Research Talk: Quinn Albaugh
Event Details:
- Tuesday, January 26, 2022
- 4:00 - 5:30 PM
- Zoom: https://queensu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcuGrqDwuHNfW7B7m2WVzdZmY37Lfwv90
Speaker: Dr. Quinn Albaugh
Biography: Quinn M. Albaugh (she/they) is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics and Social Policy from Princeton University. Broadly speaking, her research focuses on parties, elections, and representation in Canada in comparative perspective. Her work tends to focus on themes of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class inequalities. She is currently working on a book project entitled Gatekeeping: How and Why Party Organizations Improve the Representation of Marginalized Groups.
Title of Talk: "Affirmative Gatekeeping"
Abstract: In this talk, Quinn Albaugh challenges the commonplace assumption that “gatekeeping” by party actors is primarily an explanation for why members of marginalized groups do not win party nominations. She develops the concept of “affirmative gatekeeping” – institutional activities on behalf of candidates from marginalized groups to increase the representation of that group in politics. She presents evidence that affirmative gatekeeping by central party actors, particularly the party leader’s office, explains increases in women’s representation using a multi-method field study of Liberal nominations for the 2018 New Brunswick election. This talk draws on interviews, participant-observation, original datasets and other material collected for her book project, Gatekeeping: How and Why Party Organizations Improve the Representation of Marginalized Groups.
Please direct any questions about the event to polscomms@queensu.ca.
