Michele l. swers - Georgetown University
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MICHELE L. SWERS<br />
Department of Government<br />
<strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
37 th and O Streets, NW<br />
Washington, DC 20057<br />
(202) 687-2980<br />
e-mail: mls47@georgetown.edu<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Harvard <strong>University</strong>, Ph.D. in Political Science, June 2000<br />
Dissertation Title: “From the Year of the Woman to the Republican Ascendancy:<br />
Evaluating the Policy Impact of Women in Congress”<br />
Advisors: Theda Skocpol (chair), Sidney Verba, John Aldrich<br />
Harvard <strong>University</strong>, Master of Arts in Political Science, June 1997<br />
General Examination Major Field: American Politics, with focus field in<br />
American Political Development. Minor Fields: Comparative Politics and<br />
Political Theory.<br />
The Johns Hopkins <strong>University</strong>, Master of Arts in Teaching, May 1993<br />
The Johns Hopkins <strong>University</strong>, Bachelor of Arts with General Honors, January 1993<br />
Major: Political Science. Minor: Psychology.<br />
HONORS AND GRANTS<br />
• Center for Democracy and the Third Sector Faculty Research Fellowship<br />
Competitive fellowship awarded by <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Center for Democracy<br />
and the Third Sector for research leave Fall 2006.<br />
• Competitive Grant-in-Aid Competitive grant awarded by <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for research Fall 2005.<br />
• Summer Academic Grant Competitive grant awarded by <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for research 2005.<br />
• Summer Academic Grant Competitive grant awarded by <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for research 2004.<br />
• Marian Irish Award. Given to the best paper on Women and Politics presented at<br />
the 2001 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. November<br />
2002.<br />
• Honorable Mention E.E. Schattschneider Award Runner Up for the best<br />
dissertation in American government September 2002.<br />
• Carl Albert Dissertation Award. Given to the best doctoral dissertation in the area<br />
of legislative studies by the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political<br />
Science Association. September 2001.<br />
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• P.J. Fett Award. Given to the best paper on Congress and the Presidency presented<br />
at the 2000 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. April 2001.<br />
• Faculty Development Grant. Mary Washington College for research. Summer 2001.<br />
• The Sumner Prize. The most prestigious of three dissertation prizes awarded by the<br />
Department of Government at Harvard <strong>University</strong>. The prize recognizes the best<br />
dissertation from the legal, political, historical, economic, social, or ethnic approach.<br />
June 2000.<br />
• Sophonisba Breckenridge Award. Given to the best paper on Women and Politics<br />
presented at the 1999 annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.<br />
April 2000.<br />
• Mellon Dissertation Research Grant. Summer/Fall 1998.<br />
• Harvard <strong>University</strong> Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. For excellence in<br />
teaching based upon student evaluations above a 4.50 on a 5 point scale. Fall 1997.<br />
• Radcliffe Fellowship Recipient. 1996-97.<br />
• Phi Beta Kappa<br />
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS<br />
American Politics, Congress, Women and Politics, Representation Issues, Political<br />
Parties, Party Leadership, and Interest Groups.<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
Books<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2013. Women in the Club: Gender and Policy Making in the Senate.<br />
Chicago: The <strong>University</strong> of Chicago Press.<br />
Dolan, Julie, Melissa Deckman, and <strong>Michele</strong> Swers. 2010. Women and Politics: Paths<br />
to Power and Political Influence. 2 nd Edition Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice<br />
Hall. (First edition published in 2007)<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2002. The Difference Women Make: The Policy<br />
Impact of Women in Congress. Chicago: The <strong>University</strong> of Chicago Press.<br />
Excerpts from this book appears in the Lanahan Readings in the American Polity, 4 th<br />
Edition,2007 and 5 th Edition 2011 Eds. Ann Gostyn Serow and Everett C. Ladd<br />
Baltimore: Lanahan Publishers, Inc.<br />
And Kollman, Ken. 2012. Readings in American Politics: Analysis and Perspectives 2 nd<br />
Edition New York: W.W. Norton & Company.<br />
Journal Articles<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. and Christine C. Kim. Forthcoming. “Replacing Sandra Day<br />
O’Connor: Gender and the Politics of Supreme Court Nominations.” Journal of Women,<br />
