Louise Davidson-Schmich, Ph.D.

Assocate Professor


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