Rebecca Gill (Political Science) and her colleagues Jennie Sweet-Cushman (Chatham University) and Sondra Cosgrove (CSN) have been awarded in honor of the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The award recognizes their work on “Nevada Bets on Women’s Political Leadership: An Examination of the First-Ever Majority-Women State Legislature.” The study will analyze how — in a female-dominated institution — gender has and has not interacted with other contextual variables such as party, tenure, leadership, and issue domain to impact legislative results. The award carries a $2,000 prize to support ongoing research.
