Kathryn Pearson
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Minnesota
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 626-2777
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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Associate Professor 2011-present
Assistant Professor 2005-2011
Instructor 2004-2005
Research Fellow, The Brookings Institution 2002- 2003
Education
B.A. Government (cum laude). Claremont McKenna College. 1993
M.A. Political Science. University of California, Berkeley. 1999
Ph.D. Political Science. University of California, Berkeley. 2005
Dissertation Title: “Party Discipline in the Contemporary Congress: Rewarding Loyalty in Theory and in Practice.” Raymond E. Wolfinger (advisor)
HONORS AND AWARDS FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Morse-Alumni Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education, 2012.
Congressional Quarterly Press Award (for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of APSA), 2008.
Heinz Eulau Award (given annually by the American Political Science Association for the best article in Perspectives on Politics), 2008.
Carl Albert Dissertation Award (for the best doctoral dissertation in the area of legislative studies), 2006.
Congressional Quarterly Press Award (for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of APSA), 2002.
Honorary membership in the Golden Key International Honour Society in recognition of teaching contributions at the University of Minnesota. 2005.
“Thanks for Being a Great Teacher Award” from the Center for Teaching and Learning Services Thank a Teacher Program. 2005, 2008.
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Grants and Awards University of Minnesota Grant in Aid, 2011-13. “The Effects of Partisan Polarization on Immigration Policymaking in the U.S. Congress” (with Katherine Fennelly).
Dirksen Congressional Research Award, 2008. “Congresswomen in Pursuit of Power.”
University of Minnesota Grant in Aid, 2007-2008.
American Political Science Association Centennial Center Resident Scholar, 2003-2004.
Supported by a Warren Miller Fund for Electoral Politics Research Grant.
Dirksen Congressional Research Award (with Eric Schickler), 2002. “Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-65.”
University of California, Berkeley, Dissertation Fellowship, 2003-2004.
University of California, Berkeley Department of Political Science Fellowship, 1998-1999.
Publications
Books
Pearson, Kathryn. 2015. Party Discipline in the House of Representatives. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Refereed Journal
Articles Fennelly, Katherine, Kathryn Pearson, and Silvana Hackett. 2015. “The U.S. Congressional Immigration Agenda: Partisan Politics, Policy Stalemate, and Political Posturing.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 41(9): 1412-1432.
Pearson, Kathryn, and Eric McGhee. 2013. “What It Takes to Win: Questioning ‘Gender Neutral’ Outcomes in U.S. House Elections, 1984-2010.” Politics & Gender 9(4): 439-462. Pearson, Kathryn, and Logan Dancey. 2011. “Speaking for the Underrepresented in the House of Representatives: Voicing Women's Interests in a Partisan Era." Politics & Gender 7(4): 493–519
Pearson, Kathryn, and Logan Dancey. 2011. “Elevating Women’s Voice in Congress: Speech Participation in the House of Representatives.” Political Research Quarterly 64(4): 910-923.
Schickler, Eric, Kathryn Pearson, and Brian Feinstein. 2010. “Congressional Parties and Civil Rights Politics from 1933-1972.” The Journal of Politics 72(3): 672-689.
Pearson, Kathryn, and Eric Schickler. 2009. “Discharge Petitions, Agenda Control, and the Congressional Committee System, 1929-1976.” The Journal of Politics 71(4): 1238-1256.
Schickler, Eric, and Kathryn Pearson. 2009. “Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-65.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 34(4): 455-491.
Lawless, Jennifer, and Kathryn Pearson. 2008. “The Primary Reason for Women’s UnderRepresentation? Re-Evaluating the Conventional Wisdom.” The Journal of Politics 70(1): 67–82.
Citrin, Jack, Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson. 2007. “Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?” Perspectives on Politics 5(10): 31-48.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Pearson, Kathryn. 2012. “Congresswomen’s Pursuit of Power in a Partisan Environment.” In Congress Reconsidered, 10th Edition, eds. Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
McGhee, Eric, and Kathryn Pearson. 2011. “Candidates and Parties in Congressional Elections: Revisiting Candidate-Centered Conclusions in a Partisan Era.” In Facing the Challenge of Democracy: Explorations in the Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Participation, eds. Paul Sniderman and Benjamin Highton. Princeton University Press.
