Bonnie Stabile

Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Office: (703) 993-8227, Cell: 703 789-5423
bstabile@gmu.edu, @bstabile1

Academic and Administrative Positions

2021 - 2024
Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2019 -
Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2017 - 
Director, Gender and Policy (GAP) Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2021 - 2022
Director, Master of Public Administration Program, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2016 - 2021
Director, Master of Public Policy Program, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2013 – 2019
Research Assistant Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2007 - 2012
Adjunct Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

2019 - 2020
Editor-in-Chief, World Medical& Health Policy, a peer-reviewed, academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell

2011 - 2019
Co-Editor, World Medical & Health Policy, a peer-reviewed, academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell

2017 -2018
Deputy Director of Evaluation, GMU DHS Center of Excellence in Criminal Activity, Investigations and Network Analysis (CINE)

Education

2006 
School of Public Policy George Mason University
Ph.D. in Public Policy (Dissertation: Balancing Morality and Economy: The Case of State Human Cloning Policies; Doctoral Director, Susan J. Tolchin)

2000
George Mason University
Master of Public Administration

1991
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Certificate of Advanced Studies in Management (eight-course graduate program)

2023
Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
Women and Power Executive Education Program (April)

2013
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Georgetown University
Intensive Bioethics Course – Certificate (June)

1986
Goethe Institute
Certificate of German as a Foreign Language

1985
Mount Holyoke College
BA in Art History

Honors and Awards

2024
Schar School of Policy and Government Dean’s Service Award

2022
Invited to serve on Ms. Magazine Committee of Scholars

2023
Changemaker Award for support of Military Women from Academy Women 2023 Invited to White House for International Women’s Day Celebration of International Women of Courage Awards by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken

2023
Invited to give Honors College Colloquium Series Inaugural Speaker Presentation for ’23-’24 Academic Year

2019
Schar School of Policy and Government Teaching Award

2016 and 2019
George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award Nominee

2016, 2019
“Best of Lectures” Series - Selected as one of two faculty presenters by the SPGIA Alumni Charter Events Committee, 2016 and Schar Alumni 2019.

Publications Book

2024
Women, Power and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation, Bloomsbury Academic. Paperback edition.

2022
Women, Power and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation, Praeger.

Edited Volumes

2017
Ongoing Issues in Georgian Policy and Public Administration Bonnie Stabile and Nino Ghonghadze, Editors, Westphalia Press. ISBN: 1633915573

2015
Disaster Response: Medical and Health Policies
Arnauld Nicogossian and Bonnie Stabile, Editors, Westphalia Press. ISBN10- 1633911632

2013
Conflicts in Health Policy: Regulation, Rhetoric, Theory and Practice, Bonnie Stabile, Editor, Westphalia Press. ISBN-10: 193590714X

Book Chapters

2024
“Hell Hath No Fury: Enraged and Enraging Women and the Fight for Proportional Representation” chapter in American Fury: Essays on Moral Outrage in Culture and Politics, Myra Mendible, Editor, McFarland Press.

2020
“Cloning” chapter in Legislating Morality in America: Debating the Morality of Controversial US Laws and Policies, Donald P. Haider-Markel, Editor, ABC- CLIO, January 2020, ISBN-10: 1440849706.

2018
“Program Evaluation” chapter in Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration Public Policy, and Governance Ali Farazmand, Editor, Springer. ISBN 978-3- 319-20927-2.

2018
“Ethical Issues in Regulating Reproductive Technologies” chapter in Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance, Ali Farazmand, Editor, Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-20927-2.

2014
“Cloning” in Science and Politics: An A to Z Guide to Issues and Controversies, Brent S. Steel, Editor, CQ Press/Sage Books.

2008
“Winning Over A Cynical Public: The Debate Over Stem Cell Research and Other Biotechnologies”, Co-author: Susan Tolchin, Chapter 40, Volume Editor: Dennis W. Johnson, Routledge Handbook of Political Management

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2023
“Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity at the Core of Public Administration Curriculum.” Bonnie Stabile and Ryan Barock. In progress for submission to the Journal of Social Equity in Public Administration (JSEPA).

2021
“Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management and First Response: Accounting for Race and Gender in Codes of Ethics in the United States.” Bonnie Stabile, Katherine Simon, Tonya E. Thornton and Aubrey Grant. Public Integrity. Published online January 28.

2021
“Take Back the Tweet: Exploring the Effectiveness of Social Media Use by Anti-Gender Based Violence Organizations.” Bonnie Stabile, Aubrey Grant, Hemant Purohit, and Sai Sharan Bonala. Volume 4 Issue 1. May. Sexuality, Gender and Policy.

2021
“Agricultural Production, Traditional Foods and Household Food Insecurity in Rural Kenya: Practice, Perception and Predictors.” Constance Awour Gewa, Bonnie Stabile, Phil Thomas, Agatha Christine Onyango & Frederick Obondo Angano. Published online October 21. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2021.1994083

2020
“Social Media Campaigns Addressing Gender-based Violence: Policy Entrepreneurship and Advocacy Networks.” Bonnie Stabile, Hemant Purohit, Angela Hattery. Volume 3 Issue 2. November. Sexuality, Gender and Policy.

2020
“Social Determinants and COVID-19 Disparities: Differential Pandemic Effects and Dynamics.” Connie L. McNeely, Laurie A. Schintler, and Bonnie Stabile. World Medical & Health Policy Volume 12 Issue 3. September.

2020
“The Disappearing Accused: Rhetoric, Narrative, and Campus Sexual Assault.” Lourdes Fernandez, Heidi Lawrence, and Bonnie Stabile. pp. 230-245. Rhetoric Review. Volume 39, Issue 2.

2019
“She Lied”: Social Construction, Rape Myth Prevalence in Social Media, and Sexual Assault Policy." Bonnie Stabile, Aubrey Grant, Hemant Purohit and Mohammad Rama. Sexuality, Gender & Policy, December 21.

2019
“Sex, Lies and Stereotypes: Gendered Implications of Fake News for Women in Politics.” Bonnie Stabile, Aubrey Grant, Hemant Purohit and Kelsey Harris. Public Integrity

2019
"Concentrating on Gender in MPA Programs: Implications for Earnings and Equity." Bonnie Stabile, Aubrey Grant and Shene Salih. Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE), published online January 24.

