Author Meets Critics: The Future of the Partisan Gap among Women in Elective Office

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

Scholars will respond to Laurel Elder's book, The Partisan Gap: Why Democratic Women Get Elected by Republican Women Don't (NYU Press 2021) and discuss new trends and emerging research avenues relating to gender, the parties, and elective office.

Section

• Gender & Politics / Gender and Politics

Chair

• Malliga Och, Idaho State University

Participants

• Laurel E. Elder, Hartwick College

• Melissa Deckman, Washington College

• Brian P. Frederick, Bridgewater State University

• Stefanie Chambers, Trinity College