Laura Mendez-Pinto, University of Maryland
Laura Mendez-Pinto is a rising senior at the University of Maryland (UMD). She is an Honors student in the College of Behavioral and Social Science and a member of the Latin American Studies Certificate Program. She is also an inducted member of Pi Sigma Alpha. Laura has focused her undergraduate scholarship on Latin American studies, ethnic politics, behavioral science and computational social science. She has worked as an undergraduate teaching assistant, and as a member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for the Government & Politics department. As a research scholar for UMD’s Summer Research Initiative, she began her research experience with the Interdisciplinary Lab for Computational Social Science (iLCSS), studying neurological and psychological reactions to politicized content. Laura now works with the lab under the guidance of iLCSS director, Dr. Ernesto Calvo. Laura is CITI Certified in Responsible Social and Behavioral Research and is Qualtrics and R proficient. Some of her research interests include Indigenous political mobilization in Latin America, online political communication, misinformation propagation, and electoral behavior. After graduating, Laura intends on furthering her education by pursuing a doctoral degree in political science.
let’s go Laura!!! you are so amazing!