2019
"Communicating Campus Sexual Assault: A Mixed Methods Rhetorical Analysis." Heidi Lawrence, Lourdes Fernandez, Rachel Lussos, Bonnie Stabile and Melissa Broeckelman-Post. Technical Communications Quarterly, published online May 21. DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2019.1621386

2019
"Mothers’ Beliefs about Indigenous and Traditional Food Affordability, Availability and Taste are Significant Predictors of Indigenous and Traditional Food Consumption among Mothers and Young Children in Rural Kenya." Constance Gewa, Obando Angano, Maction Komwa, Bonnie Stabile, Phil Thomas. Public Health Nutrition. First View August 27.

2018
“Distributional Semantics Approach to Detect Intent in Twitter Conversations on Sexual Assaults*.” Rahul Pandey, Hemant Purohit, Bonnie Stabile, and Aubrey Grant. Conference Proceedings; IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI), Santiago, Chile, pp. 270-277. doi: 10.1109/WI.2018.00-80 (*received Best Paper Award).

2017
“Gender and the Role of Directors of Public Administration & Policy Programs.” Bonnie Stabile, Jessica Terman and Catherine Kuerbitz. Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE). Summer, Volume 23, Issue 3.

2016
“On the Dynamics of Local to Global Campaigns for Gender Based Violence.” Prakruthi Karuna, Hemant Purohit, Bonnie Stabile, Angela Hattery, Proceedings of International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral- Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation. arXiv:1608.01648.

2016
“Reproductive Policy and the Social Construction of Motherhood.” pp. 18 - 29. Politics and the Life Sciences. Volume 35, Number 2.

2016
“How Do We Die.” Politics and the Life Sciences. Volume 35, Number 2. Pp. 69 - 74. Co-author: Aubrey Grant.

2015
“The Ethics of Regulating Reproductive Technologies: Women as Child Bearers, Rights Bearers and Objects of Paternalism.” Public Integrity, October- November.

2010
“State Infertility Insurance Law Indicators” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 2, Number3, Article 2.

2010
“Stem Cells, Cloning and Political Liberalism” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 2, Number1, Article 17.

2009
“What’s the Matter With Kansas? Legislative Debates Over Stem Cell Research in Kansas and Massachusetts” pp. 26 – 39. Politics and the Life Sciences, Volume 28, Number 1.

2007
“Demographic Profile of States with Human Cloning Laws: Morality Policy Meets Political Economy” pp. 43 – 50. Politics and the Life Sciences, Volume 26, Number1.

2006 
“National Determinants of Cloning Policy” Research Note, pp. 449 – 458. Social Science Quarterly, Volume 87, Number 2.

Reviews

2019
Review of “Formerly Known as Food,” Journal of Public Affairs Education. Volume 25, Issue 2.

Spring 2016
Review of “Market Menagerie: Health and Development in Late Industrial States,” Journal of Planning Education and Research, Volume36, Number 1.

June 2016
“Review of Lethal but Legal: Corporations, Consumption and Protecting Public Health,” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 8, Number 2.

December 2015
“Review of Healing Healthcare: How Doctors and Patients Can Heal Our Sick System,” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 7, Number 4.

September 2015
“Review of The Shape We’re In: How Junk Food and Diets are Shortening Our Lives,” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 7, Number 3.

June 2015
“Review of Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 7, Number 2.

September 2013
“Review of The Anticipatory Corpse: Medicine, Power and the Care of the Dying,” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 5, Number 3.

June 2013
“Review of Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men,” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 5, Number 2.

June 2012
"Review of Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm," World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 4, Number 2, Article 9.

March 2012
“A Review of Health Policy and Ethics; A Critical Examination of Values from a Global Perspective.” World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 4, Number 1, Article 6.

September 2011
"A Review of Bioethics in Singapore: The Ethical Microcosm." World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 3, Number 3, Article 9.DOI: 10.2202/1948- 4682.1169.

June 2011
"A Review of Adam Briggle's A Rich Bioethics: Public Policy, Biotechnology and the Kass Council." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 1407694; published ahead of print July 22, doi:10.1215/03616878-1407694.

Press Publications

September 2024
“Tiffany Shlain’s Feminist Art Answers the ‘Urgent’ Call to Fight for Democracy and Women’s Place in History.” Ms. Magazine. September 16.

September 2024
“Celebrating Women Who Aren’t Afraid to Take the Lead.” Ms. Magazine. September 12.

March 2024
“High Noon for Reproductive Rights at the Supreme Court.” Ms. Magazine. March 27.

December 2023
“Reps. Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley Lead Fight for ERA—100 Years After Its Introduction.” Ms. Magazine. December 12.

November 2023
“Lillian Vernon’s Legacy of ‘Kitchen Table’ Entrepreneurs Celebrated at Smithsonian.” November 30.

September 2023
“At the National Mall, Artist Tiffany Shlain Is Rewriting Women into U.S. History.” September 12.

June 2023
“Amplifying Women’s Congressional Power.” Ms. Magazine. June 9.

March 2023
“‘Half of Men’: The Legacy of Iran’s Gender Apartheid.” Ms. Magazine. March 14.

February 2023
“U.S. Rape Culture Is Sidelining and Silencing Future Female Leaders.” Ms. Magazine. February 22.

July 2022
“Half a Century of Data on American Women and Politics.” Ms. Magazine. July 18.

March 2022
“Misogyny’s Gatekeeping Role in the Supreme Court Nomination Hearings.” Ms. Magazine. March 29.

March 2022
“Rape Rhetoric and Russia’s War on Ukraine.” Ms. Magazine. March 1.

March 2020
“Hospitals Must Stop Elective Surgeries to Flatten the Curve.” The Hill. March 20.

October 2018
“Kavanaugh Confirmation Signals Scary Time for Reporting Sexual Assault.” The Hill. October 9

November 2017
"From Rape 'Myths' to Roy Moore: We Can't Continue to Blame Victims." Bonnie Stabile and Aubrey Grant. The Hill. November 21 August 2014 “‘I Am Ready’ Should Do More.” The Hoya. August 29, 2014

Select Editorials

June 2020
“The Persisting Importance of Rhetoric and Equity in Health Policy and Outcomes,” Bonnie Stabile, World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 12, Number 2.

