Tracy L. Osborn Curriculum Vitae

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1 Tracy L. Osborn Curriculum Vitae University of Iowa Department of Political Science 341 Schaeffer Hall Iowa City, IA (319) Education and Professional History Education Ph.D. Political Science, Indiana University, August 2004 B.A. Political Science, Loyola University (New Orleans, LA), May 1998, magna cum laude Academic Positions Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, 2007-present Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bridgewater State College, Scholarship Book Osborn, Tracy How Women Represent Women: Political Parties, Gender, and Representation in the State Legislatures. New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming. Articles (Refereed) Osborn, Tracy, and Jeanette Mendez. Two Become One? Spouses and Agreement in Political Opinions. American Politics Research. Forthcoming. Mendez, Jeanette, and Tracy Osborn Gender and the Perception of Knowledge in Political Discussion. Political Research Quarterly 63(2): Osborn, Tracy, Scott McClurg and Benjamin Knoll Voter Mobilization and the Obama Victory. American Politics Research 38(2): Osborn, Tracy, and Jeanette Mendez Speaking as Women: Women and the Use of Floor Speeches in the Senate. Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 31(1): Clark, Jennifer Hayes, Tracy Osborn, Jonathan Winburn, and Gerald Wright Representation in U.S. Legislatures: The Acquisition and Analysis of State Legislative Roll Call Data. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 9(3):

2 Gerrity, Jessica, Tracy Osborn, and Jeanette Mendez Women and Representation: A Different View of the District. Politics & Gender. June 3(2): Huckfeldt, Robert, Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, and Tracy Osborn Disagreement, Ambivalence, and Engagement: The Political Consequences of Heterogeneous Networks. Political Psychology 25(1): Book Chapter Huckfeldt, Robert, Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, and Tracy Osborn The Survival of Diverse Opinions within Communication Networks, Chapter 8 in Robert Huckfeldt, Paul E. Johnson and John Sprague, The Persistence of Political Disagreement among Citizens: How Disagreement Survives within Communication Networks. New York: Cambridge University Press. Book Review Osborn, Tracy Review of Kira Sanbonmatsu, Where Women Run: Gender and Party in the American States. Perspectives on Politics 5(1): Grants Funded Social Science Funding Program ( ), University of Iowa (internal): $19,445 Department of Political Science Small Grant (Summer 2011; internal): $2400 Works in Progress Gender and Support for Hillary Clinton s Candidacy in the 2008 Nomination Contest. (with David Redlawsk and Allison Hamilton). Direct Democracy and the Mobilization of Women Voters. (with Frederick Boehmke). The Initiative Process and the Election of Women in the States. (with Frederick Boehmke). Patterns of Representation in the American States and Congress. (with Gerald Wright and Jonathan Winburn). Dimensions of Comparability: The Influence of Partisanship and Institutional Structure on Roll Call Voting in the States. (with Gerald Wright, Jonathan Winburn, and Jennifer Hayes Clark). Term Limits, Electoral Change and Women s Representation in the State Legislatures (with Jessica Gerrity and Jeanette Mendez). Minority Representatives, Electoral Constraint and Racialized Institutions: When and Where Does Descriptive Representation Matter? (with Rene Rocha and Natasha Altema). Polarization in Roll Call Voting among Women State Legislators. (with Cassie Cumings-Peterson and Rebecca Kreitzer). Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

