Luis Guaman, Princeton University
Luis Xavier Guaman is a first-generation rising senior at Princeton University, majoring in politics. He is interested in examining how generational status and acculturation levels of Latinxs condition the effects of partisan immigration frames on open-immigration policy support. As a member of the Lab on Politics, Race, and Experimental Methods, Luis contributed to experimental pilot studies for the Princeton-Jackson State National Election Study. He also participated in the University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program, where he conducted conjoint survey experiments on how gender and race affect perceptions of policing. Luis is dedicated to mentorship and civic engagement, serving as a Civic Engagement Educator for D.C. Public Schools, a Matriculate College Advising Fellow, and a Youth Enrichment Liaison at Princeton. He has received the Questbridge National College Match Scholarship and the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, along with multiple research grants from the Mellon Foundation, Princeton’s Office of Undergraduate Research, the Department of Politics at Princeton, and the Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science working group. He has presented his research at the 2025 Southern and Western Political Science Association conferences and will present at the 2025 American Political Science Association conference. Luis plans to pursue a Ph.D. in political science, focusing on American politics with an emphasis on public opinion and experimental methods research.