Major Field: Comparative Politics
Minor Field: International Relations
Dissertation: Globalizing Communities: Immigration and Public Opinion in Stateless Nations
Committee: Shin (chair)
Expected Defense: April 2025
My name is Alberto M. Burgos-Rivera and I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science University of Colorado, Boulder. My research focuses on comparative political behavior; more specifically, I study immigration attitudes, language politics, and voting behavior in the context of stateless nations. My work has been published in the Islands Studies Journal. Moreover, I was also a Doctoral Visiting Fellow at Concordia University's Immigration Research Initiative (IRI). I received my MA in Political Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Prior to this, I received my MA in European Union Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and my BA in Political Science from the University of Puerto Rico, R铆o Piedras.
Research & Teaching Interests: Research Interests: Stateless and Minority Nations, Ethnic and Identity Politics, Language Politics, Migration, Indigenous Politics, Political Economy, Electoral and Party Politics; Teaching Interests: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Politics of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Political Economy, European Politics, The European Union, Political Behavior
Publications: Burgos-Rivera, Alberto M. (2023) 鈥淓lite settlements in island territories: The road to a binding political status referendum in New Caledonia and Puerto Rico鈥� Island Studies Journal, 18(1): 186-206.
Awards:
Institute of Humane Studies Mentorship Grant $8,000 Fall Semester 2024
Immigration Research Initiative (IRI) Doctoral Visiting Fellowship CAD$8000 (~USD$6000) May-June 2024
Political Science Department Graduate Large Research Grant $3500 Spring Semester 2024
聽Institute of Humane Studies鈥� Publication Accelerator Grant $5000 Spring Semester 2023
Political Science Department Graduate Large Research Grant $4300 Spring Semester 2023
Faculty Research Grant $6000 (with Adrian J. Shin), Spring Semester 2023
Department of Political Science Administrative TA Scholarship $500, Spring Semester 2023
Department of Political Science Administrative TA Scholarship $500, Fall Semester 2022
Department of Political Science Travel Grant $400, Fall Semester 2022
Institute of Behavioral Studies Small Research Grant, Spring Semester $500