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SUSAN J. CARROLL
Eagleton Institute of Politics 28 Freedom Lane
Rutgers University Somerset, NJ 08873
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-627-5071
Phone: 848-932-8364
scarroll@rci.rutgers.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Indiana University, Political Science, 1980
M.A., Indiana University, Political Science, 1975
B.A., Miami University (Ohio), History, magna cum laude, 1972
POSITIONS
Professor, Department of Political Science and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies,
Rutgers University
Senior Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers
University
PREVIOUS TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
1981-1997 Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University
1978-1981 Instructor and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, George Washington
University
1977-1978 Visiting Research Associate, Center for the American Woman and Politics, Eagleton
Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
1976-1977 Research Fellow in Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
1974-1976 Associate Instructor, Department of Political Science, Indiana University
1974 Research Assistant, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana
University
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MAJOR GRANTS FOR SPONSORED RESEARCH
Co-principal Investigator, “Women Representing in an Era of Polarization,” a grant to the Center for
American Women and Politics from Hunt Alternatives Fund, $400,000, 2015-17
Co-principal Investigator, “Recruitment of Women for Public Office,” a grant to the Center for
American Women and Politics from the Barbara Lee Foundation, $100,000 (plus $50,000+ in
matching funds from other sources), 2007-08
Co-principal Investigator, “The Impact of Women in State Legislatures: The View from 2001,” a
grant to the Center for American Women and Politics from the Barbara Lee Foundation,
$200,000, 2001-02
Co-principal Investigator, "Women in Public Office: Speeding Up the Impact," a grant to the Center
for the American Woman and Politics from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, $458,000,
1993-95
Co-principal Investigator, "Women and American Politics: Agenda Setting for the 21st Century," a
grant to the Center for the American Woman and Politics, Ford Foundation, $75,000,
1993-94
Co-principal Investigator, "The Impact of Women in Public Office," a grant to the Center for the
American Woman and Politics from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, $450,000, 1987-91
Co-principal Investigator, "Bringing More Women into Public Office," a grant to the Center for the
American Woman and Politics from the Charles H. Revson Foundation, $220,000, 1983-85
OTHER GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Lifetime Contribution to Political Studies Award, Political Studies Association (United Kingdom),
2014
Midwest Political Science Association Women’s Caucus Outstanding Professional Achievement
Award (with a panel in my honor at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings), 2006
Leader in Diversity Award (for valuable and sustained contributions that support, encourage, and
enhance diversity), Rutgers University, 2006
Excellence in Mentoring Award, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 2004, 1996, 1989
Research Council Grant, Rutgers University, 2003-04, 2002-03, 1997-98, 1991-92, 1990-91,
1984-85
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University, Seminar on “Advocacy:
Decisions, Data and Discourse,” 2000-01
Mary Philbrook Award for Achievements and Contributions to Advancing Women’s Equality,
Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey, 2001
Research Action Cluster Grant, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University, 2000 (with
Judith Gerson)
Honorable Mention (Runner-up), Best Paper on Women and Politics presented at the 1998
American Political Science Association Meetings (with Kathleen J. Casey)
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University, Seminar on “Women in the
Public Sphere: Power, Practice, Agency,” 1997-98
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OTHER GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS (continued)
Goldsmith Research Award, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy,
Harvard University, 1997
Georgina Smith Award for Creative and Distinguished Leadership, Rutgers University Chapter of
the American Association of University Professors, 1995
Teaching Excellence Center Award, Rutgers University, 1992-93, 1993-94 (with Linda Zerilli,
Cynthia Daniels, and Richard Wilson)
Schlesinger Library Research Support Grant, Radcliffe College, 1991-92
Honorable Mention (Runner-up), Best Paper on Women and Politics presented at the 1989
American Political Science Association Meetings, 1990
Douglass College Fellows Opportunity Grant, 1988-89, 1987-88
Author's Citation, New Jersey Institute of Technology Alumni Association, 1986
Outstanding Academic Book Award, Choice, 1985
Research Council Travel Grant, Rutgers University, 1982
Faculty Research Grant, George Washington University, 1981
Katharine C. Greenough Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation, Indiana University Department of
Political Science, 1980
American Association of University Women Fellowship, 1977-78
Research Fellow in Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, 1976-77
Indiana University Women's Studies Research Grant, 1976-77, 1974-75
Indiana University Graduate School Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research, 1976-77
Woodrow Wilson Research Grant in Women's Studies, 1976
Indiana University Graduate School Fellowship, 1976, 1973-74
PUBLICATIONS
Books
More Women Can Run: Gender and Pathways to the State Legislatures (Oxford University Press,
2013) (with Kira Sanbonmatsu)
Women as Candidates in American Politics (Indiana University Press, First Edition, 1985; Second
Edition, 1994)
Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, co-editor with Richard L. Fox
(Cambridge University Press, First Edition, 2006; Second Edition, 2010; Third Edition, 2014)
Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions, editor (Oxford University Press,
2003)
The Impact of Women in Public Office, editor (Indiana University Press, 2001)
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Monographs
Poised to Run: Women’s Pathways to the State Legislatures (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for
American Women and Politics, 2010) (with Kira Sanbonmatsu and Debbie Walsh)
Women and American Politics: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century (New Brunswick, NJ:
Center for the American Woman and Politics, 1996) (with Debra J. Liebowitz)
Voices, Views, Votes: The Impact of Women in the 103rd Congress (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for
the American Woman and Politics, 1995) (with Debra L. Dodson, Ruth B. Mandel, Katherine E.
