Dr. Valerie Martinez-Ebers

PhD., Ohio State University 1990

Valerie Martinez-Ebers is professor of political science and vice-president of the American Political Science Association.  Her teaching and research interests include: race, ethnicity and politics; Latino politics; public policy; political tolerance; and the politics of Rock-n-Roll.   She is a co-principal investigator for the Latino National Survey funded by Ford, Carnegie, Russell Sage, Hewlett, Joyce, Rhode Island and National Science Foundations. Many of Dr. Martinez’ publications are on the consequences of education policy for minority students, but she also has publications on Latino/a politics, women in politics, aging policy and methods of survey research. Two of her most recent publications include Politicas: Latina Public Officials in Texas and “Su Casa Es Nuestra Casa: Latino Politics Research and the Development of American Political Science,” published in the American Political Science Review.  She has a forthcoming 2008 book entitled, Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity and Religion: Identity Politics in the United States.  She also is a co-author of  “Should they dance with the one who brung ‘em? Latinos and the 2008 Presidential Election,” which is a forthcoming article in the October edition of PS.