April 2020
“Pandemic Preparedness: Editor’s Introduction to Virtual Issue,” Bonnie Stabile, World Medical &Health Policy.

March 2020
“Global Policy Considerations in the Health Context,” Bonnie Stabile, World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 12, Number 1.

December 2019
“Collaborative Paths and Contexts: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Rhetoric of Medical and Health Policy, ”Heidi Y. Lawrence and Bonnie Stabile, World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 11, Number 4.

September 2019
“Positively Influencing Policy Prescriptions,” Bonnie Stabile. World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 11, Number 3.

July 2019
“Continuing Streams of Policy Consciousness to Advance Global Health,” Bonnie Stabile, World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 11, Number 2.

July 2018 “Women’s Health in Global Perspective Virtual Issue Editors’ Introduction,” Bonnie Stabile and Aubrey Grant, World Medical & Health Policy,

July 2018
“Social Determinants of Health Virtual Issue Editors’ Introduction,” Bonnie Stabile and Arnauld Nicogossian, World Medical & Health Policy,

November 2016
“The Year of the Woman and Beyond,” Bonnie Stabile and Arnauld Nicogossian, World Medical & Health Policy, Volume 8, Issue 4

Teaching

2024
Women, Power and Policy (new course) 
HNRS 260 006

2024
Gender and Policy (new course)
GOVT 490, POGO 550, WMST 450

2020 - 2023
Gender in the Policy Context (new course)
Master’s Class POGO 750

2023
Women, Power and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation Oscher Lifelong Learning Course

2007 – 2021
Policy and Program Evaluation
Master’s Class POGO 646 (formerly PUAD 742, PUPB 646, and PUBP 713, also titled Policy and Program Evaluation)

Fall 2021
Gender and Policy Center Young Scholars Program
Online High School Student Internship Class on Policy Research and Data Analysis

2011 - 2021
Theory and Practice of Public Policy
Master’s Class PUBP 500 (formerly 700)

2013 – 2020
Health Policy Analysis (formerly Global Health and Medical Policy Analysis)
Master’s Class PUBP 770 (2017 - developed as Distance Learning Class)

2013 - 2021
Ethics in Health Policy (formerly Comparative Medical Practices, Ethics and Law)
Master’s Class PUBP 767 (2017 - developed as Distance Learning Class)

2007 – 2015
Culture, Organization and Technology
Required Master’s Class PUBP 503

2010 – 2017
Policy Analysis
Master’s Class PUAD 645 (was 741)

Spring 2018
Ethics in Public Administration
Master’s Class PUAD 700

Fall 2017
Directed Reading and Research – Combatting Gender Based Violence (with doctoral student Aubrey Grant)

Summer 2017
Directed Reading and Research – Campus Sexual Assault in Virginia Public Colleges (with MPA student Liliana Nava-Ramirez)
Master’s Class PUBP 796 010

Gender in Policy and Law Independent Study (with Senior Kahlia Smith)
GOVT 496 B02

Fall 2016
Directed Reading and Research – Women in Public Affairs Education (with MPP student Catherine Kuerbitz)
Master’s Class PUBP 796 010

2016
Biodefense Capstone
BIOD 790

2014
Food Systems
Master’s Class NUTR626

2010 – 2012
Ethics in Public Policy
Master’s Class PUBP 753

2005 Policy and Organizational Analysis
Graduate Research Advisor for Master’s Class PUBP 501

Sponsored Research Activity

2024
Letter of Interest submitted to Russell Sage Foundation in collaboration with Aubrey Grant, Program Manager, Practice and Research, Community Sponsorship Hub, for proposed research on Gender and Immigration, July.

2017-2019
Project Co-Director (with Toni Michelle Travis), “Gender and Policy (GAP),” Schar Initiative Grant: $100,000. fortwo years.

2018
Recipient of Curriculum Impact Grant fora Concentration in Gender Based Violence Studies with Angela Hattery, PI, and Leah Adams of Women and Gender Studies: $16,000.

2016 - 2017
Co-Principle Investigator, “Indigenous Foods and Food Security in Rural Kenya,” with Principle Investigator Constance Gewa, and Maction Komwa, Provost’s Multidisciplinary Research Grant Proposal: $25,00.

2015 - 2017
Project Director, “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mitigating Campus Sexual Assault,” Provost’s Multidisciplinary Research Grant Award: $25,000.

2015
Project Co-Director (Naoru Koizumi, Director): Research Workshop on Women's Health in Global Perspective, Center for Global Studies Award: $7,500.

2015 – 2020
Co-Principal Investigator on Policy Studies Organization Grant for World Medical & Health Policy journal: $30,000.per year. (Principle as of June 2019).

Academic Conference Presentations

November 2024
“Writing to Reimagine: Amplifying Feminist Scholarship in the Popular Press,” Panelist, November 15, National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan

October 2023
"New Books & Authors: Feminist Responses to Institutional Violences," on Women, Power and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation, October 27. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland

March 2022
“Inclusivity at the Core of Public Administration Curriculum,” paper on “Equity in the Academy: Critical Issues” Panel, American Society of Public Administration, Jacksonville, Florida

April 2021
“Sexual Assault Policy in the Campus Context: Proving Ground for Power,” paper presentation on Gender& Race in Public Policy panel, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (virtual due to pandemic)

April 2021
“Justice for Survivors: Who's Holding Court?” paper presentation on Understanding Supreme Court Behavior panel, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting (virtual due to pandemic)

April 2020
“Preaching Rape Myths from the Bully Pulpit? Presidential Rhetoric and the Context of Sexual Harassment and Women’s Representation” Bonnie Stabile accepted for Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (cancelled due to pandemic)

November 2019
“Gender Based Violence: Feminist Research, Policy, Pedagogies and Activism & Advocacy” Roundtable, Courtney Diener, Leah Adams, Angela Hattery, Earl Smith, National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco

June 2019
“Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management: Accounting for Race and Gender in Codes of Ethics” Bonnie Stabile, Katie Simon, Tonya Neaves and Aubrey Grant. Social Equity Leadership Conference (SELC). Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Newark, New Jersey.

