Corrine McConnaughy

Assistant Professor of Political Science

• American Politics

Professor McConnaughy's principal research interests are in identity politics, focusing primarily on the roles race and gender play in American politics, and in the development of political institutions.  She is completing a book on the partisan politics of state decisions to expand voting rights to women.  Other current research projects include a study of the role of gender identity in shaping the gender gap, an investigation of political interest in legislative redistricting commissions, and a project on the development of state legislatures, centering on the representation of urban interests and the rise of professional practice.  Professor McConnaughy also has research and teaching interests in methodology, particularly in the design of social science research for causal inference.

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)