Melina Juárez Pérez, Phd
Assistant Professor, Western Washington University
Education
2018 PhD Political Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
2013 MA Transatlantic Politics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2011 BA Political Science, California State University, Stanislaus
Select Publications
2022 Jackson, Jenn M., and Melina Juárez Pérez. “Reclaiming Our Time and Labor: Contesting and Reframing Productivity Narratives in Political Science,” PS: Political Science & Politics, 55(2): 380-384.
2021 López, Nancy, Vargas, Edward, Juárez, Melina, and Lisa Cacari-Stone. “Critical ‘Street Race’ Praxis: Advancing the Measurement of Racial Discrimination Among Diverse Latinx Communities in the U.S,” Critical Public Health, DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2019.1695040 (published online 2019)
2019 “Treating immigrants like criminals has a long history in the United States,” The Monkey Cage, The Washington Post.
2018 "Surge in LGBTQ+ and Women of Color Candidates, Yet Obstacles Remain for LGBTQ+ Voters," The Forum, Urban Affairs Review.
2018 "2 Years After Pulse: How can scholars aid in the fight against LGBTQ+ marginalization?" Politics of Color blog, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
2015 "Transgender Rights and Communities of Color," Politics of Color blog, Journal of Race, Ethnicity, & Politics.
2018 Outstanding Student Paper Award, 6th Annual LGBTQ+ Symposium, UI Champaign-Urbana
2018 ¡SI Se Puede! Award, Recuerda Cesar Chavez Committee, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2013-2018 Doctoral Fellow Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy Research, University of New Mexico
2017 APSA Kenneth Sherrill Prize for best dissertation proposal in LGBTQ politics
2015 Visiting Graduate Fellow Center for Poverty Research, University of California, Davis