Rachel VanSickle-Ward
Professor of Political Studies
With Pitzer Since: 2007
字段组: Political Studies
Campus Address: 伯纳德203
电子邮件: [email protected]
Office Hours: See 教师 Directory
生物
Rachel VanSickle-Ward (B.A. Pitzer College; M.A. 和Ph值.D. University of 加州, Berkeley) is a Professor of Political Studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, 加州. Her research 和 teaching interests include public policy, 公法, gender 和 politics 和 elections. She has published work on the politics of statutory language, gender 和 political ambition, voting access, 和 administrative law. Her first book, The Devil is in the Details: Underst和ing the Causes of Policy Specificity 和 Ambiguity (纽约州立大学出版社, 2014) was awarded the Herbert A. Simon Book Award in 2018. Her book on birth control politics 和 policy, The Politics of the Pill, was published by Oxford University Press (2019). She recently co-edited a volume on Hillary Clinton’s legacy, The Hillary Effect (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020). She is a frequent commentator on KPCC’s Take Two (Southern 加州 Public Radio). Her writing 和 commentary has appeared in Talking Points Memo, The Washington Post (The Monkey Cage), U.S News 和 World Report, MS. 杂志 和 TIME 杂志.
课程 Vitae [PDF]
教育
MA, PhD, University of 加州, Berkeley
BA, Pitzer College
课程 Taught
- Reproductive Rights
- Introduction to Public Policy
- Law 和 Politics
- US Campaigns 和 Elections
- US Democracy in Comp. 的角度来看
- The Battle Over Birth Control
- Gender, Politics, 和 Culture
- 加州 Politics
- Women in Politics
- Research Methods
- Direct Democracy
- Health Inequities
Selected Publications
书
The Hillary Effect: 的角度来看s on Clinton’s Legacy Cargile (co-edited with Ivy AM Cargile, Denise S. Davis, 和 Jennifer L. Merolla). Bloomsbury Publishing. 2020年7月.
The Politics of the Pill: Gender, Framing 和 Policymaking in the Battle over Birth Control (with Kevin Wallsten). Oxford University Press. October 2019.
The Devil is in the Details: Underst和ing the Causes of Policy Specificity 和 Ambiguity. 纽约州立大学出版社. 2014年1月. Paperback released in 2015. (Winner of the 2018 Herbert A. Simon Book Award).
Peer Reviewed Articles
“堕胎, Attitudes 和 Appointments: How Gender 和 Reproductive Rights shaped views on Amy Coney Barrett 和 voter turnout in 2020” (with Adrian Pantoja, Dana Nothnagel 和 Morrey Liedke), Journal of Women, Politics 和 Policy (January 2023).
“Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a Multi-county Study.” (with Robert M. Stein等人.) Political Research Quarterly (March 2019).
“Pedagogical Value of Polling Place Observation By Students” (with Christopher B. Mann等人.). PS: Political Science & Politics (May 2018): 1-7.
