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Angela L. Bos

Assistant Professor of Political Science, College of Wooster

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Education:

    * Ph.D. American Politics and Methodology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. 2007.
    * Ph.D. Minor in Political Psychology
    * M.A. Political Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. 2005.
    * B.A. Political Science, University of Minnesota - Morris.  2001.
 

Research and Teaching Interests:

Professor Bos' research and teaching interests cover a wide variety of areas in American Politics, including political psychology, gender and racial stereotypes, media and politics, political parties and elections, civic education, pedagogy in political science, and methodology.
 

Selected Publications:

Bos, Angela L.  2011. “Out of Control: Delegates’ Information Sources and Perceptions of Female Candidates.” Political Communication 28 (1): 87-109.

Schneider, Monica C. and Angela L. Bos. “An Exploration of the Content of Stereotypes of Black Politicians.” Political Psychology, Forthcoming.

Angela L. Bos and Paula L. O’Loughlin. 2010. “Gender and Politics in the U.S.” In 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook, ed. John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Angela L. Bos and Monica Schneider.  2009.  “Stepping Around the Brick Wall: Overcoming Student Obstacles in Methods Courses.”  PS: Political Science and Politics 42 (3).

Angela L. Bos, Ian Williamson, John L. Sullivan, Marti Hope Gonzales, and Patricia G. Avery.  2007.  “The Price of Rights: High School Students' Civic Values and Behaviors.”  Journal of Applied Social Psychology 37 (6): 1265–1284.

Research Agenda:

There are three main streams to my research. First, I have conducted research on how high school civics education in the U.S. encourages – or not – young people to actively engage in politics. Second, my dissertation research and its extensions examine the ways in which political parties – and the role they play in candidate nominations – influence the ability of female candidates to be elected to office. I investigate the ways in which nomination mechanism affect reliance on gender stereotypes among those choosing the nominee. In addition, I work on research on stereotypes of black politicians.  A new project with collaborator Monica Schneider examines the mechanisms whereby partisan and gender stereotypes affect evaluations of female candidates.  Third, I am actively engaged in sustained research regarding pedagogy in political science. My most recent paper, for example, argues that there is a divide with regard to the obstacles faculty teaching methods courses believe their students face and the obstacles their students actually perceive. My coauthor and I highlight how student learning can increase through faculty members’ first assessing student concerns about learning methods and then by designing their courses to address their fears.