People: Research Faculty
Mara Ostfeld
Faculty Associate
Appointments
Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
Associate Research Professor, Ford School of Public Policy
Degree
PhD Political Science 2013 University of Pennsylvania
Other
Research
Dr. Mara Cecilia Ostfeld is an associate research professor in the Ford School of Public Policy, a faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies and the research director at the Center for Racial Justice at the University of Michigan. In addition, Mara is a faculty lead at the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study—an ongoing representative survey of Detroit households that asks residents about their expectations, perceptions, priorities, and aspirations. She is an expert in survey research and the analysis of public opinion, with a particular focus on the relationship between race, media, and political attitudes. Her work has been published in journals that include Social Forces, Political Behavior, Political Psychology and Political Communication, and has been supported by funders such as the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation. Mara is the primary investigator of the Puerto Rico Public Opinion Lab (with colleagues Mayra Vélez Serrano and Luis Cámara Fuertes at the University of Puerto Rico) in which the research team is implementing the first representative study of political attitudes in Puerto Rico. During national elections, Mara also works as an analyst at NBC and Telemundo.
Contact
Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan
Room 4412, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104–2321, United States
Phone: 734–936–0094
Fax: 734–764–3341
Email: [email protected]
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Selected Publications
Please also see Mara Ostfeld’s Curriculum Vitae (CV).
“Revisiting The Effects Of Case Studies In The News.” (2014). Political Communication (with Diana Mutz).
“The Backyard Politics of Attitudes Toward Immigration.” (Forthcoming). Political Psychology.
“The Consequences of Priming Latino Political Identity on Self-Reported Survey Attitudes.” Under Review. (with Francisco Pedraza)
“Unity vs. Uniformity: Within-Group Effects of Targeted Political Media.” In Progress.
“Explicit Cues and Attitudes Toward Immigration Reform.” In Progress. (with Dan Hopkins)