Global Gender Issues Conversations: Dr. Jennifer Piscopo
Channel: Pedro dos Santos
Date: 02/09/2020

In this conversation with Dr. Jenniffer Piscopo of Occidental College, we talk about two of her recent publications, discussing the media narrative surrounding women leaders and their response to the pandemic. Dr. Piscopo outlines the issues with arguments that women leaders are doing a better job addressing the COVID crisis, and we discuss the gendered implications that come with such arguments.


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Citations from our conversation:
Blanton R., S. Blanton, and D. Peksen. “The Gendered Consequences of Financial Crises: A Cross-National Analysis.” Politics and Gender 15, no. 4 (2018): 941–70. 

Funk, Kendall D. “Local Responses to a Global Pandemic: Women Mayors Lead the Way.” Politics & Gender (2020), FirstView.

Google “Women Leaders COVID” and find all the articles this talk alludes to 😊

Johnson, Carol, and Blair Williams. “Gender and Political Leadership in a Time of COVID.” Politics & Gender (2020), FirstView.

Phillips, Anne. “Representation and Inclusion.” Politics & Gender 8, no. 04 (2012): 512–518. 

Piscopo, Jennifer M. “Women Leaders and Pandemic Performance: A Spurious Correlation.” Politics & Gender (2020), FirstView.

Piscopo, Jennifer M., and Kendall Funk. “Are Women Leaders Better at Fighting the Coronavirus?” Washington Post (2020).