Want To Close The Gender Gap In Political Ambition?

Join Emerge America for an exclusive webinar featuring Jennifer L. Lawless.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 5 PM EST
She will discuss her new report (co-authored with Richard L. Fox) Men Rule: The Continued Under-Representation of Women in U.S. Politics.
About Jennifer Lawless:
Jennifer L. Lawless graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a B.A. in political science and went on to receive an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. From 2003-2009, she was an Assistant Professor at Brown University.

A nationally recognized expert on women’s involvement in politics, she is co-author (with Richard L. Fox) of the book, It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office. She has also published numerous articles in political science journals and has issued several policy reports on the barriers that impede women’s candidate emergence.
Lawless is the 2010–2013 editor of Politics & Gender, a leading political science journal, the director of the Women & Politics Institute and associate professor of government at AU’s School of Public Affairs. While in Rhode Island, she ran for Congress and will share her own experience relative to her research.
About Women & Politics Institute:
The mission of the American University’s Women & Politics Institute is to close the gender gap in political leadership. We provide young women with academic and practical training that encourages them to become involved in the political process, and we facilitate research that enhances our understanding of the challenges women face in the political arena.
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