Andrea Aldrich
Bio
My research interests are focused on political representation, gender, and comparative political institutions. My work examines the relationship between internal political party dynamics and legislative representation. I am particularly interested in investigating the influence of internal party organization on gender equality in elections and my research has recently been published in The Journal of Politics , Party Politics, and Politics & Gender. I have a forthcoming Cambridge Elements book, Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands: Gendered Party Leadership in Parliamentary Systems, and another book manuscript under review on gender quotas and political careers. I currently teach Women and Politics courses and Comparative Electoral and Party Systems. I am also the treasurer of the Midwest Political Science Association Women’s Caucus and a member of the Political Parties Database Project (PPDB). Before arriving at Yale, I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Houston with the PPDB under the direction of Dr. Susan Scarrow, a visiting scholar at Texas A&M University, and Fulbright Scholar at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.
Contact
115 Prospect Street, Rosenkranz Hall, Room 434
andrea.aldrich@yale.edu
Education
- Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh, 2015
- B.A.: University of Minnesota, 2005
Areas of Interest
- Gender and Politics
- Party Politics
- Representation
- Comparative Institutions
- European politics