Women in Legislative Studies

Registration Professional Development Seminar, Oct 10 2025, "Getting Organized" This is the registration form for the upcoming Women in Legislative Studies Professional Development Seminar, which will begin at 2pm ET. We'll send you a zoom link shortly before the event.

This Friday, October 10 at 2pm ET is the next WILS Professional Development Seminar. The topic for this week is "Getting Organized."

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Read Shiri Noy's recent Inside Higher Ed article on organizing your research: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

The Rooney Democracy Institute at Notre Dame is seeking a postdoc or visiting PhD student in legislative institutions and/or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (@rachelporter.bsky.social)

Applications due November 15th: apply.interfolio.com/175219

Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress [Kornberg, Maya L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress

Maya Kornberg's book "Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress" will be published this coming Winter by Johns Hopkins University Press and is available for pre-order here : www.amazon.com/Stuck-Violen...

Janet Malzahn and Andrew B. Hall find that election-denying Republicans underperformed in the 2022 midterms in state-level races but not U.S. House races.

More here: www.cambridge.org/co...

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Jacob M. Lollis and Mackenzie R. Dobson find that LGBTQ lawmakers elected in high-discrimination environments are more effective than those elected from less discriminatory environments.

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Would there be interest in a non-residential fellowship in Boulder? Something along the lines of fellows agreeing to participate in 2~ virtual workshops with CU folks over the year. At the end of the fellowship we fly you out for an in-person visit. Maybe during ski season.

Read Jatia Wrighten’s new work titled “High Hurdles: Legislative Professionalism and the Effectiveness of Women State Legislators.” to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Politics here: www.journals.uchicag...

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Fantastic new piece on the framing of anti-trans legislation in state legislative debates. Kelly-Thompson and Lusvardi find that legislators use "paternal, protectionist frames and... [co-opt] the language of feminism."

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Denison University is hiring a TT Assistant/Associate in American politics with expertise in public policy. Strong preference for someone able to teach political theory. Moot Court experience a plus!

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Registration: Women in Legislative Studies Writing Group This is the registration form for the Women in Legislative Studies Writing Group. We'll send you a zoom link shortly before the event.

The first meeting of our Fall writing group will take place on 8/25 from 1:30 – 3:30pm ET. The writing group provides accountability, feedback, advice, and networking for women and non-binary scholars of legislative politics.

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Registration Professional Development Seminar, Aug 22 2025, "From Idea to Impact: Writing Your First (or Next) Academic Book" This is the registration form for the upcoming Women in Legislative Studies Professional Development Seminar, which will begin at 2pm ET. We'll send you a zoom link shortly before the event.

Our first professional development seminar for Fall 2025 will be held on Friday, August 22nd, 2:00-3:00 PM ET. The session is titled “From Idea to Impact: Writing Your First (or Next) Academic Book.”

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We are seeking a new leadership team for WiLS! If you might be interested (or just want to chat and see what's involved), please get in touch with Ellie, Gisela, or Leslie by September 5 (feel free to DM us here if you need contact info).

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The Department of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross is hiring two full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors specializing in American Politics, particularly Congress and/or executive branch politics to begin in August 2026. More info can be found here: apply.interfolio.com/171695

If you are teaching Intro to US Politics/American Government at the college level this coming year and would like a place to share resources, ideas, and questions, please join our Slack! Email me at sara.chatfield @ du.edu for the link.

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Genpol researchers looking to get your summer work in the pipeline?! We are still accepting submissions for a JWPP special issue on women's agency & parties - submit by 8/15! @winls.bsky.social @jwpp.bsky.social #genpol #polisci

Registration: Women in Legislative Studies Writing Group 2025 Summer Bootcamp This is the registration form for the Women in Legislative Studies Writing Group Summer Bootcamp, August 4th - 7th, 2025. We'll send you a zoom link shortly before the event.

Join us next week for our annual Summer Writing Bootcamp, August 4-7, which will run each day from 1:30-3:30 ET. The bootcamp combines writing accountability and professional development in an informal setting for women + non-binary scholars studying legislative politics.

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Writing group today at 1:30 Eastern!

New in @thejop.bsky.social from @a-weissman.bsky.social -- how descriptive representation has changed in an era of heightened polarization.

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Using Social Media to Respond to Negative Polls: Politicians’ Issue Responsiveness on Facebook | The Journal of Politics: Vol 87, No 3 Social media has changed the link between politicians and voters. An unsettled question is how politicians use social media in the political agenda-setting competition. Do they respond to issue priori...

How do Danish MPs use social media to respond to negative polls? Helene Helboe Pedersen and Henrik Bech Seeberg answer this question in their recent Journal of Politics article.

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Women in Legislative Studies: Writing Groups Women in Legislative Studies Writing Groups. The writing groups will provide combinations of regular writing times each week, accountability mechanisms, feedback on research, writing-related advice, a...

Writing Group Today! Write with us at 1:30 Eastern. 🖋️

More info here: www.womeninlegislativestudies.org/writing.html

Measuring Conflict in Local Politics Mirya Holman1 , Rebecca Johnson2 , and Tyler Simko3

It’s publication day!!🎊 In a new Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social piece, Rebecca Johnson, Tyler Simko @simko.bsky.social & I ask: How do you measure conflict in local politics in the United States?
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Deadline next week! Nominate a mentor who has made a lasting impact on your academic journey. The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentoring Award honors mentorship that opens doors and builds futures in the discipline.

🗓 Submit by July 15th
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Writing group today! ✍️

Check out this new piece in Politics and Gender by @hannabrant.bsky.social - "Cisheteropatriarchal Institutions and the Representation of LGBTQ+ Legislators"

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Writing group is today at 1:30pm Eastern. Join us!

Excited to be co-editing this special issue with Simone Bohn and Teresa Sacchet! Consider submitting your work on women's agency within/around political parties! Reach out here/email with any questions - wyliekn at jmu dot edu. @winls.bsky.social #polisky

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Congratulations to Guan Wang for winning the Best Annual Conference Discussant Award in the Foreign Policy section at APSA 2024!

Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre‐Electoral Coalitions Pre-electoral coalitions are common across diverse political contexts. In this letter, I examine their impact on one of the most consequential functions of political parties: the candidate selection ...

Check out Lucia Motolinia's new publication titled Party Considerations for Renomination in Pre-Electoral Coalitions at Legislative Studies Quarterly here:

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QUALREP

💫QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar💫

We're putting our own PIs in the hot seat for the final seminar this term - @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & @profsarahchilds.bsky.social!

Event details:

📆 Wed 28 May
⏰3-4pm GMT
📍Online - register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bfd7b0...

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