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Nathan Chan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. He specializes in American Politics and Research Methods. He has published or has forthcoming journal articles in Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, and Political Research Quarterly among others and has featured his research in the Washington Post and the Brookings Institute. He teaches courses in race, ethnicity, and politics; political behavior; and empirical approaches in political science. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and received his Ph.D. in political science at UC Irvine. Nathan is from Eagle Rock, a neighborhood in Northeast LA. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, hiking, and concerts & live music.

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