[Air-L] CCDS Friday October 22nd: talk by Heather Evans,

[Jeff Hemsley]

The Center for Computational and Data Sciences presents Virtual Research Talk with Dr. Heather Evans, Friday, October 22 12:00-1:00 PM EST, titled Women Belong in the (U.S.) House: The Influence of Gender on Issue Discussion on Twitter.
This talk is free and open to the public. Please do use the link below to register for the event.

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Women Belong in the (U.S.) House: The Influence of Gender on Issue Discussion on Twitter

Previous work in the area of gender and social media has shown that women campaign and market themselves online very differently than men.  While female candidates are more likely to discuss certain types of issues (like education and healthcare) in their campaigns, some research has shown that as more women are added to a congressional race, less attention is paid to those "women's issues."  Given the steady increase in the number of women running for office and the increasing saliency of "women's issues" in American politics over the past few years, are female candidates continuing to market themselves differently than their male competitors in U.S. House races on Twitter?

Heather K. Evans is the John Morton Beaty Professor of Political Science at the University of Virginia's College at Wise.  Her primary research interests are political engagement, competitive congressional elections, social media (Twitter) and the effect of entertainment media on political attitudes.  She is the author of "Competitive Elections and Democracy in America: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (Routledge), which explores both the positive and negative side-effects of increasing competitiveness in congressional elections. Her edited volumes, "Community Engagement Findings Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Concepts to Community Needs" and "Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines: Applying Course Concepts to Community Needs" were published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2017 and 2018 and examine service learning experiences across the various disciplines. Heather is also the host of "Red, White, and Confused," which airs weekly on WEHC 90.7 FM (also available by podcast).

Our next CCDS talk will be from Anders Olof Larsson, Friday Nov 19th, 12 PM.

A more detailed announcement will follow soon. Today even!