Politics & Policy<br />
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Reingold, Beth and <strong>Michele</strong> L. Swers. 2011. “An Endogenous Approach to Women’s<br />
Interests: When Interests are Interesting in and of Themselves.” Politics & Gender 7:429-<br />
435.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2007. “Building a Legislative Reputation on National Security: The<br />
Impact of Stereotypes Related to Gender and Military Experience.” Legislative<br />
Studies Quarterly 32: 559-596.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2005. “Connecting Descriptive and Substantive Representation: An<br />
Analysis of Sex Differences in Cosponsorship Activity in the House of<br />
Representatives.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 30: 407-33.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2004. “Whatever Happened to the Year of the Woman:<br />
Lessons from the 1992 and 2002 Elections.” Japanese Journal of the<br />
International Society for Gender Studies. 2: 7-31.<br />
Van Assendelft, Laura, Wendy Gunther-Canada, Julie Dolan, Barbara Palmer, <strong>Michele</strong><br />
Swers. 2003. “Political Science in a Different Voice: Women Faculty<br />
Perspectives on the Status of Women in Political Science Departments in the<br />
South.” PS: Political Science and Politics 36 (2): 311-315.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2002. “Research on Women in Legislatures: What Have<br />
We Learned and Where are We Going?” Women & Politics 23 (1/2): 167-185.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2001. “Congressional Women: An Examination of Their Impact on<br />
Policy and Institutions.” Published as part of a Japanese and American Women’s<br />
Symposium in PS: Political Science and Politics 34 (2): 217-220.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 1998. “Are Congresswomen More Likely to Vote for Women’s<br />
Issue Bills Than Their Male Colleagues?” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23: 435-<br />
448.<br />
This article is reprinted in O’Connor, Karen; Sarah Brewer, and Michael Fisher.<br />
2005. Gendering American Politics: Perspectives from the Literature New York:<br />
Longman.<br />
Chapters in Edited Volumes<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> and Stella Rouse. 2011. “Descriptive Representation:<br />
Understanding the Impact of Identity on Substantive Representation of Group<br />
Interests.” In Oxford Handbook of Congress. Eds. Eric Schickler and Frances Lee<br />
New York: Oxford <strong>University</strong> Press.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong>. 2009. “Gender Differences as the Basis For a Refoundation of the<br />
Social Sciences: The Political Integration of Women: Explaining Women’s Slow<br />
Advancement into Political Office.” In The Future of Political Science: 100<br />
Perspectives Eds. Gary King, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Norman H. Nie New<br />
York: Routledge.<br />
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Swers, <strong>Michele</strong>. 2008. “Policy Leadership Beyond ‘Women’s’ Issues.” In<br />
Legislative Women: Getting Elected, Getting Ahead. Ed. Beth Reingold.<br />
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> and Carin Larson. 2005. “Women and Congress: Do They Act<br />
as Advocates for Women’s Issues.” In Women and Elective Office: Past, Present,<br />
and Future, 2 nd Edition. Eds. Sue Thomas and Clyde Wilcox. New York:<br />
Oxford <strong>University</strong> Press. p. 110-128.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2005. “Descriptive Representation in the United States: A Case of<br />
Institutional and Cultural Resistance.” In Women and Parliamentary<br />
Representation Around the World, ed. Manon Tremblay. Montreal: Remuemenage.<br />
p. 437-455.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2003. “Transforming the Agenda? Analyzing Gender<br />
Differences in Women’s Issue Bill Sponsorship.” In Women Transforming<br />
Congress, ed. Cindy Simon Rosenthal. Norman: <strong>University</strong> of Oklahoma Press.<br />
p. 260-283. (A summary of this article appears in a special report by the Institute<br />
for Women’s Policy Research, October 2000.)<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2002. “Research on Women in Legislatures: What Have We Learned,<br />
Where Are We Going?” In Women & Congress: Running, Winning, and Ruling,<br />
ed. Karen O’Connor. West Hazleton, PA: Haworth Press. p.167-185.<br />
The above article also appears in Kirk, Gwyn and Margo Okazawa-Rey. 2004. Women’s<br />
Lives: Multicultural Perspectives, 3 rd Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2001. “Are Congresswomen More Likely to Vote for Women’s<br />
Issue Bills Than Their Male Colleagues?” In American Politics: Cases and<br />
Readings, 2 nd Edition, ed. Karen O’Connor. New York: Longman Publishing<br />
Group. p. 159-165.<br />
