Stella Rouse

Center Director and Professor, Hispanic Research Center

Center Director and Professor, School of Politics & Global St

Center Director and Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict

1100 S. Cady Mall Interdisciplinary Building A Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code: 5303

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Stella Rouse is the director of the Hispanic Research Center and professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. Her research examines how identities inform representation, political behavior and participation, focusing primarily on Latino and youth politics. She is the author or coauthor of three books: Latinos in the Legislative Process: Interests and Influence, The Politics of Millennials: Political Beliefs and Policy Preferences of America’s Most Diverse Generation, and Citizens of the World: Political Engagement and Policy Attitudes of Millennials across the Globe. She has published articles on Latino representation on congressional committees, the mobilizing effect of female candidates in midterm elections, how generational and/or ethnic identities influence attitudes about immigration, climate change and COVID-19, and the role of religion on the political attitudes of Latinos, African Americans, and whites. Prior to joining ASU in 2023, Rouse spent 15 years at the University of Maryland, including three years as director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement (2019-2022). A native of Colombia, she moved to Florida at age 2 and is a fluent Spanish speaker and writer.

Curriculum Vitae

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=grp148kAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0010-960X

Research Interests

Rouse's work is situated within the field of American politics with a concentration on minority/identity politics and state politics, and a specialization in Latino and generational politics. Broadly defined, I examine how varying identities influence the behavior of those within political institutions and among the mass public.

Publications

Books:

Rouse, Stella M., Jared McDonald, Richard N. Engstrom, Michael J. Hanmer, Roberto Gonzàlez, Siugmin Lay, and Daniel Miranda. 2022. Citizens of the World: Political Engagement and Policy Attitudes of Millennials across the Globe. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0197599389.

Rouse, Stella M. and Ashley D. Ross. 2018. The Politics of Millennials: Political Beliefs and Policy Preferences of America’s Most Diverse Generation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN: 978-0472131075; DOI: 10.3998/mpub.9526877.

Rouse, Stella M. 2013. Latinos in the Legislative Process: Interests and Influence. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1107032705; DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139507066.

Articles:

Hunt, Charles and Stella M. Rouse. Forthcoming. "Polarization and Place-Based Representation in U.S. State Legislatures." Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Rouse, Stella M. 2023. "Opportunities for Legislative Influence? Latinos and Committee Participation in the U.S. Congress."Congress & the Presidency, 50 (2): 164-189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2022.2142323.

Hunt, Charles and Stella M. Rouse. 2023. "Local Candidate Roots and Electoral Advantages in U.S. State Legislatures." State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 23 (2): 233-43. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/spq.2023.5

Fisher, Dana R. and Stella M. Rouse. 2022. "Intersectionality within the Racial Justice Movement in the Summer of 2020." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (30). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118525119.

Safarpour, Alauna C., SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Stella M. Rouse, and Michele L. Swers. 2022. "When Women Run, Voters Will Follow (Sometimes): Examining the Mobilizing Effect of Female Candidates in the 2014 and 2018 Midterm Elections." Political Behavior 44, 365-388. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09767-x.

Rouse, Stella M., Charles Hunt, and Kristen Essel. 2021. "Growing Tea with Subnational Roots: Tea Party Affiliation, Factionalism, and GOP Politics in State Legislatures."American Politics Research, 50 (2): 242-254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X211041150.

Miras, Nicholas S. and Stella M. Rouse. 2021. "Partisan Misalignment and the Counter-Partisan Response: How National Politics Conditions Majority-Party Policymaking in the American States." British Journal of Political Science, 52 (2): 573-592. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123420000745.

Ross, Ashley D. and Stella M. Rouse. 2020. "(Young) Generations as Social Identities: The Role of Latino*Millennial/Generation Z in Shaping Attitudes about Climate Change." Political Behavior 44, 1105-1124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-020-09649-8.

Deckman, Melissa, Jared McDonald, Stella M. Rouse, and Mileah Kromer. 2020. "Gen Z, Gender and Covid-19." Politics & Gender, 16 (4): 1019-1027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X20000434.

Herrnson, Paul S., Stella M. Rouse, and Jeffrey A. Taylor. 2020. "The Impact of Electoral Arrangements on Minority Representation: District Magnitude and the Election of African American State Legislators." Election Law Journal, 19 (1): 64-78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2019.0581.

Ross, Ashley D., Stella M. Rouse, and William Mobley. 2019. "Polarization of Climate Change Beliefs: The Role of the Millennial Generation Identity." Social Science Quarterly. 100 (7): 2625-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12640.

Ross, Ashley D. and Stella M. Rouse. 2015. "Economic Uncertainty, Job Threat, and the Resiliency of the Millennial Generation’s Attitudes toward Immigration." Social Science Quarterly, 96 (5): 1363-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12168.

McKenzie, Brian and Stella M. Rouse. 2013. "Shades of Faith: Religious Foundations of Political Attitudes among African Americans, Latinos and Whites." American Journal of Political Science, 57 (1): 218-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00611.x.

Sill, Kaitlyn, Emily Metzgar, and Stella M. Rouse. 2013. "Media Coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court: How Do Journalists Assess the Importance of Court Decisions?" Political Communication, 30 (1): 58-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2012.737414.

Bratton, Kathleen and Stella M. Rouse. 2011. "Networks in the Legislative Arena: How Group Dynamics Affect Cosponorship." Legislative Studies Quarterly, 36 (3): 423-60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-9162.2011.00021.x.

Rouse, Stella M., Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, and James C. Garand. 2010. "Divided Loyalties? Understanding Variation in Latinos’ Attitudes Toward Immigration." Social Science Quarterly, 91 (3): 856-82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00723.x.

Ross, Ashley D., Stella M. Rouse, and Kathleen Bratton. 2010. "Latino Representation and Education: Pathways to Latino Student Performance." State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 10 (1): 69-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/153244001001000104.

Rouse, Stella M. and Moises Arce. 2006. "The Drug-Laden Balloon: U.S. Military Assistance and Coca Production in the Central Andes." Social Science Quarterly, 87 (3): 540-57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00395.x.

Book Chapters:

Ross, Ashley D. and Stella M. Rouse. Forthcoming. "Millennial Generation Political Engagement: Democratically Motivated or Disenchanted?" in Generations in American Politics, eds. David Schultz and Sally Friedman. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Deckman, Melissa and Stella M. Rouse. 2022."In God ’Z’ Trusts? Generation Z’s Attitudes about Religion and COVID-19," in An Epidemic among My People: Religion, Politics, and COVID-19 in the United States, eds. Paul A Djupe and Amanda Friesen. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Swers, Michele L. and Stella M. Rouse. 2011."Descriptive Representation: Understanding the Impact of Identity on Substantive Representation of Group Interests," in The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress, eds. Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee. New York: Oxford University Press.

Courses

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
POS 216	State and Local Government

Expertise Areas