Kleeman, Ronnee Schreiber, and Debra Liebowitz)
Reshaping the Agenda: Women in State Legislatures (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for the American
Woman and Politics, 1991) (with Debra L. Dodson)
The Impact of Women in Public Office: An Overview (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for the American
Woman and Politics, 1991) (with Debra L. Dodson and Ruth B. Mandel)
Women, Black, and Hispanic State Elected Leaders, editor (New Brunswick, NJ: Eagleton Institute
of Politics, 1991)
Women Appointed to State Government: A Comparison with All State Appointees (New Brunswick,
NJ: Center for the American Woman and Politics, 1984) (with Barbara Geiger-Parker)
Women's Routes to Elective Office: A Comparison With Men's (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for the
American Woman and Politics, 1983) (with Wendy S. Strimling)
Women Appointed to the Carter Administration: A Comparison With Men (New Brunswick, NJ:
Center for the American Woman and Politics, 1983) (with Barbara Geiger-Parker)
Profile of Women Holding Office, 1977 (Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, 1978) (with
Marilyn Johnson). (Reprinted from Women in Public Office: A Biographical Directory and
Statistical Analysis, Second Edition, by the Center for the American Woman and Politics
(Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1978))
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Introduction: Gender and Electoral Politics in the Early Twenty-First Century,” in Gender and
Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard Fox
(New York: Cambridge University Press, Third Edition, 2014) (with Richard L. Fox).
“Voting Choices: How and Why the Gender Gap Matters,” in Gender and Elections: Shaping the
Future of American Politics, edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard Fox (New York: Cambridge
University Press, Third Edition, 2014).
“Cracking the ‘Highest, Hardest Glass Ceiling’: Women as Presidential and Vice Presidential
Contenders,” in Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, edited by Susan
J. Carroll and Richard Fox (New York: Cambridge University Press, Third Edition, 2014) (with
Kelly Dittmar).
“Women in State Government: Stalled Progress,” in The Book of the States, Volume 46, edited by
The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY: The Council of State Governments, 2014).
“Introduction: Celebrating 25 Years of the Women and Politics Program at Rutgers University,”
Politics & Gender 9:4 (December 2013); as part of a Critical Perspectives section I edited
entitled “Crossing Borders, Transforming Knowlege.”
“Women in State Government: Historical Patterns, Recent Trends, Future Prospects,” in The Book
of the States, Volume 45, edited by The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY: The
Council of State Governments, 2013).
“Preparedness Meets Opportunity: A Case Study of Women’s Representation in the New Jersey
Legislature,” in Breaking Male Dominance in Old Democracies, edited by Drude Dahlerup and
Monique Leyenaar (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013) (with Kelly Dittmar).
“Entering the Mayor’s Office: Women’s Decisions to Run for Municipal Office,” in Women in
Executive Office: Pathways and Performance, edited by Melody Rose (Boulder: Lynne Rienner,
2012) (with Kira Sanbonmatsu).
“Women in State Government: Past, Present, Future,” in The Book of the States, Volume 43, edited
by The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY: The Council of State Governments,
2011).
“Introduction: Gender and Electoral Politics in the Early Twenty-First Century,” in Gender and
Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard Fox
(New York: Cambridge University Press, Second Edition, 2010) (with Richard L. Fox).
“Voting Choices: The Politics of the Gender Gap,” in Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of
American Politics, edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard Fox (New York: Cambridge
University Press, Second Edition, 2010).
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters (continued)
“The 2008 Candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin: Cracking the ‘Highest, Hardest Glass
Ceiling,’” in Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, edited by Susan J.
Carroll and Richard Fox (New York: Cambridge University Press, Second Edition, 2010) (with
Kelly Dittmar).
“Reflections on Gender and Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign: The Good, the Bad, and
the Misogynic,” Politics & Gender 5:1 (2009): 1-20.
“Commentary on Emmy E. Werner’s 1968 Article, ‘Women in the State Legislatures,’” Political
Research Quarterly 61:1 (2008): 25-28.
“Committee Assignments: Discrimination or Choice?” in Legislative Women: Getting Elected,
Getting Ahead, edited by Beth Reingold (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008).
“Security Moms and Presidential Politics: Women Voters in the 2004 Election,” in The Gender
Gap: Voting and the Sexes, edited by Lois Duke Whitaker (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois
Press, 2008).
“Women in State Government: Historical Overview and Current Trends,” in The Book of the States,
Volume 39, edited by The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY: The Council of State
Governments, 2007).
“‘Far from Ideal’: The Gender Politics of Political Science,” American Political Science Review
100:4 (2006): 507-513 (with Sue Tolleson-Rinehart).
