keywords
- Legislative Studies, State and Local Politics, Immigration Politics
- Contact Info
Landgrave, Michelangelo
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization
- Faculty Fellow, Bruce D. Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization
- Assistant Professor, Political Science
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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journal article
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Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioural sciences..
Nature.
143-150.
2026
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What Is the Effect of Political Influencers on TikTok? Early Results From a Field Experiment With Young Adults.
Political Studies Review.
2026
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Do congressional candidates benefit from rejecting PAC contributions? Evidence from a pre-registered candidate evaluation survey experiment.
Research & Politics.
2025
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Why Does Corrective Information Have a Muted Effect on Immigration Attitudes? Motivated Reasoning and Shifting Goalposts.
American Politics Research.
306-316.
2025
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Immigration is difficult?! Informing voters about immigration policy fosters pro-immigration views.
Journal of Experimental Political Science.
2025
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How Are Minority Staffers Utilized? Evidence from the California State Assembly
2025
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A nation of immigrants? The case for a politically influential and intersectional immigrant identity in the United States.
Politics, Groups and Identities.
986-1011.
2024
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Do State Legislative Staffer Networks Influence Roll-call Voting? Evidence from Shared Personal Staffers in Arizona, Indiana, and New Mexico.
State Politics & Policy Quarterly.
287-299.
2024
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How Can the Police Avoid Earning Our Distrust?.
Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration.
71-90.
2024
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Is that ethical? An exploration of political scientists' views on research ethics.
Research & Politics.
2023
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Do Public Housing Agencies Discriminate Against Latinos?
2023
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Are Subnational Policymakers' Policy Preferences Nationalized? Evidence from Surveys of Township, Municipal, County, and State Officials.
Legislative Studies Quarterly.
441-454.
2023
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Why Do Migrant Parents Give Their Children Distinctively Ethnic Names? Evidence from a Pre-registered Analysis.
19-33.
2023
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Do citizens demand transparency from co-partisans? Evidence from a pre-registered experiment in Mexico.
Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy.
2022
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How Can We Address Professional Isolation Among Traditionally Underrepresented Students? The Importance of Peer Mentorship.
Journal of Political Science Education.
425-429.
2022
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Do Name-Based Treatments Violate Information Equivalence? Evidence from a Correspondence Audit Experiment.
Political Analysis.
142-148.
2022
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Do Politicians Ethnically Discriminate Against Hispanics? Evidence from a Field Experiment with State Legislative Offices.
Legislative Studies Quarterly.
621-636.
2021
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How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education.
PS - Political Science and Politics.
147-151.
2021
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Can We Reduce Deception in Elite Field Experiments? Evidence from a Field Experiment with State Legislative Offices.
State Politics & Policy Quarterly.
489-507.
2020
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Do More Professionalized Legislatures Discriminate Less? The Role of Staffers in Constituency Service.
American Politics Research.
571-578.
2020
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Do political donors have greater access to government officials? Evidence from a FOIA field experiment with US municipalities
2020
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Do immigrants import terrorism?.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
529-543.
2019
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Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioural sciences..
Nature.
143-150.
2026
Teaching
courses taught
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PSCI 3101 - Black Politics
Primary Instructor - Spring 2025
Explores Black political movements and behavior in the United States, focusing on the historical and contemporary struggles for racial justice. It examines how Black political identity has been shaped by systemic political oppression and the ways Black Americans have persisted. Recommended prerequisite: PSCI 1101. -
PSCI 4131 - Latinos and the U.S. Political System
Primary Instructor - Summer 2024 / Fall 2024 / Summer 2025 / Spring 2026
Examines the political status and activities of Mexican Americans and other Latino groups (Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans) in the U.S. Also covers Latino political attitudes and behaviors; Latino efforts to influence the major national, state, and local institutions of the American government; and public policy concerns of Latinos. Recommended prerequisite: PSCI 1101. -
PSCI 7075 - Scope and Methods of Political Science
Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
Introduces students to research design, with a subsequent focus on professional development. Students learn about different styles of research, central methodological points surrounding (and differentiating) these styles, and standards for evaluating research, regardless of approach or content. -
PSCI 7108 - Special Topics
Primary Instructor - Spring 2026
Various topics not normally offered in the curriculum. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of California-Riverside 2021
- M.A., University of California-Riverside 2018
- M.A., California State University-Long Beach 2015
- B.A., California State University-Northridge 2012
International Activities
geographic focus
- China Country