About
Victoria is Assistant Dean at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and a contributor to MSNBC and Telemundo. Her areas of expertise in the domestic policy landscape include immigration, Latinos, women and childcare, and economic equity. more→
Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Research
Victoria brings an interdisciplinary lens to understanding policy development and its intersection with institutional and political contexts. Underlying her academic work is the applicability of rigorous research to on-the-ground policy realities.
Recent Media
The GOP is the party of business and financial investments. This prowess might just translate into deciding to forego a risky investment, the 2012 presidential election. The fractured Republican field together with Obama’s fundraising freight train may lead Republican donors to simply raise the white flag and wait it out till 2016. (more…)