Skocpol, Theda with the assistance of Marshall Ganz, Ziad Munson, <strong>Michele</strong> Swers,<br />
Bayliss Camp, and Jennifer Oser. 1999. “How Americans Became Civic.” In<br />
Civic Engagement in American Democracy, ed. Theda Skocpol and Morris<br />
Fiorina. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press and New York: Russell<br />
Sage Foundation. p.27-80.<br />
Other Publications<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. 2011. Book Review of Ainsworth, Scott H. and Thad E. Hall.<br />
Abortion Politics in Congress: Strategic Incrementalism and Policy Change. The<br />
American Review of Politics 32 (Fall 2011/Winter 2012) p, 373-376.<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. January 2004. “Whatever Happened to the Year of the Woman:<br />
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Lessons from the 1992 and 2002 Elections.” An Open Boundaries Workshop:<br />
Women and Politics in Comparative Perspective. PS: Online E-Symposium.<br />
www.apsanet.org/Jan04/<br />
An abstract of this paper was published in PS: Political Science & Politics 24: 61.<br />
January 2004<br />
Works in Progress<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. “Unpacking Women’s Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health<br />
Care, Education, and Women’s Health in the U.S. Senate.”<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. “Pursuing Women’s Interests in Partisan Times: Explaining Gender<br />
Differences in Legislative Activity on Health, Education, and Women’s Health<br />
Issues.”<br />
Bratton, Kate, Stella Rouse and <strong>Michele</strong> Swers. “Gender and Cosponsorship: A Social<br />
Network Analysis.”<br />
Swers, <strong>Michele</strong> L. “Do Republican Men and Women Have Different Support<br />
Coalitions?: An Analysis of Donors and PACs Supporting Republican<br />
Candidates.”<br />
SELECTED ACADEMIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS<br />
“Unpacking Women’s Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health Care, Education, and<br />
Women’s Health in the U.S. Senate.” Paper Presented at the Midwest Political<br />
Science Association Conference April 2011. An earlier version of this paper was<br />
presented at the conference on Identity, Gender and Representation: Empirical<br />
Analysis of Representation of Women's Interests at Texas A&M February 2012.<br />
“Making Policy in the New Senate Club: Gender Differences in Legislating on Women’s<br />
Issues in the U.S. Senate.” Paper Presented at the Midwest Political Science<br />
Association Conference April 2011.<br />
“Replacing Sandra Day O’Connor: Gender and the Politics of Supreme Court<br />
Nominations” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political<br />
Science Association August 2010. An earlier version of this paper was presented<br />
at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2009.<br />
“Gender and Lower Court Confirmation Politics” Paper presented at the<br />
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2010.<br />
“Can She Protect Us?: Women and Defense Policy in the Post 9/11 World.” Paper<br />
presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2007.<br />
“Providing for the Common Defense: Gender, Military Experience, and Defense Policy<br />
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Participation in the U.S. Senate.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the<br />
American Political Science Association September 2006.<br />
“Providing for the Common Defense: An Analysis of the Impact of Stereotypes Related<br />
to Gender and Military Experience on Defense Policymaking in the U.S. Senate”<br />
Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April<br />
2006. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the<br />
American Political Science Association, September 2005.<br />
“Making Policy in the New Senate Club: Gender Differences in Legislative Activity on<br />
Women’s and Defense Issues” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science<br />
Association Conference, April 2005.<br />
“Legislative Entrepreneurship and Women's Issues: An Analysis of Members’ Bill<br />
Sponsorship and Cosponsorship Agendas.” Paper presented at the Annual<br />
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2004. An<br />
earlier version of this paper was presented at the Midwest Political Science<br />
Association Conference, April 2004.<br />
“Whatever Happened to the Year of the Woman?: Lessons from the 1992 and 2002<br />
Elections.” Paper presented at the Japanese-American Women’s Symposium,<br />
Conference sponsored by the American Political Science Association and the<br />
Women’s Studies Department of the <strong>University</strong> of Delaware. The first portion of<br />
this conference was held at the <strong>University</strong> of Delaware. The second portion of the<br />
conference consisted of a short course at the Annual Meeting of the American<br />
