Hailey Stepp is a second-year American politics PhD student at the University of Arizona, focusing on racial and ethnic political psychology. Her research focuses on the
the political behavior of multiracial Americans and those with conflicting racial identities and the subsequent political consequences that may arise from having a fluid racial identity. She graduated in May 2024 from Washington State University studying political science and strategic communication. Her future academic endeavors include furthering theoretical and experimental political research on multiracial individuals.