**Tanika Raychaudhuri ** is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rice University. She received her PhD from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. She focuses her teaching and research on questions at the intersection of immigration, race, and political behav...

**Tanika Raychaudhuri ** is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rice University. She received her PhD from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. She focuses her teaching and research on questions at the intersection of immigration, race, and political behavior in American politics. One strand of her work explores the civic engagement of immigrant constituencies in an era of increasing racial diversity. In other research, she considers questions about race, public opinion, and public policy. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and featured in news media.