Kira Sanbonmatsu's guest appearances

Kira Sanbonmatsu

Women and Public Policy Program Seminar Series

The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues

Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson

Here's the Problem

Jo Boaler

Alberto Alesina

Jennifer Lawless

Robert Jensen

Valerie Hudson

Mary Brinton

Iris Bohnet

Jessica Clarke

Trina Jones

Soledad Prillaman

Bina Agarwal

Zoe Kinias

Stephanie Creary

Michela Carlana

Sabrina Karim

OwlTail

Kelly Nagle sits down with Kira Sanbonmatsu, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.  In the final episode of our series featuring thought leaders addressing the social justice topics that are important to our Teen Think Tank Project students, Kelly chats with the noted political scientist, professor, and author to discuss gender equity in American politics. 

<p>Kelly Nagle sits down with Kira Sanbonmatsu, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.  In the final episode of our series featuring thought leaders addressing the social justice topics that are important to our Teen Think Tank Project students, Kelly chats with the noted political scientist, professor, and author to discuss gender equity in American politics. </p>

S01 E10: Informal Barriers to Gender Equity w/ Professor Kira Sanbonmatsu

Sanbonmatsu discusses her new book (coauthored with Susan J. Carroll), titled “More Women Can Run: Gender and Pathways to the State Legislatures,” (Oxford University Press, 2013). Analyzing nationwide surveys of state legislators conducted by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), the book advances a new approach for understanding women’s election to office, challenging assumptions of a single model of candidate emergence and the necessity for women to assimilate to men’s pathways to office. For example, Sanbonmatsu asserts that a model of candidate emergence based on relationships and networks better captures women’s decision-making than an ambition framework in which candidacy is self-initiated. More women can run if more efforts are made to recruit women of varying backgrounds. This research also examines party differences and the reasons that Democratic women are outpacing Republican women. Speaker: Kira Sanbonmatsu, Professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University

More Women Can Run with Kira Sanbonmatsu