Pearson, Kathryn, William H. Flanigan, and Nancy H. Zingale. 2010. “Coleman vs. Franken vs. Barkley in Minnesota's Senate Race. In Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Incumbents Playing Defense in 2008, eds.
Randall E. Adkins and David Dulio. Pearson, Kathryn, and Eric Schickler. 2009. “The Transition to Democratic Leadership in a Polarized House.” In Congress Reconsidered, 9th Edition, eds. Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Pearson, Kathryn. 2008. “Party Loyalty and Discipline in the Individualistic Senate.” In Why Not Parties? Party Effects in the United States Senate, eds. Nathan Monroe, David Rohde, and Jason Roberts. University of Chicago Press.
Flanigan, William H., Kathryn Pearson, and Nancy Zingale. 2008. “The Minnesota U. S. Senate Race and the Sixth Congressional District Race. In The Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal and Campaign Finance in the 2006 Elections, eds. David B. Magleby and Kelly D. Patterson. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Lawless, Jennifer L., and Kathryn Pearson. 2008. “Competing in Congressional Primaries.” In Legislative Women: Getting Elected, Getting Ahead, ed. Beth Reingold. Lynne Reiner.
Pearson, Kathryn, and Jack Citrin. 2006. “The Political Assimilation of the Fourth Wave.” In Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States, eds. Taeku Lee, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramirez. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.
Schickler, Eric, and Kathryn Pearson. 2005. “The House Leadership in an Era of Partisan Warfare.” In Congress Reconsidered, 8th Edition, eds. Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Manuscripts In Progress or Currently Under Review
Pearson, Kathryn. Gendered Partisanship in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Dancey, Logan, and Kathryn Pearson. “The War of Words: Partisan Rhetoric in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
Pearson, Kathryn, and Kjersten Nelson. “The Gender Dynamics of Defense and Foreign Policy-Making in the House of Representatives, 1989-2010.”
Pearson, Kathryn, and Jennifer Lawless. “Primary Competition and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1992-2010.”
Pearson, Kathryn, and Dara Strolovitch. “Who Represents Me? Race, Gender, Partisanship, and Representation.”
Pearson, Kathryn, Elizabeth Sharrow, Sally J. Kenney, and Debra Fitzpatrick. “When Women Run Women Win: Evidence from a Strong Party State.”
Book Reviews
Review of When Protest Makes Policy: How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups. By S. Laurel Weldon. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2011. 244 pp. $65. Politics and Gender (8)2. 2012.
Review of Where Women Run: Gender and Party in the American States. By Kira Sanbonmatsu. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006. 264 pp. Cloth $70.00; paper $24.95. Politics and Gender. 2008.
Review of The Macropolitics of Congress. Edited by E. Scott Adler and John S. Lapinski. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. 288p. $47.50 cloth, $21.95 paper in Perspectives on Politics. 2008.
Other Publications
Pearson, Kathryn. 2010. “Demographic Change and the Future of Congress.” PS: Political Science and Politics (43): 235-238.
Kenney, Sally J., Kathryn Pearson, Debra Fitzpatrick, and Elizabeth Sharrow. 2009. “Are We Progressing Toward Equal Representation for Women in the Minnesota Legislature? New Evidence Offers Mixed Results.” CURA Reporter 39 (Fall/Winter): 39-47.
Pearson, Kathryn and Logan Dancey. 2009. “One-minute Attack Speeches Becoming Routine in U.S. House.” MinnPost.com. 22 September.
Pearson, Kathryn. 2008. “Do Conventions Mean Anything?” MinnPost.com. 2 September. Pearson, Kathryn. 2008. “Lesson of Energy Debate: Majority Party Controls the Agenda.” MinnPost.com. 12 August.
Pearson, Kathryn. 2008. “Caucuses are Voices of the Few: It's Time to Change to a Primary System and Maximize Citizen Input.” The Minneapolis Star Tribune. 11 February.