“Moms Who Swing, or Why the Promise of the Gender Gap Remains Unfulfilled,” Politics &
Gender 2:3 (2006): 364-376.
“Introduction: Gender and Electoral Politics into the Twenty-First Century,” in Gender and
Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics, edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard Fox
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006) (with Richard L. Fox).
“Voting Choices: Meet You at the Gender Gap,” in Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of
American Politics, edited by Susan J. Carroll and Richard Fox (New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2006).
“Are Women Legislators Accountable to Women? The Complementary Roles of Feminist Identity
and Women’s Organizations,” in Gender and Social Capital, edited by Brenda O’Neill and
Elisabeth Gidengil (New York: Routledge, 2006).
“Reflections on Activism and Social Change for Scholars of Women and Politics,” Politics &
Gender 1:2 (2005): 325-335.
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters (continued)
“‘She Brought Only a Skirt:’ Gender Bias in Newspaper Coverage of Elizabeth Dole’s Campaign for
the Republican Nomination,” Political Communication 22:3 (2005): 315-335 (with Caroline
Heldman and Stephanie Olson).
“Women in State Government: Historical Overview and Current Trends,” in The Book of the States,
Volume 37, edited by The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY: The Council of State
Governments, 2005).
“Increasing Diversity or More of the Same? Term Limits and the Representation of Women,
Minorities, and Minority Women in State Legislatures,” National Political Science Review 10
(2005): 71-84 (with Krista Jenkins).
“2004 Elections and Women: An Analysis of Statewide and State Legislative Election Results,”
Spectrum: The Journal of State Government 78(Winter 2005): 23-25.
“Women in State Government: Historical Overview and Current Trends,” in The Book of the States,
Volume 36, edited by The Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY: The Council of State
Governments, 2004).
“Have Women State Legislators in the United States Become More Conservative? A Comparison of
State Legislators in 2001 and 1988,” Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal 27:2 (Spring/Summer
2003): 128-139.
"Introduction: New Challenges, New Questions, New Directions," in Women and American Politics:
New Questions, New Directions, edited by Susan J. Carroll (Oxford University Press, 2003)
(with Debra J. Liebowitz).
“Representing Women: Congresswomen’s Perceptions of Their Representational Roles,” in Women
Transforming Congress, edited by Cindy Simon Rosenthal (University of Oklahoma Press,
2003).
“Partisan Dynamics of the Gender Gap among State Legislators,” Spectrum: The Journal of State
Government 75( Fall 2002): 18-21.
“Unrealized Opportunity? Term Limits and the Representation of Women in State Legislatures,”
Women & Politics 23:4 (2001): 1-30 (with Krista Jenkins).
"Introduction," in The Impact of Women in Public Office, edited by Susan J. Carroll (Indiana
University Press, 2001).
"Representing Women: Women State Legislators as Agents of Policy-Related Change," in The
Impact of Women in Public Office, edited by Susan J. Carroll (Indiana University Press, 2001).
“Do Term Limits Help Women Get Elected?,” Social Science Quarterly 82 (March 2001): 197-201
(with Krista Jenkins).
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters (continued)
“The Impact of Term Limits on Women,” Spectrum: The Journal of State Government 74 (Fall
2001): 19-21.
"Welfare Reform in the 104th Congress: Institutional Position and the Role of Women,” in Women
and Welfare: Theory and Practice in the United States and Europe, edited by Nancy J.
Hirschmann and Ulrike Liebert (Rutgers University Press, 2001) (with Kathleen J. Casey).
“The Year of the Woman, the Angry White Male, and the Soccer Mom: Media Framing of Gender
in Recent Elections” in Women’s Progress: Perspectives on the Past, Blueprint for the Future
(Washington, D.C.: Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 1999).
“The Dis-Empowerment of the Gender Gap: Soccer Moms and the 1996 Elections,” PS: Political
Science & Politics 32 (March 1999): 7-11.
“’My Kids Play Soccer and I Vote’: The Social Construction of the Soccer Mom in the 1996
Elections,” in Power, Practice, Agency, edited by Marianne DeKoven (New Brunswick, NJ:
Institute for Research on Women and Institute for Women’s Leadership, 1999).
"Media Coverage of Women in the 103rd Congress," in Women, Media, and Politics, edited by
Pippa Norris (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) (with Ronnee Schreiber).
"The Politics of Difference: Women Public Officials as Agents of Change," Stanford Law and
Policy Review, 5 (Spring 1994): 11-20.
"Feminist Challenges to Political Science," in Political Science: The State of the Discipline II,
edited by Ada W. Finifter (Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association, 1993)
(with Linda M. G. Zerilli).
Reprinted in French in Politix: Revue de Sciences Sociales, translated by Jean Phillipe, 11:41
(1998): 33-81.
Reprinted in Methods for Political Inquiry: The Discipline, Philosophy and Analysis of Politics,
edited by Stella Z. Theodoulou and Rory O'Brien (New York: Prentice Hall, 1998).
Reprinted in Russian in Women and Gender Policy, edited by Elena Kochkina, Russian Academy
of Sciences (Page to Page, 2002).
