Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Erika Vallejo¹, Flores, Amanda, Angélica Ruvalcaba, and Dianey Leal. Forthcoming. "Midwest Tejanas: Navigating entre mundos juntas." In anthology entitled ¡Somos Tejanas! Chicana Identity and Culture in Texas, edited by Jodi Marin and Norma Cantú. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Expected: February 2025.

• Bartlett, Catalina, Everardo Cuevas, Wilfredo Flores, Erika Vallejo, and Néstor Espinoza. Forthcoming. "Pra(x)ical Lessons: Takeaways From Teaching A Chicanx Rhetorics Graduate Seminar." Latinx Writing and Rhetoric Studies.

Working Papers

• Dickison, Kesicia, Jamil Scott, Vallejo, Erika, and Kennia L. Coronado. 2023. “Urban Progress? Understanding the Impact of Black and Brown Leadership in Cities Today. Book Project.

• Vallejo, Erika² and Gerson Guevara. 2023. “What Makes an Ideal Political Candidate?” Article Project.

• Vallejo, Erika. 2023. "Working-Class State Legislative Campaigns: Are They Successful?" Dissertation Chapter.

Public Scholarship

• Vallejo, Erika. Forthcoming. “Gilberto y Orfelinda.” In anthology entitled Somos Xicanas, edited by Luz Schweig, et al. Riot of Roses Publishing House. Expected: December 2024.

• Vallejo, Erika. Fall 2023. “Book Review: Crimes of the Tongue Essays and Stories.” NEXO: Official Newsletter of the Julian Samora Research Institute.

• Vallejo, Erika. Fall 2021. “A Conversation with Dr. Jamil Scott.” MSU AGEP Science Today Bulletin.

• Vallejo, Erika. 2021. “The 'Diploma Divide': Does It Exist for Racial and Ethnic Minorities?” IPPSR Blog.

• Juenke, Eric Gonzalez, Paru Shah, Bernard L. Fraga and Erika Vallejo. 2020. “State legislatures likely to have more women and people of color next year.” Washington Post’s Monkey Cage.

  Other Research Experience & Certifications

Contributor

• 2022 and 2023: Cooperative Election Study (CES)

  2023: Contributed working-class experimental treatments as a member of the Michigan State University module team.

  2022: Contributed conjoint candidate choice experiment as a member of the Michigan State University module team.

• 2022: “The State Legislators Dataset.”

  Coded occupations of U.S. state legislative candidates who ran for office in the 2022 election under the supervision of Professors Eric Hansen and Nick Carnes.

• 2020: Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS)

  Contributed survey questions assessing public evaluations of candidate characteristics as a member of the Michigan State University research team.

• 2019-2022: Candidate Characteristics Cooperative (C3) Data

  Coded race and gender of U.S. state legislative candidates who ran for office in the 2020 and 2022 elections under the supervision of Professor Eric Gonzalez Juenke.

Participant and Certifications

• Summer 2022: Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at UM- Qualitative Methods- Overview and Semi-Structured Interviewing

• Summer 2021: Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR)

• Summer 2020: Process Tracing in Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research (ICPSR)

• Summer 2020: Introduction to Mixed Methods Research (ICPSR)

• 2020: EITM certification for Race, Ethnicity, and Quantitative Methodology II

• Summer 2018 & 2020: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

¹Shared authorship.

²Shared authorship.

*Manuscripts and certifications are available upon request.