Rachel VanSickle-Ward, PhD
Assistant Professor of Political Studies
With Pitzer Since: 2007
Field Group: Political Studies
Campus Address: Bernard 203
Phone: 909.607.4650
Email: Rachel_VanSickle-Ward@pitzer.edu
Education:
MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
BA, Pitzer College
Education:
MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
BA, Pitzer College
Research Interests:
Public policy, American politics, California/state politics, women in politics, constitutional law and legal politics
Expertise Areas:
Public policy, American politics, California/state politics, women in politics, constitutional law and legal politics
Recent Courses:
Research methods in Political Studies (POST70)
Introduction to Public Policy (POST60)
The U.S. Electoral System (POST101)
Seminar on Women in Politics (POST102)
Law and Politics (POST106)
California Politics (POST108)
Selected Publications:
Professor VanSickle-Ward was quoted in “Michigan’s new CEO,” The Detroit News, January 6, 2011.
“The Politics of Precision: Specificity in State Mental Health Policy,” State and Local Government Review, vol.42 (April 2010).
Review of Racial and Ethnic Politics in California: Continuity and Change, volume 3, by Sandra Bass and Bruce E. Cain, eds., and The New Political Geography of California by Fredrick Douzet, Thad Kousser and Kenneth P. Miller, eds., in Perspectives on Politics 8 (March 2010).
“The 2003 Recall Debates: Issues, Candidates, and Media Coverage,” in Gerald C. Lubenow, ed., Governing California: Politics, Government and Public Policy in the Golden State, Berkeley: Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2006. With Darshan Goux.
“Marshall v. Barlow’s Incorporated: Legitimizing Regulatory Enforcement,” in Administrative Law Stories, ed. Peter Strauss, New York: Foundation Press, 2005. With Robert Kagan.
Recent Conferences and Invited Talks:
“Are Latinas More “Dovish” Than Latinos? Evidence from the 2006 Latino National Survey,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, March 31, 2011, and the Annual Meeting of Western Political Science Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2011. with Adrian Pantoja)
“An Unclear Conscience Clause: Contraception Access in the States,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, September 1, 2010.
“Framing Clinton: Gender and Media Coverage of the 2008 Primary Debates,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 2009. With Darshan Goux.
“The Fuzzy Front End and the Policy Primordial Soup: Linking Policy Cycles to New Product Development Cycles,” paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada, September 2009. With Preeta M. Banerjee.