Reprinted in Russian in Gendernaia Rekonsturktsiia Politicheskikh Sistem (Gender
Reconstruction of Political Systems) (St. Petersburg: Aleteiia, 2004), 877-919.
Reprinted in Arabic in Reader on Gender and Political Science, edited by Mervat F. Hatem,
translated by Shohrat El-Alem (Cairo: The Women and Memory Forum, 2010), 17-53.
"The Political Careers of Women Elected Officials: An Assessment and Research Agenda," in
Ambition and Beyond: The Career Paths of American Politicians, edited by Shirley Williams and
Edward L. Lascher, Jr. (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 1993).
“Taking the Lead, The Journal of State Government, 64(April-June 1991): 43-45. Reprinted in State
Government, edited by Thad L. Beyle (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1992).
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters (continued)
"Women State Legislators, Women's Organizations, and the Representation of Women's Culture in
the United States," in Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment,
edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991).
"Women in State Elective Office: Problems, Strategies, and Impact," in Women, Black, and
Hispanic State Elected Leaders, edited by Susan J. Carroll (New Brunswick, NJ: Eagleton
Institute of Politics, 1991).
"Introduction," in Gender and Policymaking: Studies of Women in Office, edited by Debra L.
Dodson (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for the American Woman and Politics, 1991) (with Debra
L. Dodson).
"New Strategies to Bring Women into Office: Organized Efforts to Increase the Number of
Women Appointed to Recent Presidential Administrations in the United States" in Vater Staat
und Seine Frauen, edited by Barbara Schaeffer-Hegel (Pfaffenweiler:
Centaurus-Verlagsgesellschaft, 1991).
"The Personal Is Political: The Intersection of Private Lives and Public Roles Among Women and
Men in Elective and Appointive Office," Women & Politics, 9 (1989): 51-67.
"Gender Politics and the Socializing Impact of the Women's Movement," in Political Learning in
Adulthood: A Sourcebook of Theory and Research, edited by Roberta S. Sigel (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1989).
"Women's Autonomy and the Gender Gap," in Politics of the Gender Gap: Public Opinion and
Political Influence, edited by Carol Mueller (Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1988).
"Women in State Cabinets: Status and Prospects," The Journal of State Government, 60
(September/October 1987): 204-208.
"Women Appointed to the Carter Administration: More or Less Qualified?" Polity, 18 (Summer
1986): 696-706.
"Political Elites and Sex Differences in Political Ambition: A Reconsideration," Journal of Politics,
47 (November 1985): 1231-1243. Reprinted in Gendering American Politics: Perspectives from
the Literature, edited by Karen O’Connor, Sarah E. Brewer, and Michael Philip Fisher (New
York: Longman, 2006)
"Women Candidates and Support for Feminist Concerns: The Closet Feminist Syndrome," Western
Political Quarterly, 37 (June 1984): 307-323.
"The Recruitment of Women for Cabinet-Level Posts in State Government: A Social Control
Perspective," Social Science Journal, (January 1984): 91-107
"Feminist Scholarship on Political Leadership," in Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives,
edited by Barbara Kellerman (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984)
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Book Reviews and Other Publications
Review of Christina E. Bejarano, The Latina Advantage: Gender Race, and Political Success.
Politics, Groups, and Identities 2:2(June 2014): 290-291.
Review of Sally J. Kenney, Gender and Justice: Why Women in the Judiciary Really Matter.
Politics & Gender 9:4 (December 2013): 501-503.
“National Women’s Political Caucus,” in Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History, Volume 6,
1946-1975, edited by Thomas Langston (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2010)
“Power for What?,” in Power for What? Women’s Leadership: Why Should You Care? (Institute for
Women’s Leadership, Douglass College, Rutgers University, 2002): 21-27.
Review of MaryAnne Borrelli and Janet M. Martin, The Other Elites: Women, Politics, and Power
in the Executive Branch. American Political Science Review, 92 (September 1998): 700-701.
Review of Elizabeth Adell Cook, Sue Thomas, and Clyde Wilcox (eds.), The Year of the Woman:
Myths and Realities, and Linda Witt, Karen M. Paget, and Glenna Matthews, Running As A
Woman: Gender and Power in American Politics. American Political Science Review, 88
(December 1994): 990-992.
Review of Donald G. Mathews and Jane Sherron De Hart, Sex, Gender, and the Politics of ERA.
Women & Politics, 13 (1993): 128-130.
"Conference Report," Women in Leadership: Politics and Business, Report of a meeting of women
leaders from Central and Eastern Europe held in Vienna, Austria, November 19-22, 1992
(Cambridge: Project Liberty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1993)
Review of Susan M. Hartmann, From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics Since
1960. Political Science Quarterly, 105 (Summer 1990): 335-337.
"Officials, Women Elected and Appointed," in Women's Studies Encyclopedia, edited by Helen
Tierney (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989): 258-261.
Review essay on Jane J. Mansbridge, Why We Lost the ERA; Mary Frances Berry, Why ERA Failed:
Politics, Women's Rights, and the Amending Process of the Constitution; Joan Hoff-Wilson,
editor, Rights of Passage: The Past and Future of the ERA. American Political Science Review,
81 (December 1987): 1339-1341.
