Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
Professor | Graduate Chair
She/Her
PhD (McGill); MA (Dalhousie); BA (Guelph)
Political Studies
Canadian Politics, Gender and Politics
Professor | Graduate Chair
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Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Canadian and comparative politics; elections and voting behaviour; gender and political behaviour; women candidates and legislators; media and politics; representation
Supervisory Interests
Dr. Goodyear-Grant is interested in supervising students and postdoctoral scholars working on Canadian and comparative projects focused on gender and representation; gender and political communications; women candidates and legislators, particularly as it relates to their access to electoral office and/or substantive representation of women/gender; and various other related topics in Canadian and comparative politics. Please see Dr. Goodyear-Grant鈥檚 CV for a list of past students and their graduate projects for examples of past supervisions.
Brief Biography
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant (Ph.D. McGill) is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚 University, and the Director of the Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA). Her research focuses on Canadian politics, with particular interests in electoral politics, voting behaviour, and public opinion; news media; the political representation of women; and the conceptualization and measurement of sex and gender. She is the author of (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013), which won the 2016 Pierre Savard Award from the International Council of Canadian Studies, and was one of three books shortlisted for the Canadian Political Science Association鈥檚 2014 Donald Smiley Prize.
In , Goodyear-Grant presents compelling evidence that gender structures certain aspects of news coverage of candidates and politicians 鈥 not how much they鈥檙e covered, but certainly how they鈥檙e covered 鈥 and demonstrates that these differences can impact negatively on female candidates and leaders鈥 electoral prospects and political careers, contributing to the persistent under-representation of women at all levels of politics. Goodyear-Grant has also published work on measuring sex and gender in political research, attitudes toward democracy and political representation, attitudes toward the use of referenda, and so on, all part of a larger research agenda that concentrates on representation and political behaviour published in venues such as Political Behavior, Politics & Gender, Electoral Studies, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science.
In the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚, Goodyear-Grant teaches courses on campaigns and elections; women, gender, and politics; and Canadian politics more generally.
Teaching
For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages.
Service (2024/2025)
- Adjunct Appointments Committee
- Appointments Committee
- Departmental Committee
- Field Convenors Committee (Chair)
- Graduate Committee (Chair)
Selected Publications
Books and Edited Volumes
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant. 2013. Gendered News: Media Coverage and Electoral Politics in Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press.
- Winner of the 2016 Pierre Savard Award
- Shortlisted for the 2014 Donald Smiley Prize
- Named one of the Best Books of 2014 by the Hill Times
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant and Kyle Hanniman. 2019. Canada at 150: Federalism and Democratic Renewal. Queen鈥檚 Policy Studies Series, McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press.
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Richard Johnston, Will Kymlicka, and John Myles. Eds. 2018. Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World. Queen鈥檚 Policy Studies Series, McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press.
Articles (Peer-reviewed)
Forthcoming. 鈥淲riting Gender Out or Working It Back In? Media Coverage of Child Benefits in Canada.鈥 Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (with Rebecca Wallace).
2019. 鈥淰oting for One鈥檚 Own: Racial Group Identification and Candidate Preferences.鈥 Politics, Groups, and Identities. 7(1): 131-147 (with Erin Tolley).
2017. 鈥淪ex isn鈥檛 Gender: Reforming Concepts and Measurements in the Study of Public Opinion鈥. Political Behavior 39(4): 1019鈥1041. (with Amanda Bittner).
2017. 鈥淒igging Deeper into the Gender Gap: Gender Salience as a Moderating Factor in Political Attitudes.鈥 Canadian Journal of Political Science 50(2): 559-578. (with Amanda Bittner).
2013. 鈥淭he Courts/Parliament Trade-off: Canadian Attitudes on Judicial Influence in Public Policy鈥 Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 51(3): 377-397. (with Janet Hiebert, and J. Scott Matthews).
2011. 鈥淕ender Affinity Effects in Vote Choice in Westminster Systems: Assessing 'Flexible' Voters in Canada.鈥 Politics & Gender 7(2): 223-250. (with Julie Croskill).
2010. 鈥淲hy are Highly Informed Citizens Sceptical of Referenda?鈥 Electoral Studies 29(2): 227-238. (with Cameron Anderson).
Chapters (Peer-reviewed)
2019. 鈥淚n the Wake of Male Charisma: Kathy Dunderdale and the Status of Women in Newfoundland and Labrador Politics.鈥 In Doing Politics Differently? Women Premiers in Canada's Provinces and Territories, ed. Sylvia Bashevkin, 132-152. Vancouver: UBC Press. (with Amanda Bittner and Drew Brown).
2019. 鈥淐andidates鈥 Self-Presentation Strategies: Filling in the Gaps.鈥 In Gendered Mediation: Identity and Image Making in Canadian Politics, eds., Angelia Wagner and Joanna Everitt, 27-44, . Vancouver: UBC Press.
2017. 鈥淭he Parent Gap in Political Attitudes: Mothers versus Others.鈥 In Mothers and Others: The Impact of Parenthood on Politics. Eds., Amanda Bittner and Melanee Thomas, 201-225. Vancouver: UBC Press. (with Amanda Bittner).
2017. 鈥淰oter Choice and Accountability: A Case for Caution about Electoral Reform.鈥 In Should we Change how we Vote? Eds., Andrew Potter, Peter Loewen, and Daniel Weinstock, 49-62. McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press.
2013. 鈥淲omen Voters, Candidates, and Legislators: A Gender Perspective on Recent Party and Electoral Politics.鈥 In Parties, Elections, and the Future of Canadian Politics. Eds., A. Bittner and R. Koop, 119-39. Vancouver: UBC Press.
2013. 鈥淎 Laggard No More? Women in Newfoundland and Labrador Politics.鈥 In Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Legislatures. Eds., L. Trimble, J. Arscott, and M. Tremblay, 115-134. Vancouver: UBC Press. (with Amanda Bittner).
2010 鈥淲ho Votes for Women Candidates and Why? Evidence from Recent Canadian Elections鈥. In Voting Behaviour in Canada. eds. Cameron Anderson and Laura Stephenson, 43-64. Vancouver: UBC Press.
2009. 鈥淐rafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage鈥. In Are Doors Opening Wider? Studies of Women鈥檚 Political Engagement in Canada. ed. Sylvia Bashevkin, 147-165. Vancouver: UBC Press.