Political Science Association Conference entitled, “Women, Politics, Public<br />
Policy: Comparative Perspectives.” August-September 2003.<br />
“Connecting Descriptive and Substantive Representation: An Analysis of Sex<br />
Differences in Cosponsorship Activity in the House of Representatives.” Paper<br />
presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2003.<br />
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the<br />
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2002.<br />
“Building Coalitions for Women’s Issues: An Analysis of Cosponsorship in the 103 rd and<br />
104 th Congresses.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association<br />
Conference, April 2002.<br />
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Southern Political Science<br />
Association Conference in November 2001 and won the Marian Irish Award for<br />
the best paper on Women and Politics. The paper was also nominated for the<br />
Southern Political Science Association’s Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best<br />
paper presented at the conference.<br />
“Fighting for Women’s Issues on the House Floor: An Analysis of Floor Amending<br />
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Behavior in the 103 rd and 104 th Congresses.” Paper presented at the Annual<br />
Meeting of the American Political Science Association Conference, September<br />
2001.<br />
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Southern Political Science<br />
Association Conference, November 2000. It was nominated for the Marian Irish<br />
Award for the best paper on Women and Politics presented at the 2000 Southern<br />
Political Science Association Conference.<br />
“Research on Women and Congress: What Have We Learned and Where are We<br />
Going?” Paper presented at the Workshop on Women and Politics in<br />
Comparative Perspective, a conference organized by the American Political<br />
Science Association and the Institute for Women and Politics at American<br />
<strong>University</strong>, which brought together American and Japanese women and politics<br />
scholars. August 2000.<br />
“The Policy Impact of Women in Congress.” Paper presented at the Women<br />
Transforming Congress Conference at the Carl Albert Congressional Research<br />
and Studies Center, <strong>University</strong> of Oklahoma. April 2000.<br />
“Show Horses vs. Work Horses, Working Behind the Scenes for Women’s Issues: An<br />
Analysis of Gender Differences in Committee Behavior.” Paper presented at the<br />
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2000.<br />
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Midwest Political Science<br />
Association Conference, April 2000. This paper received the Patrick J. Fett<br />
Award for the best paper on the scientific study of Congress and the Presidency<br />
presented at the 2000 Midwest Political Science Association Conference.<br />
“Placing Women's Issues on the National Agenda: An Analysis of Gender Differences in<br />
Women's Issue Bill Sponsorship for the 103rd and 104th Congresses.” Paper<br />
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,<br />
September 1999.<br />
An earlier version of this paper were presented at the Midwest Political Science<br />
Association Conference, April 1999. This paper won the Sophonisba<br />
Breckenridge Award for the best paper on Women and Politics presented at the<br />
1999 Midwest Political Science Association Conference.<br />
Invited Presentations<br />
“Women and the 2012 Elections.” Wesleyan Fall Symposium on Gender and Election<br />
2012. October 2012.<br />
“Unpacking Women’s Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health Care, Education, and<br />
Women’s Health in the U.S. Senate.” D.C. Area American Politics Workshop<br />
June 2012<br />
“Unpacking Women’s Issues: Gender and Policymaking on Health Care, Education, and<br />
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Women’s Health in the U.S. Senate.” Presented at Conference on Identity, Gender<br />
and Representation: Empirical Analysis of Representation of Women's Interests<br />
Texas A&M February 2012.<br />
“Replacing Sandra Day O’Connor: Gender and the Politics of Supreme Court<br />
Nominations” American Government Speaker Series <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
November 2011<br />
“Nancy Pelosi: Power, Performance, and Impact” Roundtable Panelist Annual<br />
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 2010.<br />
“The Meaning and Measurement of Women’s Interests” Roundtable Panelist Annual<br />
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 2010.<br />
“Post 2008: The Future of Women in the Democratic and Republican Parties”<br />
Roundtable Panelist Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science<br />
Association April 2009.<br />
“Women in Congress” Lecture at Women and Politics Institute American <strong>University</strong>”<br />
May 2007<br />
