Luis Xavier Guaman is a first-generation senior at Princeton University majoring in politics. He is interested in examining the political implications of the Latine experience by disaggregating across behavioral and institutional contexts. His thesis investigates how racialized enforcement contexts shape support for state violence, using immigration and local law enforcement as equivalent experimental conditions. As a member of the Lab on Politics, Race, and Experimental Methods, Luis contributed to pilot studies for the Princeton-Jackson State National Election Study and conducted conjoint experiments on policing perceptions through the University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program. Over the past summer, he served as research coordinator for a Princeton-CSU Long Beach pilot study, collecting immigration courtroom observations nationwide. He has presented his research at the 2025 Southern, Western, and American Political Science Association conferences. Luis aspires to become a tenure-track professor, pursuing mixed-methods research while mentoring the next generation of scholars.
The APSA Diversity Fellowship Program, formerly the Minority Fellowship Program, was established in 1969 as a fellowship competition to diversify the political science profession. The DFP provides support to students applying to, or in the early stages of, a PhD program in political science. APSA has once again awarded a new cycle to provide support for students currently in the process of applying to political science PhD programs for Fall 2026. Please join us in congratulating the 2026-2027 class of fellows.
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