C.V. Summary
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Penn State University
Postdoctoral Researcher, incoming Jan 2025
Joint appointment: Department of Political Science, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies -
Rutgers University
Ph.D., Political Science, certification in Women & Gender Studies, Jan 2025
M.A., Political Science, 2021
Memorial University of Newfoundland
M.A., Political Science, 2019
Simon Fraser Universty
B.A., Communications, 2010 -
Irving, Michelle. 2023. “Supreme Court Mominees: The Political Implications of Maternal Rhetoric.” In The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research. Vol. 9. Eds. Robert X. Browning. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press.
Forthcoming
Irving, Michelle. “Critical Junctures: Tammy Duckworth.” In Junctures in Women’s Leadership. Eds. Julie Des Jardins. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press. -
Irving, Michelle. 2019. “Women Politicians Must Still Bend to Gender Stereotypes.” Policy Options — Invited contribution for Policy Options special issue on gender, media and politics published in March 2019.
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Fellowships
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2022 - 2024
Rutgers University Fellowship, 2022; 2019
Memorial University School of Graduate Studies Fellowship, 2018 - 2019Grants
Center for C-Span Scholarship and Engagement Research Grant, 2022
Awards
The Inaugural Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards, 2023
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center Prize for Research on Women and Politics, 2023
Box-Steffensmeier Scholarship for ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, 2021
Barney Power’s Award, 2019
Mayor Andree P. Boucher Memorial Scholarship, 2018
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Journal Manuscript Reviewer. Politics & Gender, Politics, Groups & Identities, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Canadian Journal of Political Science
Guest Editor, Virtual Special Issue “Pathways to Congress” Politics & Gender, 2022
Graduate Editorial Assistant, Politics & Gender, July 2022 - Sept 2023
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Women and American Politics (790:335) - Instructor of Record - Summer Session 2024; Summer Session 2023; Fall 2022
The Presidency (790:306) - Instructor of Record - Summer Session 2022
Law and Politics (790:106) - Graduate Teaching Assistant - Fall 2020; Spring 2021; Fall 2021; Spring 2022
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Communications Strategist, The City of Calgary - 2011 - 2017