Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics

Carroll, Susan J.: - Susan J. Carroll is professor emerita at Rutgers University. Formerly a senior scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics, the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, she is coauthor of A Seat at the Table: Congresswomen's Perspectives on Why Their Presence Matters (2018, with Kelly Dittmar and Kira Sanbonmatsu) and More Women Can Run: Gender and Pathways to State Legislatures (2013, with Kira Sanbonmatsu). Earlier books include Women as Candidates in American Politics (2nd edition, 1994), Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions (2003), and The Impact of Women in Public Office (2001). Carroll also has published numerous journal articles and book chapters focusing on women candidates, voters, elected officials, and political appointees in the United States.