Adriano Udani ( udania@umsl.edu) is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Public Policy Administration Program at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Adriano also serves as the Research Advisor for the Community Innovation and Action Center (CIAC). He specializes in the study of political attitudes toward immigrant groups and policy decisions that affect immigrant treatment in the United States. He also studies public misperceptions of immigration enforcement and its impact on immigrant communities. His research is published in American Review of Public Administration; Administrative Praxis & Theory; American Politics Research; Social Sciences Quarterly; Politics, Groups, & Identities; Policy Studies Journal; State Politics & Policy Quarterly; and Public Integrity. Adriano’s current work contributes to the emergence of “Civically Engaged Research” in political science, which aims to collaborate in racially equitable ways with people and groups beyond the academy to co-produce, share, and apply knowledge related to power and politics. His current project involves partnering with immigrant service providers, attorneys, and asylum seekers to abolish detention of all forms.
Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of Public Policy Administration
