Her scholarship sits at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and politics (REP), immigration, and identity politics. Broadly, her work explores how race and gender operate for various groups in the United States, by asking timely questions that investigate important topics such as immigration politics and policy, voting behavior, and political representation.

In 2022, Matos was named a 2022 American Political Science Association Distinguished Junior Scholar in Political Psychology. Matos will be a Russell Sage Visiting Scholar in 2024-2025. Explore Yalidy’s fellowships and awards.

She graduated from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH with a PhD in Political Science in 2015, and Connecticut College in New London, CT with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Gender and Women’s Studies, and a minor in English in 2009. Prior to Rutgers, she was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University. Explore Yalidy’s CV.