Very happy that our paper on the careers of working-class politicians has been conditionally accepted at the APSR!

'this difference... can explain... ongoing rates of violence against women in Latin America, despite the high numbers of women in office'

Jennifer Piscopo at our webinar on what women's representation in Latin America can teach us,

Full report: kcl.ac.uk/research/repre…

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 Jennie Sweet-Cushman & Nichole Bauer investigate the strategic advantage of highlighting motherhood for Black women candidates in 'Intersectional Motherhood and Candidate
Evaluations in the United States'
🌟Available #OpenAccess 🌟 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Friends — this paper was a true labor of love. It’s the piece I’m proudest of, possibly ever. Please read and teach it!!

Congratulations to Jae-Hee Jung (Jae-Hee Jung PhD ‘19) and Margit Tavits for the release of their new book Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality from the Cambridge University Press! Available for free download until April 5th: buff.ly/3PDWlHZ

👇Check out this new Cambridge University Press Element! Free online until April 5. Margit Tavits and I examine whether exposure to normalized counter-stereotypes about gender roles can increase the equitability of people's attitudes about gender and LGBTQ rights. 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/978100…

We (Political Science at WashU) are hosting our second summer research program for undergraduates! We begin reviewing applications in 2 weeks. If you know students who are thinking of grad school and want to get hands-on research experience, encourage them to apply at: sites.wustl.edu/wusteps/

Looking forward to visiting Essex today to present new research w Tiffany D. Barnes Giulia Venturini on gender quota laws & executive power.

We find that quotas for parliaments increase women’s representation in governments, although effects are concentrated in low prestige posts.

The article I co-authored with Jeong Hyun Kim in Legislative Studies Quarterly, 'Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas?' ranked among the top 10% most downloaded papers published in the journal in 2022. 🤩 #TopDownloadedArticle

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ls…

We (Paul, Lori, & I) are delighted to share “Gender, Race, and Interruptions at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings” w/ American Political Science Review.

We find higher interruption rates of women & people of color during Supreme Court confirmation hearings (1939-2022). Let’s unpack it! 🧵1/

Excited to get my very own copy of “In Love and at War” by Hilary Matfess. Our first of many excellent Elements in the Gender & Politics series Diana O'Brien and I are editing at Cambridge University Press - Politics with Rachel Blaifeder - bit.ly/4cgh8e4

My article with Jeong Hyun Kim is published online in Research & Politics. We demonstrate the gendered effects of candidate class backgrounds. Women candidates with working-class backgrounds face greater disadvantages than their male counterparts in politics.

My paper with Yuree Noh is out Comparative Political Studies Despite the proliferation of gender quotas in non-dem, no work has examined the correlates of public support for quotas. We address this question relying on original survey data from Tunisia & Morocco journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… POMEPS

Thank you Megan Janetsky for interviewing me about #8M , women's movements in Latin America, and why there's still a long road to #genderequality in the region!
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♀️ Today's politics is besieged by crises
❓ What does crisis mean for women leaders, who remain underrepresented as chief executives & legislators worldwide?
Tiffany D. Barnes Diana O'Brien & Jennifer Piscopo identify five ways to
💡 think crisis, think gender
bit.ly/3TpPMuW

Thank you to Ragnhild L Muriaas & Torill Stevens for including Tiffany D. Barnes Diana O'Brien & I in their #IWD2024 's series for The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR. Read our post about how crises create opportunities and roadblocks for ♀️ leaders acrosss the 🌎. ⤵️

📢 Now published open access Political Behavior 📢

Using age manipulation software, Yoshikuni Ono and I find voters (even older ones) like younger candidates but strongly dislike elderly candidates.

Why is this the case? Read our article to find out more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The presidential campaign in #Mexico 🇲🇽 launches today. Two women compete for the job & one will surely win-- a legacy of gender parity, but in a country dubbed 'femicide nation'. My analysis in Ms. Magazine. #ClaudiaPresidenta2024 #XochitlPresidenta2024 msmagazine.com/2024/02/29/mex…

Loved reading all these articles in this month’s special issue. If you haven’t seen them yet, they’re still time! Open access till the end of April! 😀🤩

As Black History Month comes to a close, don't forget to explore our Virtual Special Issue on Black Women in American Politics, a collection of articles that will remain✨ #OpenAccess ✨ until the end of April 2024
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