Our Faculty
Louise Davidson-Schmich, Ph.D.
Assocate Professor
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Office: Jenkins Room 314J
Degrees
- PhD, MA Duke University; 1999
- BA, Brown University
Research Interests
- Gender quotas and women in politics
- German and European politics
- Legislative politics and political culture
Selected Publications:
- Becoming Party Politicians: Eastern German State Legislators in the Decade Following Democratization. University of Notre Dame Press.
- “The Implementation of Political Party Gender Quotas: Evidence from the German Länder 1990-2000” Party Politics
- "Searching for the Origins of Civic Community in Central Europe: Evidence from Eastern and Western Germany" Democratization
- "The Development of Party Discipline in New Parliaments: East German State Legislatures 1990-2000" The Journal of Legislative Studies
Teaching & Professional Experience:
- Visiting Lecturer, North Carolina State University
- Instructor, Department of Political Science, Duke University
- Instructor, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
- Fulbright Teaching Assistant, Kiel, Germany
