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Lilly Goren

Lilly J. Goren is an American political scientist and historian. She is a professor of political science and global studies at Carroll University, where she has also been Chair of the Department of History, Political Science and Religious Studies and Faculty President for the University. Goren uses popular culture, such as literature and film, to understand American politics. She has published work on how popular culture affects public perceptions of political leadership by women, how feminist ideas are reflected and affected by popular culture, and the politics of re-distribution in the United States Congress.

Lilly Goren
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Scientific career
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InstitutionsCarroll University

Education

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Goren attended Kenyon College, graduating in 1987 with an AB degree in Political Science and English.[1] Goren then attended Boston College, where she earned an MA and then a PhD, both in political science.[2]

Career

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In addition to her articles in peer-reviewed academic journals,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Goren has been the author or editor of several books. In 2003, she published The Politics of Military Base Closings: Not in My District. The book uses the Base Realignment and Closing Commission to study the politics of re-distributive decisions by the United States Congress and the president, arguing that the Commission was a tool to shield representatives from the electoral consequences of redistribution.[10]

Goren was the editor of the 2009 book You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture, which studied the intersection of politics and popular culture from multiple different feminist positions.[11] The core theme of the book is the study of how feminism informs popular culture, and how popular culture in turns affects understandings of feminism.[12] The volume included close readings of television series, books, and films from both second-wave feminist and third-wave feminist writers.[13] The authors and editor deliberately encouraged a critical dialogue between the chapters, arguing that the contrasting perspectives that the authors of the volume took regarding certain popular culture topics mirrored broader disagreements in contemporary American politics.[13]

Goren was also the editor, together with Justin S. Vaughn, of the 2012 book Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics. The book is a collection of works on how popular culture shapes public perceptions of leadership by women, as well as how these opinions are reflected in popular culture.[14] It particularly focuses on gendered portrayals of, and gendered ideas about, the American Presidency.[14] Women and the White House won the 2014 Susan Koppelman Award, which is awarded by the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association for the best anthology, multi-authored, or edited book in the topic of feminist studies in popular and American culture that was published in the preceding year.[15] It also received the 2014 Peter C. Collins book award from the Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association.[16] Goren was also the co-editor with Linda Beail of Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America, published in 2015.[17]

In 2022, Goren co-edited and contributed to The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, co-edited with Nicholas Carnes.[18] A second volume is expected in 2025.

From 2010-2014 and 2022-2024, Goren was President of the Carroll University Faculty.[1] She has also been a 2-time chair of the Politics, Literature and Film section of the American Political Science Association.[1]

In 2018, Goren was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Bonn.[1] There she worked on a project called "Nostalgia in the Age of Anxiety: Political Culture, Emotion, and Citizenship".[19]

Goren has been quoted, or her work has been cited, in media outlets including The Washington Post,[20] USA Today,[21] The Atlantic,[22] WBUR,[23] and WUWM,[24] and she has published in outlets like The Washington Post[25] and Fortune.[26]

Since 2017, Goren is the co-host of the New Books in Political Science podcast[27] published by the New Books Network. She interviews authors of new books in a long form interview. She arranges, conducts, and produces the podcast. She is also the co-host of the Postscript podcast[28] published on the New Books Network.

Selected works

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  • The Politics of Military Base Closings: Not in My District (2003)
  • You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture, editor (2009)
  • Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics, editor with Justin S. Vaughn (2012)
  • Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America, editor with Linda Beail (2015)
  • The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, co-edited with Nicholas Carnes (2022)[18]

Selected awards

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  • Susan Koppelman Award, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (2014)[15]
  • Peter C. Collins Award, Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association (2014)[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lilly Goren Profile". Carroll University. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Lilly Goren '87". Kenyon College. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ Goren, Lilly J. (1 October 2023). "Politics and Popular Culture: Stretching Imaginaries and Filling in Holes". The Forum. 21 (3): 475–495. doi:10.1515/for-2023-2032. ISSN 1540-8884.
  4. ^ Goren, Lilly J. (March 2018). "Authenticity and Emotion: Hillary Rodham Clinton's Dual Constraints". Politics & Gender. 14 (1): 111–115. doi:10.1017/s1743923x17000630. ISSN 1743-923X.
  5. ^ Goren, Lilly J. (2 September 2016). "Politics and Popular Culture". Society. 53 (5): 482–486. doi:10.1007/s12115-016-0053-1. ISSN 0147-2011.
  6. ^ Goren, Lilly (19 January 2011). "The Politics of Military Bases". The Forum. 9 (3). doi:10.2202/1540-8884.1465. ISSN 1540-8884.
  7. ^ Uscinski, Joseph E.; Goren, Lilly J. (22 September 2010). "What's in a Name? Coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic Primary". Political Research Quarterly. 64 (4): 884–896. doi:10.1177/1065912910382302. ISSN 1065-9129.
  8. ^ Pious, Richard M. (2008), "10: Presidents Unbound: Crises of Authority and Legitimacy", Why Presidents Fail, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 245–278, doi:10.5771/9780742563391-245, ISBN 978-0-7425-6339-1, retrieved 18 June 2024
  9. ^ Beail, Linda; Goren, Lilly J. (1 March 2020), "6 Women, the Presidency, and Popular Culture", Madam President?, Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 97–122, doi:10.1515/9781685850982-008, ISBN 978-1-68585-098-2, retrieved 18 June 2024
  10. ^ "Review The politics of military base closings; not in my district". Scitech Book News. 27 (3). September 2003.
  11. ^ Lalonde, C. L. (1 December 2009). "Book Reviews: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture"". CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 47 (4): 772.
  12. ^ Thompson, Julie M. (February 2010). "Book Reviews: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture"". The Journal of Popular Culture. 43 (1): 221–222. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00737_16.x.
  13. ^ a b Coleman, Linda S. (1 December 2009). "Book Reviews: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture"". The Journal of American Culture. 32 (4): 364–365. doi:10.1111/j.1542-734X.2009.00722_22.x.
  14. ^ a b Heldman, Caroline (June 2014). "Review: Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 44 (2): 370–372. doi:10.1111/psq.12122.
  15. ^ a b "Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited book in Feminist Studies in Popular and American Culture". Minnesota State University. 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ^ a b "Rollins Book Award". Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association. 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. ^ Kelly, J. P. (2017). "Review Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America". Journal of American Studies. 51 (1). doi:10.1017/S0021875816001729.
  18. ^ a b "The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe". University Press of Kansas. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Lilly Goren". Fulbright Scholar Program. 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  20. ^ Izadi, Elahe; Epstein, Kayla (27 July 2019). "'Squad' jumped from pop culture to become the most politically polarizing word of the year". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  21. ^ Simonton, Teghan (13 August 2019). "The Handmaid's Tale rides the political wave around women's rights — and contributes". USA Today. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  22. ^ Annie Lowrey; Steven Johnson (28 March 2018). "The Very Male Trump Administration". The Atlantic. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Kavanaugh And Ford Strike Contrasting Tones In Senate Testimony". WBUR. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  24. ^ Mikkelson, Marti (12 January 2018). "Crowded Democratic Primary For Wisconsin Governor Has Its Ups And Downs". WUWM. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  25. ^ Conroy, Meredith; Goren, Lilly J. (14 June 2019). "In 2020, could two female pig farmers run against each other for Iowa's Senate seat?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  26. ^ Goren, Lilly J. (1 March 2018). "Commentary: Why Does the Oscars Still Divide Men and Women for the Best Actor Award?". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  27. ^ "New Books Network". New Books Network. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  28. ^ "New Books Network". New Books Network. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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