“Women in Congress: Paths to Political Power and Influence” Lecture at Ohio State John<br />
Glenn School of Public Policy April 2007.<br />
“Paths to Power: Analyzing the Careers of Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton” Roundtable<br />
Chair and Panelist Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association<br />
April 2007.<br />
“Author Meets Critics: McCarty, Poole, and Rosenthal’s Polarized America” Roundtable<br />
Panelist Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April<br />
2007.<br />
“Building a Reputation on National Security: The Impact of Stereotypes Related to<br />
Gender and Military Experience” Lecture to <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Center for<br />
Democracy and Civil Society February 2007.<br />
“Security Moms, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton: Understanding Women’s Evolving<br />
Role in American Politics” Lecture At <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Parents Weekend.<br />
October 2006.<br />
“Women in Congress: Do They Make a Difference?” Lecture at the Women and Politics<br />
Institute of American <strong>University</strong>, May 2006.<br />
“The Difference Women Make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress”, Lecture to<br />
<strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> American Studies Program. September 2004.<br />
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“The Status and Role of Women in American Politics” Lecture at the Summer Institute<br />
for Undergraduate Student Leaders Sponsored by the State Department, Bureau<br />
of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Middle Eastern Partnership Institute<br />
of <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong>. July 2004, July 2006, July 2007.<br />
Roundtable on “How to Get Your Book Published”. Midwest Political<br />
Science Association Conference. April 2004.<br />
“The Difference Women Make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress”, Lecture at<br />
<strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Parents Weekend. October 2003.<br />
Roundtable on “The Women’s Movement and Electoral Politics”. Annual Meeting of<br />
the American Political Science Association Conference. September 2003.<br />
“The Difference Women Make: The Policy Impact of Women in Congress”,<br />
<strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Women Authors Series, <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Women's<br />
Center, April 2003.<br />
“Implications of Current Women and Politics Research for the 2002 Elections” Panel at<br />
Women and Politics Institute of American <strong>University</strong>. October 2002.<br />
“Teaching Political Science After September 11” Roundtable at the Annual Meeting of<br />
the National Capital Area Political Science Association. May 2002<br />
“From the Year of the Woman to the Republican Ascendancy: Evaluating the Policy<br />
Impact of Women in Congress.” As winner of the 2001 Carl Albert Dissertation<br />
Award given by the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science<br />
Association, I gave a presentation to the Carl Albert Congressional Research and<br />
Studies Center, <strong>University</strong> of Oklahoma, April 2002.<br />
“Gender Differences in Legislative Priorities: An Analysis of Bill Sponsorship.”<br />
Paper presented at the George Washington <strong>University</strong> Research Series, January<br />
2000.<br />
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<br />
Academic and Teaching Positions<br />
Associate Professor, Department of Government, <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 2007-Present.<br />
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong>, 2002-<br />
2007.<br />
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Mary<br />
Washington College, 2000-2002.<br />
Teaching Fellow, Department of Government, Harvard <strong>University</strong>, Fall 1997-Spring<br />
1998. Earned a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Fall course entitled,<br />
Constitutional Democracy in America.<br />
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Social Studies Teacher, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst, NY, Sept. 1993-June 1995.<br />
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE<br />
Editorial Boards and Committee Service<br />
Editorial Board Member Politics & Gender, journal published by Cambridge <strong>University</strong><br />
Press. 2003-2007; 2010-Present<br />
Editorial Board Member Congress & the Presidency, journal published by American<br />
<strong>University</strong>’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. 2007-2010.<br />
Ad Hoc Committee on Workable Solutions to Advancing Women in the Discipline,<br />
American Political Science Association, Committee Member 2011-2012.<br />
Alan Rosenthal Award Committee Chair Selects best book or article on legislative studies<br />
