{"id":748,"date":"2025-06-09T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/richard-d-young-lab\/?page_id=748"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:28:57","slug":"me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/richard-d-young-lab\/me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About me<\/h3>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1166 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/06\/aboutmepic-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/06\/aboutmepic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/06\/aboutmepic-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/06\/aboutmepic.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Hello! Welcome to my lab. I am overjoyed by the opportunity to work on my research and help undergraduate students because of the generous support of my dear friend, Harriet Young. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Irvine and my BA in Political Science from UCLA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">As NAU\u2019s inaugural faculty fellow, it is a pleasure to establish this lab to serve our students and our research faculty in order to further the university\u2019s work on being an engine of opportunity for the people of Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">As I reach for new challenges in my career, I am privileged to have the support to focus on promoting and instilling in our students a place where they can be free to explore their passions in pursuit of knowledge with the tools of scientific inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>My Work<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/10\/Nuno_Perez_CV_2025_1009.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Courses<\/h3>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">Fall 2025<\/div><\/div><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>POS 304: Understanding Political Inquiry<\/li>\n<li>POS 305: Conducting Political Analysis<\/li>\n<li>POS 612: American Political Processes\n\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">Spring 2026<\/div><\/div><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>POS 356: Race, Power, and Politics<\/li>\n<li>POS 485: Experience of Difference\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:RDY_Research@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">RDY_Research&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                        <a href=\"tel:928-523-6374\" aria-label=\"Contact: Telephone Number\" title=\"Telephone Number\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Call:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-phone\">928-523-6374<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4>Give<\/h4>\n<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-nau-yellow\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/richard-d-young-lab\/give\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-591 size-uncropped-small\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-300x121.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-1024x413.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-768x310.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-960x384.png 960w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-465x186.png 465w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514-600x242.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/258\/2025\/04\/NAU_Foundation_ctr_282_3514.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About me Hello! Welcome to my lab. I am overjoyed by the opportunity to work on my research and help undergraduate students because of the generous support of my dear friend, Harriet Young. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Irvine and my BA in Political Science from UCLA. 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