It’s the very best time of year: commencement! So delighted to hood Dr. Annie Jarman, 14 years after my own commencement at @washu.edu I’m especially excited to help keep our WashU gender and politics community going strong. Congratulations again to Annie and to all of our amazing PhD graduates!

Happy to learn that Farida Jalalzai received the Midwest Women’s Caucus Outstanding Professional Achievement Award at this year's @mpsa.bsky.social conference! Farida is a pathbreaking scholar of 🚺 presidents and prime ministers and a generous leader and colleague. This honor is richly deserved!

Still thinking about the Spring 2026 @egenpolisci.bsky.social conference @ Stanford. Terrific papers, lightning talks and thoughtful conversations about how research can inform real-world change. Huge thanks to Solé Prillaman for organizing such a rich event. kingcenter.stanford.edu/events/confe...

Proud of Dr. Annie Jarman for defending her thesis, Breaking the Glass Screen: Gendered Hostility Online and Women’s Political Representation. She examines the gendered online hostility 🚺 politicians face and how it shapes nascent + progressive ambition. Learn more: anniejarman.github.io/index.html

Our @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org author shared insights from her book: “The truth is, they’d always been standing in political quicksand. As @zeynsom.bsky.social describes in her book “Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands,” female leaders often operate in more precarious environments.”

Big deliveries today @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Elements by @ladyprofessor.bsky.social and @fthames.bsky.social; @yesolakweon.bsky.social & @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social; and @lizziebrannon.bsky.social & Jakana Thomas arrived in my mailbox!! 💌📥📚 @dzobrien.bsky.social & I love these deliveries 📬

Super useful FREE new @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Gender & Politics Element by @cbolzendahl.bsky.social & @hildecoffe.bsky.social shows how gender shapes political participation across Europe, w/ 8 forms of political activity over 10 waves of the European Social Survey (2002–2020) in 26 countries!

New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Gender & Politics Element on LGBTQ politics by Daby and Rau. Focusing on Latin America, authors use survey data and interviews to identify multiple processes by which individuals move from prejudice and rejection to tolerance and acceptance towards LGBTQ+ citizens! 🏳️‍🌈

New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Gender & Politics Element by @lizziebrannon.bsky.social & Jakana Thomas, “Legislating Peace,” shows that 🚺's representation, especially former rebels in rebel parties, improves compliance with post-conflict gender provisions. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Up next: "Double Glass Ceiling The Class Effects of Gender Representation" by @yesolakweon.bsky.social & @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social. They argue that the link between 🚺's descriptive and symbolic representation differs across economic class, w/ implications for 🚺's political attitudes & behavior.

Free 📚🚨! I've got 2 great, short monographs for you to download today! Up first, "Conflict and Maternal Health Linking the Gendered Causes and Gendered Consequences of War" by @fthames.bsky.social + @ladyprofessor.bsky.social. 1/

The same people who claim they want to "defend women." Gender studies departments have incredibly committed instructors. They get students to read, write, and think, exposing them to interdisciplinary coursework that helps them make sense of the world. They do this with limited resources & support.

One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year was "The Politics of Perception," sent to me by the brilliant author, @kstauffer.bsky.social. It's a must-read book about how & why Americans' (mis)perceptions of 🚺's political representation influence their efficacy, trust, approval of institutions.

All articles from our 2025 volume can be accessed here - https://cup.org/49tQEFp #OpenAccess

Does news about a more diverse Congress change how Americans see democracy? In POQ, Olson et al. find that diversity boosts Democrats’ trust in Congress, has no effect on Republicans, and does not weaken support for democratic norms. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

🚨Free book alert (for 2 weeks)! In her new CUP Element, @caglayanbaser.bsky.social shows that rebel groups with♀️combatants are seen as more gender-equal, democratic and morally legitimate, even when they perpetrate violence. This increases public support for government sponsorship of rebel groups!

Now on my substack, Gender Gap: 5 notable gaps discussed in 2025. 1. leaving the U.S. 2. marriage aspirations 3. social media use 4. loneliness 5. college plans I picked these bc they signal how men/women structure their social lives and are imagining their futures. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.

I once had the privilege of teaching a women & politics courses at Texas A&M. I inherited the class from a colleague, but I made it fully my own (no one double-checked my syllabi). And the course addressed gender, sexuality, and intersectionality—b/c, obvi. I have never enjoyed teaching more! 1/

Feeling grateful to @jennpiscopo.bsky.social for including our co-authored @apsrjournal.bsky.social article on gender quotas in this piece for @policyoptions.irpp.org. Despite pundits' fears, we find that 🚹's overrepresentation is much more corrosive to democratic legitimacy than gender quotas.

I’m really proud of (and grateful to) my colleagues for writing this op-ed. As a @washu.edu alumna and faculty member, I forcefully echo their statement. Faculty excellence and student success should be our lodestar. Signing the compact moves us further from those aims.

#OpenAccess from August 2025 - Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP "research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour" - @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus

Are you attending #APSA2025 and (thinking of) writing a book on the topic of gender and politics?! Come meet the editors of the @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Cambridge Studies in Gender & Politics! Friday at 2:30pm at the Sutton Place Hotel (Salon Cezanne). We want to talk w/ you!