Review of Joni Lovenduski and Jill Hills, The Politics of the Second Electorate: Women and Public
Participation. Contemporary Sociology, (May 1983): 337-338.
Review of Janet K. Boles, The Politics of the Equal Rights Amendment. Women & Politics, 1
(Summer 1980): 85-86.
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PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 2000-present
“The Gender Gap as a Tool for Women’s Political Empowerment: The US Case” (paper presented at the
European Conference on Politics and Gender, Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-13, 2015)
“Why So Few Women on Board? Explaining the Scarcity of Female Local Council Members in New
Jersey Politics” (paper presented at the European Conference on Politics and Gender, Uppsala,
Sweden, June 11-13, 2015) (with Ulrik Kjaer and Kelly Dittmar)
“The Gender Gap as a Political Tool for Women’s Empowerment, 1980-84” (paper presented at A>18
Million Cracks=: The Legacy of Second Wave Feminism in American Politics,@ Diane D. Blair Center
of Southern Politics and Society and the Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, November 13-15, 2013)
“Preparedness Meets Opportunity: A Case Study of Women’s Increased Representation in the New Jersey
Legislature” (paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Seattle, Washington, September 1-4 (with Kelly Dittmar)
“Can More Women Run? Reevaluating Women’s Election to the State Legislatures” (paper presented at
the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC,
September 2-5 (with Kira Sanbonmatsu)
“Entering the Mayor’s Office: Women’s Decisions to Run for Municipal Office” (paper presented at the
2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April
22-25)(with Kira Sanbonmatsu)
“Gender and Election to the State Legislatures: Then and Now” (paper presented at the 2009 Annual State
Politics and Policy Conference, May 22-23, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) (with Kira Sanbonmatsu)
“Gender and the Decision to Run for the State Legislature” (paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting
of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5) (with Kira Sanbonmatsu)
“The Flip Side of the Gender Gap: Women Who Vote Republican” (paper presented at the 2007 Annual
Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 8-10) (with
Ronnee Schreiber)
“The Committee Assignments of State Legislators: An Underexplored Link in Understanding Gender
Differences in Policy-Related Impact” (paper presented at “Women in Politics: Seeking Office and
Making Policy,” University of California, Berkeley, June 9-10, 2006)
“Security Moms and Presidential Politics: Women Voters in the 2004 Presidential Election” (paper
presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington,
DC, September 1-4)
“Understanding Gender Differences in Policy-Related Impact” (paper presented at the 2004 Annual
Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 11-13)
“Committee Assignments in State Legislatures: A Missing Link in
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PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, 2000-present (continued)
“Are U.S. Women State Legislators Accountable to Women? The Complementary Roles of Feminist
Identity and Women’s Organizations” (paper presented at the Gender and Social Capital Conference,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, May 2-3, 2003)
“Have Women Legislators Become More Conservative? A Comparison of State Legislators in 2001 and
1988" (paper presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association,
Long Beach, California, March 22-24)
“Increasing Diversity or More of the Same? Term Limits and the Representation of Women, Minorities,
and Minority Women in State Legislatures” (paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August 30 - September 2) (with
Krista Jenkins)
“Unrealized Opportunity? Term Limits and the Representation of Women in State Legislatures” (paper
presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas,
Nevada, March 15-17) (with Krista Jenkins)
“Gender Differences in Print Media Coverage of Presidential Candidates: Elizabeth Dole’s Bid for the
Republican Nomination” (paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 31-September 3) (with Caroline Heldman and
Stephanie Olson)
“Representing Women: Congresswomen’s Perceptions of Their Representational Roles” (paper presented
at “Women Transforming Congress: Gender Analyses of Institutional Life,” Carl Albert
Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, April 13-15, 2000)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Keynote Academic Addresses, 2000-present
"More Women Can Run: Why Women Remain Underrepresented in Politics," Annual Lecture of the
Political Studies Association (United Kingdom), London School of Economics, November 24, 2014
“Reflections on Gender and Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign: The Good, the Bad, and the
Misogynic,” Plenary Session Address, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Boston, Massachusetts, August 28-31, 2008
Participation in Academic Meetings, 2000-present
Chair, “Political Participation: Barriers and Enablers,” (at the European Conference on Politics and
Gender, Uppsala, Sweden, June 11-13, 2015)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Gender and Elections: Looking Back at 2014, Looking Ahead to 2016,”
(at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April
16-19)
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Participation in Academic Meetings, 2000-present (continued)
Discussant, “Gendering the State in Difficult Times” (at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Washington, DC, August 28-31, 2014)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Forecasting the Role of Gender in the 2012 Election” (at the 2012 Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 12-15)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Women in U.S. Politics: Moving Forward, Stagnating, or Sliding
Backwards?” (at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland,
Oregon, March 22-24)
Moderator and panel participant, “Roundtable: Crossing Boundaries, Transforming Knowledge: 25 Years
of Women and Politics at Rutgers University,” (at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Western Political
Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 22-24)
Panel participant, “Plugging the Leaky Pipeline: Uniting Women as Mentors to Women in the Profession”
