Pamela Paxton

Associate Professor
Sociology
215B Mershon Center
614.292.3165
paxton.36@osu.edu

Education
B.A., Economics and Sociology, University of Michigan (1992)
M.A., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1994)
Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1998)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Paxton specializes in political sociology, quantitative methodology, and stratification. She is currently conducting longitudinal research on women's cross-national political representation and investigating the links between social capital and social networks.

Selected Publications
"Growth in Women's Political Representation: A Longitudinal Exploration of Democracy, Electoral System, and Gender Quotas," with Melanie Hughes, and Matthew Painter (European Journal of Political Research, forthcoming)

"Women as Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Government Ministers," with Melanie Hughes, in Gender and Women’s Leadership, ed. by Karen O’Conner (Sage, forthcoming)

"Women, Politics, and Globalization," with Melanie Hughes, in Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women, ed. by Janet Lee and Susan Shaw (McGraw-Hill, forthcoming)

"Power and Relation in the World Polity: The INGO Country Network Score, 1978-1998," with Melanie Hughes, Lindsey Peterson, and Jill Ann Harrison (Social Forces, forthcoming)

"Gender and Democratization," in Democratization in a Globalized World, ed. by Christian W. Haerpfer, Ronald Inglehart, Chris Welzel and Patrick Bernhagen (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)

"Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women's Statehouse Representation," with Matthew Painter and Melanie Hughes (Social Science Research, 2009)

"Social Capital and Social Networks: Bridging Boundaries," with James Moody (Two-volume special issue of American Behavioral Scientist, 2009)

"Continuous Change, Episodes, and Critical Periods: A Framework for Understanding Women's Political Representation Over Time," with Melanie Hughes (Politics and Gender, 2008)

"Gendering Democracy," in Politics, Gender, and Concepts, ed. by Gary Goetz and Amy Mazur (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective, with Melanie Hughes (Sage Publications, Pine Forge Press, 2007)

"Traditional Theories from a New Perspective: The Implications of a Longitudinal Approach to Women in Politics Research," with Melanie Hughes (Politics and Gender, 2007)

"How Do We Learn to Trust? A Confirmatory Tetrad Analysis of the Sources of Generalized Trust," with Jennifer Glanville (Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007)

"Association Memberships and Generalized Trust: A Multilevel Model Across 31 Countries" (Social Forces, 2007)

"In Principle and in Practice: Learning Political Tolerance in Eastern and Western Europe," with Marquart-Pyatt (Political Behavior, 2007)

"Gender in Politics," with Sheri Kunovich and Melanie Hughes (Annual Review of Sociology, 2007)

"The International Women's Movement and Women's Political Representation, 1893-2003," with Melanie Hughes and Jennifer Green (American Sociological Review, 2006)

"What’s to Fear from Immigrants? Creating an Assimilationist Threat Scale," with Anthony Mughan (Political Psychology, 2006)

"Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Policy Preferences, and Populist Party Voting," with Anthony Mughan (The British Journal of Political Science, 2006)

"Assessing International Evaluations: An Example from USAID's Democracy and Governance Program," with Kenneth Bollen and Rumi Morishima (The American Journal of Evaluation, 2005)

Honors and Awards
Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women in Politics for "How Women Attain Political Power: Understanding Women's Representation in Parliaments, 1893-2003" (2007)

 National Science Foundation grant of $115,000 for "How Women Attain Political Power: Understanding Women's Representation in Parliaments, 1893-2003" (2006)

American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline for "Social Capital and Social Networks – Bridging Boundaries Conference,"  with Jim Moody (2005)

John Glenn Scholar, John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy, The Ohio State University (2003)

National Science Foundation grant for "Globalization and Westernization: Theory and Measurement," with Edward Crenshaw (2003)

Ohio State University Seed Grant Award for "Universalism and Particularism in Graduate Department Ratings" (1999)

Mershon Project
Cultural Attitudes and Women’s Political Representation:  An Interdependent Relationship (2009-10)

Evaluation of the Impact of USAID Democracy and Governance Programming (2005)

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice and its Democratic Consequences, with Anthony Mughan (2002)

Westernization, Democratization, and Internal War, with Edward Crenshaw (2002)

Political Tolerance in Eastern and Western Europe (2001)

Democratization, Internal War, and the Impact of Globalization: An Emprical Assessment, with Edward Crenshaw (2001)

Political Participation in Forty-Five Countries (2000)

Pamela Paxton
Associate Professor of Sociology
The Ohio State University