Dr. Carlos Algara is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science in June 2019 from the University of California, Davis. Prior to coming to the University of Texas at El Paso, Dr. Algara was 2019-2020 American Political Science Association Fellow placed in the United States Senate.

• Ph D in Political Science, University of California, Davis (2019)
• MA in Public Policy, Oregon State University (2012)
• BA in Political Science , Washington State University (2009)

• The Conditional Effects of Scientific Knowledge & Gender on Support for COVID-19 Government Containment Policies in a Partisan America Politics & Gender (2020), Carlos A. Algara, Sam Fuller, Christopher Hare.
• Diachronic Equivalence: An Examination of the International News Network Social Network Analysis & Mining 9 1 (2019), George A. Barnett, Carlos A. Algara.
• The Conditioning Role of Polarization in U.S. Senate Election Outcomes: A Direct-election era & Voter-level Analysis Electoral Studies 59 (2019), Carlos A. Algara.
• The Distorting Effects of Racial Animus on Proximity Voting in the 2016 Elections Electoral Studies 58 (2019), Carlos A. Algara, Isaac Hale.
• The Member-Level Determinants and Consequences of Party Legislative Obstruction in the US Senate American Politics Research 47 4 (2019), Carlos A. Algara, Joseph C. Zamadics.

• Race, Resentment & Democratic Politics: The Role of Racial Resentment in Motivating Electoral Participation (2020), Volume Chicago, IL, Carlos A. Algara, Isaac Hale.
• The Downsian Roots of Affective Polarization: How Ideological Issue Proximity Shapes Affective Polarization (2020), Volume Chicago, IL, Carlos A. Algara, Roi Zur.
• The Ideological & Partisan Components of Contemporary Legislator Approval: A Bicameral Congressional Analysis (2019), Volume Sundance, UT, Carlos A. Algara.
• Are Voters Risk Averse? Specifying Utility Functions in Spatial Models of Voting (2019), Volume Chicago, IL, Carlos A. Algara, Samuel Fuller, Cory Struthers, Christopher Hare.
• Negative Voting & Responsible Party Government: The Influence of Congressional Job Performance on Turnout & Majority Party Accountability (2019), Volume Chicago, IL, Carlos A. Algara.

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