(at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November 17-19)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Gender and Elections: Looking Back to 2008, Looking Forward to 2010
and 2012" (at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
Illinois, April 22-25)
Discussant, “Gender, Race and the Presidency” (at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 3-6)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Honoring Kim Fridkin” (at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5)
Panel participant, “Gender and the 2008 Elections: Looking Ahead” (at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-6)
Discussant, “Women’s Substantive Representation: Theoretical Perspectives” (at the 2008 Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-6)
Panel participant, “Women in Politics: New Jersey and Beyond” (at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the New
Jersey Political Science Association, New Brunswick, NJ, February 29)
Discussant, “Rethinking Gender and Public Opinion” (at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 30-September 2)
Discussant, “Does Gender Influence Legislative Representation in the House and Senate?” (at the 2006
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August
31-September 3)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: How to Communicate with the Media” (at the 2006 Annual Meeting of
the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 20-23)
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Participation in Academic Meetings, 2000-present (continued)
Panel participant, “Roundtable on the Recruitment of Women for Public Office” (at the 2006 Annual
Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 16-18)
Panel participant and Chair, “Roundtable: Gender and the 2004 Elections” (at the 2005 Annual Meeting of
the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 7-10)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Honoring Pippa Norris” (at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 7-10)
Chair, “Roundtable: The Politics of Studying Gender” (at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 7-10)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Toward a General Theory of Legislatures and Legislators” (at the 2004
Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, Oregon, March 11-13)
Plenary panel participant, “One Hundred Years of Dissent in Political Science” (at the 2003 Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28-31)
Panel participant, “Contributions of Women in Political Science to a More Just World” (at the 2003
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August
28-31)
Panel participant, “Roundtable on the 2002 Elections: Another Year of the Woman or Not?” (at the 2003
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-6)
Chair and Discussant, “Women in Legislatures” (at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3-6)
Panel participant, “Year of the Woman NOT? Roundtable on Women and the 2002 Elections” (at the 2002
Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Savannah, Georgia, November 7-9)
Discussant, “Critical Mass Theory, Tokens and Gender/Race Representation” (at the 2002 Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, August
29-September 1)
Panel participant, “Roundtable: Women Candidates and Redistricting in the 2002 Elections” (at the 2002
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 25-28)
Discussant, “Women and Campaigns and Elections” (at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Western Political
Science Association, Long Beach, California, March 22-24)
Chair, “Gendered Effects in Campaigns and Elections” (at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western
Political Science Association, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 15-17)
Chair, “Media and Politics in the New Millennium,” (at a conference on “Media, Information, and
Politics: Research Issues for the New Millennium,” School of Communication, Information, and
Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 25, 2000)
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Selected Public Speeches and Presentations, 2000-present
Panelist, “Women’s Leadership and Political Representation: How Do We Achieve Parity?” Achieving
Gender Equality in Our Lifetimes: A Bold Vision for Advancing the Status of Women, Institute for
Women’s Policy Research, Washington, DC, May 20, 2015
Panelist, “Women in American Politics & Policy,” A Women’s Perspective: Women in American
Democracy, Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, Washington, DC, October 4, 2011
Panelist, “Increasing Women’s Representation in State Legislatures and Congress,” Women Power Money
Summit, Feminist Majority, Washington, DC, April 8, 2011
Speaker, “Yes, Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin Did Have Something in Common: The Gendered
Landscape of Presidential Campaigns,” Biannual Meeting of the Women’s Leadership Board,
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, November 7, 2009
Panelist, “Winds of Change? America under a New President,” Prudential Global Communications
Conference, Newark, NJ, November 12, 2008
Speaker, “La cobertura mediatica de las lideres politicas en EEUU: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin y
despues/Media Coverage of Women Political Leaders in the US: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and
Beyond,” International Institute, Madrid, Spain, October 16, 2008
Moderator, “A Forum for Jewish Women Voters: What’s Important to Us,” Sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Greater Middlesex County Women’s Philanthropy and the Jewish Women’s
Community Relations Council, New Brunswick, NJ, September 21, 2008
Panelist, “Candidates, Campaigns and the Politics of Bias, ” From Soundbites to Solutions: Bias, Punditry
and the Press in Election 2008, Sponsored by the White House Project, the Women’s Media Center,
and Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, New York City, June 17, 2008
Speaker, “The Legacy of Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign,” Douglass College Alumnae, New
Brunswick, NJ, May 31, 2008
Panelist, “The Changing Faces of Power–Women as Voters,” Sponsored by the League of Women Voters
and Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, Washington, DC, March 25, 2008
Speaker, “Gender and Elections,” Evergreen Forum, Princeton, NJ, November 3, 2006.
