Dr. Kathleen A. Bratton
Associate Professor
PhD: University of North Carolina
Office: 207 Stubbs Hall
Phone: 225-578-2141
Fax: 225-578-2540
Email: bratton@lsu.edu
Area of Interest
Dr. Bratton studies state legislative behavior as well as the effects of descriptive representation on policy outcomes. Her current projects include a study of the effect of candidate gender of election outcomes in crowded primary elections.
Selected Publications
Bratton, Kathleen. 2008. “Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Representation: The Changing
Landscape of Legislative Diversity.” Book of the States, 2008, pp. 73-80.
Barnello, Michelle and Kathleen A. Bratton. 2007. “Bridging the Gender Gap in Bill
Sponsorship.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 32(3): 449-474.
Bratton, Kathleen A., Kerry L. Haynie, and Beth Reingold. 2007. “Agenda Setting and
African American Women in State Legislatures.” In Women, Politics, and Public Policy.
Bratton, Kathleen A. 2006. “The Behavior and Success of Latino Legislators: Evidence
from the States.” Social Science Quarterly 87 (1): 1136-1157.
Courses
POLI 2051 American Government
POLI 4000 Special Topics: Gender in American Politics
POLI 4000 Criminal Justice
POLI 4021 American Constitution & Civil Liberties
POLI 4035 The Legislative Process
POLI 7900 Seminar in American Politics
POLI 7935 Seminar in Legislative Politics
POLI 7963 Advanced Research Methods in Social Science
About
Kathleen Bratton, Associate Professor (Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), specializes in gender and politics, race and politics, legislative politics and judicial politics. Her research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Women, Politics and Public Policy, Social Science Quarterly, Politics and Gender, Justice Systems Journal, and American Politics Research.