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National Symposium Series
Women In Politics: Seeking Office and Making Policy
June 9th and 10th, 2006
Faculty Club, Heyns Room
University of California, Berkeley
What barriers face women who choose to enter political life? How can young women be inspired to consider taking an active role in political affairs? Do women bring a special or unique perspective to politics and policy-making? Join Larry Sabato from the U.Va. Center for Politics, Jack Citrin of the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, and some of the country's most distinguished women political practitioners and academic researchers for a two-day conference examining these and other issues.
The conference will take place in the Heyns Room at the Faculty Club of University of California, Berkeley on June 9th and 10th. This event is free and open to the public.
Conference Schedule
Day One - The Lessons of Research
Friday, June 9th
9:00 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
9:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks
Jack Citrin, Institute of Governmental
Studies, University of California, Berkeley
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9:45 a.m. |
Opening Address
From the Year of the Woman to Years of Women: Women in Politics in the 21st Century
Beth Reingold, Emory University
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10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:30 a.m. |
Research Roundtable 1
Getting In: Candidate Recruitment, Campaigns and Elections
(Listen Online: Part 1 29MB, Part 2 29MB)
Chair: Jack Citrin, University of California, Berkeley
1. The Primary Reason for Women's Under-Representation? Reevaluating the Conventional Wisdom
Jennifer Lawless, Brown University
Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota
2. Parties, Money and Sex
Barbara Burrell, Northern Illinois
University
3. Gender and Campaign Communication: TV Ads, Web Sites, and Media Coverage
Dianne Bystrom, Iowa State University
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:30 p.m. |
Research Roundtable 2
Moving Up and Reaching Out: Opportunities for Political Engagement, Careers and Leadership
(Listen Online: Part 1 27MB, Part 2 29MB)
Chair: Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota
1. Symbolic Mobilization? The Impact of Candidate Sex on American Elections
Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee
2. Female Candidates, Issues and Political Proselytizing: Understanding Why Women Talk about Politics
Atiya Kai Stokes-Brown, Florida State
University
Melissa Neal, Florida State University
3. Women in the Administrative State: The Impact of Motherhood and Family-Friendly Policies on Women's Career Paths in the Federal Civil Service
Marissa Martino Golden, Bryn Mawr
4. En-Gendering Choice in Congressional Leadership Elections
Cindy Simon Rosenthal, University of
Oklahoma
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3:30 p.m. |
Break |
3:45 p.m. |
Research Roundtable 3
Staying In: Exercising Leadership, Power and Influence
(Listen Online: Part 1 29MB, Part 2 12MB)
Chair: Beth Reingold, Emory University
1. Strategic Intersectionality: Gender, Ethnicity and Political Incorporation
Ricardo Ramirez, University of
Southern California
2. A Case of Access Denied? Gender, Race and Legislative Influence
Wendy Smooth, The Ohio State University
3. The Committee Assignments of State Legislators: An Underexplored Link in Understanding Gender Differences
Susan Carroll, Rutgers
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5:15 p.m. |
Reception |
Day Two - Applying the Lessons
Saturday, June 10th
9:00 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
9:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks (View Online!)
Holly Hatcher, Center for Politics,
University of Virginia
Jack Citrin, Institute of Governmental
Studies, University of California, Berkeley
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9:45 a.m. |
Practitioner Roundtable 1: Seeking Office (View Online!)
Moderator: Jennifer Lawless, Brown University
Joanne Davis, Principal, The Davis Group
Ginny Douglas, California Executive
Director, The WISH List
Mary Hughes, President, Staton Hughes
Assemblywoman Carol Liu, California
State Assembly, D-La Canada Flintridge
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:30 p.m. |
Practitioner Roundtable 2: Administration and Policy (View Online!)
Moderator: Kimberly Nalder, Sacramento State University
Delaine Eastin, former California
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Loretta Lynch, former chairwoman,
California Public Utilities Commission
Margita Thompson, press secretary,
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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3:00 p.m. |
Practitioner Roundtable 3: Governing (View Online!)
Moderator: Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley
Assemblywoman Wilma Chan,
California State Assembly, D-Oakland
Jennifer Dunn, former Member of
Congress, R-Washington
Lynne Leach, former member, California
State Assembly, R-Walnut Creek
U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-California
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Please check back frequently as we will update the website as additional details are confirmed.
For more information on this series contact Megan Davis, Director of Programs, at 434.243.3539 or mcd9x@virginia.edu.
Corporate Sponsors
The Center for Politics would like to thank the following sponsors for the 2006 National Symposium Series:
President's Level
Altria Corporate Services, Inc.
Previous National Symposium Series
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