Women in Legislative Studies
@winls.bsky.social
Working to engage, support, and promote women who study legislative politics related to Congress, state, comparative, and international legislatures.
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The Consortium on the American Political Economy Junior Working Group is soliciting papers for their spring workshop, which focuses on the relationship between markets and governance in the United States, broadly construed.
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Spring 2026: Consortium on the American Political Economy Junior Working Group
The Consortium on the American Political Economy Junior Working Group is now soliciting papers for the Spring 2026 semester. If you are interested in presenting, serving as a discussant, or simply upd...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Consortium on the American Political Economy Junior Working Group is soliciting papers for their spring workshop, which focuses on the relationship between markets and governance in the United States, broadly construed.
Details + submit by Jan 16: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Details + submit by Jan 16: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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"Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence" by @jkaslovsky.bsky.social, Tabitha Koch, and Michael P. Olson in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
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Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence - Volume 23 Issue 4
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December 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence" by @jkaslovsky.bsky.social, Tabitha Koch, and Michael P. Olson in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
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It's pretty cool that my Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin will be featured on a professional development panel "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes" for Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social with others from Dartmouth and Arizona State!
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's pretty cool that my Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin will be featured on a professional development panel "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes" for Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social with others from Dartmouth and Arizona State!
Dartmouth College invites applications for a Guarini Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences (Rocky).
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/178487
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December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Dartmouth College invites applications for a Guarini Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences (Rocky).
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/178487
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/178487
A team of scholars is soliciting abstracts on Abortion Storytelling in State Politics. The collection will be featured in a Critical Perspectives proposal for Politics & Gender.
🗓️Deadline: February 1, 2026.
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🗓️Deadline: February 1, 2026.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A team of scholars is soliciting abstracts on Abortion Storytelling in State Politics. The collection will be featured in a Critical Perspectives proposal for Politics & Gender.
🗓️Deadline: February 1, 2026.
Read the call in the link below:
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🗓️Deadline: February 1, 2026.
Read the call in the link below:
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This Friday, December 12th at 2:00pm ET is the next Women in Legislative Studies Professional Development Seminar.
The topic for this week is "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes."
To attend, please register here: forms.gle/iaVCB2HQj6Ej...
The topic for this week is "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes."
To attend, please register here: forms.gle/iaVCB2HQj6Ej...
Registration Professional Development Seminar, Dec 12 2025, "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes "
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.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This Friday, December 12th at 2:00pm ET is the next Women in Legislative Studies Professional Development Seminar.
The topic for this week is "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes."
To attend, please register here: forms.gle/iaVCB2HQj6Ej...
The topic for this week is "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes."
To attend, please register here: forms.gle/iaVCB2HQj6Ej...
Cornell University is hosting the Congress & History Conference on May 28-29, 2026. Proposals are due December 24, and should be submitted here:
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Congress and History, 2026
Cornell University is hosting the Congress & History Conference, on May 28-29 2026.
For the last twenty-five years, Congress & History has been a premiere scholarly community for the study of Congres...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Cornell University is hosting the Congress & History Conference on May 28-29, 2026. Proposals are due December 24, and should be submitted here:
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The Victoria Schuck Award honors the best book published on women and politics.
For complete details about the award, including details about eligibility, please visit:
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For complete details about the award, including details about eligibility, please visit:
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Nominations Due February 11:
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Victoria Schuck Award - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Victoria Schuck Award Victoria Schuck Award Nominations now open. The Schuck Award honors the best book published on women and politics. Victoria Schuck
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December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Victoria Schuck Award honors the best book published on women and politics.
For complete details about the award, including details about eligibility, please visit:
apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/APS...
Nominations Due February 11:
openwater-os.secure-platform.com/americanpoli...
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For complete details about the award, including details about eligibility, please visit:
apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/APS...
Nominations Due February 11:
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Polisky Gendersky
Writing group is today!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Writing group is today!
The Center for Effective Lawmaking is looking to recruit post-doctoral fellows for the coming academic year (AY 2026-2027) to be in residence at Vanderbilt University or the University of Virginia. Details here:
Vanderbilt: apply.interfolio.com/175483
UVA: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Vanderbilt: apply.interfolio.com/175483
UVA: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Center for Effective Lawmaking is looking to recruit post-doctoral fellows for the coming academic year (AY 2026-2027) to be in residence at Vanderbilt University or the University of Virginia. Details here:
Vanderbilt: apply.interfolio.com/175483
UVA: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Vanderbilt: apply.interfolio.com/175483
UVA: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
This Friday, October 10 at 2pm ET is the next WILS Professional Development Seminar. The topic for this week is "Getting Organized."
Register: forms.gle/ynvw3P56sBa3...
Read Shiri Noy's recent Inside Higher Ed article on organizing your research: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Register: forms.gle/ynvw3P56sBa3...
Read Shiri Noy's recent Inside Higher Ed article on organizing your research: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This Friday, October 10 at 2pm ET is the next WILS Professional Development Seminar. The topic for this week is "Getting Organized."
Register: forms.gle/ynvw3P56sBa3...
Read Shiri Noy's recent Inside Higher Ed article on organizing your research: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Register: forms.gle/ynvw3P56sBa3...
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
Applications due November 15th: apply.interfolio.com/175219
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October 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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
Applications due November 15th: apply.interfolio.com/175219
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...
Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress
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October 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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.
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Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms - Volume 119 Issue 3
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September 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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.
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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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I’m Coming Out! How Voter Discrimination Produces Effective LGBTQ Lawmakers | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
I’m Coming Out! How Voter Discrimination Produces Effective LGBTQ Lawmakers - Volume 58 Issue 3
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September 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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.
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August 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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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August 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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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Transgender Bodies are the Battleground: Backlash, Threat, and the Future of Queer Rights in the United States | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Transgender Bodies are the Battleground: Backlash, Threat, and the Future of Queer Rights in the United States - Volume 58 Issue 3
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August 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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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August 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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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.
Register here: docs.google.com/form...
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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.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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.
Register here: docs.google.com/form...
Polisky Gendersky
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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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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.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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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August 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
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August 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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
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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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August 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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