Jennifer Lawless '97, a Brown University professor, is leaving to become director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University in Washington, D.C.
Edward Fitzpatrick of the Providence Journal, wrote about Lawless and her new gig, and her battle to unseat a popular incumbent in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional district seat in 2006.
One of her senior policy advisers for the campaign was Richard Fox, a former political science professor at Union. The two co-authored a book, "It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office."
Lawless was a political science major at Union and salutatorian of her class.
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