Gabriel Sanchez

Professor

Executive Director, UNM Center for Social Policy

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Chair in Health Policy

Photo: Gabriel Sanchez
Email: 
sanchezg@unm.edu
Phone: 
(505) 277-0130
Personal Website
 
Curriculum vitae
 
Office: 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center
Education: 
PhD, University of Arizona, 2005

Research Area/s:

American Politics

Biography:

Gabriel R. Sanchez, PhD.  is a Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Chair in Health Policy. Sanchez is also the Director of the UNM Center for Social Policy, and a founding member of the UNM Native American Budget and Policy Institute. Sanchez is also the Director of Research for BSP Research, a national leader in data collection for Latino and other diverse communities. Dr. Sanchez is also a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution where he focuses his work on addressing social inequalities through informing policy decisions across multiple levels of government.
A leading expert on Latino and New Mexico politics, he regularly provides political commentary to several state, national, and international media outlets including the New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times, and the Economist. Professor Sanchez has also directed many research projects and polls across the southwest and has presented his research for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and often serves as an expert policy advisor to the New Mexico State Legislature.

Sanchez holds a Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Arizona, and his research has explored the relationship between racial and ethnic identity and political engagement, Latino health policy, and minority legislative behavior. Dr. Sanchez has published more than 200 scholarly research articles, chapters, policy briefs and books that examine minority public opinion, electoral behavior and racial and ethnic politics. Sanchez has published research on the obstacles to civic engagement for both the Hispanic and Native American communities and has co-authored expert witness reports for court cases dealing with the voting rights of both communities in several states. A native New Mexican, Dr. Sanchez is a graduate of St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque.