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Dr. Heather Yates

Associate Professor

hyates@uca.edu

Irby Hall, Suite #217

(501) 450-3412

Educational Background:

Curriculum Vita

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Kansas (2013)

M.A.,  Political Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City (2004)

B.A., Political Science, University of Kansas (1999)

Courses Taught:
Introduction to American Government

The American Presidency 

Political Parties and Electoral Problems

Race in American Politics

Women, Gender, and Identity in American Politics 

Research Expertise:

American presidential politics, gender, race, and identity politics, public opinion, campaigns and elections, political behavior/psychology, and emotions in politics. 

Selected Publications: 

Books 

  1. Yates, Heather. The Politics of Spectacle and Emotions in the 2016 Presidential Campaign. Palgrave MacMillan. New York. June 2019.
  2. Yates, Heather and Tim Hill (eds.) The Hollywood Connection: The Influence of Fictional Media and Celebrity Politics on American Public Opinion. Lexington. October 2018.
  3. Yates, Heather. The Politics of Emotions, Candidates, and Choices. Palgrave MacMillan. New York. July 2016.

 Book Chapters and Articles 

  1. Holt, Jacob and Heather Yates. “Breaking the Glass Ceiling in New Hampshire: A test case for the effect of a female majority.” Mid-South Political Science Review. Vol 21. 2021.
  2. Yates, Heather E. “Gender and Sexism in the 2020 Democratic Primary” in The 2020 Democratic Primary: Key Developments, Dynamics, and Lessons for 2024 (ed. Luke Perry) Palgrave MacMillan. September 2021. 
  3. Yates, Heather E. “#NeverTrumpers and the Think Tank Resistance” in The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the Republican Party (Pieper and DeWitt Eds.) Lexington. October 2020. 
  4. Yates, Heather E.  “Laughing at Women: An examination of How Veep’s Use of Satire Reinforces Negative Stereotypes of Women in Politics.” in The Hollywood Connection: The Influence of Fictional Media and Celebrity Politics on American Public Opinion. (Yates and Hill Eds.) October 2018 
  5. Allan Cigler and Heather Yates “Groups and Elections in the Pre-FEC Era” in Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying. Burdett Loomis (ed.) CQ Press. Washington DC. Spring 2011.