Manuel Rodriguez
Cohort
2021Subfields
Global/Transnational Sociology and International Migration, Political Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Religion
Profile
"Manuel Rodriguez is a PhD candidate whose research interests broadly focus on race, ethnicity, religion, immigration, and politics. Drawing on in-depth interviews, his dissertation, “Friend or Foe? Religion and Ethnicity’s Role in Latinx Americans’ Attitudes Towards Immigration in the United States,” investigates the relationship between religion, ethnicity, and Latinx Americans’ attitudes towards immigration and politics in the US. Through a focus on US immigration and politics, Manuel’s dissertation explores how and why certain identities become salient for Latinx Americans, how identity boundary processes shape their political behavior, and what moral boundaries they rely on when constructing their sense of a US national community.
Manuel also uses quantitative analysis to explore these research interests. Part of this work was published on Latinx Talk titled, “The Latinx Religious Red Surge?” where he analyzed how religion and religiosity shape Latinx Americans’ affiliation with a conservative ideology and the Republican Party.
Manuel earned his BA in Latinx and Latin American studies at Amherst College and his MA in sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Manuel’s research has been supported by external funding from the US National Science Foundation, the Mellon Mays Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and internal funding from the Institute for Latino Studies and Franco Family Institute.
Email: mrodri27@nd.edu