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Rebecca Hannagan

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Northern Illinois University

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EDUCATION:
1    Ph.D. Political Science, University of Nebraska. 2006
2    M.S. Political Science, University of Nebraska. 2003
3    B.A. Political Science and Philosophy, University of Nebraska. 1999

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
Professor Hannagan's research and teaching interests cover a wide variety of areas in American Politics, including political psychology, gender dynamics in group decision making, the biological underpinnings of gendered political attitudes and behaviors, and mass political behavior.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Hannagan, Rebecca J., & Holly Arrow.  2011.  “Reengineering Gender Relations in Modern Militaries: An Evolutionary Perspective.”  Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, forthcoming.

Hannagan, Rebecca J., Levente Littvay & Jamie Pimlott.  2010.  “Does an EMILY’s List endorsement predict electoral success, or does EMILY pick the winners?”  PS: Political Science and Politics, 43 (3): 503-508.

Hannagan, Rebecca J., & Christopher W. Larimer.  2010.  “Does Gender Composition Affect Group Decision Outcomes?  Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment.” Political Behavior, 32 (1): 51-67.

Hannagan, Rebecca J.  2008.  “Genes, Brains and Gendered Behavior: Rethinking Power and Politics in Response to Condit, Liesen and Vandermassen.”  Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 59: 504-511.

Hannagan, Rebecca J.  2008.  “Gendered Political Behavior: A Darwinian Feminist Approach.”  Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 59: 465-475.

Larimer, Christopher W., Rebecca J. Hannagan & Kevin B. Smith.  2007.  “Balancing Ambition and Gender among Decision Makers.”  The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,  614 (1): 56-73.

RESEARCH AGENDA:
Professor Hannagan is currently working on several research projects pertaining to gender in American politics. First, with Christopher Larimer of the University of Northern Iowa, she has obtained a National Science Foundation Grant to study gender dynamics on local boards and commissions in the State of Iowa.  Second, with Psychology professor Holly Arrow of the University of Oregon, she is working on a book project examining how gender dynamics have been shaped by ancestral warfare.  Third, Professor Hannagan has a number of laboratory studies underway as a way to investigate the differences between men and women in perceptions of fairness and assessment of public policy and public officials.  She is also working with graduate student Matthew Cantele on evolutionary perspectives on PTSD in male and female veterans, and with undergraduate Megan Geyer on applying the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to analyses of gendered group dynamics.  When Professor Hannagan is not teaching and doing research she likes to play her banjo and cook for friends and family.