April 2019
“Impact of distance to market areas and household food security in Seme sub- county of Kenya” Maction Komwa, Constance Awuor Gewa, Bonnie Stabile, American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

December 2018
“Distributional Semantics Approach to Detect Intent in Twitter Conversations on Sexual Assaults,” Rahul Pandey, Hemant Purohit, Bonnie Stabile, and Aubrey Grant, IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, Chile

October 2018
“Academic Women in Public Administration: Women Leading in Tumultuous Times: Developing Department Cultures of Equity in the Time of #MeToo” NASPAA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

July 2018
“Modeling Policy-Relevant Intent Related to Gender Violence Myths on Social Media using Social Construction Theory,” co-authored with Hemant Purohit, Bonnie Stabile, Aubrey Grant and Rahul Pandey, Poster Presentation at Fourth Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

June 2018
“Public Policy and Twitter's Social Constructions of Sexual Assault,” June 2018, Panel on “Analyzing Complex Social Problems: The Case of Campus Sexual Assault.” Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota

April 2018
“She Lied: Rape Myth Prevalence in Social Media and Social Construction in Sexual Assault Policy,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

“Take Back the Tweet: Interactivity and Reach of Anti-Gender Based Violence Social Media Campaigns,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

September 2017
“Gender and Policy: A Schar School Initiative,” Brown Bag Lunch Talk, Schar School of Policy and Government

July 2017
“On User Engagement across Social Media Campaigns to Curb Gender-Based Violence,” co-authored with Prakruthi Karuna, Hemant Purohit, Bonnie Stabile, and Angela Hattery
International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling & Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, George Washington University, Washington DC

April 2017
“On the Dynamics of Local to Global Campaigns for Curbing Gender-based Violence”
Biotech and Health Sciences Research Symposium, George Mason University

“The Disappearing Accused: Media Narratives of Campus Sexual Assault” Biotech and Health Sciences Research Symposium, George Mason University

October 2016
“The Rhetoric of Campus Sexual Assault: Media Constructions of Student Advocacy and Campus Citizenship,” Heidi Lawrence, Bonnie Stabile and Lourdes Fernandez. Population, Reproduction and Sexual Health Section, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting – Winner of Poster Award*

April 2016
“Rhetorical Analysis of Media Coverage of Campus Sexual Assault: Implications for Policy,” Panel on “Gendered Institutions” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

October 2013
“Advice to Novice Evaluators and Graduate Students: A Discussion with Expert Evaluators” at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC

Presenter, “A Method to Our Madness: Program Evaluation Teaching Techniques” at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, Washington, DC

April 2013
Presenter, “The Social Construction of Motherhood and Reproductive Policy” presented at the annual meeting of The Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois

December 2012
“Advancing Technologies at Life's Beginning and End: Policy Implications for Women's Health and Wellbeing,” Dupont Summit, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington DC

November 2010
“Teaching Evaluation: Critical Concepts for Introductory Evaluation Courses” presented at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association, San Antonio, Texas

October 2009
“Degrees of Efficiency” paper presented, and Convener, panel on “Government Efficiency as a Public Value: How Schools of Public Affairs and Public Administration Prepare Students to Lead the Effort for Enhanced Efficiency” NASPAA Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia

April 2009
“An Investigation of the Role of Women Legislators in the Establishment of State Infertility Insurance Laws” presented at the annual meeting of The Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois

December 2008
“From Cloning to Stem Cell Research: Looking to the Laboratory of the States" presented at the Dupont Summit, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington DC

August 2008
“Where are the Clones? An Evolution of Policy Terminology” presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

October 2007
“Creation Museums and the Politics of Evolution” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Politics and the Life Sciences Cincinnati, Ohio

July 2006
“Balancing Morality and Economy: The Case Studies of the Human Cloning Policy” presented at the annual meeting of The Southwestern Political Science Association, San Antonio, Texas

July 2006
“Balancing Morality and Economy: Case Studies of the Human Cloning Policy Process in the States” presented at the Summer Conference of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities: Bioethics and Politics Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical College Albany, New York

June 2006
“A Comparison of State Human Cloning Laws: The Role of Focusing Events, Policy Entrepreneurs and Interest Groups” presented at the Science and Democracy Network Annual Meeting Kennedy School of Government Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

April 2006 “The Role of Interest Groups in the Establishment of State Human Cloning Laws” presented at the annual meeting of The Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois

December 2005
“Demographic Profile of States with Human Cloning Laws: Morality Policy Meets Political Economy” presented at “The International Conference on Social Science Research,” Centre for Policy and Practice, Orlando, Florida

Summer 2005
“National Determinants of Cloning Policy” profiled in Policy Insider, a quarterly publication of the George Mason School of Public Policy

April 2005
“State Cloning Policies,” presented at “Science and Technology in Society; An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference” American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

June 2004
“National Determinants of Cloning Policy,” presented at the “Technology, Management and Policy Consortium Workshop” of the Cambridge-MIT Institute Peterhouse College, Cambridge, UK

April 2004
“National Determinants of Cloning Policy,” presented at “Science and Technology in Context; An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference” American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC Conference, Symposium and Webinar Organizing and Moderating

October 2024
“Centering Equity in Leadership Training and Recruitment,” convened and moderated by Bonnie Stabile, featuring panelists Jessica Mole Heilman, Portland State University; Danae Williams, University of Pittsburgh and Jill Deering, Schar School, October 25, NASPAA Annual Conference, Washington, DC

March 2024
“Empower Her Breakfast: Strategies for Success in Female Leadership,” moderated by Bonnie Stabile, March 21, Tower Club, Tysons Corner, Virginia

March 2024
“Pizza and Perspectives: A Conversation about the Equal Rights Amendment,” convened and moderated by Bonnie Stabile, featuring Zakia Thomas, ERA Coalition; Ellie Smeal, Feminist Majority Foundation; Meghan Kissell, AAUW; Shea Holman, Purple Method; March 19, George Mason University, Mason Square Campus, Arlington, Virginia

February 2024
“Expert Voices on the ERA,” convened and moderated by Bonnie Stabile, featuring Eileen Davis, ERA Activist and Advocate; Ella Duncan-High, Generation Ratify; Amy Hinojosa; MANA, a National Latina Organization; Zakia Thomas, President and CEO, ERA Coalition; co-sponsored by Women and Gender Studies and Gender and Policy Center, February 22, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

October 2023
“Educating to Advance Inclusion in Public Authority: How Women’s Initiatives Promote Equity and Justice and How They Can Do Better,” Convener and Presenter, October 13, NASPAA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

