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Andrew Janusz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He studies the relationship between race and political representation in Brazil. While over half of the Brazilian population is of African descent, Afro-Brazilians hold a minority of elected political offices at the local, state and national levels. His dissertation research investigates the institutional and cultural impediments to Afro-Brazilian political representation. Moreover, he evaluates how the political underrepresentation of Afro-Brazilians in the Brazilian congress impacts policy outcomes. His long-term research goal is to explore the political significance of race in Brazilian politics by elucidating its causal effect on political outcomes.
