Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Shah, Paru and Robert Smith. (2021). “Legacies of Segregation and Disenfranchisement: The Road from Plessy to Frank and Voter ID Laws in the State.” Russell Sage Foundation Journal, forthcoming.

• Dolan, Julie and Paru Shah. (2020). “She Persisted: Gender, Electoral Loss and the Decision to Run Again.” Political Research Quarterly. (https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912920934869).

• Fraga, Bernard, Eric Gonzalez Juenke, and Paru Shah. (2020). “Did Women and Candidates of Color Lead or Ride the Democratic Wave in 2018?” PS: Political Science and Politics, 53(3): 435-439.

• Fraga, Bernard, Eric Gonzalez Juenke, and Paru Shah. (2020). “One Run Leads to Another: Minority Incumbents and the Emergence of Lower Ticket Minority Candidates.” Journal of Politics, 82(2): 771-775.

• Medeiros, Mike, Benjamin Forest, Paru Shah, and Eric Gonzalez Juenke. (2019). “Still not there: continued challenges to women’s political representation.” Politics, Groups, and Identities, 1-3.

• Shah, Paru, Jamil Scott, and Eric Gonzalez Juenke. (2019). “Women of color candidates: examining emergence and success in state legislative elections.” Politics, Groups, and Identities, 1-15.

• Shah, Paru, and Amber Wichowsky. (2019). “Foreclosure’s Fallout: Economic Adversity and Voter Turnout.” Political Behavior, 41: 1099-1115.

• Sui, Mingxiao, Newly Paul, Paru Shah, Brook Spurlock, Brooksie Chastant, and Johanna Dunaway. (2018). “The role of minority journalists, candidates and audiences in shaping race–related campaign news coverage.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, December; 95(4): 1079-102.

• Reny, Tyler and Paru Shah. (2018). “Immigrant Political Ambition: New Americans and the Quest for Political Office.” Social Science Quarterly, 99(3): 1038-1059.

• Shah, Paru. (2017). “Racial Change, Racial Threat and Minority Representation.” Urban Affairs Review, 99(3): 1038-59.

• Keele, Luke, Paru Shah and Ismail White. (2017). “Black Candidates and Black Turnout: A Study of Viability in Louisiana Mayoral Elections.” Journal of Politics, 79(3): 780-791.

• Shah, Paru and Nicholas Davis. (2017) “Research Note: Comparing Three Methods of Estimating Race/Ethnicity.” Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2(1): 124-139.

• Marschall, Melissa and Paru Shah. (2016) “Linking the Process and Outcomes of Parent Involvement Policy to the Parent Involvement Gap.” Urban Education, 1-31.

• Juenke, Eric Gonzalez and Paru Shah. (2016) “Demand and Supply: Racial and Ethnic Minority Candidates in White Districts.” Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 1(1): 60-90.

• Shah, Paru. (2015). “Stepping Up: Black Political Ambition and Success.” Politics, Groups and Identities, 3(2): 278-294.

• Juenke, Eric Gonzalez and Paru Shah. (2015). “Not the Usual Story: The Effect of Candidate Supply on Models of Latino Descriptive Representation.” Politics, Groups and Identities, 3(3): 438-453.

• Shah, Paru. (2014). “It Takes a Black Candidate: A Supply-side Theory of Minority Representation.” Political Research Quarterly, 67(2): 266-279.

Grants

• 2020 Toward an Antiracist Campus: Action Grant, UWM ($10,000).
• 2020 Advancing Research and Creativity Grant, UWM ($10,000).
• 2020 Fromkin Memorial Lecture Grant, UWM ($5,000).
• 2019–2020 Collaborative Research Team Development Grant: When Racism, Equity, and Health Collide: Building Collaborative Team Science on Wicked Problems. UWM ($15,000).
• 2015–2016 Reflective Democracy Initiative, Women Donors Network ($40,000).
• 2015–2016 Research and Creative Activities Support ($15,000). University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Graduate School.
• 2013–2014 Research Growth Initiative ($125,000). University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Graduate School.
• 2012–present Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows ($25,000). University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Office of Undergraduate Research.
• 2010–2013 Collaborative Research: Local Elections in America Project (LEAP) ($639,410; $48,000 supplement). National Science Foundation, Political Science and Office of Cyberinsfrastructure CF21 Venture Fund. Co-PI: Melissa Marschall (Rice University, TX).
• 2010–2011 Local Elections in America Project (LEAP)($25,085). Enriching Rice through Information Technology (ERIT) Innovation Funding Program. Co-PI: Melissa Marschall (Rice University, TX).
• 2009 Local Elections in America Project (LEAP) Workshop ($50,000). National Science Foundation, SES - Political Science. Co-PIs: Anirudh Ruhil (Ohio University, OH) and Melissa Marschall (Rice University, TX).
• Mellon Curricular Pathways Grant ($1,975). Macalester College.
• 2007 Bush Intersections Grant ($5,000). Macalester College.
• 2005–2006 Bryan Jackson Dissertation Research Support Award ($2000). American Political Science Association, Urban Politics Section.
• 2003–2005 Dissertation in Political Science Research Grant, National Science Foundation ($12,000).