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Natasha Altema

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Political Science

Email: Natasha.Altema@unt.edu

Education

  • MA, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2023
    Major: Higher Education Administration
  • PhD, University of Iowa, 2013
    Major: Political Science
    Dissertation: Take Two on Race and Politics: Reexamining the Origins and Consequences of Electoral Structures in American Cities
  • MA, University of Iowa, 2010
    Major: Political Science

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • PSCI 2305 - US Political Behavior and Policy, 2 courses.
  • PSCI 2306 - US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, 3 courses.
  • PSCI 2315 - Honors US Political Behavior and Policy, 1 course.
  • PSCI 3106 - African American Politics, 2 courses.
  • PSCI 4100 - Political Parties, 2 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Guest Lecture, (November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024).

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2025).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Political Science. (September 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Political Science. (August 2024 - October 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, Political Science. (May 2025 - June 2025).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • McNeely, N.A., Kim, M., Kim, D. (2025). Assessing Latino Undergraduate Immigration Attitudes in the RGV. Politics of the Rio Grande Valley An Insider's Perspective to Regional Politics. Lexington Books. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666953459/Politics-of-the-Rio-Grande-Valley-An-Insider's-Perspective-to-Regional-Politics
  • McNeely, N.A. (2024). “The Color of Healthcare: Explaining Black Maternal Mortality in the U.S.”. Dream and Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era.. The University Press of Mississippi.

    • Journal Article

  • Perez, S., McNeely, N.A. (2025). “Parties, Race and Political Violence: Evaluating Whether Attitudes toward the January 6 Insurrec-tion Vary Across Racial Groups.”. Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • McNeely, N. (Presenter), The consequences of redlining: discrimination in medical and financial institutions, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Oral Presentation

  • McNeely, N. (Presenter), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Women Navigating a New and Challenging Landscape in the 21st Century, APSA, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Panel Presentation

  • McNeely, N.A. (Author & Presenter), Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, “Whose interests matter Anyway? Evaluating the Pursuit of Black Policy Interests in Non-majority Black Cities Governed by Black Female Mayors: The Cases Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.”, WPSA, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2025).
  • Charak, R. (Author & Presenter), Ramos Martinez, M. (Author), Moldolfi Miguel, M. (Author), McNeely, N. (Author), Byllesby, B. (Author), International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Examining systemic inequalities and interpersonal violence, resilience, and posttraumatic stress symptoms in trauma-exposed female parenting students: A mixed method approach, ISTSS, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Perez, S. (Author & Presenter), McNeely, N. (Author), 2025 Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, “The Partnership: How Partisanship, Ideology and Group Attitudes affect Attitudes toward January 6th., Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2025).
  • Kim, M. (Author & Presenter), McNeely, N. (Author & Presenter), Kim, D. (Author), Politics of Race, Immigration and Ethnicity Conference (PRIEC), Explaining the Increased Support for the Republican Party in the U.S.-Mexico Border Community, UT-Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Media Contributions

    Newspaper

  • "Local Lens: Trump, Harris and voting rights," NTDaily. (August 2024).

Service

Public Service

  • Guest Speaker, State Bar of Texas - Law Related Education. Texas. (June 3, 2025 - June 3, 2025).
  • Guest Speaker, State Bar of Texas - Law Related Education. Texas. (November 15, 2024 - November 15, 2024).

Professional Service

  • Committee Chair, Western Political Science Association Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award. (August 2022 - May 2025).
  • Committee Chair, Western Political Science Association Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession. (August 2022 - May 2025).