Here's the catalog description the now-fired Texas A&M lecturer allegedly transgressed by giving a lecture about gender in children's literature. ENGL 360 Literature for Children Credits 3. 3 Lecture hours. Representative writers, genres, texts and movements. president.tamu.edu/messages/an-...

So proud of @gdilandro.bsky.social for successfully defending his thesis "Political Parties and the Gender Voting Gap in Western Democracies: A Supply and Demand Framework." He's already published one dissertation paper in @bjpols.bsky.social & there's more great gender & politics work to come! 🍾

📘 New from Cambridge & free to download for the next two weeks! "Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies: The Role of Gender Values and Norms" by Amy C. Alexander & @gefjonoff.bsky.social! Check out the 🧵 below for a great summary!

Today was the last day of the EITM Summer School in Mannheim. I am so more knowledgeable, wise and much grateful to Prof. Thomas König for this opportunity, and to Prof. Thomas Bräuninger, Prof. Richard Traunmüller, Prof. @dzobrien.bsky.social & Prof. @fortunato.bsky.social for teaching all of us 🙏🏼

🚨 New Cambridge Element! Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands by Andrea S. Aldrich & @zeynsom.bsky.social uses original data from 11 democracies (1980–2020) to examine how gender shapes party leadership selection & survival. Free for 2 more days: cup.org/3HqJXty #gender #politics

Congratulations to Dr. @ietchacq.bsky.social! She's such a tenacious, ambitious, and brilliant young scholar, and I'm lucky to have been able to play some small part in her Ph.D. journey! Keep a look out for her great CP work on the representation of marginalized groups!

Including: Gendered jobs and local leaders by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @rivb.bsky.social‬ ‪and @mirya.bsky.social‬ Also available as an ebook: solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44...

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📣 Still open access. 📣Get it while you can 📚👇 doi.org/10.1017/9781...

I am honored & humbled working w/ Amanda Clayton & @dzobrien.bsky.social. Our latest @apsrjournal.bsky.social shows that gender quotas do *not* erode legitimacy: across democracies, voters prefer legislatures w/ gender balance to those w/ male dominance, full stop. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 @erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas. gendersky polisky buff.ly/4hDqyIU

📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 Our twentieth anniversary issue is now out! Our editor @mlkrook.bsky.social‬ introduces the issue reflecting on founding of the journal and previewing all of the wonderful research featured in this special edition of P&G. polisci gendersky buff.ly/jHgKiwp

Need a break from watching the stock market tumble? Our new article on the persistence of role model effects into adulthood is out now in @polbehavior.bsky.social! We are the first, to our knowledge, to show such effects. doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Hey #Gendersky #Polisky #PoliticalBehavio(u)r #PoliticalScienceData: Check Out @egenpolisci.bsky.social's brilliant group of Prize Winners. Funding the next gen of gender scholarship! @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social

With growing concerns for Israeli democracy, join us for a thought-provoking webinar. We will explore cross-national examples of democratic decline and discuss what lessons can be applied to Israel’s current situation. 📅Monday, April 7th 🕓8:30 PM EST | 5:30 PM PST 📍Register tinyurl.com/webinar040725

Delighted to see our article here in great company. Check out the whole collection of articles on gender and sexuality published in South European Society and Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social since 2021 w reflection by @elombardo.bsky.social 👇! 💡

Today is MARGIE @ WashU! Thank you to @mhayes.bsky.social for hosting the Mid-American Conference for Race, Gender, Immigration and Ethnicity Politics Conference w/ great talks from Marques Zarate, @shortle.bsky.social, @angietorres.bsky.social, Allison Anoll & @mjstrawbridge.bsky.social!

🌟THANK YOU🌟 to everyone who attended @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social's book launch last week! Academic research is key to advancing #WomenPeaceSecurity #CSW69📚 Couldn't make it? No worries! You can watch a recording of the event here! youtu.be/qDCcmADPYUs?... #gendersky #polisky

Great to see this out! This review is important for IR scholars as well— under what conditions do women lead and what are the implications of that leadership? Highly recommend!

The IPU-UN Women Map - Global rankings for women in executive and government www.ipu.org/resources/pu... @ipuparliament.bsky.social @womenforelection.bsky.social @seeherelected.bsky.social @nwc.bsky.social

Really pleased that my @annualreviews.bsky.social on "Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics" w/ @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social is now out! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

📚📖 Ray Duch, Randy Stevenson and I are editing a @cambridgeup.bsky.social Elements Series on "Comparative Political Behavior". We are delighted to see our first two Series published. www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

Look at what came in the mail! It’s the 5th edition of “Women, Politics & Power” by Paxton, Hughes, & @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social! This version is thick! It covers the classics and cutting-edge research. Given the current political moment, this text is vitally important!

The experimental results show a negative impact of mental load priming on political interest, likelihood of public forms of political participation, vote intention, and interest in opportunities to advance at work. It also negatively impacts preferred working hours. 7/9

Really proud of @gdilandro.bsky.social, whose new BJPS article shows that increases in 🚺's labor force participation are associated w/ 🚺's support for the left—but only when left parties support gender-egalitarian labor market policies.