Stephen Omar El-Khatib is a visiting assistant professor of American politics in the Division of Politics & Economics. His research focuses on the politics of race, immigration, and ethnicity through the lenses of behavioral political psychology and public policy. Moreover, his research is primarily inspired and driven by his experiences as a bi-racial, first-generation Arab-American Muslim. He is finishing his PhD at the University of California, Riverside.
Co-authored with Loren Collingwood and Ben Gonzalez-O’Brien. “Sustained Organizational Influence: American Legislative Exchange Council and the Diffusion of Anti-Sanctuary Policy.” Policy Studies Journal 47, no. 3 (2019): 735-73.
Co-authored with Benjamin Gonzalez-O’Brien and Loren Collingwood. “The Politics of Refuge: Sanctuary Cities, Crime, and Undocumented Immigration.” Urban Affairs Review 55, no. 1 (2019): 3-40.
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Co-authored with Loren Collingwood and Jason Morin. “Expanding Carceral Markets: Detention Facilities, ICE Contracts, and the Financial Interests of Punitive Immigration Policy.” Race and Social Problems 10, no. 4 (2018): 275-92.
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American Politics and Institutions