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Additional Research

Below is a selected bibliography of research on gender and politics conducted by Catt Center students, faculty, and staff.

  • Al Subhi, Ahlam K. and Amy Erica Smith. 2019. “Electing Women to New Arab Assemblies: The Roles of Gender Ideology, Islam, and Tribalism in Oman.” International Political Science Review 40(1): 90–107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512117700949
  • Becker, Madeline. 2024. “Iowa Female County Supervisors: Who, Where, Why?” https://iastate.box.com/v/IowaFemaleCountySupers-MBecker.
  • Gillooly, Shauna, Heidi Hardt, and Amy Erica Smith. 2021. “Having Female Role Models Correlates with PhD Students’ Attitudes Toward Their Own Academic Success.” PLOS ONE 16(8): e0255095. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0255095
  • Hardt, Heidi, Hannah June Kim, Amy Erica Smith, and Philippe Meister. 2019. “The Gender Readings Gap in Political Science Graduate Training.” Journal of Politics 81(4): 1528–32. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/704784
  • Haussman, Melissa and Karen M. Kedrowski. 2023. Walking the Gendered Tightrope: Theresa May and Nancy Pelosi as Legislative Leaders. University of Michigan Press.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. 2021. “Anne (Anna) E. Heslet Jenks, 1856-1946.” In “Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000,” part of the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States, Thomas Dublin and Kathryn Kish Sklar, eds. https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1011011604.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. 2022. “Performing Toxic Masculinity During the January 6 Insurrection.” eJournal of Public Affairs. (11:1) http://www.ejournalofpublicaffairs.org/performing-toxic-masculinity-during-the-january-6th-insurrection. March 26.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. 2024. “(Ad)Dressing Reassurance: Symbolic Politics of Police and Military Uniforms. In Karen M. Kedrowski, Candice Ortbals, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and J. Cherie Strachan, eds., Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics. New York: Palgrave. pp. 371-382.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. 2024. “Civic Education for the Majority: Centering Women in Civic Education.” In Carah Ong Whaley, Allison Rank, and Lauren C. Bell, eds., Teaching Civic Engagement in an Era of Divisive Politics. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 119-135.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. 2024. “The Symbolic Politics of Fashion: Using State Power to (Ad)Dressing Threats.” In Karen M. Kedrowski, Candice Ortbals, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and J. Cherie Strachan, eds., Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics. New York: Palgrave. pp. 155-167.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. and Marilyn Stine Sarow. 2002. “The Gendering of Cancer Policy: Media Advocacy and Congressional Policy Attention.” in Cindy S. Rosenthal, ed. Women Transforming Congress. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 240-258. https://www.oupress.com/9780806134963/women-transforming-congress
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. and Marilyn Stine Sarow. 2007. Cancer Activism: Gender, Media and Public Policy. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. Released in paperback 2010.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. and Marilyn Stine Sarow. 2015. “Lessons Learned from the Breast and Prostate Cancer Movements.” Cancer and Health Policy: Advancements and Opportunities. Oncology Nursing Society Publishing Division. pp. 289-310.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. and Melissa Haussman. Under contract. Gender, Intersectionality, and Public Policy. University of Michigan Press.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. and Michael E. Lipscomb. 2008. Breastfeeding Rights in the United States. Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood Press.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M. and Michael E. Lipscomb. 2009. “Breastfeeding Practices, Policies and Politics in a Global Context.” In Women and Politics Around the World: volume I, edited by Joyce Gelb and Marian Palley. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. pp. 129-142 https://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781851099894/8.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M., Candice Ortbals, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and J. Cherie Strachan, eds. 2024. Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics. New York: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57073-5.
  • Kedrowski, Karen M., Candice Ortbals, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and J. Cherie Strachan. 2024. “Introduction.” In Karen M. Kedrowski, Candice Ortbals, Lori Poloni-Staudinger, and J. Cherie Strachan, eds., Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics. New York: Palgrave. pp. 1-18
  • McManaway, Kimberly Sakes, Regina Bateson, Kyle Harris, Marty Jordan, and Karen M. Kedrowski 2022. “Balancing Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Graduate School.” In Kevin Lorentz et al. eds., Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond. Washington, DC: APSA. pp. 95-106.
  • Smith, Amy Erica, Heidi Hardt, Philippe Meister, and Hannah June Kim. 2019. “Gender, Race, Age and National Origin Predict Whether Faculty Assign Female-Authored Readings in Graduate Syllabi.” PS: Political Science & Politics 53(1): 100-106. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/gender-race-age-and-national-origin-predict-whether-faculty-assign-femaleauthored-readings-in-graduate-syllabi/B4CC00597FDB805D57AB64A67DA42EB2
  • Smith, Amy Erica, Katherine Warming, and Valerie M. Hennings. 2017. “Refusing to Know a Woman’s Place: The Causes and Consequences of Rejecting Stereotypes of Women Politicians in the Americas.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 5(1): 132–151. https://doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2016.1198707
  • Smith, Amy Erica, Shauna Gillooly, and Heidi Hardt. 2022. “Assessing Racial/Ethnic and Gender Gaps in Political Science PhD Students’ Methodological Self-efficacy.” PS: Political Science & Politics 55(1), 165-170. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/assessing-racialethnic-and-gender-gaps-in-political-science-phd-students-methodological-selfefficacy/F2CDFB63ADD2A974F48486C6743E93A1
  • Tindall, Katherine. 2014. “Women of the United States and United Nations: Rhetorical Comparisons of Political Communications in International Politics.” https://iastate.box.com/Rhetorical-Comparisons.
  • Winfrey, Kelly L. 2021. “‘I’m F—ing Moving to Iowa:’ Gender and Candidate Image in the 2020 Iowa Caucus.” American Behavioral Scientist 65(3): 558-573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764220981121.