Hello!
Welcome to my personal website! My name is Alexander (Alex) Ross. I am currently a Postdoctoral researcher at Université Laval in Quebec (started Fall 2024). I completed my PhD in Political Science at the University of California, Riverside in 2024.
My dissertation project dealt with the politics of personal debt, specifically student loan debt, and how debt impacts the political attitudes and behaviors of both debtors and non-debtors. I investigate the ways in which the somewhat unique position that debtors occupy in society (being a relatively privileged group in one sense, and a relatively disadvantaged one in another) influences both how debtors think and act politically, as well as how non-debtors perceive debtors and policies that benefit them. My CV, which includes more information on my dissertation and other research interests and projects, can be found at the link on this site, under my name.
I also have a Masters in Public Policy from the School of Public Policy at UCR. My capstone project explored the connection between public transit access and eviction rates in areas of concentrated poverty in Riverside County.
Prior to entering graduate school, I briefly taught English in Beijing and participated in City Year Los Angeles, an AmeriCorps program that provides after-school services in high-need areas. In my spare time, I read broadly and run slower than I would like.
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