Angel Luis Molina, Jr. The Bush School of Government and Public Service 2110 Allen Building 4220 TAMU College Station, TX 77843 Cell Phone: (915) 637-1519 Office Phone: (979) 845-2511 Fax: (979) 847-8924 Email: angel_l_molina_jr@tamu.edu Web: http://angellmolinajr.com Education Ph.D. Political Science,, August 2015 Fields: Public Administration, Public Policy, Race & Ethnic Politics Dissertation: Guided by Governance: New Perspectives on the Political Dynamics of Latino Education Committee: Kenneth J. Meier (chair), Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Francisco Pedraza, Domonic Bearfield M.S. Economics, University of Texas at El Paso, May 2007 Masters Thesis: Economic Growth in the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez Borderplex: Which Causes Which? A Study of Economic Causality in a U.S-Mexico International Border Economy B.B.A. Finance, University of Texas at El Paso, December 2003 Academic Appointments Lecturer, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Fall 2015 Publications Molina, Jr., Angel L., and Francisco I. Pedraza. 2015. The How and Why Behind Latinos Assessments of Public Schools and Contact with Educators. Forthcoming at Politics, Groups, and Identities. Molina, Jr., Angel L. 2014. A Manager is a Manager is a Manager? Race and Managerial Impact on Organizational Performance. Public Organization Review. DOI: 10.1007/s11115-014-0292-9. Fullerton, Jr., Thomas M., Angel L. Molina, Jr., and Adam G. Walke. 2013. Tolls, Exchange Rates, and Northbound International Bridge Traffic From Mexico. Regional Science Policy & Practice. 5 (3): 305-321.
Fullerton, Jr., Thomas M. and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2010. Municipal Water Consumption Forecast Accuracy. Water Resources Research. 46 (6): W06515, doi:10.1029/2009wr008450. Fullerton, Jr., Thomas M., Angel L. Molina, Jr., and Santiago Ibarreche. 2007. Borderplex Economic Growth: Chicken, Egg, or Scrambled? International Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives. 2 (1): 124-143. Manuscripts Under Review Molina, Jr., Angel L. Closing the Gaps: Strategic Representation and Educational Outcomes. Under revise and resubmit. Molina, Jr., Angel L., and Kenneth J. Meier. Demographic Dreams, Institutional Realities: Election Design and Latino Representation in American Education. Under revise and resubmit. Favero, Nathan, and Angel L Molina, Jr. Is Active Bureaucratic Representation an Organizational-Level Process? The Indirect Effect of Bureaucrats on Clients They Don t Directly Serve. Under revise and resubmit. Flink, Carla M., and Angel L. Molina, Jr. Politics or Professionalism? Budgeting for Bilingual Education. Under revise and resubmit. Book Chapters Fullerton, Jr., Thomas M., James H. Holcomb, and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2009. Borderplex Population and Labor Force Trends. in 25 Ãnos de Integración Económica en la Frontera Norte de México., ed. Departamento de Estudios Económicos. Tijuana, Mexico: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Fullerton, Jr., Thomas M., Barraza de Anda, Martha Patricia, and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2009. Labor Market Evolution. in Labor Market Issues Along the U.S.-Mexico Border., ed. Marie T. Mora and Alberto Davila. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. Professional Publications Education, Infrastructure, and Border Economic Growth. With Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr., Enedina Licerio, and Emmanuel Villalobos. Border Economic Series of the U.S.- Mexico Border Program. Published by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. March 2010. Infrastructure Tolls in Texas: Evidence from the Borderplex. With Marycruz De Leon, Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr., and Brian Kelley. Bureau of Business Research IC 2
Institute,Texas Business Review. Published by The University of Texas at Austin. April 2009. Prices, Petroleum, P/Es, and the Peso. Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast. Published by the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. 2007. Select Working Papers Molina, Jr., Angel L. Undocumented Latinos and the Politics of Latinos Exposure to Punitive Schooling. Angel L. Molina, Jr. and Kenneth J. Meier. A Substantive Seat at the Table: Latinos and Policy-Making Influence in Urban School Districts. Angel L. Molina, Jr. The Organizational Consequences of Local Electoral Institutions. Angel L. Molina, Jr. Separating Opportunity: Reconsidering the Determinants of Exposure to Punitive Policies in Local School Systems. Angel L. Molina, Jr. and Francisco I. Pedraza. Latinos, Bureaucratic Representation, and Public Sector Perceptions. Research Fields of Interest Public Management Race, Policy, and Bureaucracy Urban Politics & Administration Education Policy Latino Politics Teaching Fields of Interest Public Administration Public Management Race & Public Organizations Bureaucracy & Public Policy
Teaching Experience Politics and The Bureaucracy. Instructor of record. Undergraduate seminar at Texas A&M University, Spring 2015. Quantitative Methods in Public Management I. Instructor of record. Graduate-level seminar at The Bush School of Government & Public Service at, Fall 2015. Select Conference Presentations Molina, Jr., Angel L., and Kenneth J. Meier. 2015. Election Systems and Policy Responsiveness in Latino Education Policy. American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA. Pedraza, Francisco I., and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2014. Latino Bureaucratic Evaluations, Stakeholder Status, and Representative Bureaucracy. American Political Science Association Annual Meetings, Washington, DC. Pedraza, Francisco I., and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2014. Stakeholders, Participatory Citizenship, and Evaluations of Street-Level Bureaucracy. Western Political Science Annual Meetings, Seattle, WA. Favero, Nathan., and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2014. Inside the Black Box: Evaluating Whether Active Representation Changes the Behavior of Non-Minority Bureaucrats. Southern Political Science Association Annual Meetings. New Orleans, LA. Flink, Carla M., and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2013. Politics or Professionalism? Budgeting for Bilingual Education. Association for Budgeting & Financial Management Annual Meetings. Washington, D.C. Meier, Kenneth J., and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2013. New Growth...New Politics? The Political Dynamics of Latino Education Today. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings. Chicago, IL. Molina, Jr., Angel L. 2013. Closing the Gaps: Representative Bureaucracy and Latino Education. Southern Political Science Association Annual Meetings. Orlando, FL. Molina, Jr., Angel L. 2012. The Winds of Change: Diversity Management and Clientele Outcomes. Southern Political Science Association Annual Meetings. New Orleans, Morton, Tabitha, and Angel L. Molina, Jr. 2011. Inputs and Outputs: Bilingual Education Funding and Latino Student Performance. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings. Chicago, Illinois.
