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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 1993 - Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)

Overview

Rodney E. Hero is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a notable focus on political science and international relations, gender studies, and the intersection of sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including electoral systems and political participation, gender politics and representation, social and cultural dynamics, race, history, and American society, as well as migration, refugees, and integration.

Recent publications by Rodney E. Hero include:

  • Unequal values: equality and race in state of the union addresses, 1960-2018 (2021) in The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics
  • Race and the Bully Pulpit: The U.S. Presidency and the Quest of Equality in America (2021) in The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics
  • No Longer Outsiders: Black and Latino Interest Group Advocacy on Capitol Hill. By Michael D. Minta. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. 176p. $95.00 cloth, $30.00 paper. (2022) in Perspectives on Politics
  • State Racial/Ethnic Context and Partisan-Ideological Sorting (2025) in State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Frequent co-authors with whom Rodney E. Hero has collaborated are Morris Levy, Alvin Tillery, and Robert R. Preuhs.

Their work has appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Rodney E. Hero has been recognized with several awards, including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association in 1999 and the Ralph J. Bunche Award from the same association in 1993.

Best Publications

  • A racial/ethnic diversity interpretation of politics and policy in the states of the U.S.

    Rodney E. Hero;Caroline J. Tolbert

  • Faces of inequality : social diversity in American politics

    Rodney E. Hero

  • Race/Ethnicity and Direct Democracy: An Analysis of California's Illegal Immigration Initiative

    Caroline J. Tolbert;Rodney E. Hero

  • Latinos and substantive representation in the U.S. House of Representatives: Direct, indirect, or nonexistent?

    Rodney E. Hero;Caroline J. Tolbert

  • Tax evasion and heuristics: A research note

    Michael W. Spicer;Rodney E. Hero

  • Immigration and the Evolving American Welfare State: Examining Policies in the U.S. States

    Rodney E. Hero;Robert R. Preuhs

  • Latinos and the U.S. Political System: Two-Tiered Pluralism

    Rodney E. Hero

  • Social Capital and Racial Inequality in America

    Rodney E. Hero

  • Latinos in the New Millennium: An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences

    Luis R. Fraga;John A. Garcia;Rodney E. Hero;Michael Jones-Correa

  • Dealing with Diversity: Racial/Ethnic Context and Social Policy Change

    Caroline J. Tolbert;Rodney E. Hero

  • Minority Voices and Citizen Attitudes about Government Responsiveness in the American States: Do Social and Institutional Context Matter?

    Rodney E. Hero;Caroline J. Tolbert

  • Racial Diversity and Social Capital: Equality and Community in America

    Rodney E. Hero

  • Latino Participation, Partisanship, and Office Holding

    Rodney Hero;F. Chris Garcia;John Garcia;Harry Pachon

  • Understanding Latino Political Participation: Exploring the Evidence from the Latino National Political Survey:

    Rodney E. Hero;Anne G. Campbell

  • Su Casa Es Nuestra Casa: Latino Politics Research and the Development of American Political Science

    Luis R. Fraga;John A. Garcia;Rodney E. Hero;Michael Jones-Correa

  • The Politics of Democratic Inclusion

    Christina M Wolbrecht;Rodney E. Hero

  • Political Culture and Political Characteristics of the American States: a Consideration of Some Old and New Questions

    Jody L. Fitzpatrick;Rodney E. Hero

  • Explaining Citizen Evaluations of Urban Services A Comparison of Some Alternative Models

    Rodney E. Hero;Roger Durand

  • Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century

    Ronald Schmidt;Rodney E. Hero;Andrew L. Aoki;Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh

  • Multiethnic Moments: The Politics of Urban Education Reform

    Susan E. Clarke;Rodney E. Hero;Mara S. Sidney;Luis R. Fraga

  • Multiple Theoretical Traditions in American Politics and Racial Policy Inequality

    Rodney Hero

  • Latinos in the New Millennium

    Luis R. Fraga;John A. Garcia;Rodney E. Hero;Michael Jones-Correa

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary M. Segura
Gary M. Segura Stanford University
Michael Jones-Correa
Michael Jones-Correa University of Pennsylvania
Caroline J. Tolbert
Caroline J. Tolbert University of Iowa
Kenneth J. Meier
Kenneth J. Meier American University
Larry M. Bartels
Larry M. Bartels Vanderbilt University
Lawrence R. Jacobs
Lawrence R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Benjamin Radcliff
Benjamin Radcliff University of Notre Dame
Jorge I. Domínguez
Jorge I. Domínguez Harvard University

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