include “Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do,” published by Princeton University Press; “A Quantitative Tour of the Social Sciences,” published by Cambridge University Press; and “New Perspectives on International Migration and Development” with Columbia University Press.