Pearson, Kathryn. 2004. “A Political Scientist Inside the New Hampshire Primary.” PS: Political Science and Politics 37(April).
Invited Departmental Research Presentations
“Gendered Partisanship in the House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at Georgetown University, April 2012.
“Gendered Partisanship in the House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at Cornell University, February 2012.
“Gendered Partisanship in the House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, American Politics Series, March 2010.
“Gendered Partisanship in the House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at the Yale University, American Politics Series, March 2010.
“Speaking For the Underrepresented: Gender Dynamics of Floor Speeches in the House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at Gustavas Adolphus College, September 2009.
“Party Discipline in the United States House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at the Carl Albert Center on Congress, The University of Oklahoma, January 2009.
“Primary Competition and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1992- 2006.
” Invited presentation at the University of Rochester, Riker Seminar Series, May 2008. “Primary Competition and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1992- 2006.
” Invited presentation at the University of California, Berkeley, American Politics Seminar Series, April 2008.
“Party Discipline in the House of Representatives: Rewarding Loyalty in Theory and in Practice.” Invited presentation at Dartmouth College, November 2006.
“Party Discipline in the House of Representatives.” Invited presentation at Michigan State University’s Political Institutions and Public Choice Book Series, May 2005.
Selected Conference Presentations
“Gendered Partisanship in the House of Representatives.” Presentation at the APSA preconference on Gender and Political Psychology, Chicago, Illinios. 2013.
“The U.S. Congressional Immigration Agenda: Partisan Politics, Policy Stalemate, and Political Posturing” (with Katherine Fennelly). Prepared for presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans (cancelled).
“The War of Words: Partisan Rhetoric in the U.S. House of Representatives” (with Logan Dancey). Presentation at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“The 112th House: An Early Assessment.” Invited Roundtable Participant at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Prospects for the 2012 American Elections.” Invited Roundtable Participant at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago. “Gender, Congresswomen, and Congressional History.” Congress and History Conference, Brown University, June 9, 2011.
“President Obama and a Republican House.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. April 2011.
“Gendered Partisanship in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1989-2010.” Presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC.
“Nancy Pelosi: Power, Performance and Impact.” Invited Roundtable Participant at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Gendered Partisanship in the U.S. House of Representatives.” Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Gendered Partisanship in the U.S. House and Senate.” Invited Presentation at the Conference on Legislative Elections, Process, and Policy: The Influence of Bicameralism. Vanderbilt University, October, 2009.
Congress and the 21st Century: Future Challenges and Development. Invited Roundtable Participant at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Ontario.
“Speaking For the Underrepresented: Gender Dynamics of Floor Speeches in the House of Representatives.” Invited Presentation at the Japan-American Women Political Scientists Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, July 2009.
“Post-2008: The Future of Women in the Democratic and Republican Parties.” Invited Roundtable Participant at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Women’s Path to Legislative Office in Minnesota” (with Sally J. Kenney, Debra Fitzpatrick, and Elizabeth Sharrow). Presentation at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Congressional Parties and Civil Rights Politics from 1933-1972” (with Eric Schickler and Brian Feinstein). Presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
“Primary Competition and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1992- 2006” (with Jennifer Lawless). Presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“The Gender Dynamics of Defense and Foreign Policy-Making in the House of Representatives, 1989-2007” (with Kjersten Nelson). Presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Discharge Petitions, Agenda Control, and the Congressional Committee System, 1929- 1976” (with Eric Schickler). Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois.
“Gender, Party, and Foreign Policy Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives: An Analysis of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.” Invited Presentation at the Japan-American Women Political Scientists Symposium, Macalester College, August 26-30, 2007.
“Primary Competition and Partisan Polarization in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1992- 2006” (with Jennifer Lawless). Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Discharge Petitions, Agenda Control, and the Congressional Committee System, 1929- 1976” (with Eric Schickler). Invited Presentation at the Princeton History of Congress Conference. May, 2007.
