News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
Carrie Ann Johnson, interim coordinator of research and outreach for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, has been awarded the 2023 Karas Award for Outstanding Dissertation from the Graduate College at Iowa State University.
Students presented findings from the Catt Center’s multi-year undergraduate research initiative at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research and at a Ready to Run Iowa workshop.
Iowa State University has again been named a Voter Friendly Campus by Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA for its practices that encourage students to register and vote.
This issue of Voices features four women honored in the Plaza of Heroines who earned their degrees in political science, whose passion for politics and public service are expressed in different ways and serve as an inspiration for the people in their lives.
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters.
The 2023 Women Impacting ISU calendar was unveiled and the 12 honorees were recognized at a Jan. 24 event in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
Six projects received funding through the 2022 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics.
The 2023 Ready to Run Iowa: Campaign Training for Women workshop series opened on Feb. 24 with two virtual workshops.
The Catt Center is pleased to promote two upcoming events focused on gender equity issues on university campuses.
On Feb. 7, Sherry Boschert discussed the history, successes and limitations of Title IX at the 2023 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics lecture in the Great Hall.