Linda Trimble
University of Alberta
Dr. Linda Trimble is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her main research interests are Canadian politics, media coverage of political leadership, and women’s political representation. She is the primary investigator on the Pathways to the Premiership project.
ltrimble@ualberta.ca
Jennifer Curtin
University of Auckland
Dr. Jennifer Curtin is professor of politics and public policy and director of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her research focuses on New Zealand and Australian politics and elections and the way gender influences political institutions, the composition of political elites, and policy change. She is the co-investigator on the Pathways to the Premiership project.
j.curtin@auckland.ac.nz
Meagan Auer
University of Alberta
Meagan Auer is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is a research assistant on the Pathways to the Premiership project.
meauer@ualberta.ca
Victoria Woodman
University of Auckland
Victoria Woodman is a professional teaching fellow and researcher in politics and international relations at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her PhD thesis examines New Zealand’s constitutional-electoral development in comparative historical perspective, with a particular focus on Westminster-derived institutions. She is a research assistant on the Pathways to the Premiership project. victoria.woodman@auckland.ac.nz
Rissa Reist
University of Alberta
Rissa Reist is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Her research examines how political humour responds to gendered and racialized forms of violence in contemporary Canada with a goal of understanding how political humour reinforces and/or contests gendered and racialized hierarchies by marking some acts of violence normal and humorous while others as unacceptable. She is excited to be part of the Pathways to the Premiership team. wilissa@ualberta.ca
Angelia Wagner
University of Alberta
Dr. Angelia Wagner was formerly the project manager on Pathways to the Premiership as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She continues to support the project through research and mentorship. The primary focus her own research is on issues related to gender and politics, political candidacy, political communication, feminist media studies, representation, and Canadian politics. angelia@ualberta.ca
Amanda Bittner
Memorial University
Dr. Amanda Bittner is an associate professor of political science and Director of the Gender and Politics Laboratory at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She studies elections and voting in Canadian and comparative contexts. She is a collaborator on the Pathways to the Premiership project.
abittner@mun.ca
Matthew Kerby
Australian National University
Dr. Matthew Kerby is a senior lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. His central research interests are comparative executive and legislative institutions, and behaviour at the national and subnational levels of analysis, particularly with respect to Westminster parliamentary democracies. He is a collaborator on the Pathways to the Premiership project. matthew.kerby@anu.edu.au