Monica Schneider

Biography

My main research agenda centers on examining why women and other marginalized groups are underrepresented at all levels of American political life. In particular, my published work has focused on stereotypes as an explanation for the lack of women and minorities in elected offices. I also address the finding that women are less likely to express political ambition compared to men. My latest research focuses on ableism and the link between ableist attitudes and policy support. I’m passionate about gender, race, and disability issues in the academy. I actively mentor faculty in my department and have created a mentoring conference for underrepresented groups in my sub-discipline.

Education

• Ph.D. American Politics and Methodology, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2007
• M.A. Political Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2004
• B.A. Psychology (honors), Northwestern University, 1998

Research Interests

• Political Psychology
• American Politics
• Gender, Disability
• Public Opinion

Courses Taught

• POL 241 - American Political System
• POL/WGS 348 - Gender, Politics, & Policy in the US
• POL 359 - US Campaigns and Elections

Publications

• Schneider, Monica C., Sweet-Cushman, Jennie, and Taylor Gordon*. 2023. “Role Model do No HARM: Modeling Achievable Success Inspires Social Belonging and Women’s Candidate Emergence” Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 44(1): 105-120.
• Bos, Angela L. and Monica C. Schneider. 2023. “The Political Psychology of Gender.” In Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, 3rd Edition. Leonie Huddy, David O. Sears, Jack S. Levy and Jennifer Jerit, Editors. Oxford University Press.
• Ne’eman, Ari, Elizabeth Bell, Monica C. Schneider, and Dara Strolovitch. 2022. “Identifying and Exploring Bias In Public Opinion on Scarce Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic” Health Affairs 41(10): 1513-1522.
• Schneider, Monica C. and Bos, Angela L. 2019. “The Application of Social Role Theory to the Study of Gender in Politics.” Advances in Political Psychology 40(1): 173-213.
• Schneider, Monica C., Mirya R. Holman, Amanda B. Diekman, and Thomas McAndrew*. 2016. “Power, Conflict, and Community: How Gendered Views of Political Power Influence Women’s Political Ambition.” Political Psychology 37(4): 515-531.
• Schneider, Monica C., and Angela L. Bos. 2014. “Measuring Stereotypes of Female Politicians.” Political Psychology 35 (2): 245-266.

Grants, Awards, and Professional Activities

• Top 5 downloaded articles from 2016- Journal of Women, Politics, and policy for the paper "The Interplay of Party and Gender Stereotypes in Evaluating Political Candidates"
• Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award-best article of all of those published in 2015 for the paper, "The Effects of Gender Targeting in Political Communication,"
• March 2016:Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association Award for the Best Paper on Women and Politics presented at the 2013 meeting for the paper, “Power, Conflict, and Community: How Gendered Views of Political Power Influence Women’s Political Ambition,”
• Marian Irish Award for the Best Paper on Women and Politics presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association for the paper, “Gender Targeting in Political Advertisements,” January, 2014
• Distinguished Junior Scholars Award (PI), American Political Science Association’s Political Psychology Section, $500 for travel to the annual meeting, August, 2013 (given to two junior scholars)
• National Science Foundation Supported TESS (Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences) Project (Co-PI), 2013, “The Effects of Gender Targeting in Political Communication,” with Mirya Holman and Kristen Pondel (Funding means that TESS collects our experimental data using a nationally representative sample, the cost of which is $20,000; acceptance rates are approximately 8%)
• Artinian Travel Award, Southern Political Science Association (PI), $250 for travel to the annual meeting, December 2012
• National Science Foundation (NSF) (Co-PI), 2010-2011, funds to run conference entitled “New Research on Gender in Political Psychology” at Rutgers University (the goal of the conference was to bring junior and senior scholars together to produce publication-quality research), with Angela L. Bos, $48,294 (http://genderandpolipsych.com)