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Professor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Brenda O\u2019Neill is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. After obtaining a BA in Economics and Politics at Brock University, she completed an MA in Economics and an MA in Public Policy and Administration at McMaster University, followed by a PhD in Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

Her research addresses several topics including political behaviour and gender and politics, focused largely on Canada. She is currently working with Susan Franceschet (Calgary) on an edited collection on gender and party leadership, as well as a single-authored monograph reviewing the challenges currently faced by Canadian universities. Her publications include edited collections with Routledge and Oxford University Presses, textbooks (with Nelson Thompson and Pearson), and over 50 journal articles and book chapters, including articles in top journals such as Political Studies<\/em>, Politics, Groups and Identitie<\/em>s, Canadian Journal of Political Science<\/em>, Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/em>, and Party Politics<\/em>. She has held several SSHRC grants and recently held the Thelma Margaret Horte Fellowship in Women and Society at the University of Calgary. Between 2017 to 2020, she served as the English-language editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

She previously held academic positions at the University of Calgary, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Lethbridge. She has also held several academic leadership positions, most recently as\u00a0Dean, Faculty of Public and Global Affairs (ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University) and before that Head of the Department of Political Science (University of Calgary). At the University of Manitoba, she served as Graduate Chair of the Department of Political Studies and later as Provost of the University of Manitoba\u2019s University College. She has received several awards in recognition of her teaching, research and service contributions, including the Jill Vickers Paper Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association and the University of Manitoba Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, Teaching and Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConcepts and Methods: How Definitions and Techniques Matter for Understanding Women\u2019s Political Participation,\u201d in Amanda Bittner, J. Scott Matthews, and Stuart Soroka, eds., Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour<\/em>, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Antonio Franceschet, Jack Lucas, Elizabeth Pando, and Melanee Thomas, \u201cEditor Fatigue: Can Political Science Journals Increase Review Invitation-Acceptance Rates?\u201d PS: Political Science & Politics<\/em>, 55(1) (2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Scott Pruysers and David Stewart, \u201cGlass Cliffs or Partisan Pressure? Examining Gender and Party Leader Tenure and Exits,\u201d Political Studies<\/em>, 69(2) (2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Katrine Beauregard and Elisabeth Gidengil, \u201cWomen, Support for Sovereignty, and Feminism: The Case of Qu\u00e9bec,\u201d Politics, Groups, and Identities, <\/em>10(1) (2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Taruneek Kapoor and Lindsay McLaren, \u201cPolitics, Science and Termination: A Case Study of Water Fluoridation Policy in Calgary in 2011<\/a>,\u201d Review of Policy Research<\/em>, 36(1): (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cContinuity and Change in the Contemporary Canadian Feminist Movement,\u201d Canadian Journal of Political Science<\/em>, 50(2) (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Elisabeth Gidengil, \u201cMotherhood\u2019s Role in Shaping Political and Civic Participation,\u201d in Melanee Thomas and Amanda Bittner, eds., Mothers and Others: The Impact of Family Life on Politics<\/em>, Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVariation in Women\u2019s Status Across the Provinces, 2005\u20132015,\u201d in Christopher Dunn, ed. Provinces: Canadian Provincial Politics, 3rd<\/sup> ed., North York, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Melanee Thomas, \u201cBecause it\u2019s 2015: Gender and the 2015 Election,\u201d in Jon Pammett and Chris Dornan, eds., The Canadian Federal Election of 2015, Toronto, ON: Dundurn, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Elisabeth Gidengil, Catherine C\u00f4t\u00e9 and Lisa Young. \u201cFreedom of Religion, Women\u2019s Agency and Banning the Face Veil: The Role of Feminist Beliefs in Shaping Women\u2019s Opinion<\/a>,\u201d Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38:11 (2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Alberta Advantage? Women\u2019s Political Representation in Alberta,\u201d in Linda Trimble, Jane Arscott and Manon Tremblay, eds. Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013, 36-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Elisabeth Gidengil and Lisa Young. \u201cHer Mother\u2019s Daughter? The Influence of Childhood Socialization on Women\u2019s Political Engagement,\u201d Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, 31:4 (2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/strong>Indifferent or Just Different? <\/a>The Political and Civic Engagement of Young People in Canada<\/a>,\u201d prepared for Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) research series Charting the Course for Youth Democratic and Civic Participation, September 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited with Elisabeth Gidengil, Gender and Social Capital<\/em>. New York: Routledge, 2006.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":40991,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Brenda","cu_people_last_name":"O'Neill","cu_people_initials":"BO","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[21],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-40989","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Canadian political behaviour and public opinion; gender and political leadership; feminism and the feminist movement; research methods and methodology","cu_people_degree":"Honours BA (Brock) MA (McMaster) MA (McMaster) PhD (UBC)","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/40989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/40989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41029,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/40989\/revisions\/41029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=40989"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=40989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}