Miki Caul Kittilson is Vice Dean in the College of Global Futures, and serves as Principal Investigator on the ASU ADVANCE Institutional Transformation project. She previously chaired the Provost's committee that brought the 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science’s STEM Equity Achievement (SEA Change) Award to ASU.
Professor Kittilson's scholarship addresses challenges of democratic inclusion, comparing the effects of electoral systems and institutions for individual-level political behavior, with a focus on gender justice and women's representation in government. She has authored 4 university press books, along with numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Politics & Gender, and Party Politics.
Her most recent book, Reimagining the Judiciary: Women’s Representation on High Courts Worldwide (Oxford University Press), co-authored with Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Valerie Hoekstra and Alice Kang, won an American Political Science Association Award for best book on law and courts. The findings map a chain of favorable influences on women’s representation on high courts: new norms of gender equality encourage the reimagining of the judiciary; advocacy organizations challenge the status quo; and windows of opportunity enable change.
https://womenonhighcourts.com/
Kittilson's (Oxford University Press, 2020) book Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy: How Women in Politics Foster Connected Citizens is co-authored by Magda Hinojosa (ASU). The book examines the effects of gender quotas and substantial gains in women's election to office for mass-level engagement with the democratic process across Latin America.
Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, USAID and the AAUW. She serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Politics and recently contributed to design of the Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) from the Global Governance Forum. Kittilson is a member of the SDG5 Working Group in ASU’s Global Futures Lab.
Comparative Politics, Women and Politics, Party Politics, Political Behavior
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SGS 394 | Special Topics |
POS 394 | Special Topics |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 350 | Comparative Politics |
POS 550 | Comparative Politics |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 550 | Comparative Politics |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 150 | Comparative Government |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 150 | Comparative Government |
POS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
POS 493 | Honors Thesis |
POS 550 | Comparative Politics |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 150 | Comparative Government |
POS 598 | Special Topics |
POS 599 | Thesis |
POS 792 | Research |
POS 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
POS 150 | Comparative Government |
SGS 394 | Special Topics |
POS 590 | Reading and Conference |
POS 599 | Thesis |
POS 790 | Reading and Conference |
POS 792 | Research |
POS 799 | Dissertation |