Melanie L. Phillips PhD
@melanielphillip
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PhD in Political Science @ucberkeley; focused on women in politics, specifically candidate selection. https://t.co/8GHHB79zFL
Joined May 2015
Incredibly grateful to the committee for this award, especially, for the time and effort they took in reading and evaluating what I can only imagine were numerous outstanding dissertations.
Next, the Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award goes to Melanie L. Phillips (@melanielphillip, @ucberkeley) for her dissertation “Gendered Gatekeepers: Barriers to Women in Party-Controlled Candidate Selection.”.
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It is truly amazing to see this finally out in print! If you are interested in women in politics in Africa, I recommend adding this to your winter reading list.
Delighted to share our new book on women in African politics from @OxUniPress! The book examines how women enter electoral politics, campaign for office, and participate in governance across 8 countries. Read the chapters through Oxford Scholarship Online via your library 1/4
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Excellent piece written by Nicole Beardsworth. Concerning events as the election draws near in Zambia.
I wrote this @prespow piece about the growing concerns ahead of #Zambia's elections, to make concerns around the electoral register easier to understand in light of previous voting patterns & highlight the increasing #democratic deficit.
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Relief. Everyone who needed help getting vaccine appointments in my life has been vaccinated! I will not miss you myturn.
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Excellent thread! Topics that I thought about a lot during fieldwork and continue to think about as I am planning future trips. Need more conversations like this.
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I am looking to update my Women in Politics syllabus for the summer. If anyone has a syllabus they are willing to share or a must assign reading, please send my way!.
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This is the most accurate description of my zoom experience. .
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So excited to see this out! Go check out this paper by @ArriolaLR @jsteendavis @dhdannychoi @li63ra and me if you are interested in political party defections at @SAGE_Publishing
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Party switching among legislative candidates has important implications for accountability and representation in democratizing countries. We argue that party sw...
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RT @NixiiB: The Electoral Commission of #Zambia statement put out yesterday should worry all who are concerned about #democracy in Southern….
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RT @MonicaHesse: Watching Sotomayor administer the oath to Harris undid me. Do you know how rare it is to see women, and women alone, portr….
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Sitting here tonight, the clearest thing to me is that we must prioritize restoring the Voting Rights Act. and that Stacey Abrams is an icon.
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The Monday back from break: Why are all these people emailing me! At the same time, sending weeks worth of emails.
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Me: “I did it, it is finally done!”.Husband: “congrats, did you finish that chapter you are working on?”.Me: “. no. I made it through my emails”.
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Last week I lectured on symbolic representation in my gender and politics class. Today, I smiled as I read emails from students experiencing it and having the language to describe how they are feeling!.
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RT @KamalaHarris: While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last—because every little girl watching tonight sees tha….
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RT @jennpiscopo: Friendly reminder that gender & politics scholars have studied symbolic representation -- why diversity in office matters….
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SAME.
BREAKING: nothing's changed despite my persistent minute-by-minute refresh of the election results.
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