Catherine N WineingerCatherine N. Wineinger is an assistant professor of political science at Western Washington University. She has also worked on Capitol Hill as a 2019-2020 American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellow. Her research focuses on gener and representation in American political institutions. She is the recipient of the 2016 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics and the 2016 WPSA Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Best Paper Award. Her dissertation, on which her book is based, was selected as a cowinner of the 2020 Best Dissertation Award by APSA's Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section. Wineinger earned her BA from the University of San Diego and her PhD from Rutgers University. Read More Read Less