PhD Candidate · UCLA Political Science

Emily
Ortiz

My dissertation asks the question: why do so many Latino Republicans stay Republican, even as the party's rhetoric toward Latino communities has grown increasingly hostile? I'm interested in how people hold onto an ethnic identity and a partisan identity that seem to be in conflict — and what quietly shifts when they do. My research uses large surveys and panel data, experiments, and qualitative evidence to track how Latino partisans' sense of who counts as a real co-ethnic, and what they owe each other, changes over time.

Outside of research, I'm usually working on a new crocheting project, experimenting with funky nail art, or finding a new craft to fixate on!

Race & Ethnic Politics American Politics Latino Politics Political Psychology
Advisor Efrén Pérez
Office Bunche Hall, UCLA
Emily Ortiz

Emily Ortiz

Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

New tree, growing forest: Updating meta-analytic evidence on solidarity between US people of color through an extension and partial replication

Alhambra, R., Ortiz, E., Pérez, E., Huynh, T., Bany-Mohammed, H., Rad, K., & Crawford, N.

Research & Politics · 12(2) · 2025

Rage against the machine? Why system justification drives (some) Asian Americans to spurn racial solidarity

Pérez, E., Rogbeer, K., Tran, S., Huynh, T., Ortiz, E., Crossley, H., & Passananti, M.

Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics · 2025 · pp. 1–22

Under Review

Why are Some People of Color Embracing Republicans? A Temporal Look at Three "Crowning Postures" Among Asian, Black, and Latino Adults in a 2024 Panel

Ortiz, E., Alhambra, R., Engelhardt, A. M., & Pérez, E.

Manuscript under review

Contentious Claims of Antisemitism and Issue Significance

With Josh Goetz, Ananya Hariharan, Connor Warshauer, Clayton Becker, and Grant Baldwin · UCLA Department of Political Science

Manuscript under review

Political Solidarity and Political Action Among People of Color

With Efrén Pérez, Kasheena Rogbeer, and Andrew Engelhardt · UCLA Department of Political Science

Manuscript under review

Working Papers

Republican and Latino: How Partisanship Reshapes Ethnic Identity in a Polarizing Era

Ortiz, E. & Pérez, E.

Working paper

Teaching

M181B · Latinx Politics
Teaching Assistant · Drs. Izul de la Vega & Matt Barreto
Fall 2023 · Winter 2024 · Fall 2024
M183 / M36C · Experiments in Race & Ethnic Politics
Teaching Assistant · Cross-listed Political Science & Psychology · Dr. Efrén Pérez
Spring 2024 · Spring 2026
M141A · Political Psychology
Teaching Assistant · Cross-listed Political Science & Psychology · Dr. Efrén Pérez
Spring 2025
PS40 · Introduction to American Politics
Teaching Assistant · Dr. Julia Payson
Fall 2025
PS10 · Introduction to Political Theory
Teaching Assistant · Dr. John Branstetter
Winter 2026

Grants & Fellowships

Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship

UCLA · 2022–2023, reinstated at candidacy

$30,000 + fees

Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) Grant

UCLA · Joint grant · July 2024

$25,000

Summer Mentored Research Fellowship

UCLA · Summer 2024

$6,000

Luskin Center for History & Policy Grant

UCLA · Joint grant · Fall 2024

$3,000

Alan D. Leve Research & Travel Grant

UCLA · Spring 2025

$3,000

Political Psychology Fellowship

Spring 2026

$2,000

Contact

Get in touch

Email enortiz@ucla.edu
Office Bunche Hall
UCLA, Los Angeles CA 90095
Department Political Science, UCLA

Curriculum Vitae

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