Bio

Annie Boiter-Jolley is an adjunct professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. Her research interests and areas of expertise include gender and politics; inclusion and representation; political, feminist, and democratic theory; social movements; and the gender politics of the US South. Dr. Boiter-Jolley regularly teaches WGST 112, but one of her favorite classes to teach is WGST 298 - Contemporary Gender Issues in Law and Order: SVU. She also teaches courses in American Politics and Political Theory in the Department of Political Science, and doesn’t talk about that one semester she taught at Clemson.

Education

• Ph.D., Political Science, University of South Carolina
• M.A., Political Science, University of South Carolina
• Graduate Certificate, Women's and Gender Studies, University of South Carolina
• B.A., Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies, University of South Carolina Honors College

Recently Taught Courses

• POLI 300 - Social and Political Philosophy
• POLI 303 - Modern Political Theory
• POLI 454 - Women and the Law
• WGST 112 - Women in Society
• WGST 112 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
• WGST 298 - Contemporary Gender Issues in Law & Order: SVU

Co-authored Book Chapter

“Working the Gender Gap: The NCWO and Voter Engagement, 2006-2014,” with Laura R. Woliver, in Push
Back, Move Forward: The National Council of Women’s Organizations and Coalition Advocacy. 2018. Philadelphia,
PA: Temple University Press.

Conference Papers

• “Political Progression: Gender, Age, and Electoral Advancement,” Midwest Political Science Association
  Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois: April 2012.
• “Working the Gender Gap: Women’s Groups, Registration, and Voter Turnout” (co-authored with Laura
  Woliver), American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington; September, 2011.
• “Risking a Woman: Partisan Majorities, Women, and Competition in State Legislatures,” University of
  South Carolina Women’s and Gender Studies Conference in Columbia, SC; March 2011.
• “Gender, Labor, and Progressive Coalitions Working the Vote: Grassroots Mobilizations for Registration &
  Early Voting in the 2008 Election” (co-authored with Laura Woliver), American Political Science Association Annual
  Meeting, Washington, DC; August 2010.
• “Political Women and the Mass Media in the 2008 Presidential Election,” South Eastern Women’s Studies
  Association Conference in Columbia, SC; March 2010.
• “Pearls and Pantsuits: The Mass Media’s Portrayal of Women in Politics in the 2008 Elections,” BODIES
  Comparative Literature Conference in Columbia, SC; February 2010.
• “Change from Within: Victoria Eslinger and the South Carolina Women’s Movement,” University of South
  Carolina Women’s Studies Conference; March 2008.