GPP

The goal of the Gender and Political Participation (GPP) Working Group is to create a space for graduate students as well as post-doctoral fellows to present their work, and engage with other graduate students. This working group is open to all sub-fields across Political Science.

We are hosting biweekly presentations over Zoom in Spring 2023 ( where members can present their work, which discussants and participants can engage with. Please fill out this Google form for joining our mailing list and receive updates!

Spring 2023 Schedule

Time: 12pm EST / 11am CST/ 10am MT / 9am PT

  • Feb 20: Natalie Hernandez (Yale University), How Dobbs Changed America
  • Mar 6: Matilde Ceron (European University Institute), Gendered policies and preferences: school closures stiffing women’s support for pandemic restrictions in Italy
  • Mar 20: Bianca Vicuna (University of California, Los Angeles), Psychological Mechanisms Explaining Latina Attitudes Towards Gender Equality
  • Apr 3: Anirvan Chowdhury (UC Berkeley), How do religiously conservative parties mobilize women? Gender norms, political activism and democratization in India
  • Apr 17: Aritmetica Jaime-Oliver (El Colegio de México), More women. More substantive representation?
  • May 1: Sierra Davis (Stanford University), Discrimination Against Female Candidates? Re-evaluating Demand-side Factors as a Function of Voter Partisanship and Election Type
  • May 15: Daniela Osorio Michel (German Institute for Global and Area Studies), Do varying levels of gendered expectations affect the degree of punishment women candidates face for wrongdoing?
  • May 29: TBD
  • Jun 12: Surili Sheth (UC Berkeley), (Inter-)mediation and women’s engagement in India)
  • June 26: A panel session on Demystifying Academic Job Market (Panelists: Elizabeth Brannon, Sumin Lee, Bhumi Purohit, and Anirvan Chowdhury)