Beth Reingold
Professor of Political Science and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emory University
Chapter Member: Georgia SSN
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About Beth
Reingold's research foregrounds gender and race/ethnicity within the politics of representation and identity in the U.S. Her current work focuses on American state legislatures to examine: race-gender inequalities and biases in legislative leadership; anti-feminism/conservatism and women’s representation; and Black-Latinx dynamics of immigration politics and policymaking. She is the Chair of the WGSS Department and received her PhD in Political Science from the University of California; Berkeley.
Contributions
In the News
Research discussed by , in "Women Candidates on the Rise in Local Races," Reporter Newspapers, June 9, 2018.
Research discussed by , in "In Contrast to Congress, Diversity Diminishes in Washington Legislature," The Seattle Times, November 24, 2012.
Opinion: "Women and the 2010 Midterm Elections: A Mixed Bag," Beth Reingold (with ), Women’s News and Narratives, Spring 2011.
Publications
"Agenda Setting and African American Women in State Legislatures" (with ). Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 28 (Summer/Fall 2006): 71-96.
Demonstrates how African American women in state legislatures are uniquely responsive to both black political interests and women’s interests in the bills they sponsor.
"Welfare Policymaking and Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in U.S. State Legislatures" (with ). American Journal of Political Science 56, no. 1 (2012): 131-147.
Shows that legislative women of color had the strongest and most consistent countervailing effects on state welfare policy in the mid-1990s, doing more to alleviate the get-tough provisions of welfare reform than their white female, black male, or Latino colleagues.
"The Impact of Descriptive Representation on Women’s Political Engagement: Does Party Matter?" (with ). Political Research Quarterly 63, no. 2 (2010): 280-294.
Finds that women’s interest and engagement in politics is more likely to increase when they see women of the same party running for high political office than when women of the opposing party are vying for their votes.
"Representing Women: Sex, Gender and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and California" (University of North Carolina Press, 2000).
Discusses how, contrary to popular expectations, women in public office are not always more likely than men to represent women – for gender politics within and outside legislative institutions is more complex and contingent than is often assumed.
"Confederate Symbols, Southern Identity, and Racial Attitudes: The Case of the Georgia State Flag" (with ). Social Science Quarterly 79, no. 3 (1998): 568-580.
Uses original data from a 1994 Georgia State Poll to find that widespread support of the Confederate-emblazoned state flag among whites has much more to do with racial concerns than with other aspects of southern heritage and identity – confirming the central role of race and racial conflict in southern politics and society.
"American Identity and the Politics of Ethnic Change" (with ). Journal of Politics 52, no. 4 (1990): 1124-1154.
Explores how normative conceptions of American national identity affect people’s attitudes toward ethnic minorities (Hispanic and Asian) and, when the appropriate cues are available, policy preferences on issues such as bilingual education, voting rights for non-English speakers, and affirmative action for Hispanics and Asian Americans using data from a 1988 California survey.