Lecture: Women, Power, and Rape Culture

Women, Power, and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation

Bonnie Stabile is associate dean for student and academic affairs and associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where she also founded and directs the Gender and Policy (GAP) Center. Professor Stabile’s teaching repertoire in public policy and public administration includes courses on policy analysis, program evaluation, ethics, and gender. She was the 2019 recipient of the Schar School’s Teaching Award. During her 16-year tenure at the Schar School, she has also served as MPP and MPA program director.

Her book, Women, Power and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation, co-authored by graduate research assistant and doctoral candidate Aubrey Grant, was published by Praeger in September 2022. Other publications include articles in peer-reviewed journals including Public Integrity; the Journal of Public Affairs Education; Sexuality, Gender and Policy; Rhetoric Review; and Politics and the Life Sciences. She writes for Ms. Magazine and serves on the Ms. Committee of Scholars.

The lecture will be held in the Memorial Union’s South Ballroom.