About MeAshley English is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. Prior to joining the faculty at UNT, she earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. Dr. English's current research agenda brings theories of intersectionality together with scholarship about bureaucratic politics in one of the first projects to examine how “women’s political interests” are constituted in the rulemaking process.
Dr. English is broadly interested in gender, women’s representation, interest groups, bureaucratic politics, and public policy. Her most recent paper (with Kathryn Pearson and Dara Strolovitch), “Who Represents Me? Race, Gender, Partisan Congruence and Representational Alternatives in a Polarized America” is forthcoming in Political Research Quarterly and her work has also appeared in Politics & Gender, Electoral Studies, Politics, Groups, and Identities, and the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. Prior to entering academia, Dr. English worked as a researcher at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research in Washington, DC for four years. She also received her MA in Political Science from the University of Minnesota in 2013, her MA in Public Policy with a Concentration in Women’s Studies from The George Washington University in 2010, and her BA in political science from Williams College in 2004. |
education
Ph.D. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Political Science, 2016.
M.A. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Political Science, 2013.
M.A. The George Washington University, Public Policy with a Concentration in Women’s Studies, 2010.
B.A. Williams College. Political Science with Honors (cum laude), 2004
- Fields of Study: American Politics and Methodology
- Dissertation: “Implementing Intersectionality: Creating Women’s Interests in the Rulemaking Process.”
- Committee: Kathryn Pearson (Advisor), Dara Strolovitch (Advisor), Scott Abernathy, Julie Dolan, and Joe Soss
M.A. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Political Science, 2013.
M.A. The George Washington University, Public Policy with a Concentration in Women’s Studies, 2010.
- Capstone Project: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”: How the Department of Education Marginalized Feminists’ Opposition to its 2006 Title IX Single-Sex Regulations.”
B.A. Williams College. Political Science with Honors (cum laude), 2004