Dickey Center Research Programs
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Deborah Jordan Brooks
Associate Professor of Government
Curriculum Vitae
Department:
Government
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Center:
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
Education:
B.A. UC Santa Cruz (granted with College Honors)
M.A. Yale University
M. Phil. Yale University
Ph.D. Yale University (granted with Distinction)
Courses
Selected Publications
He Runs, She Runs: Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013).
“How Messages about Gender Bias in Elections Can Both Help and Hurt Women’s Representation,” American Politics Research, May 2019, Vol. 47 (3): 601-627, with Danny Hayes.
“The Demographic Transition Theory of War: Why Young Societies are Conflict Prone and Old Societies are the Most Peaceful,” International Security, Winter 2018/19, 43 (3): 53-95, with Stephen G. Brooks, Mark L. Haas, and Brian Greenhill
“Assessing Accountability in a Post-Citizens United Era: The Effects of Attack Ad Sponsorship by Unknown Independent Groups,” American Politics Research, May 2012 (40): 383-418, with Michael Murov.
"Testing the Double Standard for Candidate Emotionality: Voter Reactions to the Tears and Anger of Male and Female Politicians," The Journal of Politics, April 2011, Vol. 73(2): 597-615.
"A War of One's Own: Understanding the Gender Gap in Support for War," Public Opinion Quarterly, June 2011, Vol. 75(2): 270-286, with Ben Valentino.
"A Negativity Gap? Voter Gender and Attack Politics in American Elections," Politics and Gender, September 2010, Vol. 6(3): 319-341.
"Beyond Negativity: The Effects of Incivility on Voters," American Journal of Political Science, January 2007, Vol 51(1):1-16, with John Geer.
"The Resilient Voter: Moving Toward Closure in the Debate over Negative Campaigning and Turnout," The Journal of Politics, August 2006, Vol 68(3): 684-696. PDF
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Selected Works and Activities
Winner of 2014 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book published on women and politics.
Winner of 2014 David O. Sears Book Award from the International Society of Political Psychology for the best book published in the field of the political psychology of mass politics.
Honorable Mention for 2010 Best Experimental Paper Award from by the Experimental Research Section at the 2010 American Political Science Associate meeting.
Winner of 2009 Best Paper on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior from the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.
