Dr. Eugenia Quintanilla is a political scientist investigating how psychology, identity, and geographic context shape political engagement in the United States.

Currently, she is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin, an affiliate at the Center for Law and Democracy, and a member of the library team at Prosocial Design Network.

She received her PhD in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and her BA in psychology and political science from New College of Florida.