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News Release
BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE/September 29, 2008
Luis Fraga to Address Latino Vote at Boise State
Latino studies expert Luis Fraga will deliver a lecture titled “Redefining
America: Examining How Latinos are Reshaping the U.S.” at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 28, at the Boise State University Special Events Center. The lecture is
free and open to the public.
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Luis Fraga
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The lecture is based on the results of the 2006 Latino National Survey —
the first-ever nationwide public opinion poll of the Latino population.
Fraga, who was one of six principal investigators in the survey, will use
findings from the survey to discuss the presence, diversity, political
attitudes and behaviors of Latinos in the United States.
Fraga is a professor of political science and director of the Diversity
Research Institute at the University of Washington. He received his Ph.D. in
political science from Rice University and has held posts at University of
Oklahoma, University of Notre Dame and Stanford. His main research interests
are urban politics, education politics, voting rights policy and the
politics of race and ethnicity.
Fraga has published extensively in scholarly journals and is the coauthor of
the recent publication “Multiethnic Moments: The Politics of Urban Education
Reform.” He also serves as co-chair of the American Political Science
Association’s Presidential Task Force on Political Science in the 21st
Century.
The lecture is being presented by the Boise State Cultural Center, Boise State Political Science
Department and is sponsored by the department’s new Latin American/Latino
studies minor. Free parking will be available in the Lincoln Garage.
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Media Contacts: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu;
Nicholas Bock, University Communications, (208) 426-3196,
nsintern@boisestate.edu
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