November 2022
“Rethinking Responses to Sexual Harassment and Assault on Campus and at Work,” Roundtable presentation with convened and moderated by panelist Bonnie Stabile, featuring Kenyora Parham, Executive Director, End Rape on Campus; Shea Holman, Executive Director, The Purple Campaign; Nora Gallo and Lily James, Co-Executive Directors, Every Voice Coalition, National Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota

October 2022
Press, Panels and Polls: Enhancing Policy Pedagogy and Impact by Engaging the Public, Roundtable convened and moderated by panelist Bonnie Stabile, featuring Vicky Wilkins, Dean, American University School of Public Affairs; David Birdsell, Provost, Kean University; and Carissa Slotterback, Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Affairs, NASPAA Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois

June 2022
Women and Gender Center Leadership on Social Equity in the Public Sphere, Roundtable convened and moderated by panelist Bonnie Stabile, featuring Christina Ewig, Director, Center on Gender, Women and Public Affairs, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Betsy Fischer Martin, Executive Director, Women & Politics Institute, American

University; Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson, Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Dina Refki, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany - SUNY; Director of the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), Social Equity Leadership Conference, Virtual

April 2022
Policy Perspectives on Women and the Future of Work, panel discussion moderated by Bonnie Stabile, with panelists Colonel Breanna Fulton, Deputy Director, Diversity and Inclusion, Department of the Air Force; Dr. Jarpa Dawuni, Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership, Howard University; Dr. Jeannette Haynie, Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary of Defense; Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center; Ellen Laipson, Schar School; Career Workshop, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Arlington, Virginia, April 27.

April 2022
Promote the Vote Webinar, moderated by Bonnie Stabile, featuring Sunny Harris Rome, JD, Author of Promote the Vote, Professor of Social Work, George Mason University; Michael Fauntroy, PhD, Professor and Director of the Race, Politics and Policy Center at the Schar School of Policy and Government; Andrew Garber, Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice; Charniele Herring, Virginia House of Delegates, 46^th District. Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

January 2022
Are Abortion Rights Essential to Democracy? Webinar co-sponsored by Ms. Magazine, co-moderated by Bonnie Stabile and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; Panelists: Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine; and Elizabeth Hira and Madiba Dennie, Counsels with the Brennan Center's Democracy Program.

December 2021
Criminal Justice Reform in the Commonwealth and Beyond, Webinar moderated by Bonnie Stabile, featuring Jennifer Carroll Foy, former Virginia Delegate and Gubernatorial Candidate; Ed Ungvarsky, Criminal Defense Lawyer; Faye Taxman, Professor and Director, Advancing Correctional Excellence Center; Bonnie Hoffman, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Claire Gastanaga, former director ACLU, Virginia. Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

October 2021
Centering Women Intersectionally for Transformative Change, Roundtable convened and moderated by panelist Bonnie Stabile, featuring Christina Ewig, Director, Center on Gender, Women and Public Affairs, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Betsy Fischer Martin, Executive Director, Women & Politics Institute, American University; Laurie Nsiah- Jefferson, Director, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Dina Refki, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany - SUNY; Director of the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society; NASPAA Annual Conference, Virtual

September 2021
Today’s Workforce and the Way Ahead (Considering the Impact of Covid on Women and Minorities in the Workforce), Webinar convened and moderated by Bonnie Stabile, featuring Maryam Ovissi, Founder and Director of Beloved Yoga; Laura Narefsky, Counsel, Workplace Justice, National Women’s Law Center; Ahkesha Murray, Principle Change Agent, DEI, LMI; Co-sponsored by LMI and the Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

April 2021
Data Feminism and Algorithmic Accountability: Lessons for Policy, Webinar with Rep. Don Beyer; former US CTO Megan Smith; and Ximena Hartsock, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

March 2021
Solving the Student Loan Crisis: Beyond Debt Relief, Webinar co-sponsored by IBM, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

October 2020
The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World Book Talk Webinar with authors Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts, co-authors, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

September 2020
Unraveling Unconscious Bias Webinar, Webinar co-sponsored by Academy Women, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

August 2020
Fifth Annual Tolchin Symposium: Centennial of Women’s Suffrage Celebration – Reckoning with Racial Disparities in Access to the Vote, Webinar, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

July 2020
Domestic Violence During the Covid-19 Pandemic Webinar, Webinar co- hosted with Guillermo De Los Reyes, Associate Director, Women and Gender Studies, University of Houston, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

April 2020
Covid-19: Infection Control and Surge Capacity in Hospitals and Health Systems, Webinar with Congressman Don Beyer, Dr. Saskia Popescu and Professor Laurie Schintler, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

April 2020
“The ERA Today, ”Gender and Policy Center Panel, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University (cancelled due to pandemic) January 2020 “Aim High” Book Talk with Deborah Lee James, 23rd Secretary of the US Air Force, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

October 2019
Fourth Annual Tolchin Symposium: Glass Houses and Glass Ceilings: Congressional Ethics in the #MeTooEra, Gender and Policy Center, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

February 2019
“Can Women Save Democracy? Women Political Leaders in the Time of Trump and #MeToo,” Gender and Policy (GAP) Panel honoring Martha Pennino, featuring Rep. Jennifer Wexton, Delegates Filler-Corn, Herring, and Plum, and Visiting Professor Anne Holton, Schar School of Policy and Government.

December 2018
“Eradicating Addiction: World Medical& Health Policy Symposium Panel” Dupont Summit, Washington, DC

September 2018
Third Annual Tolchin Symposium: Dismantling America: Environmental Implications of the Rush to Deregulate, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University October 2017 Second Annual Tolchin Symposium: Clout: Womanpower and Politics Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

September 2017
IGNITE Workshop and Panel Discussion on Women in Politics 
Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

April 2017
Mitigating Campus Sexual Assault in A Changing Political Climate: Workshop and Panel Discussion Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

March 2016, 2018
Women’s Health in Global Perspective Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

March 2017
Organs for Transplant:
Expanding Sources and Ethical Considerations
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia (with Naoru Koizumi)

October 2016
Tolchin Symposium on Voter Anger (First annual – covered by C-SPAN) George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia

September 2016
Social Determinants of Health
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia

April 2010 – 2016 Annual Forum on Drug Policy
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

October 2014 – 2017
Summit on Global Food Security and Health
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia (with Phil Thomas)

November 2012 – 15
Forum on Health, Homelessness and Poverty
George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia

2004 - 2005
Member of Student Organizing Committee, “Science and Technology in Society; An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference,” funded by the National Science Foundation, held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and co-sponsored by George Mason University, The George Washington University and Virginia Tech

Invited Speaking/Guest Lectures/Presentations

May 2024
Panelist, “How to Amp Up Your Policy and Civic Engagement,” AAUW’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), University of Maryland College Park, May 31.

