Jaime Andres Carbajal is a Ph.D. student studying American politics and political methodology in the department of government at the University of Texas at Austin. Using experimental methods, his research focuses on public opinion and voting behavior from marginalized groups, such as Latinos, African Americans, and women. Much of Jaime’s work is created using hypothetical candidates, vignettes, and AI-generated photos. With these materials, Jaime analyzes how voters respond to specific candidate characteristics, whether related to physical appearance or political behavior.

The APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship’s primary goal is to encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political science students and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics (especially students and tenure track junior faculty). Grants for the 2025 cycle were made to those individuals whose purposes most clearly match the goals of the Fund, and whose proposals most persuasively demonstrate capacity for successful completion.