Jennifer Piscopo, Ph.D.

Jennifer.Piscopo@rhul.ac.uk


Full Professor

Royal Holloway, University of London

Year of PhD: 2011

City: London, England

Country: United Kingdom

About Me:

Jennifer M. Piscopo is Professor of Politics and Gender at Royal Holloway University of London. Her research focuses on women’s political representation and gender and elections in Latin America, the United States, and the globe. She has published in over 30 peer-reviewed journals, including The American Political Science Review, The American Journal of Political Science, Social Politics, Comparative Political Studies, The Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics and Society, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. With Susan Franceschet and Mona Lena Krook, she is editor of The Impact of Gender Quotas (Oxford University Press, 2012). Her work also has appeared in multiple edited volumes and as review essays in noted journals. Currently, she co-edits (with Phillip Ayoub) the European Journal of Politics and Gender. She consults regularly for international organizations and national governments, including UN Women, the Organization of American States, and United Cities and Local Government. Her public writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and Ms. Magazine, among other outlets.  Fluent in English and Spanish, she comments on U.S. politics, Latin American politics, and gender and politics for media outlets across the globe.

Research Interests

Gender and Politics

Latin American And Caribbean Politics

Legislative Politics

Elections, Election Administration, and Voting Behavior

Political Parties and Interest Groups

Countries of Interest

Mexico

Argentina

Costa Rica

Chile

United States

My Research:

For a full list of my publications, please visit: https://www.jenniferpiscopo.com/publications/. I have written many articles and op-eds in newspapers and magazines, as well as given comments for print, TV, and radio in English and in Spanish. A very selected list appears below. For a full list of my public-facing writing and media appearances, please visit: https://www.jenniferpiscopo.com/media/

Media Appearances:

TV Appearances:

(2024) CNN International

Mexico set to elect its first female president

(2022) Al Jazeera

What does a proposed constitution promise for Chile?

(2020) Korea Public Broadcasting (Seoul)

"Female Leaders vs. Covid-19"

(2020) Andres "El Mono" Lopez news show (Ecuador)

Discussing the 2020 U.S. Election

Radio Appearances:

(2024) NPR

Female presidents in Latin America: symbolic or transformational?

(2023) The Foreign Desk, The Monocle

What is a feminist foreign policy?

(2022) NPR

Indigenous women elected in Sao Paulo are hoping to improve representation

(2020) El Post (Washington Post in Spanish - Podcast)

"Kamala Harris, Vice-President"

Other:

(2020) Ms. Magazine

Article: “States of Feminist Resistance: Women Legislators Make a Difference"

(2020) The Boston Review

Article: "Without Women, There is No Democracy"

(2020) The Boston Review

Long-form article: "The Right to Be Elected"

(2020) The Washington Post

Analysis: "Are Women Leaders Better at Fighting the Coronavirus?"

(2020) Smithsonian Magazine

Article: "How Women Vote: Separating Myth from Reality"

(2019) Washington Post

Op-ed: “After Weeks of Latin American Protests, Expect More Women in Elected Office”

(2018) The New York Times

Op-ed: "Latin America's female leadership void."

(2018) The Los Angeles Times

Op-ed: "Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have a problem: They're all men."

(2018) The Washington Post

Op-ed: "Women won big in Mexico's Elections"