by Amber LusvardiDepartment of Political Science, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, USAAmber Lusvardi PhD, is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Her research focuses on agenda setting on gender justice issues. Her work has appeared in International Studies Quarterly, Women’s Studies International Forum, and Gender and Development. Lusvardi’s dissertation “The End of the Child Bride: Social Movements, Strategic Action, and State Level Policymaking on Child Marriage” won the 2023 Best Dissertation Award from the State Politics and Policy section of the American Political Science Association.

by Tessa DitontoKyle Mattesa School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University, Durham, UKb Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USATessa Ditonto is an Associate Professor of Gender and Politics in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. She does research on women and politics, political behavior and political psychology, and focuses specifically on how voters learn about political candidates and make decisions during political campaigns. She is particularly interested in how voters evaluate women candidates and how gender-based stereotypes influence impression formation, information search patterns and decision-making among voters. Her work has been featured in journals such as Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and Public Opinion Quarterly.Kyle Mattes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University. His research interests include political psychology, voter behavior, gender and politics, formal theory, and American politics. Specifically, his work focuses on several areas including political disinformation, reflexive perceptions of political candidates, political campaign simulations, and the effects of information and cognition on political behavior. His work has been featured in journals such as Electoral Studies, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, and Political Psychology. His book with David P. Redlawsk, The Positive Case for Negative Campaigning, is available from University of Chicago Press.

by Amanda RobertiWendy Wrighta Political Science, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USAb Political Science, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, USAAmanda Roberti is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University where she teaches courses in the areas of: women and politics; reproductive politics; social movements; gender, public policy, and law; and, American politics. A graduate of the Rutgers Women and Politics program, her research on the rhetoric of antiabortion policymakers, and the role of conservative women in abortion politics has been published in the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, and Politics, Groups and Identities.Wendy Wright is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Legal, and Urban Studies at William Paterson University of New Jersey. She teaches courses in Legal Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies, and in the graduate program in Public Policy. Her research focuses on using critical theory to interpret and critique contemporary law and policy, especially in relation to criminal justice institutions. She has published in Social Justice, New Political Science, and chapters in several books.

by Katherine BerminghamPolitical Science, Bucknell University, Lewisberg, Pennsylvania, USAKatherine Bermingham is a feminist and political theorist, a community organizer for gender and reproductive justice, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.

by Julia CassidyAndrew J. ClarkeDepartment of Government and Law, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, USAJulia Cassidy is a recent Lafayette College graduate (Class of 2022), a former EXCEL scholar, and the inaugural Gov Lab Manager. Her research focuses on US elections and the gender gap in American political representation. Julia is a Legal Assistant at Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, PC.Andrew J. Clarke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government & Law at Lafayette College and a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Effective Lawmaking. He teaches and researches on topics relating to the distribution of political power within the United States, with a particular emphasis on legislative politics, intraparty factions, and American political institutions.

by Collin CoilCaroline BrucknerNatalie WilliamsonKaren O’ConnorJeff Gilla Department of Mathematics & Statistics, American University, Washington DC, USAb Department of Accounting, American University, Washington DC, USAc Department of Government, American University, Washington DC, USAd Departments of Government and Mathematics & Statistics, American University, Washington DC, USACollin Coil is an undergraduate at American University where he has a double major in Pure Mathematics and Data Science. He is a research fellow at the School of Public Affairs Center for Data Science and focuses on machine learning and its applications. He began working on this project as a first-year undergraduate.Caroline Bruckner is a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Accounting in the Kogod School of Business at American University where she teaches tax policy. Her areas of research include women in the gig economy and congressional witnesses. A former Chief Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, she has testified before both the House and Senate congressional committees.Natalie Williamson is a graduate of American University where she majored in Political Science and Sociology. She began work on this project while an undergraduate and has continued to be an invaluable member of this group. She has developed a specialty on congressional rules, especially as they apply to congressional witness testimony.Karen O’Connor is the Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the department of Government at American University where she founded the Women & Politics Institute and serves as director Emerita. She is the past editor of Women & Politics as well as the President of the APSA’s Organized Sections on Law & Courts and Women and Politics. She is the former president of the National Caucus for Women in Political Science, the National Capitol Area Association of Political Scientists and the Southern Political Science Association.Jeff Gill is a Distinguished Professor in the departments of Government and Math & Statistics and the Founder and Director of the School of Public Affairs’s Center for Data Science. He is the editor of Political Analysis and is a past president of the Society for Political Methodology as well as the Southern Political Science Association.