3 Racialized Institutions and Electoral Constraint: When and Where Does Descriptive Representation Matter? with Rene Rocha and Natasha Altema. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA (September). Initiative Use and the Recruitment of State Legislative Candidates. With Fred Boehmke. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA (September). Polarization in Roll Call Voting among Women State Legislators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April) Racialized Institutions and Electoral Constraint: When and Where Does Descriptive Representation Matter? with Rene Rocha. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the State Politics and Policy Conference, Springfield, IL (June). Political Discussion Patterns among Spouses. With Jeanette Mendez. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April). Electoral Change, Term Limits, and Women s Representation in the State Legislatures. With Jessica Gerrity and Jeanette Mendez. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April). Direct Democracy s Effect on the Political Participation of Women. With Fred Boehmke. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April). Direct Democracy and the Mobilization of Women Voters. With Fred Boehmke and Alicia Mundy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA (April). Pursuing a Women s Agenda in the State Legislatures. Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. March The Initiative Process and the Election of Women in the States. With Frederick Boehmke and Alicia Mundy. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, ON (September). Patterns of Representation in the American States. With Gerald Wright, Jonathan Winburn, and Jennifer Hayes Clark. Paper presented at the ninth annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Chapel Hill, NC (May). The Initiative Process and the Election of Women in the States. With Frederick Boehmke and Alicia Mundy. Paper presented at the ninth annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Chapel Hill, NC (May). Dimensions of Comparability: The Influence of Institutional Structure on Voting Behavior in the States. With Jonathan Winburn, Gerald Wright, and Jennifer Hayes Clark. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April). 3

4 2008 Sex and the Caucus. With David Redlawsk. Paper presented at the Conference on the Caucus and Nomination Process, Iowa City, IA (January). The Spousal Connection: Political Discussion Patterns of Married Men and Women. With Jeanette Mendez. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April). Support for a Women s Agenda within the Partisan Context of the States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (April). Electoral Change and Women s Representation in the State Legislatures. With Jessica Gerrity and Jeanette Mendez. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA (August). Racialized Institutions and Electoral Constraint: When and Where Does Descriptive Representation Matter? with Rene Rocha. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA (August) Pursuing a Women s Agenda in the State Legislatures. October 4. Political Research Seminar, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University 2006 Women, Men, and the Dynamics of Disagreement in Political Conversation. With Jeanette Mendez. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA. Gender and the Content of Political Discussion. With Jeanette Mendez. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. (for conferences prior to 2006, please contact at the information above) Teaching Courses Taught at the University of Iowa US State Politics (Fall 2007; Fall 2008) Politics of Representation (Fall 2007) Women and Politics in the US (Spring 2008; Spring 2009; Fall 2009; Fall 2010) Legislative Politics (Spring 2009; Summer 2010; Spring 2011) Graduate Seminar in American Politics (Fall 2008; Fall 2009) Introduction to American Politics (Fall 2010; Spring 2011) Service Profession 4

5 Referee: American Journal of Political Science; Journal of Politics; American Politics Research; Political Research Quarterly; Politics and Gender; Journal of Women, Politics and Policy; State Politics and Policy Quarterly; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Congress and the Presidency; Journal of Legislative Studies; Political Behavior; Social Science Quarterly; Congressional Quarterly Press; Routledge Press; National Science Foundation. Member, Editorial Board: State Politics and Policy Quarterly (March 2011-present) Professional Associations: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Midwest Women s Caucus for Political Science Service to Professional Organizations: Midwest Women s Caucus: President, ; President-elect, ; Treasurer, American Political Science Association Legislative Studies Section: Treasurer (August ) Additional Conference Participation: Section Organizer: Midwest Political Science Association (Midwest Women s Caucus Section): 2010 Southern Political Science Association (Legislative Studies Section): 2012 (upcoming) Chair/Discussant: Midwest Political Science Association: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 American Political Science Association: 2011 (upcoming), 2009 State Politics and Policy Conference: 2010 Roundtable Panelist: Midwest Political Science Association: 2009, 2008, 2006 Short Course Panelist: American Political Science Association, 2011 (upcoming) Department Executive Committee, Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Graduate Committee, Fall 2008-Spring 2010 Fundraising Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2009 Community Interviews related to the Iowa Caucus/2008 Election, October 2007-October 2008, with Campaigns and Elections, Reuters, The Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Lowell Sun, Chicago Tribune, The Observer (UK), Shanghai Evening Post (China), Al-Ahrem Weekly (Egypt), Iowa City Press-Citizen, Daily Iowan Presentation, Women in American Politics, Marengo County (Iowa) Public Library, August 2010 Presentation, The Most-Asked Questions in Women and Politics, Linn County Legal Support Professionals, January 2009 Guest on The Exchange, Iowa Public Radio, on why Iowa has yet to elect a woman to Congress, November 8, 2008 Reviewer for Project Vote Smart ( Key Votes Identification, 2007-present 5

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