Speaker, “The Gender Gap and the Power of Women Voters,” Colloquium on Women Voters: The
Defining Vote, Washington, DC, May 9, 2005
Panelist, “Women’s Leadership and U.S. Politics,” Annual Conference of the National Council for
Research on Women, Washington, DC, June 7, 2004
Moderator and Panelist, “Women Make a Difference: Getting Your Agenda Through,” CAWP Forum for
Newly Elected Women State Legislators, Washington, DC, November 20, 2003
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Selected Public Speeches and Presentations, 2000-present (continued)
Panelist, “Surviving Tough Times,” Biennial Convention of the National Women’s Political Caucus, June
12, 2003
Moderator and Panelist, “Support Groups for Women Candidates,” at “Women and Politics: A Global
Perspective,” Auburn University, November 21, 2002
Speaker, “Do Numbers Matter: Strategies to Increase the Number of Women in Elected Office,” at “A
Woman’s Place Is in the House: A Comparative Look at Women in Politics in the United States and
Canada,” conference co-sponsored by the Canada Institute and the Division of United States Studies,
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, September 24, 2002
Panelist, “Women in Politics: Research and Debate,” CAWP Forum for Women State Legislators, Dana
Point, California, November 16, 2001
Panelist, “Strategies for Women’s Success in Term-limited Legislatures,” CAWP Forum for Women State
Legislators, Dana Point, California, November 16, 2001
Keynote Speaker, “The Difference Women Make,” Minnesota Women Legislators’ Retreat, Monticello,
Minnesota, October 9, 2001
Speaker, “‘She Brought Only a Skirt:’ Gender Bias in Newspaper Coverage of Elizabeth Dole’s Campaign
for the Republican Nomination,” Style over Substance: Newspaper Coverage of Female Candidates,
National Press Club, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2000
Selected Speeches and Presentations at Colleges and Universities, 2000-present
“Yes, Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin Did Have Something in Common: The Gendered Landscape of
Presidential Campaigns,” Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, September 24, 2009
“The 2008 Elections in the United States,” Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain, October 16, 2008
“Gender and Hillary Clinton’s Campaign: The Good, the Bad, and the Misogynic,” sponsored by the
Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Department of Communications, Vanderbilt
University, September 22, 2008
“From Hillary Clinton to Sarah Palin: Gender and the U.S. Presidential Election,” sponsored by The
Global Feminisms Collaborative, Election Alliance, and Margaret Cunningham Women’s Center,
Vanderbilt University, September 22, 2008
“Gender and Politics in the 2008 and Other Elections,” at conference on “Pulpit Politics: Gender, Religion
and Social Justice in 2008,” Fordham University, April 22, 2008
“Gender, Generation, and Identity Politics in 2008,” at “The New Politics: A Town Hall Conversation on
Race, Class, and Gender in Today’s Electorate,” Smith College, April 16, 2008
“Media Portrayals of Women Voters,” at conference on “Women and News” at the Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, November 30, 2007
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Selected Speeches and Presentations at Colleges and Universities, 2000-present (continued)
“The Gender Gap in the 2004 Elections,” in the Anne B. Shepherd Lecture Series on “Sex, Gender, and
Social Change,” Princeton University, October 5, 2004
“Power for What?,” at conference on “Power for What? Women’s Leadership: Why Should You Care?”
sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Leadership, Douglass College, Rutgers University, April 24,
2001
“Women’s Representation in State Legislatures in the United States Then (1988) and Now (2001)” at
conference on “Building Women’s Leadership in Atlantic Canada,” Mount Saint Vincent University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 9, 2001
“Women Public Leaders as Agents of Change,” as Scholar-in-Residence, Chatham College, May 1, 2000
“Women Public Leaders: Agents of Social Change” and “The Gender Gap and U.S. Elections,” as the
Green Honors Chair Professor, Texas Christian University, March 30-31, 2000
Professional Activities: American Political Science Association/National
Alan Rosenthal Award Committee, Legislative Politics Section, American Political Science Association,
2010-11
Best Paper on Women and Politics Award Committee, Women and Politics Research Section, American
Political Science Association, 2010-11
Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honorary Society
National Board, 2006-10; Executive Council, 2008-10
Committee on Education and Professional Development, American Political Science Association, 2002-04
Journals Committee, Organized Section for Women and Politics, American Political Science Association,
2002-03
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, American Political Science Association, 1993-1996
Victoria Schuck Award Committee, American Political Science Association, 1994-95, 1987-88
Program Committee, American Political Science Association, 1991
President, Organized Section for Women and Politics, American Political Science Association, 1990-91
President-Elect, Organized Section for Women and Politics, American Political Science Association,
1989-90
Secretary-Treasurer, Organized Section on Women and Politics Research, American Political Science
Association, 1986-88
Harold D. Lasswell Award Committee, American Political Science Association, 1983-84
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Professional Activities: Midwest Political Science Association
Committee to Select Recipient for Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, Midwest Women’s
Caucus, 2006-07
Chair, Breckenridge Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1993-94
Program Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1991
Breckenridge Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1986-87
Nominations Committee, Midwest Political Science Association, 1982-83
Professional Activities: Southern Political Science Association
Chair, Marion Irish Award Committee, 2008
Committee to Select the Best Article Published in Journal of Politics, 2003
Program Committee, Southern Political Science Association, 2002
Professional Activities: Women’s Caucus for Political Science
Committee on Assessing Progress in the Discipline, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1995-1997
