C.V. Summary

Penn State University
Postdoctoral Researcher, incoming Jan 2025
Joint appointment: Department of Political Science, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Rutgers University
Ph.D., Political Science, certification in Women & Gender Studies, Jan 2025
M.A., Political Science, 2021

Memorial University of Newfoundland
M.A., Political Science, 2019

Simon Fraser Universty
B.A., Communications, 2010

Irving, Michelle. “Baby Slump: The Political Consequences of Pregnancy for Candidates.” Politics and Gender - Accepted Dec 2025

Irving, Michelle. 2023. “Supreme Court Mominees: The Political Implications of Maternal Rhetoric.” In The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research. Vol. 9. Eds. Robert X. Browning. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press.

Forthcoming
Irving, Michelle. “Critical Junctures: Tammy Duckworth.” In Junctures in Women’s Leadership. Eds. Julie Des Jardins. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Irving, Michelle. 2019. “Women Politicians Must Still Bend to Gender Stereotypes.” Policy Options — Invited contribution for Policy Options special issue on gender, media and politics published in March 2019.

Fellowships

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2022 - 2024

Rutgers University Fellowship, 2022; 2019
Memorial University School of Graduate Studies Fellowship, 2018 - 2019

Grants

Center for C-Span Scholarship and Engagement Research Grant, 2022

Awards

The Inaugural Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards, 2023

The Carrie Chapman Catt Center Prize for Research on Women and Politics, 2023

Box-Steffensmeier Scholarship for ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, 2021

Barney Power’s Award, 2019

Mayor Andree P. Boucher Memorial Scholarship, 2018

Organizer of PSU Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Speaker Series, May 2025 - Present
Organizer of PSU Race & Gender Reading Group, January 2025 - Present

Journal Manuscript Reviewer. Politics & Gender, Politics, Groups & Identities, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Canadian Journal of Political Science

Guest Editor, Virtual Special Issue “Pathways to Congress” Politics & Gender, 2022

Graduate Editorial Assistant, Politics & Gender, July 2022 - Sept 2023

Women and American Politics (790:335) - Instructor of Record - Summer Session 2024; Summer Session 2023; Fall 2022

The Presidency (790:306) - Instructor of Record - Summer Session 2022

Law and Politics (790:106) - Graduate Teaching Assistant - Fall 2020; Spring 2021; Fall 2021; Spring 2022

Communications Strategist, The City of Calgary - 2011 - 2017