Apr 29, 2021
In this episode of I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY my friend Amir M. Sadeh, Ph.D., and I talk for the first time after he became a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Science department at the University of Notre Dame. With a degree in American Politics and Constitutional Studies, his research emphases are in Latino Politics, Immigration/Migration, and Race and Ethnic Politics. When we met for the first time 2 years ago, I asked him why the interest in Latinos. He replied: “I feel this special affinity with the Latino community because my family also migrated to this country. As people, we have this shared experience.” His dissertation, “Mobilization and Maria: Demographic Change in Florida and the Future of American Politics,” focuses on the growing Puerto Rican migrant population in Central Florida, pre-and post-Hurricane Maria, and sheds light on the impact of this demographic shift on electoral politics in the state during the 2016 and 2018 elections. Hold on to your seat people…Latinos are key players in the future of the USA!