Angel Sosa, Emory University
Angel Sosa Llanos is a rising senior at Emory University from North Las Vegas, majoring in political science. A Questbridge Scholar, he has excelled academically, earning recognition on the Dean’s List and induction into Pi Sigma Alpha. On campus, Angel is President of the Emory International Relations Association and the Latinx Student Organization. He has also interned with the Emory Votes Initiative, the Latinx Studies Initiative, and the Latino Community Fund. Angel has also conducted research for the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Latino Community Fund and has served as a research fellow for the Center for Law and Social Sciences. His research focuses on Latinx political engagement, voting behavior, immigration, and racialized violence. He is working on a senior thesis investigating overreporting in voting and the Latino vote shift. Additionally, he is co-authoring a paper on racialized mass shootings and working on replicating a study analyzing the impact of Trump-era immigration judge quotas. Angel has presented his work at academic conferences, including the Emory Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Midwest Political Science Association. After graduation, he plans to pursue a PhD in political science to become a professor.