May 2024
Lecturer/Presenter, “Women, Power and Rape Culture,” Webinar for the South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, May 17.

May 2024
Panelist for “Health Matters: Spotlight on the Health of Women and Girls in Fairfax County,” Fairfax County Government Center, May 17.

March 2024
Panelist, “Rise To” Summit on “Women in Politics,” Panel with Virginia State Senators Perry and Boysko and Former House Speaker Filler Corn, March 2, Rock Ridge High School, Ashburn, Virginia

March 2024
Panelist, “Women’s History Month,” Invited by George Mason University Student Government, with Virginia House Majority Leader Charniele Herring, University Administrators and Student Leaders, March 21.

October 2023
Panelist, “50 Years of Ms. Magazine” at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore with Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor, Diane Rosenfeld of Harvard Law School and Jennifer D. Williams of Howard University, October 26, 2023.

September 2023
Presenter, “Underrepresented: Women in Politics and Policy,” Fall for the Book Festival's 25th Anniversary, September 28, 2024.

September 2023
Lecturer/Presenter, “Women, Power and Rape Culture,” lecture, Iowa State University, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, September 12.

April 2023
Speaker/Discussant, “The Implications of Gender Disparities in Public Service and Related Fields,” Facilitator, Discussion at Career Workshop, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Washington, DC, April 13.

April 2023
Lecturer/Presenter, “Women, Power and Rape Culture,” book talk Webinar, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) National Chapter, April 13.

March 2023
Lecturer/Presenter, “Women, Power and Rape Culture,” book talk for Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO), March 26.

February 2023
Lecturer/Presenter, “Women, Power and Rape Culture,” virtual book talk for Berkshire Community College OLLI Contemporary Gender Roles Shared Interest Group, February 15.

January 2023
Speaker, “Gender and Policy Center at George Mason University,” lunch talk, Vienna Rotary Club, Vienna, Virginia, January 25.

December 2022
Lecturer/Presenter “Women, Power and Rape Culture,” virtual book talk, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Massachusetts Chapter, December 14.

December 2022
Speaker, Keynote Briefing for female Pakistani legislators taking part in the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) contracted by MCID, December 6.

November 2022
“Women, Power and Rape Culture,” virtual book talk, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) National Capital Area Chapter, November17.

November 2022
“Women, Power and Rape Culture,” book talk, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., November 15.

October 2022
“Women, Power and Representation,” Encore Learning book talk, October31.

October 2022
“Red Table Talk; The Overturn of Roe v. Wade: What Does This Mean for Me?” Omicron Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, George Mason University, October 17.

October 2022
“Bias and Exclusion,” Democracy Lab’s Hidden Curriculum Speaker Series, George Mason University, October 13.

April 2022
“The Implications of Gender Disparities in Public Service and Related Fields,” Facilitator, Lunchtime Table Discussion at Career Workshop, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Arlington, Virgin

December 2021
“Gender and Politics,” Guest Lecture for undergraduate and Graduate Students from Pepperdine University visiting Washington, DC at Schar School.

June 2021
“Gender and Politics,” Guest Lecture for Graduate Students from Pepperdine University, June 23, live via Zoom.

November 2020
“Countering Misinformation and Fake News in Many Spheres: COVID-19 and Vaccines; Women and Leadership; Minority Group Portrayal; and Emotionally Charged Headlines Impact on Judgment,” Webinar panelist, The Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations (CCCUN), November 17.

July 2020
“Gender, Language, and Power in 2020 and Beyond,” Webinar panelist, Encore Learning, July 13.

June 2020
Schar Conversations Podcast, panelist, “Being Intentional About Online Teaching,” Schar School of Policy and Government

November 2020
“The Implications of Gender Disparities in Public Service and Related Fields,” Facilitator, Discussion at Career Workshop, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Washington, DC (rescheduled from April due to pandemic, changed to Webinar format)

April 2020
“Feminism as a Theory in International Relations,” panelist, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Washington, DC. (cancelled due to pandemic)

July 2019
LMI Women’s Leadership Forum, Graduate Fellows and Interns Distinguished Speaker: “What Can Policy Do For You?” Tysons Corner, Virginia

April 2019
“Innovations in Women's Health and Policy,” panelist, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Washington, DC.

April 2019
“The Implications of Gender Disparities in Public Service and Related Fields,” Facilitator, Lunchtime Table Discussion at Career Workshop, Academy Women’s Officer Women Leadership Symposium (OWLS), Washington, DC

February 2019
“Women in Public Affairs Education,” guest lecture in Professor Angela Hattery’s “Gender and Violence in Social Institutions” class (Sociology 395).

October 2015
Campus Dialogue on Sexual Assault, sponsored by School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

September 2014
“Navigating the Policy Process” remarks at inaugural meeting of George Mason’s Roosevelt Institute, September 8^th.

August 2014
“Globalization and Food: The Role of Public Policy,” Mason University Scholars Institute on Globalization and Food, August 19, 2014.

March 2008
“Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning Policies” presented to a session of 2007 the inaugural seminar for the Science and Society Minor College of Arts and Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

April 2005
“Biotechnology Regulation: The Case of State Human Cloning Policies,” lecture to Doctoral Class PUBP 710 on Regulation and Public Policy 
School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA

April 2004
“Biotechnology Regulation: U.S. and International Responses to Human Cloning” lecture to Doctoral Class PUBP 710 on Regulation and Public Policy
School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA

August 2005
Invited speaker on student panel, “Surviving Your First Year, ” for incoming January 2005 Ph.D. student orientation

August 2002
School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Consulting and Advising

July 2016
Taught half day course on Program Evaluation for Chinese Shanghai Delegation, with translator

October 2015
Taught half day course on Policy Analysis at Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Adolescent Health

June 2015
Edited and Restructured Report on Food Aid Shipping for GMU team submission to Hewlett Foundation and Gates Foundation

May 2015
Taught two full-day classes on Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis for Certified Public Manager Program® (Paul Posner, Director), May 8 and May 29, 2015.

