Tanika Raychaudhuri

001 Fisher Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 [email protected] http://www.tanikar.com

Summary PhD candidate in American Politics at Princeton University with a research focus on political behavior, race, immigration, and inequality, seeking faculty position in Political Science.

Research Political Behavior; Immigration; Race and Ethnicity; Economic Inequality; Survey and Interests Experimental Methods

Academic Postdoctoral Research Fellow Fall 2019 Appointments Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration, University of Pennsylvania

Education Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Politics September 2016 - August 2019 (expected) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ • Subﬁelds: American Politics (Primary ﬁeld); Comparative Politics; Empirical Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative)

M.A., Department of Politics September 2014 - August 2016 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

B.A., Political Science (GPA: 3.98/4.00) September 2010 - May 2014 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI • Graduated with Highest Distinction (Top 3% of class) • Senior Thesis “Now You Are Speaking My Language: Informational and Priming Eﬀects of Spanish-Language Political Advertising on U.S. Hispanic Voters.” (With Highest Honors. Advisor: Nicholas Valentino.) • Minors in Applied Statistics and Sociocultural Anthropology

Dissertation “The New Democrats: On the Social Roots of Asian American Partisan Political Behavior” • Develops and tests an explanation for partisan attitudes among Asian Americans, which predicts that they develop Democratic preferences through the social transmis- sion of political views from peers in local contexts. • Committee: Tali Mendelberg (Chair); Dara Strolovitch; Martin Gilens; Andrew Guess

Peer-Reviewed • Raychaudhuri, Tanika. 2018. “The Social Roots of Asian American Partisan Atti- Publications tudes” Politics, Groups, and Identities 6(3): 389-410.

Working Papers • “(Dis)enfranchised Citizens: Informational Messaging and Puerto Rican Political Mo- bilization” with Andrew Proctor. Under review. • “Socializing Democrats: Examining Asian American Vote Choice with National Sur- veys” Under review. • “When Poor Students Attend a Rich School” with Tali Mendelberg, Vittorio Merola, and Adam Thal. Under review. • “The College Experience and Asian American Political Socialization” • “The Causal Eﬀects of Social Media Interactions on Immigrant Partisan Attitudes”

1 Works in Progress • “The Political Eﬀects of Opioid Addiction Frames” with Tali Mendelberg. • “Group Threat or Contact? The Eﬀects of Local Immigrant Context on Immigration Policy Views” with Stephanie Chan and Ali Valenzuela.

Teaching • Teaching Interests: American Politics; Political Behavior; Race and Ethnicity Politics; Interests & Media and Politics; Statistical Methods; Survey and Experimental Methods Experiences • Head Assistant Instructor for POL 327: “Mass Media, Social Media, and American Politics,” Princeton Fall 2017, Prof. Guess (Student evaluation: 4.9/5.0) • Assistant Instructor for POL 346: “Applied Quantitative Analysis,” Princeton Spring 2017, Prof. Wasow (Student evaluation: 4.5/5.0) • Assistant Instructor for POL 341: “Experimental Methods in Politics,” Princeton Fall 2016, Prof. Valenzuela (Student evaluation: 4.7/5.0)

Conference “The Causal Eﬀects of Social Media Interactions on Immigrant Partisan Attitudes” Presentations • American Political Science Association (APSA). Annual Meeting. (Scheduled) 2019

“The College Experience and Asian American Political Socialization” • Politics of Race Immigration and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC). Workshop at University of Houston. 2018 • American Political Science Association (APSA). Annual Meeting. 2018

“(Dis)enfranchised Citizens: Informational Messaging and Puerto Rican Political Mobiliza- tion” (With Andrew Proctor) • Symposium on the Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity (SPIRE). Workshop at University of Pennsylvania. 2018 • Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). Annual Meeting. 2016

“The Social Roots of Asian American Partisan Political Attitudes” • Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA). Annual Meeting. 2018

“Socializing Democrats: Examining Asian American Vote Choice with National Surveys” • American Political Science Association (APSA). Annual Meeting. 2017 • Southern Political Science Association (SPSA). Annual Meeting. 2017

“When Poor Students Attend a Rich School” (With Tali Mendelberg, Vittorio Merola, and Adam Thal) • American Political Science Association (APSA). Annual meeting. 2016 • Southern Political Science Association (SPSA). Annual meeting. 2016

Invited Talks • American Politics Speaker Series. University of Pennsylvania. (Scheduled) 2019 • Asian Paciﬁc American Caucus 20th Annual Celebration. American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting. (Scheduled) 2019 • Graduate Workshop on “Politics-Making of Diasporas and Immigrants.” Andrea Mitchell Center. University of Pennsylvania. 2018

2 Fellowships and • Princeton University Graduate Fellowship 2014 - Present Awards • American Political Science Association Minority Fellowship 2016-2017 • Phi Beta Kappa 2013 • James B. Angell Scholar, University of Michigan 2012-2014

Research and • Conference Travel Grant, American Political Science Association 2019 Travel Grants • Bobst Center, Program on Inequality Research Grant 2019 • Conference Travel Grant, APSA Minority Fellowship Program 2018 • Multi-Center Graduate Student Competitive Dissertation Award ($10,000) 2018 – Awarded to one student per subﬁeld in Princeton Dept. of Politics • Conference Travel Grant, Princeton Program in American Studies 2018 • Conference Travel Grant, Princeton Politics Staﬀord Conference Fund 2016-2018 • Pilot Grant, Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science ($1,000) 2015; 2018 • Dissertation Grant, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics ($5,000) 2017 • Eric Pai Asian American Studies Student Research Grant ($2,900) 2017

Research • Research Assistant for Tali Mendelberg (Princeton University) 2015 - Present Experiences • Research Assistant for LaFleur Stephens (Princeton University) 2014 - 2015; 2019 • Research Consultant for PACE Center (Princeton University) 2017

Service & • Research Consultant Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science 2017- 2019 Activities – Provide consultation on experimental design, implementation, and analysis. • Princeton University Graduate Mentoring Award Committee 2019 • Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science: Event Coordinator 2015 - 2017 • Peer Reviewer: American Politics Research, Politics, Groups, and Identities

Non-Academic • Intern, Oﬃce of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, Washington DC 2013 Professional • Intern, Oﬃce of U.S. Representative Rush Holt, Washington DC 2012 Experiences

Additional • R (statistical software), NVivo (qualitative software), Qualtrics (survey software), La- Skills tex, Knitr, and Beamer (typesetting) • Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Advanced), Bengali (Advanced).

References Dr. Tali Mendelberg Dr. Dara Strolovitch Dr. Martin Gilens Dr. Andrew Guess Department of Politics Department of Gender Luskin School of Public Department of Politics Princeton University & Sexuality Studies Aﬀairs Princeton University [email protected] Princeton University University of California [email protected] (609)258-4750 [email protected] Los Angeles (609)258-6405 (609)258-8990 [email protected] (310)825-6148

Last updated: July 2019