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Andrea Silva

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Political Science

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of California, Riverside, 2015
    Major: Political Science
    Specialization: American Politics, Racial and Ethnic Politics
    Dissertation: Rethinking State Immigration Laws: New Actors, Processes, and Avenues for Research
  • MA, Illinois State University, 2009
    Major: Government and Politics
    Dissertation: The Rise Of A Neo-Liberal Immigration Paradigm in the United States
  • BA, Loyola Marymount University, 2003
    Major: Political Science

Current Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 3103.001U.S. Immigration PoliticsSpring 2025
PSCI 2305.004US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2025
PSCI 3105.001Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationFall 2024 Syllabus
PSCI 5040.001Proseminar in American Political BehaviorFall 2024
PSCI 5900.006Special ProblemsFall 8W2 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 2305.901US Political Behavior and PolicySummer 3W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3103.001U.S. Immigration PoliticsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.003US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3105.001Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5040.001Proseminar in American Political BehaviorFall 2023 SPOT
PSCI 2305.901US Political Behavior and PolicySummer 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3105.001Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3103.002U.S. Immigration PoliticsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.801US Political Behavior and PolicySummer 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5040.001Proseminar in American Political BehaviorSpring 2022 SPOT
PSCI 5040.601Proseminar in American Political BehaviorSpring 2022 SPOT
PSCI 3103.001U.S. Immigration PoliticsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3105.001Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.008US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5040.001Proseminar in American Political BehaviorSpring 2021 SPOT
PSCI 5040.600Proseminar in American Political BehaviorSpring 2021 SPOT
PSCI 3103.001U.S. Immigration PoliticsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3103.002U.S. Immigration PoliticsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2315.001Honors US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2315.003Honors US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2315.004Honors US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3105.001Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3105.002Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3105.003Political Economy of Race, Gender and ImmigrationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.001US Political Behavior and PolicySummer 3W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3100.002Topics in American GovernmentSpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 3100.003Topics in American GovernmentFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.005US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.001US Political Behavior and PolicySummer 3W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3100.002Topics in American GovernmentSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.002US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3100.003Topics in American GovernmentFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.005US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3100.002Topics in American GovernmentSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.002US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3100.003Topics in American GovernmentFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.005US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3100.002Topics in American GovernmentSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1050.001American Government: Process and PoliciesFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1050.008American Government: Process and PoliciesFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Eshbaugh-Soha, M., Juenke, E.G., Silva, A. (2024). The Presidency and Immigration Policy: Rhetoric and Reality. Routledge.
  • Book Chapter

  • Silva, A., Toro-Morn, M. (2019). The Paradox of State Control in the Global Age of Migrations: The 2018 Central American Immigrant Caravan. Political Authority, Social Control and Public Policy. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S2053-769720190000031009/full/html
  • Silva, A. (2018). La Colectiva: Peer Mentoring on the Path to Thrival. Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics: Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance.
  • Book Review

  • Silva, A. (2019). Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America. By Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien. Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Series. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018. 192 pp., $30.00 (cloth or Ebook).. Cambridge, Cambridge. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-race-ethnicity-and-politics/article/handcuffs-and-chain-link-criminalizing-the-undocumented-in-america-by-benjamin-gonzalez-obrien-race-ethnicity-and-politics-series-charlottesville-university-of-virginia-press-2018-192-pp-3000-cloth-or-ebook/FAB582DE0E4A5C11D899055D40C1AA2A
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Silva, A. (2019). PROMESA Act.
  • Journal Article

  • Okundaye, G.C., Ishiyama, J.T., Silva, A. (2022). “Pre-Migratory Political Experiences with Autocracy and Violence and Immigrants’ Willingness to Vote". Social Science Quarterly.
  • Silva, A., Esparza, D. (2021). Race and Trust in the Police. Social Science Quarterly.
  • Wong, T., Shklyan, K., Silva, A. (2021). Fractured Immigration Federalism: How Dissonant Immigration Enforcement Policies Affect Undocumented Immigrants. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 52 (1) 107–132. Oxford, Oxford University. https://academic.oup.com/publius?login=true
  • Ishiyama, J.T., Silva, A. (2020). "Unpacking the Suitcase: Pre-migratory experiences with ethnic violence and descriptive representation among Asian Americans." (second listing). Social Science Quarterly.
  • Silva, A., Esparza, D., Martinez-Ebers, V.J., Branton, R.P. (2020). Perceived police performance, racial experiences, and trust in local government. Politics, Groups and Identities.
  • Silva, A., Huckle, K. (2020). People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on The Political Participation of Marginalized Communities.. Religions. 11 (5) 249. MDPI.
  • Garcia Bedolla, L., Silva, A. (2020). Emancipatory Pedagogies: Fostering Political Engagement through Action. Politics, Groups and Identities. 5.
  • Silva, A., Skulley, C. (2018). Always Running: Candidate Emergence Among Women of Color Over Time. Political Research Quarterly. New York, Sage. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1065912918789289
  • Silva, A. (2018). Direct-Democracy Rules: The Effect of Direct Democracy on State Immigration Legislation. PS: Political Science & Politics. 51 (2) 298-303. Denton, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/directdemocracy-rules-the-effect-of-direct-democracy-on-state-immigration-legislation/AF8E20124338ABA98AA6A4C241362209
  • Skully, C., Silva, A., Lang, M., Collingwood, L., Bishin, B. (2017). Majority rule vs. minority rights: immigrant representation despite public opposition on the 1986 immigration reform and control act. Politics, Groups and Identities. Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21565503.2016.1234961
  • Silva, A. (2016). Neoliberalism confronts Latinos: Paradigmatic shifts in immigration practices. 14 (1) Palgrave Macmillan. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/lst.2015.50#aboutarticle
  • KCET PBS History and Society

  • Silva, A. (2020). The Fight is Far from Over: Prop 187, a New Jim Crow and Immigration Today. https://www.kcet.org/shows/187/the-fight-is-far-from-over-prop-187-a-new-jim-crow-and-immigration-today
  • Newspaper

  • Silva, A. (2019). How California’s Prop. 187 is still shaping immigration policy — 25 years after it passed. Other. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/25/how-californias-prop-is-still-shaping-immigration-policy-years-after-it-passed/
  • Scholarly Blog Post

  • Silva, A. (2023). The battle over in-state college tuition for undocumented immigrants: A recent court decision benefited immigrants, but the battle will likely continue. 1155 Union Circle
  • Silva, A. (2023). How states make it harder to get food assistance: Hungry people face complex requirements.. 1155 Union Circle

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Silva, A., "Conference Support Grant," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2018).
  • Silva, A. (Co-Principal), "An Ethnic Spring in the Food Desert? How State Policy Affects Minority and Immigrant Food Environments and Food Business Entrepreneurship," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $153000 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
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