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Bernard L. Fraga is a second-year Ph.D. student in Government and Social Policy. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Linguistics from Stanford University in 2008. Broadly, Bernard's research examines American political behavior, voting, electoral politics, party identification, and the incorporation of minority groups and immigrants into the political system through both policy and the actions of political parties. Prior to graduate school, Bernard conducted research on education policy for English learners, focusing on how California policy changed in response to shifts in the political climate from the 1960s to the present. Since coming to Harvard, he has explored the effect of inclement weather on voter turnout and the impact of the Voting Rights Act's language provisions on turnout for language minority groups. Bernard is a Doctoral Fellow in the Harvard Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy.