猫咪社区app

Professional Presentations

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• 2014. News as a Casualty: District Polarization and Media Coverage of U.S. House Campaigns, paper presented at the 猫咪社区app Gridlock: Causes, Characteristics, and Consequences of Polarization Conference, Washington, DC: May 9. 听
• 2014. Present or Absent? (Re-)Evaluating the Role of Gender Stereotyping in Contemporary Campaigns and Elections, roundtable participant at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 3 鈥� 6. 听
• 2014. How Uncompetitive Elections and Media Consolidation Impoverish the News and Diminish Democracy, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 3 鈥� 6. 听
• 2014. Uncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 3 鈥� 6. 听
• 2014. A Non-Gendered Lens: The Absence of Gender Stereotyping in Contemporary Congressional Elections, paper presented at the winter meeting of the National Capital Area Political Science Association鈥檚 猫咪社区app Politics Workshop, Washington, DC: January 7. 听
• 2013. Understanding the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Chicago: August 29 鈥� September 1. 听
• 2013. A Non-Gendered Lens: The Absence of Gender Stereotyping in Contemporary Congressional Elections, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 11 鈥� 14. 听
• 2013. Girls Just Wanna Not Run: The Gender Gap in Young 猫咪社区apps鈥� Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 11 鈥� 14. 听
• 2013. A Non-Gendered Lens: The Absence of Gender Stereotyping in Contemporary Congressional Elections, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Orlando: January 3 鈥� 6. 听
• 2012. Reconciling Family Roles with Political Ambition: The New Normal for Women in 21st Century Politics, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, New Orleans: August 30 鈥� September 2. (Conference Canceled.) 听
• 2012. Is there Fire in the Belly? Gender, Competitive Traits, and Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 12 鈥� 15. 听
• 2012. Women Politicians and the News: A Discussion of New Research, roundtable participant at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland: March 22 鈥� 25. 听
• 2011. Lawless, Jennifer L. and Richard L. Fox. Barefoot and Pregnant, or Ready to Be President: Gender, Family Roles, and Political Ambition in the 21st Century, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association: Seattle: September 1 鈥� 4. 听
• 2011. Lawless, Jennifer L. and Richard L. Fox. Barefoot and Pregnant, or Ready to Be President: Gender, Family Roles and Political Ambition in the 21st Century, paper presented at the DC-Area 猫咪社区app Politics Workshop, Washington, DC: June 21. 听
• 2011. The Intersection of Traditional Family Roles and Political Ambition: A Re-Evaluation, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: Chicago: March 31 鈥� April 2. 听
• 2010. Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies: A Central Barrier to Women鈥檚 Equality in Electoral Politics, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Washington, DC: September 1 鈥� 4. 听
• 2010. Envisioning a Candidacy: Gender and Self-Efficacy to Run for Office, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 17 鈥� 20. 听
• 2010. Twitter and Facebook: New Ways to Send the Same Message, paper presented at the Media 2.0 Conference, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA: March 8 鈥� 9. 听
• 2009. The Qualifications Gap: Explaining Women鈥檚 Lower Levels of Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago: April 4 鈥� 6. 听
• 2008. If Only They鈥檇 Ask: Gender, Recruitment, and Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Boston, September 1 鈥� 3. 听
• 2008. The Evolution of Political Ambition, Roundtable on the Citizen Political Ambition Study Wave II, annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 7 鈥� 9. 听
• 2008. The Persistent Gender Gap in Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, March 20 鈥� 22. 听
• 2008. Congressional Primaries and Party Polarization, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans: January 10 鈥� 12. 听
• 2007. Congressional Primaries and Party Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1992 鈥� 2006, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Chicago, August 29 鈥� September 1. 听
• 2007. The Primary Aspect of the Problem: Congressional Primaries and Women鈥檚 Under-Representation, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 14 鈥� 17. 听
• 2006. Gender, Congressional Primaries, and Women鈥檚 Under-Representation, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 1 鈥� 4. 听
• 2006. The Primary Reason for Women鈥檚 Under-Representation: Gender and Congressional Elections, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 18 鈥� 20. 听
• 2005. Race and Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Washington, DC, September 1 鈥� 4. 听
• 2005. Race and the Initial Decision to Run for Office: Racial Dynamics and Differences in Candidate Emergence, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 7 鈥� 10. 听
• 2004. The Formation of Ideological Self-Designation: Political Sophistication and Policy Preferences of Ordinary Citizens, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2 鈥� 5. 听
• 2004. Nascent Ambition and the Decision Dynamics of Running for Office, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2 鈥� 5. 听
• 2004. Women, War, and Winning Elections: Gender Stereotyping in the Post-September 11th Era, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15 鈥� 18. 听
• 2004. The Initial Run for Office: Decision Dynamics of Entering Electoral Politics, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 15 鈥� 18. 听
• 2004. Anything She Can Do, He Can Do Better? Gender Stereotyping in the Post September 11th Era, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 8 鈥� 10. 听
• 2003. Political Ideology in the United States: Conservatism and Liberalism in the 1980s and 1990s, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 28 鈥� September 1. 听
• 2003. The Gender Gap in Candidate Emergence: Sex Differences in Political Ambition, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 3 鈥� 6. 听
• 2003. Will She Stay or Will She Go?听 Women鈥檚 Retirement from the U.S. Congress, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 3 鈥� 6. 听
• 2002. The Impact of Sex Role Socialization on the Decision to Run for Office, paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, November 7 鈥� 9. 听
• 2002. Entering the Arena: Gender and the Initial Decision to Run for Office, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, Boston, August 29 鈥� September 2. 听
• 2002. Political Ideology in the United States: Conservatism and Liberalism in the 1980s and 1990s, paper presented at the Conference on Conservatism, Augsburg, May 10 鈥� 11. 听
• 2002. Politics of Presence: Women in the House and Symbolic Representation, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 24 鈥� 26. 听
• 2001. Women鈥檚 Presence in the House: Constituent Level Benefits of Symbolic Representation, paper presented at the annual meeting of the 猫咪社区app Political Science Association, San Francisco, August 29 鈥� September 2. 听
• 2001. Gender and the Decision to Run for Office: A Pilot Study in New York, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, March 15 鈥� 17. 听
• 2000. Political Participation Among the Urban Poor, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Jose, March 24 鈥� 26. 听
• 1997. What is Political?听 Kenyan Conceptions of Political Thought, Interest, Government Problems and Priorities, paper presented at the annual meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, New York, April 18 鈥� 20. 听

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Invited Lectures (Academic):

• University of Iowa (Political Science Department and School of Public Policy), 鈥淭he Gender Gap in Political Ambition, or Why Women and Girls Just Wanna Not Run,鈥� April 18, 2014. 听
• Brigham Young University (Department of Political Science), Provo, UT, 鈥淯ncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition,鈥� February 6, 2014. 听
• Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 鈥淯ncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition,鈥� November 14, 2013. 听
• Duke University (Department of Political Science), Durham, NC, 鈥淯ncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition,鈥� October 30, 2013. 听
• University of Maryland (Department of Political Science), College Park, MD, 鈥淎 Non-Gendered Lens: The Absence of Stereotyping in Contemporary Congressional Elections,鈥� April 26, 2013. 听
• University of Texas (Department of Government), Austin, TX, 鈥淎 Non-Gendered Lens: The Absence of Stereotyping in Contemporary Congressional Elections,鈥� February 21, 2013. 听
• Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 鈥淧residential Symposium Keynote Address: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� December 10, 2012. 听
• University of Minnesota (Department of Government), Minneapolis, MN, 鈥淎 Non-Gendered Lens: The Absence of Stereotyping in Contemporary Congressional Elections,鈥� September 11, 2012. 听
• University of Minnesota (Humphrey School of Public Policy), Minneapolis, MN, 鈥淚s 2012 a Year of the Woman?鈥� September 11, 2012. 听
• Brown University, Providence, RI, 鈥淚t Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office,鈥� October 31, 2011. 听
• Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 鈥淐racking the Ceiling: A Conversation with Anne Kornblut and Jennifer Lawless,鈥� March 21, 2011. 听
• Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, 鈥淚t Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� March 10, 2011 听
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 鈥淲omen and the 2010 Congressional Elections,鈥� October 15, 2010. 听
• Susan B. Anthony Center for Women鈥檚 Leadership, University of Rochester, 鈥淲omen and the 2008 Presidential and Congressional Elections,鈥� October 29, 2008. 听
• Harvard University, Department of Government, Cambridge, MA, 鈥淭he Gender Gap in Political Recruitment,鈥� January 29, 2010. 听
• Georgetown University, Department of Political Science, Washington, DC, 鈥淚f Only They鈥檇 Ask: Gender, Recruitment, and Political Ambition,鈥� October 2, 2009. 听
• University of Virginia, Department of Political Science, Charlottesville, VA, 鈥淚f Only They鈥檇 Ask: Gender and Political Recruitment,鈥� May 1, 2009. 听
• Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office, Why They Must, and What Happens When They Do,鈥� March 19, 2009. 听
• 猫咪社区app University, Department of Political Science, Washington, DC, 鈥淚f Only They鈥檇 Ask: Gender, Recruitment, and Political Ambition,鈥� March 3, 2009. 听
• Stanford University, Department of Political Science, Stanford, CA, 鈥淚f Only They鈥檇 Ask: Gender and Political Recruitment,鈥� January 28, 2009. 听
• Susan B. Anthony Center for Women鈥檚 Leadership, University of Rochester, 鈥淲omen and the 2008 Presidential and Congressional Elections,鈥� October 29, 2008. 听
• University of Maryland 鈥揝chool of Law, Baltimore, MD, 鈥淲omen, Representation, and Political Ambition,鈥� October 24, 2008. 听
• Connecticut College, Department of Women鈥檚 Studies, New London, CT, 鈥淲omen, Elections, and Ambition: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office,鈥� October 30, 2007. 听
• University of North Carolina 鈥� Chapel Hill, Department of Political Science, 鈥淭he Evolution of Political Ambition,鈥� October 26, 2007. 听
• Union College, Department of Political Science, 鈥淚t Takes a Candidate: Why Women Should Run for Office and What Happens when They Do,鈥� January 29, 2007. 听
• Providence College, Department of Political Science, 鈥淕ender and Congressional Elections: Ambition and Representation,鈥� November 13, 2006. 听
• State University of New York 鈥� Geneseo, Department of Political Science, 鈥淲omen, Elections, and Representation,鈥� November 2, 2006. 听
• Barnard College, Department of Political Science, 鈥淚t Takes a Candidate: Why Women Should Run for Office and What Happens when They Do,鈥� October 26, 2006. 听
• Roger Williams University, Department of Political Science, 鈥淚t Takes a Candidate: Why Women Should Run for Office and What Happens when They Do,鈥� October 24, 2006. 听
• University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center for Congressional Politics, 鈥淲omen, Representation, and the 2006 Elections,鈥� October 18, 2006. 听
• University of California, Berkeley, Department of Inter-Governmental Studies, 鈥淕ender, Congressional Primaries, and Representation,鈥� June 8, 2006. 听
• Harvard University, Department of Government, 鈥淚t Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office,鈥� December 9, 2005. 听
• Siena College鈥檚 First Women President Symposium, 鈥淒im Prospects for a Woman in the White House: Gender Stereotyping in the Post-September 11th Era,鈥� March 5, 2005. 听
• Harvard University, Department of Government, 鈥淣ascent Political Ambition: Studying the Initial Decision to Run for Office,鈥� November 18, 2004. 听
• Susan B. Anthony Center for Women鈥檚 Leadership, University of Rochester, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office,鈥� October 8, 2004. 听

Invited Lectures (Political Analysis and Commentary):听 听听 听

• Women鈥檚 Political Committee, Los Angeles, CA, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and How to Close the Ambition Gap,鈥� March 12, 2014. 听
• New York Women鈥檚 Foundation / CitiFoundation, 鈥淢en Rule: The Under-Representation of Women in U.S. Politics,鈥� March 5, 2014. 听
• Women Impacting Public Policy, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Leadership, and Advocacy: Run for Office!鈥� October 10, 2013. 听
• Emerge America 鈥� Webinar, 鈥淕irls Just Wanna Not Run,鈥� July 24, 2013. 听
• Phi Sigma Sigma, New York, NY, 鈥淢iss Representation: Women and Leadership,鈥� July 12, 2013. 听
• Women鈥檚 Fund of Western Massachusetts, Holyoke, MA, 鈥淲omen and Politics: Run for Office!鈥� May 22, 2013. 听
• Brearley School, New York, NY, 鈥淢iss Representation: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� May 3, 2013. 听
• Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, 鈥淢iss Representation: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� April 24, 2013. 听
• Arnold and Porter LLP, Washington, DC, 鈥淭he Gender Gap in Political Ambition and How We Can Close It,鈥� April 8, 2013. 听
• One Day University, Philadelphia, PA, 鈥淲hy Public Opinion Polls are So Often Wrong,鈥� March 23, 2013. 听
• Ignite, Dallas, TX, 鈥淲hy Young Women Don鈥檛 Want to Run for Office: The Gender Gap in Young 猫咪社区apps鈥� Political Ambition,鈥� February 23, 2013. 听
• Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 鈥淲omen, Politics, and the Gender Gap in Ambition,鈥� February 10, 2013. 听
• U.S. Embassy in Ireland, via Skype (U.S. State Department), 鈥淲omen, Elections, and Political Ambition,鈥� January 30, 2013. 听
• Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, 鈥淩ecapping the 2012 Presidential Election,鈥� November 14, 2012. 听
• U.S. Embassy in Canada (U.S. State Department), 鈥淭he 2012 Elections: Expectations and Surprises,鈥� November 14, 2012. 听
• Fox Hill Senior Center, Bethesda, MD, 鈥淧olling Pitfalls: Why We Should Be Suspect of Everything We See in the News,鈥� October 23, 2012. 听
• WAND 鈥� Webinar, 鈥淢en Rule: The Continued Under-Representation of Women in Politics,鈥� October 11, 2012. 听
• U.S. State Department 鈥� World Learning Program, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and U.S. Politics: From Voters to Candidates to Elected Officials,鈥� September 17, 2012. 听
• Scholars Strategy Network, Minneapolis, MN, 鈥淚s 2012 a Year of the Woman?鈥� September 10, 2012. 听
• National Archives, Washington, DC, 鈥淏eyond the Vote: Post-Suffrage Strategies to Gain Access to Power,鈥� August 23, 2012. 听
• U.S. Department of State (Foreign Service Institute), Washington, DC, 鈥淓lection 2012: What to Expect,鈥� August 9, 2012. 听
• Women in Government Relations, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Politics, and the Glass Ceiling,鈥� July 18, 2012. 听
• National Council for Research on Women, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Paths to Politics,鈥� June 21, 2012. 听
• U.S. Department of State (Foreign Service Institute), Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and the 2012 Elections,鈥� June 15, 2012. 听
• Leading Ladies, DC, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and Politics: Why Don鈥檛 They Run,鈥� May 5, 2012. 听
• U.S. Department of State (Foreign Service Institute), Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and the 2012 Elections,鈥� May 1, 2012. 听
• The Farm Team, Arlington, VA, 鈥淢en Rule: The Continued Under-Representation of Women in U.S. Politics,鈥� April 19, 2012. 听
• Sewell Belmont House, Washington, DC, 鈥淏reaking Barriers to the Glass Ceiling,鈥� April 17, 2012. 听
• Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 鈥淲omen, Politics, and the 2012 Elections,鈥� March 31, 2012. 听
• Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 鈥淢iss Representation: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� March 21, 2012. 听
• National Cathedral School, Washington, DC, 鈥淢iss Representation: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� March 9, 2012. 听
• U.S. State Department 鈥� World Learning Program, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and U.S. Politics: From Voters to Candidates to Elected Officials,鈥� March 5, 2012. 听
• Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� February 28, 2012. 听
• Emerge America 鈥� Webinar, 鈥淎 Conversation with Jennifer Lawless,鈥� February 22, 2012. 听
• Georgetown Senior Citizen Center, 鈥淓lection 2012,鈥� January 25, 2012. 听
• Women of Influence, Inc., Toronto, Canada, 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Under-Representation and the Importance of their Voices,鈥� December 2, 2011. 听
• Eisenhower Institute, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and the 2012 Elections,鈥� November 13, 2011. 听
• U.S. Department of State (Foreign Service Institute), 鈥淲omen and the 2012 Elections,鈥� November 10, 2011. 听
• FOC猫咪社区app Conference for Penn Women, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 鈥淲omen, Campaigns, and Elections,鈥� October 21, 2011. 听
• Women Impacting Public Policy, Washington, DC, 鈥淚t Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� October 13, 2011. 听
• Women in Medicine Program, University of Indiana School of Medicine, 鈥淭he Graceful Art of Self-Promotion: Women in Politics,鈥� October 12, 2011. 听
• Sewell-Belmont House, Washington, DC, 鈥淎 Woman鈥檚 Perspective: Women in 猫咪社区app Democracy,鈥� October 5, 2011. 听
• Women鈥檚 Leadership Council, Los Angeles, CA, 鈥淚f Only They鈥檇 Ask: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� September 22, 2011. 听
• Emerge Maine, Waterville, ME, 鈥淲hy Women Must Run for Office,鈥� August 11, 2011. 听
• Emerge Maine Alumnae Network, Waterville, ME, 鈥淲omen Candidates in 2010 and 2012,鈥� August 11, 2011. 听
• Carrie Chapman Catt Center, Ames, IA, 鈥淚t Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� June 10, 2011. 听
• Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life, St. Louis, MO, 鈥淚t Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� May 26, 2011. 听
• Emerge America, San Francisco, CA, 鈥淲hy Women Must Run for Office,鈥� May 24, 2011. 听
• Union College Semester in Washington, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Politics, and Representation,鈥� May 1, 2011. 听
• Feminist Majority Foundation鈥檚 Women, Money, Power Summit, Washington, DC, 鈥淓lecting Women to State Legislatures and the U.S. Congress,鈥� April 8, 2011. 听
• Equal Voices, Ottawa, Ontario, 鈥淚t Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� March 11, 2011. 听
• U.S. Embassy in Canada (U.S. State Department), 鈥淲omen, Representation, and Political Ambition,鈥� March 10, 2011. 听
• Eisenhower Institute, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Politics, and Representation,鈥� February 27, 2011. 听
• Deloitte, Arlington, VA, 鈥淲omen and Leadership in Corporate America,鈥� February 22, 2011. 听
• Running Start, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� February 11, 2010. 听
• WREI Fellowship Program, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� January 24, 2011. 听
• Wednesday Morning Group, Bethesda, MD, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� January 19, 2011. 听
• Institute for Women鈥檚 Policy Research, Washington, DC, 鈥淭he 2010 Midterm Elections,鈥� November 10, 2010. 听
• 猫咪社区app Association of Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� November 9, 2010. 听
• 猫咪社区app Association of School Boards, Washington, DC, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� November 9, 2010. 听
• Massachusetts National Organization for Women, Boston, MA, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� November 6, 2010. 听
• EMILY鈥檚 List, Washington, DC, Election Day Expert, November 2, 2010. 听
• Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 鈥淲hy We Shouldn鈥檛 Believe听 What We Read In The Newspaper,鈥� October 27, 2010. 听
• University of Rochester鈥檚 Susan B. Anthony Center, Rochester, NY, 鈥淲omen and the 2010 Elections,鈥� October 15, 2010. 听
• Running Start, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� October 1, 2010. 听
• Emerge Oregon, Portland, OR, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� September 28, 2010.< 听
• Women鈥檚 Media Center and Women鈥檚 Campaign Forum, Washington, DC, 鈥淣ame It, Change It,鈥� September 23, 2010. 听
• Emerge New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� August 28, 2010. 听
• U.S. State Department, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Campaigns, and Elections in the U.S.,鈥� June 23, 2010. 听
• Center for Women鈥檚 Business Research, Washington, DC, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� June 9, 1010. 听
• Democratic National Committee鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Leadership Council, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen and the Democratic Party,鈥� May 7, 2010 听
• Sewell-Belmont House and the Female Congressional Staffers鈥� Association, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Campaigns, and Elections,鈥� April 28, 2010. 听
• Women鈥檚 Fund of Western Massachusetts, Holyoke, MA, 鈥淲omen and the Political Process,鈥� March 27, 2010. 听
• Rachel鈥檚 Network, Washington, DC, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� March 17, 2010. 听
• Running Start, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� February, 19, 2010. 听
• Women鈥檚 Fund of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, 鈥淲omen and the Political Process,鈥� October 22, 2009. 听
• Running Start, Washington, DC, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� October 9,听 2009. 听
• Feminist Majority Foundation鈥檚 Women, Money, Power Summit, Washington, DC, 鈥淧olitical Recruitment and Women鈥檚 Representation: The Changes We Need to Pursue,鈥� October 4, 2009. 听
• Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, Rhinebeck, NY, 鈥淲omen, Political Ambition, and the Policy Process,鈥� March 10, 2009. 听
• Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, New York, NY, 鈥淵oung Women and Political Ambition,鈥� February 16, 2009. 听
• Emerge America, Los Altos, CA, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� January 26, 2009. 听
• Teach For America, San Francisco, CA, 鈥淕etting Young People Engaged in Politics: The Problem and the Solution,鈥� January 25, 2009. 听
• Credit Suisse, Sonoma, CA, 鈥淓lection 2008: How Did We Get Here and Where Do We Go?鈥� November 14, 2008. 听
• The Women鈥檚 University Club, Middletown, NY, 鈥淲hy Women Don鈥檛 Run for Office and What Happens When They Do,鈥� October 16, 2008. 听
• Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee, New York, NY, 鈥淲omen and Election 2008,鈥� September 11, 2008. 听
• University of North Carolina 鈥� Chapel Hill, Women鈥檚 Center, 鈥淭aking the Plunge: Women, Ambition, and Electoral Politics,鈥� October 25, 2007. 听
• Feminist Majority Foundation 猫咪社区app Leadership Conference 鈥� Providence, RI, 鈥淲omen, Ambition, and Representation,鈥� Keynote Address, October 20, 2007. 听
• Girls, Inc., Providence, RI, 鈥淲omen, Politics, and Progress,鈥� Keynote Speaker, October 19, 2007. 听
• Center for 猫咪社区app Progress and the 猫咪社区app Progress Conference, Washington, DC, 鈥淓mbedding Feminism Across the Progressive Spectrum,鈥� June 26, 2007. 听
• Coalition of Labor Union Women, Pittsburg, PA, 鈥淩un for Office?听 Sure You Can,鈥� June 1, 2007. 听
• Women & Politics Leadership Institute鈥檚 Annual Conference, 猫咪社区app University, 鈥淲hy Women Must Run for Office,鈥� Keynote Speaker, May 17, 2007. 听
• U.S. State Department, 鈥淲omen in U.S. Politics: Voters, Candidates, and Elected Officials,鈥� Lectures at Leiden University, University of Amsterdam, and Groningen University, Netherlands, October 18 鈥� 19, 2004. 听
• Asia Foundation, 鈥淲omen and the 2004 Election,鈥� September 23, 2004. 听

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