Susan J. Carroll is professor of political science at Rutgers University and senior scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. Most recently, she is co-author of More Women Can Run: Gender and Pathways to State Legislatures (with Kira Sanbonmatsu, 2013). Earlier books include Women as Candidates in American Politics (2nd edition, 1994); Women and American Politics: New Questions, New Directions (2003); and The Impact of Women in Public Office (2001).
Richard L. Fox is professor of political science at Loyola Marymount University, California. His research examines how gender affects voting behavior, state executive elections, congressional elections, and political ambition. Most recently he is co-author of Women, Men and US Politics: Ten Big Questions (2017). Other books include Running from Office: Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics (2015), and It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office (Cambridge, 2nd edition, 2010).