Angela X. Ocampo

Dr. Angela X. Ocampo is Assistant Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She specializes in the study of race and ethnicity in the U.S., with a specific focus on the Latina/o/x community. Her research agenda examines the political incorporation of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities both as every-day participants and as political leaders in American institutions. Professor Ocampo’s book project Truly at home?: Social Belonging and Political Engagement, which received the American Political Science Association’s Best Dissertation Award in Race, Ethnicity and Politics, examines the notion of perceived belonging to U.S. society and its influence on political engagement among Latinas/os/xs. Her research has been published in Political Research Quarterly, Social Science Research, Politics, Groups and Identities, The Forum, and Latino Studies. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Early Career Award and APSA’s Political Psychology Distinguished Junior Scholar Award. Prior to joining UT-Austin, Professor Ocampo was a faculty member of at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies and Latina/o Studies. She holds a BA from Brown University and a PhD from UCLA. More information about Dr. Ocampo can be found here.