Scola, Becki Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States: Representation at the Intersections. Routledge Press.

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1 BECKI S. SCOLA, Ph.D. Saint Joseph s University ~ Political Science Department Mailing Address: 5600 City Avenue, Barbelin 204 ~ Philadelphia, PA Phone (610) ~ bscola@sju.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; Political Science; June Dissertation: Are All States Created Equal? The Supply and Demand of Women State Legislators. M.A., University of California, Irvine; Social Science; September B.A., Arizona State University, West; Women s Studies, May 2001, summa cum laude. POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA Fall Present Instructor, University of California, Irvine Sum 2009, 2006 Adjunct Faculty, Santa Ana Community College, Santa Ana, California Fall 2008-Spr 2009, Lecturer, Colorado State University-Pueblo Spr 2007-Present Instructional Development Associate, University of California, Irvine Win-Sum 2006 Pedagogical Fellow, University of California, Irvine PUBLICATIONS Scola, Becki Not Deserving or Entitled: Anti-Hunger Advocacy in Philadelphia. Revise and Resubmit: Social Policy and Administration. Uhlaner, Carole J. and Becki Scola The Effect of Descriptive Representation on Participation: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Voter Across the States. Under Review: State Politics and Policy Quarterly Scola, Becki Gender, Race, and Office Holding in the United States: Representation at the Intersections. Routledge Press. Scola, Becki Women s Representation at the Intersections: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Legislative Office Holding across the States. State Politics and Policy Quarterly 13(3) September, Scola, Becki Women of Color in State Legislatures: Gender, Race, and Legislative Office Holding. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 28(3-4). (Also published in Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States, Carol Hardy-Fanta, ed. New York: Haworth Press, 2006.) Scola, Becki Women and Social Movements. Book Review. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 28(1).

2 García Bedolla, Lisa and Becki Scola "Finding Intersection: Race, Class and Gender in the California Recall." Politics & Gender 2(1). Scola, Becki. and Lisa García Bedolla Race, Gender and the Recall Vote. In Shawn Bowler and Bruce Cain, eds., Clicker Politics: The California Recall Election. New York: Prentice Hall. WORKING PAPERS Resources, Recruitment, and Reasons: Preliminary Results from a Survey of Women of Color State Legislators The Politics of Food Deserts: Policy Initiatives in the U.S. The Curious Case of Pennsylvania: Why So Few Female Legislators? CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION The Politics of Hunger: Anti-Hunger Policy, Priorities, and Advocacy in Philadelphia. Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov Assessing the Justice in Food Injustice Organizations: Policy, Priorities, and Advocacy in Philadelphia. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hollywood, CA, March We Can Do It? The Role of Gender in Academic Life. With Lindsey Lupo. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hollywood, CA, March Why Do They Run? A Survey of Women of Color State Legislators. Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov This Lecture Might be Messy: The Role of Gender in Academic Life with Lindsey Lupo. APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Feb Institutions, Intersections, and Women (of Color) Legislators: How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Inform Office Holding across the States. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept Registering and Turning Out: Voting Patterns of Women (of Color) Across the States with Carole Uhlaner. Poster Presentation. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sept States, Institutions, and Intersections: Predicting the Presence of Women Legislators in the Fifty American States. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April Page 2 of 6

3 The Intersection of Gender, Race and Ethnicity with Voter Turnout: Explaining Differences Across the States. with Carole Uhlaner. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April Supplying and Demanding Women Legislators?: How the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender Informs Office Holding across the States. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Mar Roundtables: Increasing Reading Compliance by Actively Engaging Students. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Sept Intersecting Resources: A Survey of Women of Color in State Legislatures. Short Course: Intersectionality. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Sept Women of Color in State Legislatures: Gender, Race, and Legislative Office Holding. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Sept Women of Color in State Legislatures: Investigating Variation Across the States. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA, Mar Race and Social Capital: Studying Social Relations. with Lisa García Bedolla. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL., Sept Crossing Intersections: Race, Gender, and Mobilizing Identities. with Natalie Masuoka. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL., Apr , [Also presented at Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, Mar ] Race, Connectedness, and Social Capital in the United States. with Lisa García Bedolla. Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Apr Race, Liberalism, and the Decline of Social Capital in the United States. with Lisa García Bedolla. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, Mar The Impact of the 2000 Reapportionment Process on Latino Representation in Arizona. with Manuel Avalos. Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA, Mar RESEARCH GRANTS AND RECOGNITIONS Mini-Grant, Research-Based Food Desert Course Module Development Fall 2012 St. Joseph s University, Food Marketing. Ferdinand Wirth and John Stanton, Principle Investigators, USDA-NIFA, Higher Education Challenge Grant Program. Awarded $12,000 to conduct research and develop a course module on food deserts in Pennsylvania. Curriculum Development Grant Sum 2011 and 2013 St. Joseph s University. Awarded $5000 to develop writing intensive and ethics courses. Summer Research Grant Sum 2010 St. Joseph s University. Awarded $8000 to conduct research. Page 3 of 6