“Discharge Petitions, Agenda Control, and the Congressional Committee System, 1929- 1976” (with Eric Schickler). Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
Invited Chair and Participant, APSA Theme Panel: “Who Governs, Who Votes, Who Cares?,” with Robert Dahl, Steven Rosenstone, Paul Sniderman, and Raymond E. Wolfinger at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia.
“The Primary Reason for Women's Under-Representation? Reevaluating the Conventional Wisdom” (with Jennifer Lawless). Invited Presentation at Women In Politics: Seeking Office and Making Policy June 9-10, 2006, University of California, Berkeley.
“Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-65” (with Eric Schickler). Presentation at the Policy History Conference, June 1-4, 2006, Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Agenda Control, Majority Party Power, and the House Committee on Rules, 1937-65” (with Eric Schickler). Invited Presentation at the History of Congress Conference, May 12- 13, Yale University.
“Party Discipline in the U.S. Senate? Assessing Party Loyalty and Its Consequences.” Invited Presentation at Party Effects in the U.S. Senate, April 7-8, 2006, Duke University.
Discussant and Chair, “Gender and the Political Parties” Panel at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. “Big Dollars, But How Much Change? A Comparison of Soft Money Donors Pre-and PostBCRA” (with Casey Dominguez).
Presentation at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Panel Discussant, Legislative Institutions Section. 2004. Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago.
“Party Discipline in Theory and Practice: Leaders' Use of Legislative Preference to Reward Loyalty.” Presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia.
“Direct Democracy Takes on Bilingual Education: Framing the Influences of Ethnicity and Identity in Four State Initiatives” (with Jack Citrin and Jocelyn Kiley). Presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia.
“Framing the Debate on Language Policy and Political Identity (with Jack Citrin and Jocelyn Kiley).” Presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Boston.
“Assimilating the Fourth Wave: Patterns of Group Identification and Policy Preferences in the Context of Ethnic Change (with Jack Citrin).” Invited Presentation at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies’ 2003 Conference, A Nation of Immigrants: Ethnic Identity and Political Incorporation.
“National Identity Amid Ethnic Diversity: The Role of Language (with Jack Citrin).” Presentation at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Berlin.
“Congressional Party Discipline: Carrots on the Campaign Trail?” Presentation at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago.
“Legislating in Women’s Interests? Congresswomen in the 106th Congress.” Presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco.
“Leadership PACs: Who Benefits?” Presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, and the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas.
“Strength in Numbers? Assessing Congressional Caucuses under Republican Control.” Presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas.
“Female Congressional Candidates, Personal Resources, and Party Networks in 1996 and 1998” (with Jonathan Bernstein). Presentation at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Jose.
TEACHING
University of Minnesota
Courses, Seminars, and Instructional Units Taught
Undergraduate Courses
POL 4308/3308: Congressional Politics and Institutions
POL 3325: U.S. Campaigns and Elections
HSEM 2051H: Rules of the Game: Exploring U.S. Campaigns & Elections
HSEM 3080H: Women in the U.S. Congress
POL 3310H: Women, Gender, and American Politics
POL 3108H: Honors Tutorial: Thesis Preparation & Political Science Inquiry
POL 4737: American Political Parties
Graduate Courses
POL 8312: Legislative Process Graduate Seminar
POL 8360: Women, Sex, Gender, and American Politics Graduate Seminar
POL 8301: American Politics Core Graduate Seminar
Faculty Development Activities regarding teaching
Early Career Teaching Program, 2004-2005
ADVISING AND MENTORING
University of Minnesota Undergraduate Student Activities
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program: Adam Olson (UM Morris 2009), Matthew Hayward (2009 and 2010), Anthony Chergosky (2011).
