Melody Crowder-Meyer
Assistant Professor of Politics, Sewanee: The University of the South (January 2011)
I recently completed my doctoral degree in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. Beginning in January 2011, I will be an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at The University of the South in Sewanee, TN. In addition to gender in politics and political psychology, my research and teaching interests include political parties and organizations, local and urban politics, race and ethnicity in politics, public opinion and political participation, and survey research methods. My current research uses a nationwide survey of county party leaders to examine how party leaders and party organizations affect women’s candidacies for local political offices. For example, I test how gender stereotypes and a variety of party leader beliefs affect how often women are recruited to run for county office and the specific types of offices for which women are recruited to run. In another ongoing project, I examine how gender affects public issue preferences and prioritization. In my future work I hope to gain a better understanding of what shapes party leaders’ beliefs about men and women candidates and how this affects political outcomes.
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