May 2015
Taught one half-day class on Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis in the Certificate of Attendance program for the National School of Administration and Magistracy, Republic of Cameroon, May 13, 2015.

October 2013
Taught two half-day classes on Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis at Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women’s Health

Press Appearances

September 2023
Featured in Iowa State Daily article “Women’s power disparity in public: Lecture on gender, authority and rape culture,” by Ella Slade, September 12, 2023.

July 2023
Speaker, Press Conference on the ERA’s Centennial on Capitol Hill alongside U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (VA), U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), Cori Bush (MO-1), Jennifer McClellan (VA-4), Don Beyer (VA-8), and others, July 21, 2023.

May 2023
Interviewed for/quoted in Politico’s Women Rule newsletter, “Why rape allegations don’t derail political careers,” by Sydney Gold, May 5.

September 2022
Interviewed on Inside Scoop by host Catherine Read on Fairfax Public Access Television Channel 10, Northern Virginia's talk show featuring DC area news and views to promote the Gender and Policy Center at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government.

April 2022
Mentioned in The Conversationalist article “Ketanji Brown Jackson’s road to the Supreme Court” by Anna Lind-Guzik, April 1.

September 2020
Quoted in Voice of America article, “Anger Can Be Good for Political Campaigns but Bad for Democracy” by Dora Mekouar, September 29.

August 2019
Interviewed on Virginia Public Radio, “Virginia Marks Women's Equality Day,” by Michael Pope and Mallory Noe-Payne, August 26.

February 2019
Quoted in Bustle article, “Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran Is Getting Death Threats Over A Late-Term Abortion Bill,” by Monica Hunter-Hart, February 1.

January 2019
Quoted in Bustle article, “A Virginia Late-Term Abortion Bill Is Under Attack & Here’s The Context That’s Being Left Out,” by Monica Busch, January 31.

December 2017
Quoted in Vox article, “What did and didn’t make it into the final GOP tax bill,” by Jen Kirby and Emily Stewart, December 17.

December 2017
Interviewed on WJLA ABC 7 for a segment, “Following Women's March and #MeToo, more women run for office” by Cheryl Conner, December 13.

November 2017
Interviewed on Voice of America’s International Edition by Lori Lunden on Sexual Assault and Harassment and US Congress reaction to Roy Moore, November 15.

November 2017
Quoted in Vox article “Republicans’ tax bill is sneakily hacking away at abortion rights” by Tara Golshan, November 6.

October 2016
Quoted in The Hill “Friends honor legacy of groundbreaking political scientist Susan Tolchin,” by Joe Disipio, October 19.

July 2016
Cited in Florida Times-Union op-ed, “Does Cynicism Undercut Patriotism?” by Frank Denton

Service to the Profession Editorial Activity

2019 - 2020
Editor-in-Chief, World Medical and Health Policy, published by Wiley and sponsored by the Policy Studies Organization, now in Q2 category on SCIMAGO

2011 - 2019
Co-Editor, World Medical and Health Policy

2010, 2021 - 
Editorial Board Member, World Medical and Health Policy

2006 - present
Manuscript Reviewer for the Social Science Quarterly, Politics and the Life Sciences, PS: Political Science and Politics, Review of Policy Research, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and the World Medical & Health Policy

Professional Roles

2022-2023
ASPA Engaged Research Ad Hoc Committee, invited by Carissa Slotterback, Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Public and International Affairs

2012
Member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Board(FASAB) Task Force to improve the reporting of performance information in federal financial reports

2011
Co-Chair of the Teaching of Evaluation Topical Interest Group of the American Evaluation Association

Chair, Discussant and Moderator Roles

April 2021 Chair/Discussant, “Gender and Social/Welfare Policies in American Politics,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, (virtual due to pandemic)

April 2020
Organizer and Chair, “The Gender Agenda for 2020: Directors Discuss the Role of University Centers for Women and Politics” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (cancelled due to pandemic)

April 2018 Chair/Presenter, “Meet the Policy Journal Editors,” Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

April 2017
Chair/Discussant, “Familial and Child Policy and the Impacts for Society” Panel
APPAM Regional Student Conference

April 2016
Discussant, “Health Policy: Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, and Decriminalization” Panel
Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Discussant, “Public Health Impacts on Underserved Populations” Panel
APPAM Regional Student Conference

April 2015
Chair, “Policy Frameworks and the Politics of Food” Panel Discussant, “Women and Politics” Poster Session
Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Discussant, Advancements in Public Policy, Graduate Student Conference
School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University

December 2013 Chair, “GlobalHealth and its Impact on National Security” Panel, Dupont Summit, Washington DC

August 2013
Discussant, “Biopolicy” Panel
American Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

April 2013
Moderator, “Health” Panel, “Science and Technology in Society; An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference”
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

December 2011
Chair, panels, “The Complexities of Decision-Making at the Intersection of Science, Technology and Policy,” and “Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified Organisms”
Dupont Summit, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington DC

November 2011
Chair, panel “A Method to Our Madness: Program Evaluation Teaching Techniques”
American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, California

Chair, panel “Elements of Evaluation Training: Developing Evaluator Competencies and Understanding Values in Evaluation Practice”
American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, California

Chair, panel “Teaching Program Evaluation for Public Managers”

Discussant, Presidential Strand Think Tank Session on “Values and Ethics: Challenges in Evaluation Practice” at the annual conference
American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, California

April 2008
Moderator, “Health” Panel, “Science and Technology in Society; An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference”
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

April 2007
Moderator, “Women and/in Science ” Panel, “Science and Technology in Society; An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference”
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

May 2006
Invited Guest Speaker, Doctoral Student Seminar PUBP 850
School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA

July 2005
Panelist, “Ethical and Societal Considerations in Rationing Health and Medical Care Resources in Space Exploration” at Development and Operations Workshop, co-sponsored by NASA and the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA

Professional References

October 2024
External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion for Karen Sweeting of the University of Rhode Island

September 2018
External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion for Dr. Kellee Kirkpatrick of Idaho State University

August 2018
Professional Reference for Dr. Patricia Stapleton in Tenure Track Assistant Professor job search

November 2017
Professional Reference for Dr. Douglas Anderson of George Washington University for promotion from Teaching Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Non-Tenure

Academic Service University Service

2023
Organizer and MC for Gender and Policy (GAP) Center/Schar School Celebration of the First Woman Mayor of Fairfax City and Schar School Alumna Catherine Reid, September 29

2021-2024
As Associate Dean, represented the Schar School on University Graduate Council monthly meetings and working groups

2020
Invited Member or GMU President's Task Force on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence

2019-2020
Nominated and elected by Schar School faculty colleagues as one of three Schar faculty Members of the Schar School Dean’s Reappointment Review Committee

Development

2024
Coordinated Gender and Policy (GAP)Center’s Mason Vision Day Campaign yielding $2,040. – more than any other Schar Center or Fund and representing 28% of Mason Vision Day gifts.

