Jennifer M. Piscopo

Jennifer M. Piscopo is Assistant Professor of Politics at Occidental College and co-convener of the Feminist Research Seminar. Her research on representation, gender quotas, and legislative institutions in Latin America has appeared in eleven peer-reviewed journals, including Comparative Political Studies, The Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics and Society, and Politics, Groups, and Identities. With Susan Franceschet and Mona Lena Krook, she is editor of The Impact of Gender Quotas (Oxford University Press, 2012). She has also contributed to several edited volumes and won research awards from the American Political Science Association, the International Political Science Association, and the Latin American Studies Association.