Awards & Honors July 2015 Recipient of 2015 American Political Science Association Fund for Latino Scholarship Grant. Spring 2014 Recipient of the Southwestern Political Science Association Ted Robinson Memorial Award for best graduate student research proposal in the field of minority politics. Awarded for dissertation proposal entitled Guided by Governance: New Perspectives on the Political Dynamics of Latino Education. Fall 2013 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (EDGE-SBE) Travel Grant Fall 2013 Texas A&M Office of Graduate and Professional Studies Conference Presentation Grant Fall 2010 - Summer 2013 Graduate Diversity Fellow, Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (EDGE-SBE) Fellow funded by the National Science Foundation, Fall 2010 - Summer 2011 Board of Regents Fellow, 2010 - Spring 2015 Graduate research assistantship, Fall 2010 Carlos Cantu Research Assistant, August 2006- May 2007 James Foundation Scholar. University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Economics & Finance May 2007 Outstanding Graduate Thesis; M.S. Economics. Award granted by University of Texas at El Paso College of Business Administration, Department of Economics & Finance Spring 2007 Research Award. Presented by the International Academy of Business & Public Administration Disciplines (IABAPD) at the 2007 IABAPD in Dallas, Texas, for research entitled Economic Growth in the El Paso Ciudad Juarez Borderplex: Which Causes Which?
Professional Experience May 2007 - May 2010: Associate Economist The Border Region Modeling Project at the University of Texas at El Paso Various roles included: Economic Analysis: Conducted applied analysis of regional economic trends. Coauthorship: Served as coauthor of regional business reports, academic literature, and technical publications. Public Speaker: Served as presenter at academic and professional conferences, as well as public forums and meetings with various officials. Supervisor: Supervised and directed daily activities of undergraduate research assistants. Professional Service September 2013 - Present Department of Political Science Representative, College of Liberal Arts Diversity Committee,. September 2013 - Present Graduate Student Representative, Department of Political Science Diversity Committee,. Summer 2013 Research Mentor. Department of Political Science Summer Undergraduate Research Institute. Spring 2013 Co-Principal Organizer of conference entitled Minorities, Politics, and Health: A Workshop on Contemporary Health Disparities Research hosted by the Project for Equity, Representation, and Governance at. June 2012 Ralph Bunche Institute at Duke University. Recruiter for Political Science Doctoral Program. Fall 2010 - Present General contributor to various Department of Political Science recruitment events and other activities related to recruitment. Reviewer for Public Administration Review. Reviewer for Urban Affairs Review. Reviewer for The Journal of Latinos and Education. Reviewer for The American Review of Public Administration.
Service To The Community Invited Speaker Event entitled Where We Stand: Minority Voters in the 2012 Election, a 2012 election forum organized by the Black Graduation Student Association and the Hispanic/Latino Graduate Student Association at. Judge Bryan Independent School District U.I.L Spanish Creative Writing and Spanish Oral Reading Competitions, grades 2, 4, and 5. Invited Mentor 5 th and 6 th grade students enrolled in Henderson Elementary School, and Inquire and Odyssey Academies, Bryan Independent School District. Volunteer Women s Sexual Assault Resource Center, Bryan, TX. Professional Memberships American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Southern Political Science Association Additional Skills Fluent communicator (oral and written correspondence) in English and Spanish LATEX Stata R (intermediate) Geographic Information Systems (novice)
References Kenneth J. Meier Distinguished Professor Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts Department of Political Science College Station, TX 77843-4348 (979) 845-4232 kmeier@polisci.tamu.edu Maria Escobar-Lemmon Associate Professor Department of Political Science College Station, TX 77843-4348 (979) 845-1442 m_escobar@pols.tamu.edu Francisco I. Pedraza Assistant Professor Department of Political Science College Station, TX 77843-4348 (979) 845-2511 fpedraza@pols.tamu.edu Domonic Bearfield Associate Professor The Bush School of Government & Public Service College Station, TX 77843-4220 (979) 845-6701 dbearfield@tamu.edu Last updated: September 27, 2015