Alice Paul Award Committee, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1991-92
Treasurer, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1988-90
Chair, Committee to Explore Establishing an APSA Section on Women and Politics, Women's Caucus for
Political Science, 1985-86
Committee for Consideration of Name Change, Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1984-85
APSA Liaison Committee of the Women's Caucus for Political Science, 1980-81
Professional Activities: Editorial Positions and Boards
Co-editor, CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics, University of Michigan Press, 2005-present
Editorial Board, Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2012-present
Associate Editor, Signs, 2005-2014
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Professional Activities: Editorial Positions and Boards (continued)
Editorial Board, National Political Science Review, 2005-2010
Editorial Board, Women & Politics, 1999-2003, 1987-1991
Editorial Board, Series in Women and Politics, Rutgers University Press, 1996-2003
Editorial Board, Dilemmas in American Politics, Westview Press, 1992-1997
Editorial Board, Women and Politics Series, University of Nebraska Press, 1991-1996
Book Review Editor, Women & Politics, 1987-1991
Acting Book Review Editor, Women & Politics, Summer 1981
Other Professional Activities
Referee, American Political Science Review; Signs; American Journal of Political Science; Journal of
Politics; Perspectives on Politics; Political Science Quarterly; Political Research Quarterly; Polity;
Politics & Gender; American Politics Quarterly; National Political Science Review; Political
Psychology; Women & Politics; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Presidential Studies Quarterly;
Congress and the Presidency; Comparative Political Studies; Social Science Quarterly; American
Journal of Sociology; Political Communication; Mass Communication Quarterly; Urban Affairs
Review; State Politics and Policy Quarterly; State and Local Government Review; Gender and
Society; National Science Foundation; Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Advisory Committee, “Better than Sex (Rethinking Gender and Survey Research),” Co-principal
investigators Amanda Bittner and Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, funded by SSHRC, 2013-present
Advisory Committee, Status of Women in the States Project, Institute for Women’s Policy Research,
Washington, DC, 2014-2015
Advisory Board, “Gender and Multicultural Leadership: The Future of Governance,” Ford Foundation
project, 2003-2008
Faculty, “Frontiers of Women and Politics III Research Seminar,” sponsored by the Organized Section for
Women and Politics Research of the American Political Science Association, American University,
August 31, 2005
Review Panel, Woodrow Wilson Grants in Women’s Studies, 2001-03
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Other Professional Activities (continued)
Faculty, “Frontiers of Women and Politics II Research Seminar,” sponsored by the Organized Section for
Women and Politics Research of the American Political Science Association, American University,
August 30, 2000
Faculty, “Frontiers of Women and Politics Research Seminar,” sponsored by the Organized Section for
Women and Politics Research of the American Political Science Association and the Women’s
Leadership Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, September 2, 1998
Moderator, "Women in Media," Women's Leadership Conference, Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, May 1997
Project Advisory Group, "Appointed Policy Makers in State Government," Center for Women in
Government, SUNY-Albany, 1995
Election Night Analyst (Congressional Races), NBC News, 1998
Analysis of women in the 1992 elections for Prodigy, November 1992
Election Night Exit Poll Analyst, NBC News, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
Program Committee, National Women's Studies Association, 1983-84
Official Representative to the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) for
George Washington University, 1979-81
Selected Public Service Activities
Quoted as an expert source in the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science
Monitor, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Economist, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report,
Business Week, and Time, among others.
Numerous television appearances, including: “Katie” (with Katie Couric); CNN (national); "Nightline,"
ABC News (national); ABC World News (national); "Up to the Minute," CBS News (national); BBC
(international); Brian Lehrer's "Race for the U.S. Senate," WNYC (New York); WCBS News (New
York); "Today in New York: Weekend Edition," WNBC (New York); and Election Night Coverage
and "On the Record," WNJN (New Jersey Network).
Numerous radio interviews, including: "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," "Marketplace," and
“Day to Day” on National Public Radio; “Woman’s Hour,” BBC Radio Four; "Radio Times" on
WHYY Public Radio in Philadelphia; "Kathleen Dunn Show" on Wisconsin Public Radio; "These
Days" on KPBS Public Radio in San Diego; “On Point” on WBUR Public Radio in Boston; “The
Exchange,” on New Hampshire Public Radio; “Charlotte Talks,” Public Radio; “Ken Rudin’s
Political Junkie,” Public Radio; Air America.
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Selected Public Service Activities (continued)
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
Elections Chair and Member of the Nominating Committee, 2006-present
Board of Trustees, 1987-2002
Secretary, 1994-1996
Delegate, National Biennial Conference, 1997, 1999
Member, New Brunswick Historical Association, 2009-2012 (mayoral appointment)
Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan, Inc., 2005-2007
Advisory Committee, "Women's Progress: Perspectives on the Past, Blueprint for the Future," Institute for
Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C., 1998
Advisory Committee, "1996 Leadership Conference on Women, the Economy and the Elections,"
Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, D.C., 1996
Search Committee for the Board of Trustees, Middlesex County Community College, 1995
Rapporteur, "Women in Leadership: Politics and Business," a conference on women in Eastern Europe
sponsored by Project Liberty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Vienna, Austria,
November 19-22, 1992
Candidate Selection Co-chair, Women's Political Action Committee of New Jersey, 1991-1995
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