About the Author
Lisa García Bedolla
Lisa García Bedolla is Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is interested in the political incorporation of Latinos and other racial/ethnic groups into the American political system. Her book, Fluid Borders, won the 2006 American Political Science Association Ralph J. Bunche Award for the best scholarly work in political science which explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism.
Professor García Bedolla’s current work focuses on the intersection of race, class, and gender. Her projects include a historical study of group citizenship status in California during the 19th century, an evaluation of voter mobilization strategies by community-based organizations in southern California and the Central Valley, and a longitudinal study of the political socialization of immigrant youth in Orange County.
Bedolla has given us the determinant must-have resource for any student of Latino politics.