by Kevin WallstenRachel VanSickle-WardSarah Hayesa Political Science, California State University – Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USAb Political Studies, Pitzer College Claremont, California, USAc Politics Georgetown, Washington DC, USAKevin Wallsten is a professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach. He has published over 20 research articles in the areas of American elections, public opinion, political communication, social media and race and ethnic politics. Two of these articles have been acknowledged with awards by the American Political Science Association. His most recent book, entitled Politics of the Pill (co-authored with Rachel VanSickle-Ward), was published with Oxford University Press in 2019.Rachel VanSickle-Ward is a professor of political studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. Her research and teaching interests include public policy, public law, gender and politics, and elections. She has published work on reproductive policy, the politics of statutory language, gender and political ambition, voting access, and administrative law. Her books include The Devil is in the Details: Understanding the Causes of Policy Specificity and Ambiguity (SUNY Press, 2014, Herbert A. Simon Book Award 2018), The Politics of the Pill (co-authored with Kevin Wallsten, Oxford University Press 2019) and The Hillary Effect (co edited, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020).Sarah Hayes has is a PhD student at Georgetown University. Her research interests are race and ethnic politics, gender politics, and public policy. She has published previous articles on women’s political engagement and public opinion.

by Danielle Joesten MartinMeredith Conroya Political Science, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USAb Political Science, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USADanielle Joesten Martin is an Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Sacramento. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at University of California, Davis. Her current research focuses on how voters perceive and use cues such as candidate gender, ideology, occupation, and incumbency, and how these factors impact candidate success in congressional and local elections. Her work has been published in Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, American Politics Research, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, and Social Science Quarterly.Meredith Conroy is a Professor of Political Science at California State University, San Bernardino. Meredith earned her PhD in political science from University of California, Santa Barbara. Meredith’s research interests include how gender is communicated in political news coverage, and how this impacts American politics, and also representation more broadly. She has published articles in journals such as Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, and Gender & Politics, and is the author of Who Runs? The Masculine Advantage in Candidate Emergence (University of Michigan Press 2020).

by Carolette NorwoodThembi Carra Department of Sociology and Criminology, Howard University, Washington, DC, USAb Scholar Activist Researcher, Cincinnati, OH, USACarolette Norwood is professor and department head of sociology and criminology at Howard University. Dr. Norwood is a Black feminist sociologist whose research explores the implications of violence (structural, spatial, and interpersonal) at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, and space on reproductive and sexual health injustice for Black women.Thembi Carr is a scholar activist researcher that has been in the field of education for almost 20 years. Her passion to assist students to obtain their education has led her to touch the lives of many different students such as pre-school students, students obtaining their GED, and traditional university graduates. Dr. Carr received her doctorate from the University of Cincinnati in Educational Studies with a focus on multicultural education, specifically dismantling structural and overt methods of subjugation within education systems. In addition to continuing this work within schools, Dr. Carr has also been using her skills to examine the access (or lack thereof) that Black women have to reproductive health care within the Cincinnati, Ohio area in era since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She is also a mother to a wonderful son.

by Pamela N. SandbergSchool of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, Arizona, USAPamela Sandberg is an attorney and psychological researcher. She studies psychological solutions to problems within the legal system, in order to develop effective policy solutions.