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Plenary Session: Democracy is More Important than a P-Value:
Embracing Political Science’s Civic Mission through Intersectional

Engaged Learning

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Lori M. Poloni- Elizabeth Matto

Staudinger (PhD, State SUNY Albany,
2000)
(PhD, Indiana University, 2005)
J . Cherie Strachan is a Professor
Lori M . Poloni-Staudinger is of Political Science at Central
associate dean for research, Michigan University and the
personnel, and graduate programs author of High-Tech Grassroots:
in the College of Social and The Professionalization of
Behavioral Sciences and a professor Local Elections, as well as over
in the department of Politics and 30 reviewed and invited articles and book chapters .
International Affairs at Northern Arizona University . Her Strachan’s most recent publications address her concern
research and publications focus on social movements, over low levels of political engagement among specific
political contention and political institutions, mainly in demographic groups – particularly women and young
Western Europe . people . These include the co-authored CQ-Sage textbook,

The author of five books and dozens of articles, book Why Don’t Women Rule the World, and a forthcoming
chapters and reports, her recent work is situated in two youth-focused political behavior textbook .
strains of inquiry, gender and political violence and gender Strachan’s research addresses partisan polarization,
and political ambition . She has most recently published political civility, and civic engagement pedagogy
Why Don’t Women Rule the World: Understanding Women’s – especially opportunities for political learning in
Civic and Political Choices and American Difference: A deliberative forums and in campus student organizations .
Guide to American Politics from a Comparative Perspective She currently serves as the review editor for the Journal
both with CQ-Sage Press as well as Gender and Political of Political Science Education and is the co-founder and
Violence: Women Changing the Politics of Terrorism with co-director of the Consortium for Inter-Campus SoTL
Springer Press . She was a Distinguished Fulbright Fellow Research (CISR) . With over 200-member campuses and
at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria and has an advisory board composed of prominent teacher-
served as a consultant for the Organization for Security scholars in political science, CISR facilitates multi-campus
and Co-operation in Europe . She also taught at University data collection to assess campus-wide civic engagement
of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain . She served initiatives and political science pedagogy .
as treasurer, vice president, and president of the Women’s
Caucus for the Midwest Political Science Association .
Lori is a Kettering Foundation Fellow and also serves
as vice president of a school board and president of a
2000-member nonprofit board in Flagstaff, Arizona .

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