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Erika Vallejo, a native of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at The College of Wooster. She earned her PhD in Political Science from Michigan State University (MSU) in 2025, with specializations in Chicano/Latino Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. She also holds an MA in Political Science from MSU (2021) and a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2016). Her research interests include class identity, inequality, race/ethnicity, gender, descriptive representation, and Chicano/Latino Studies.