2024
Coordinated fundraiser for Women's History Month reception at the Tower Club Tysons Corner with Tower Club Women and Business Committee, yielding $3,000 for the Gender and Policy Center, March 27.

2024
Coordinated fundraiser at Kendra Scott in Tysons Corner Center, yielding $750 for the Gender and Policy Center, February 11.

2023
Coordinated fundraiser at Kendra Scott in Tysons Corner Center, yielding $1,600 for the Gender and Policy Center, September 23.

Student Advising

2024
Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) Advisor for “Women and Politics Oral History Project” research team Abbi Tesreau and Tabor Blake.

2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) Advisor for two research teams: “Inclusivity and Public Affairs Education” with Minh-dy Pham and Nana Yaa Obent; and “Pink Tax and Period Poverty” with Ava Florentyne Kuch, Shafuq Naseem, Nylah Mitchell, Lexi Alease Wilson, Natalia Paolini- Medina and Rosemary Obinim

2021- 
Committee Chair, Capstone Project Proposal, Master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies Student Sarah Wood, on Women’s Workforce Participation during Covid

2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) Advisor for Lianna Brown, Pearl Matibe and Parvin Ghahremani-Neja

2021-
Supervise Doctoral Graduate Research Assistants, Aubrey Grant 2016-2021, Yana Chang 2021-

2017-
Supervise Master’s Graduate Research Assistant Caroline Powers (’17-’18), Katherine Krupenevich (‘18), Caroline Ball (’19),Ben Zito (’19),Shaune Gilbert (’19 – ‘21), Lilian Medina Romero (’20), Laura Thorn (’20), Lea Mann (’20), Ryan Barock (’22 – ’23)

2019 – 2020
Honors Thesis Advisor for Schar Senior Hareem Abdullah

2019
Doctoral Committee Member, Education Student Esther Nolton

2016 - 2018
Doctoral Committee Member, Biodefense Students Patricia Kehn (Chair, Trevor Thrall, Chair); Chris Brown (Chair, Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley); and Julia Duckett (Chair, Greg Koblentz)

2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) Advisor for senior Farah Ehlerazy and freshman Karen Therrien

2016-2018
Committee Member, Biodefense Doctoral Student Admissions

2014-2015
Faculty Advisor, Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, a group of about 50 undergraduates interested in the policy process. (Student leader: Beverly Harp)

2013 - 2014
Committee Member, Philosophy Master’s Thesis for Student William Schaefer Fall 2010 Independent Study Advisor for Master’s Student Stephanie Perry and Doctoral Student James Szymalak

Summer 2008
Internship Advisor for Master’s Student Jessica Soto

2007 – present
Student References (Acted as reference or authored letters of recommendation for: Anne Abbott, Sayed Abubaker, Ryan Barock, Layla Bonnot, Michelle Breckenridge, Raquel Corrono-Parra, Paul Fengler, Aubrey Grant, Anthony Green, Michael Horneffer, Shana Hrubes, Ryan Janda, Brian Jones, Patrick Kenney, Safiya Khalid, Hyun Ju Kim, Ramon Lagtapon, Brandon Ledford, Jing Liu, Carlos Lobo, Daniel Lynn, Jon Thon Majok, Olive Martin, Jeremiah Mitoko, Anita Nyaga, Kripa Patwardhan, Jesse Lee Patterson, Allen Pinn, Caroline Powers, Bledar Puli, Rachel Schott, Jacqueline Schmitz, Sean Seymour, David Smart, Quincey Smith, Jessica Soto, Nina Ullom, Abigail Wolfgram)

Admissions/Marketing

May 2024
Represented the Schar School and the Gender and Policy (GAP) Center at AAUW’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL), University of Maryland College Park with Admissions Director, May 31.

March 2024
Represented Gender and Policy (GAP)Center and Schar School at National Young Feminist Leadership Conference, Crystal City, Virginia, March 24

August 2020
“Make an Impact with a Schar School Degree” Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Virtual Event, Panelist

Summer 2020
Intensive Admissions Recruitment Campaign with Admissions Team as MPP Director

September 2019
APPAM Policy Bootcamp, Program Directors and Admissions Panel, American University, Panelist

March 2019
“Women’s Leadership in Public Affairs Education,” Course Sampler for prospective MPP/MPA students at Schar School of Policy and Government.

Curricular Committee Work

2019-2020
Committee Member, Schar 2030 Review, led by Justin Gest

2014-2015
Committee Member, Undergraduate, and Methods, Curriculum Committees

2014
Participated in planning the University Scholar’s Selection Exercise with Anthony Hoefer, Director of the GMU University Scholar’s Program.

Spring 2009
Developed learning outcomes for PUBP 530 and PUBP 713
School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Arlington, VA

Professional Experience

1989 – 1993
Program Coordinator, Executive Programs
Kennedy School of Government Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1988
Program Analyst, Administrative Services Division
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, DC

1986 – 1987
Assistant Installation Coordinator. Managed all community services and support programs on an Army installation of 2,000 soldiers and family members.

Contributed to development of a 5-year plan for budgeting and use of facilities. Acted as liaison to visiting government and military personnel.
United States Army, Amberg, Germany

1983
Summer Intern, Marketing Strategy and Planning
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA

Memberships

American Political Science Association American Society for Public Administration American Evaluation Association

Midwest Political Science Association National Women’s Studies Association

Pi Alpha Alpha, National Honor Society for Public Administration