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Overview

Jennifer L. Lawless is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans primarily the social sciences, with notable contributions in the subfields of gender studies, political science and international relations, physiology, applied psychology, and organizational behavior and human resource management.

Their scholarly work focuses on several main topics including gender politics and representation, electoral systems and political participation, gender diversity and inequality, smoking behavior and cessation, behavioral health and interventions, global public health policies and epidemiology, and historical gender and feminism studies.

Recent publications by Jennifer L. Lawless include:

  • "The Adoption, Implementation, and Impact of Smoke-Free Policies among Gaelic Athletic Association Clubs in Ireland: A Qualitative Study" (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "The Invincible Gender Gap in Political Ambition" (2023) PS Political Science & Politics
  • "The Importance of Political Science for Understanding the Developmental Roots of Gender Gaps in Politics" (2021) Psychological Inquiry
  • "The Contingent Effects of Sexism in Primary Elections" (2021) Political Research Quarterly
  • "Rejecting Assumptions about Desk Rejects" (2021) PS Political Science & Politics

Jennifer L. Lawless has coauthored work with several researchers, including:

  • Danny Hayes
  • Kathleen Dolan
  • Élizabeth G. Cohen
  • Graeme B. Robertson
  • Antoine Banks

Their scholarly articles have frequently appeared in venues such as:

  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • American Journal of Political Science
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Psychological Inquiry

Jennifer L. Lawless has also contributed to academic literature through book publication, notably their book titled News Hole published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office

    Jennifer L. Lawless;Richard Logan Fox

  • Entering the Arena? Gender and the Decision to Run for Office

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Women, War, and Winning Elections: Gender Stereotyping in the Post-September 11th Era:

    Jennifer L. Lawless

  • It Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office

    Jennifer L. Lawless;Richard Logan Fox

  • Politics of Presence? Congresswomen and Symbolic Representation:

    Jennifer L. Lawless

  • To Run or Not to Run for Office: Explaining Nascent Political Ambition

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • If Only They’d Ask: Gender, Recruitment, and Political Ambition

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies: A Central Barrier to Women's Equality in Electoral Politics

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Entering the Arena? Gender and the Decision to Run for Office

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  • Women, War, and Winning Elections: Gender Stereotyping in the Post-September 11th Era

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  • Women on the Run: Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era

    Danny Hayes;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Political Participation of the Urban Poor

    Jennifer L. Lawless;Richard L. Fox

  • Female Candidates and Legislators

    Jennifer L. Lawless

  • As Local News Goes, So Goes Citizen Engagement: Media, Knowledge, and Participation in US House Elections

    Danny Hayes;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • It Still Takes A Candidate by Jennifer L. Lawless

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  • Gender and the Decision to Run for Office

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless;Courtney Feeley

  • A Non-Gendered Lens? Media, Voters, and Female Candidates in Contemporary Congressional Elections

    Danny Hayes;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Women on the Run

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  • It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office

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  • Sexism and Gender Bias in Election 2008: A More Complex Path for Women in Politics

    Jennifer L. Lawless

  • The Decline of Local News and Its Effects: New Evidence from Longitudinal Data

    Danny Hayes;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Who Cares What They Wear? Media, Gender, and the Influence of Candidate Appearance ∗

    Danny Hayes;Jennifer L. Lawless;Gail Baitinger

  • Running from Office: Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics

    Jennifer L. Lawless;Richard Logan Fox

  • Family Structure, Sex-Role Socialization, and the Decision to Run for Office

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Gaining and Losing Interest in Running for Public Office: The Concept of Dynamic Political Ambition

    Richard L. Fox;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Looking for Sex in All the Wrong Places: Press Coverage and the Electoral Fortunes of Gubernatorial Candidates

    Linda L. Fowler;Jennifer L. Lawless

  • Gendered Perceptions and Political Candidacies: A Central Barrier to Women's Equality in Electoral Politics

    Jennifer L. Lawless;Richard L. Fox

  • The Primary Reason for Women's Under-Representation? Reevaluating the Conventional Wisdom

    Jennifer L. Lawless;Kathryn Pearson

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Fox
Richard L. Fox Loyola Marymount University

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