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King's College London,
Department of Political Economy
MONA MORGAN-COLLINS
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Gender and Political Economy at King's College London, UK.
Prior to coming to King's College London, I was an Assistant Professor at Durham University and held pre and post-doctoral fellowship positions at London School of Economics and Political Science & University of Pennsylvania.
I was also a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford University [Nuffield College and Rothermere American Institute] and Harvard University.
I obtained PhD at the London School of Economics. My research on women's suffrage appeared in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies and American Political Science Review, received funding from ESRC (£299,962) and BA/Leverhulme (£9,987) and received APSA Best paper Award.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Paper on women's turnout after enfranchisement in American Political Science Review.
Paper on women's suffrage in the U.S in the Journal of Politics.
Paper on early women's turnout in Sweden in Comparative Political Studies.
Comparative research on women's suffrage movement funded by ESRC New Investigator Award, £299,962.
Project on women's mobilization in the U.K. after suffrage, funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant, £9,987.
APSA Best paper award from Women and Politics Research Section, 2017.
Honourable mention, ECPG Best Dissertation Prize, 2016.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Both formal and informal social networks facilitated women's mobilization and representation after suffrage, Faculti Interview
Winning the right to vote was just the start in securing greater representation for women, LSE USAPP blog
Electoral competition, not electoral systems, brought women to the polls, Broadstreet blog.
Photo: Suffragists in Hyde Park, 1913
