Heather L. Ondercin
Assistant Professor of Political Science , University of Mississippi
ondercin@olemiss.edu
http://heatherondercin.weebly.com/
I am an assistant professor of political science department at the University of Mississippi. I am currently working on a variety of projects that examine how gender and context (space and time) shape the political behavior of men and women. The first project analyzes the dynamics of the gender gap in partisanship between 1950 and 2008. By modeling men’s and women’s partisanship separately and over time this project advances our understanding of the origins and evolution of the gender gap in partisanship. A second project looks at how sex, region, and race intersect to shape political attitudes. I find that Southern White women’s attitudes are distinct from both women outside the South and Southern White men. Additionally, Lee Ann Banaszak and I are working on a project that analyzes the relationship between the U.S. Women’s Movement and countermovement. Past research projects have examined sex differences in political knowledge and the emergence and success of women candidates for elected office. I completed a Ph.D. in political science and women’s studies from The Pennsylvania State University in 2007.
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