by a junior scholar for the American Political Science Association Legislative Studies<br />
Section 2009-2010<br />
Emerging Scholars Award Committee American Political Science Association Political<br />
Organization and Parties Section 2008-2009.<br />
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award Committee for the Midwest Political<br />
Science Association Women’s Caucus 2008-2009.<br />
Marian Irish Committee for Best Paper on Women and Politics Southern Political<br />
Science Association 2008-2009.<br />
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award Committee Chair for the Midwest<br />
Political Science Association Women’s Caucus 2007-2008.<br />
Section Chair Women and Politics for Midwest Political Science Association Conference<br />
select and coordinate papers for presentation at the conference 2006-2007.<br />
Jewell-Loewenburg Award Committee for the Best Article published in Legislative<br />
Studies Quarterly, Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science<br />
Association, 2004-2005.<br />
Marian Irish Award Committee for the Best Paper on Women and Politics, Southern<br />
Political Science Association 2004-2005.<br />
Best Dissertation Committee Women and Politics Research Section 2003-2004.<br />
Member Committee on the Status of Women, Southern Political Science Association<br />
2001-Present.<br />
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Conference Panels Chaired and Reviewer for Journals and <strong>University</strong> Presses<br />
Discussant “Campaign Politics and Competition” Sponsored by the Women and Politics<br />
Section Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 2011.<br />
Panel Chair and Panelist “Paths to Power: Analyzing the Careers of Nancy Pelosi and<br />
Hillary Clinton” Roundtable Co-Sponsored by the Program Chairs and the Women and<br />
Politics Section at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association<br />
April 2007.<br />
Discussant “Winning Elections in the United States” Annual Meeting of the Institute for<br />
Women’s Policy Research June 20-23 2005.<br />
Panel Chair “Gender and Elections” Co-Sponsored by the Elections and Voting Behavior<br />
Section and the Women and Politics Section at the Annual Meeting of the American<br />
Political Science Association, September 2-5, 2004.<br />
Panel Chair “Women in Congress” Co-sponsored by Legislative Studies Section and<br />
Women and Politics Section at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science<br />
Association, August 28-31, 2003<br />
Panel Chair “Gender and the Path to the State Legislature” Sponsored by the Women and<br />
Politics Section, at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 15-18,<br />
2004<br />
Reviewer for Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, American<br />
Politics Research, Women & Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Politics & Gender,<br />
Sex Roles, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy, and<br />
American Political Science Review<br />
Reviewer for <strong>University</strong> of Chicago Press, <strong>University</strong> of Michigan Press, and Oxford<br />
<strong>University</strong> Press.<br />
<strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Service<br />
Department of Government Open Search Committee, Member 2012-2013<br />
Tenure Committee Chair 2012-2013<br />
American Politics Field Chair 2008-2010, 2011-2012<br />
Graduate School Standing Committee on Academic Integrity Member 2008-2011<br />
Planning and Budget Committee 2008-2009<br />
Search Committee Junior Faculty American Politics Position 2007-2008.<br />
Graduate Admissions Committee Spring 2006 and Spring 2007<br />
Search Committee for Visiting Assistant Professor in American Government Spring 2007<br />
Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies. 2004-2005<br />
Member Junior Faculty Search Committee and Walsh Chair Associate Professor Search<br />
Committee Fall 2003-Spring 2004<br />
PhD Thesis Committee Member Vivian Roza Received 2010<br />
PhD Thesis Committee Member Beth Stark PhD Received Fall 2006<br />
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PhD Thesis Committee Member Jennifer Lucas <strong>University</strong> of Maryland PhD Received<br />
Fall 2006<br />
PhD Thesis Committee Member for Keiko Ono, PhD received December 2005.<br />
Second reader on undergraduate honors thesis committees Spring 2004, Spring 2006,<br />
Spring 2012<br />
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS<br />
Member of the American Political Science Association (APSA), APSA Legislative<br />
Studies Section, APSA Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior Section, and<br />
APSA Women and Politics Research Section. Also a member of the Midwest Political<br />
Science Association and the Southern Political Science Association and their associated<br />
Women’s Caucuses.<br />
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