Undergraduate Theses
Summa Thesis, Advisor
Adam Welle (2005)
Kristin Hamon (2006)
Chris McCall (2006)
Heather Norrbohm (2007)
Adam Engelman (2008)
Andrew Twite (2009)
Jessica Arett (2010)
Jesse Beringer (2010)
Kathryn Fischer (2010)
Matthew Hayward (Fall 2010)
Kasey Dingmann (2011-2012)
Anthony Chergosky (2013)
Creston Gackle (2013)
Summa Thesis, Second or Outside Reader
Megan Olsen (2006)
Aeriel Anderson (2007)
Nathan Wanderman (2007)
Elizabeth Smith (2008)
Krista Schnieder (2008)
Joseph Orren (2011)
Lucas Wax (2011)
Joe Francaviglia (2011)
Mark Thomson (2011)
Sam Case (2011-12)
Sophie Wallerstadt (2013)
Aaron Grossman (2015)
Meghna Sohoni (2015)
Magna Thesis, Advisor
Jessica Hillyard (2008)
Emily Peters (2008)
Drew Bredeson (2010)
Eli Greenberg (2011)
Brian Cook (2011-12)
Megan Wasley (2013)
Anna Breen (2015)
Trent Blomberg (2015)
Independent Study, Advisor Steven Hainlen (2006, winner of the William Jennings Bryan Award) Billy Duss (2008)
Ben Goodlund (2010)
Mariam Mahmood (2012)
Graduate Student Activities
Master’s Thesis Directed
Robert Freeman (Political Science, 2005)
Master’s Student Committees
Sarah Taylor-Nanista (Humphrey Institute, 2006)
Amber Shipley (Humphrey Institute, 2007)
Wyn Douglas (Humphrey Institute, 2008)
Doctoral Dissertations Directed
Ashley English, in progress. Emily Baer, in progress.
Michael Julius, 2013.
Kjersten Nelson, 2009. Co-Directed with Joanne Miller.
Doctoral Dissertation Committees Served On
Angela Bos, Monica Schneider, Melanie Burns, Henriet Hendriks, Logan Dancey, Caitlin Dwyer, Libby Sharrow, Charles Gregory, Phillip Chen, Magic Wade, Adam Olson (in progress).
Comprehensive Exam Committee Member
Kjersten Nelson, Logan Dancey, Joshua Anderson, Ilya Winham, Sarah Treul, Caitlin Dwyer, Elizabeth Sharrow, Michael Julius, Phillip Chen, Magic Wade, Charles Gregory, Lucas Lockhart, Ashley English, Emily Baer, Adam Olson, Christina Farhart.
SERVICE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
Service to the Discipline and Profession
Editorial Board, Politics & Gender, 2013-.
Midwest Political Science Association Council Member.
Editorial Board, Politics & Gender. 2007-2010.
Manuscripts reviewed for: The American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Politics & Gender, American Politics Research, Political Psychology, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Minnesota Press.
Committee Memberships
Awards Committee, Political Parties and Organizations Section of the APSA Chair, Committee to Select the Best Book in 2014.
Awards Committees, Legislative Studies Section of the APSA: Member, Committee to Select the Best Paper at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2009. Chair, Committee on the Best Dissertation Award, 2007-2008. Chair, Committee on the Best Dissertation Award, 2006-2007. Member, Committee to Select the Best Paper in Legislative Studies Quarterly, 2005.
Committee to Nominate the Editor of Legislative Studies Quarterly, Fall 2009.
Executive Board, Minnesota Political Science Association, 2007-2015.
Organization of Conference Section
Program Committee Chair, Legislative Studies Section, American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, 2014.
Program Committee Chair, Legislative Politics: Institutions, Midwest Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, 2007.
Service to the University/College/Department
Service to the University of Minnesota
“Political Science and the 2014 Elections” talk to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents and President Kaler at their retreat in St. Cloud, Minnesota. July 10, 2014.
Member of President Kaler’s Search Committee for a new Head of Government Relations. Fall, 2014.
Provost’s Grand Challenges Curriculum Issue Team. Summer 2014.
Council on Liberal Education. 2014 – present.
Live interview about U.S. politics at the U of M booth at the State Fair, August 2012, 2013, 2014.
Faculty Senate, September 2011-2013.
Moderator, Minnesota Gubernatorial Debate at the University of Minnesota. October, 2010.
“The 2010 Elections.” Speech for College of Continuing Education's Headliners Series, University of Minnesota, November 2010.
“American Politics 101.” (Two lectures during the Extension Program’s Political Science Day), December 2010. Center for Integrative Leadership Research Committee, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Carlson School of Management. 2007-present.