4 Alice Paul Dissertation Prospectus Award Sum Awarded by the American Political Science Association s Women's Caucus for the best dissertation prospectus on women and politics for the 2005/2006 academic year. Latina/Latino Politics Best Paper Award Spring 2005 Western Political Science Association. Awarded for paper entitled Race, Connectedness and Social Capital in the United States presented at the 2004 conference (with Lisa García Bedolla). Graduate Dean Dissertation Fellowship Winter 2009 University of California, Irvine. Awarded a $10,000 fellowship to complete dissertation research. Graduate Student Research Fellowship Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society, University of California, Irvine. Awarded a $1000 research grant by the Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society to expand my research project on Latinas in the California state legislature. Regents Dissertation Fellowship Winter 2007 University of California, Irvine. Competitively selected to receive a one quarter fellowship intended to assist me in a full-time effort toward my dissertation research. Included a $4,700 stipend plus payment Order of Merit, Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship Spring 2005 School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. Received recognition for outstanding research scholarship including publication, conference presentations, and other scholarly accomplishments, during the 2004/2005 academic year. Awarded $300 as part of the honor. Summer Research Grants Department of Political Science and the School of Social Science, University of California, Irvine. Awarded $1500 to identify and collect data for dissertation prospectus. Graduate Student Recruitment Tuition Scholarship Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. Awarded $11,000 for tuition expenses during the first year of graduate school. AWARDS AND HONORS Most Promising Future Faculty Spring 2007 University of California, Irvine. Competitively selected as one of two graduate students for excellence in research, teaching, and service to the UCI academic community. Received a onequarter dissertation fellowship and fee waiver from the Office of Graduate Studies. David Easton Award Spring 2005 Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. Received recognition for best paper in the Department of Political Science submitted as a partial requirement for advancement to candidacy, during the 2004/2005 academic year. Awarded $400 as part of the honor. Harry Eckstein Award Spring 2006 Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. Received recognition for best overall graduate student research, teaching, and service in the Department of Political Science Page 4 of 6

5 during the 2005/2006 academic year. Awarded $500 as part of the honor. Kathy Alberti Award, Outstanding Graduate Student Spring 2006 School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. Received recognition for outstanding research, teaching, and service in the School of Social Sciences during the 2005/2006 academic year. Awarded $500 as part of the honor. Order of Merit, Outstanding Graduate Student Service Spring 2004 School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. Received recognition for service to the campus community, including volunteering, mentoring, and effective teaching, during the 2003/2004 academic year. Awarded $300 as part of the honor. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Book Review Editor Fall 06-Pres. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy. General responsibilities include: researching the latest publications in the field and identifying books to review; requesting review copies from publishers; identifying and selecting appropriate reviewers; collecting reviews in timely fashion; editing preliminary book review drafts; and writing an occasional review. Graduate Student Trainer Summer 05, 06, 09 Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. Served as mentor to new Teaching Assistants during their sixteen (16) hour Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program; developed highly interactive and skillsbased training activities, including those looking at effective presentation skills, interactive teaching techniques, and development of course syllabi, for new Teaching Assistants; designed innovative training workshops throughout the year for current Teaching Assistants. Section Chair Winter 2006 Western Political Science Association. Served as the State Politics and Policy Section Chair for the Association s Annual Meeting in March 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Reviewed, coordinated and finalized section panel submissions. Panel chair Winter 2006 Western Political Science Association. Women in Office: Getting There, Staying There, Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico March Research Mentor Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine. Instructed, mentored, and supervised teams of three to nine undergraduate students collecting and analyzing research data; develop and implement a modeling teaching strategy to assist students in perfecting research skills; advised on preparation for graduate school. Undergraduate Student Mentor Winter 2004 School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine. Instructed and mentored an undergraduate student as a part of the School of Social Sciences Graduate Student Mentor Program; assisted the student in perfecting research skills on gathering quantitative data; advised on preparation for graduate school. Page 5 of 6

6 TEACHING DEVELOPMENT AND RECOGNITIONS Provost s Merit Award for Teaching Fall 2013 St. Joseph s University. Recognized for outstanding teaching on the SJU campus. James Danziger Excellence in Teaching Award Spring 2009 University of California, Irvine. Recognized for outstanding teaching in Political Science. Outstanding Teaching in Political Science Sum American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society. Advanced Pedagogical Training Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center, University of California, Irvine. Participated in a three (3) quarter course on Advanced Pedagogy and Academic Job Preparation; analyzed and applied various teaching techniques; created a teaching portfolio and course curriculum; learned various methods of multi-media and instructional technology; explored how adults learn; studied the institutional structure of higher education. SELECTED COURSES TAUGHT Introduction to American Government The U.S. Congress: A Simulation Women and American Politics Race and Ethnic Politics in the U.S. Diversity and Inequality in the U.S. Advising the President ASSOCIATION MEMEBERSHIPS American Political Science Association, September 2002 Present. Western Political Science Association, January 2001 Present. Northeastern Political Science Association, August 2010 Present. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Mark P. Petracca, Ph.D., UC Irvine 3151 Social Science Plaza, SSPB 5271 Irvine, CA (949) mppetrac@uci.edu Carole J. Uhlaner, Ph.D., UC Irvine 3151 Social Science Plaza, SSPA 3125 Irvine, CA (949) cuhlaner@uci.edu Louis DeSipio, Ph.D., UC Irvine 3151 Social Science Plaza, SSPB 5283 Irvine, CA (949) ldesipio@uci.edu Page 6 of 6