The Effect of Gender, Party and Seniority on Interruptions at Congressional Hearings

• In Event: Analyzing Legislative Text and Speech

Brief Overview

Examining speech patterns during more than 25,000 committee hearings in the United States Congress from 1994 to 2018, we find evidence that women are more likely to experience interruptions when they are speaking.

Authors

• Michael G. Miller, Barnard College

• Joseph L. Sutherland, Columbia University in the City of New York