Luis Ricardo Fraga, PhD

Luis Ricardo Fraga, PhD, is Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Russell F. Stark University Professor, Director of the Diversity Research Institute, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington (UW). He works directly with the Provost, deans, and department chairs to develop strategies of outreach, assessment, recruitment, and retention to build an inclusive faculty at the UW. He has authored and co-authored five books including Latinos in the New Millennium: an Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences (Cambridge 2012) and Latino Lives in America: Making It Home (Temple 2010). He has also published extensively in journals and edited volumes. In 2011, President Barack Obama appointed him to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. He was also named one of the “100 Influentials” by Hispanic Business magazine that year. The Fulcrum Foundation named him one of the “Champions of Catholic Education” in 2012. He is currently working on another co-authored book entitled Invisible No More: Latino Identities in American Politics.