Stella M. Rouse
Assistant Professor
Department of Government and Politics
University of Maryland
Welcome to my website
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Politics and a Research Fellow at the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland. For the 2010-2011 academic year I was a visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences (REGSS) at Duke University as a Ford Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow.
I earned my Ph.D. in political science from Louisiana State University in 2008. My research and teaching interests focus on Latino politics, minority politics, legislative behavior, network analysis, and public opinion. My dissertation on Latino representation was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
I have recently completed a book manuscript, titled Latinos and the Representative Process: Defining Interests, Achieving Influence, and Affecting Policy. The book explores the varying definitions of “Latino interests,” establishes the meaning of a Latino political agenda, and examines ethnic differences across various stages of the legislative process. The manuscript is currently under review.
I am a native of Colombia. When I was two years old, my parents immigrated to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida where I grew up. I fluently speak, read, and write Spanish.
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