“The Federal Political Landscape and Its Effect on Minnesota.” Speech for the University of Minnesota Extension 2009 at the Capitol, March 2009.
“The 2008 Elections.” Speech for College of Continuing Education's Headliners Series, University of Minnesota, November 2008.
Featured University of Minnesota expert during the Republican National Convention, 2008 (more than 30 interviews according to Minnesota News Service).
“The 2008 Elections.” Lecture for Human Resources Staff Lunch, October, 2008.
Speech on Congressional and Electoral Politics delivered at the summer meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges hosted by the University of Minnesota Office of Federal Relations. Minneapolis, Minnesota, August, 2008.
Featured speaker at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Afternoon with the Liberal Arts. "Partisan Politics and the Outlook for the 110th Congress.” January, 2007.
Service to the College of Liberal Arts
College of Liberal Arts Faculty Research Awards Committee, 2015-.
Faculty Keynote Speaker at the CLA Honors Graduation Reception. 2010.
Commencement participation. December 2004, May 2007, May 2010.
CLA Honors Recruitment Day. 2007, 2010.
Faculty Student Recruitment Calling Outreach for CLA. 2007, 2009.
Keynote speaker, “Party Discipline in the House of Representatives,” at the CLA retired faculty appreciation lunch. December 18, 2006.
Service to the Department of Political Science
Graduate Work Committee. 2014-2015.
Director of Honors. 2011-2013.
The U.S. Congress Seminar Series. 2007-present.
American Politics Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2009.
Panelist, “Views from the U: The Political Science of Election 2008.” October, 2008.
Director of Diversity Opportunities. 2008-2009.
Graduate Work Committee. 2007.
Merit Advisory Committee. 2006-2007; 2010-2011.
Faculty Recruitment Committee. 2005. Department Secretary. 2004-2005.
Public and Other Service
Community, State, and National Service Activities
Expert featured in TPT, AAUW documentary “Women Making Change,” 2011.
“Challenges and Opportunities for Women Congressional Candidates in 2010: Perspective From Research on Women’s Candidacies.” Invited presentation to the Institute for Women and Policy Research Roundtable on Women and the Economy, Washington, DC, July 2010.
“Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Electoral Politics.” Lecture presented to The Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable, May 2010; womenwinning: Minnesota.
Women’s Campaign Fund, October 2009; the League of Women Voters (Minnetonka, October 2008; St. Paul, December 2008; South Tonka, August 2009); the American Association of University Women, Red Wing, September 2009.
Witness providing testimony, “The Coleman-Franken Recount” before the “Citizens’ Jury” run by Ned Crosby and former MN Senator John Hottinger. Minneapolis, June 2009.
Witness providing testimony, “The Effects of Term Limits in State Legislatures” before the Ramsey County Charter Commission, May 2009.
Witness providing testimony, “Research on Voting in Party Caucuses and Primaries” before the Minnesota State Senate Committee on State and Local Government Operations and Oversight on SF 1527, legislation to adopt a presidential primary in Minnesota. February 2008.
Featured Speaker, “The 2008 Elections,” at the Minnesota Society, Daughters of the American Revolution Annual Conference. Owatonna, Minnesota, May 2008.
Featured Speaker, “Academic Research on Female Candidates: What You Need to Know,” to participants at “Ready to Run,” a campaign training for women conducted at the Humphrey Institute, August 2005.
Featured Speaker at the monthly meeting of the Minnesota Women’s Political Caucus, “When Women Legislate,” September 2005.
Media interviews providing commentary on national and state politics with: The News Hour with Jim Leher, CNN, ABC National news, Fox National news, WCCO local news, KSTP local news, Fox9 local news, TPT Almanac, Kare11 local news, NPR, MPR, Access Minnesota, The Star Tribune, The Pioneer Press, The Minnesota News Network, MinnPost.com, the Minnesota Monitor, CQ Weekly, CQpolitics.com, and others.
Live election night commentary on Fox9, November, 2008, August 2010, November 2010, January, 2012; November 2012; November 2014.