{{short description|American political scientist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Lilly Goren | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | fields = {{ubl|Political science|Gender studies|American studies|Media studies|Comparative Politics|Political Theory}} | alma_mater = {{ubl|Kenyon College|Boston College}} | workplaces = Carroll University | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | awards = }} '''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.
==Education== Goren attended Kenyon College, graduating in 1987 with an AB degree in Political Science and English.<ref name=profile>{{cite web |url=https://www.carrollu.edu/faculty/goren-lilly-phd |title=Lilly Goren Profile |publisher=Carroll University |date= |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> Goren then attended Boston College, where she earned an MA and then a PhD, both in political science.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bulletin-archive.kenyon.edu/x1554.html |title=Lilly Goren '87 |publisher=Kenyon College |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
==Career== In addition to her articles in peer-reviewed academic journals,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goren |first=Lilly J. |date=2023-10-01 |title=Politics and Popular Culture: Stretching Imaginaries and Filling in Holes |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/for-2023-2032 |journal=The Forum |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=475–495 |doi=10.1515/for-2023-2032 |issn=1540-8884|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goren |first=Lilly J. |date=March 2018 |title=Authenticity and Emotion: Hillary Rodham Clinton's Dual Constraints |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x17000630 |journal=Politics & Gender |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=111–115 |doi=10.1017/s1743923x17000630 |issn=1743-923X|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goren |first=Lilly J. |date=2016-09-02 |title=Politics and Popular Culture |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-016-0053-1 |journal=Society |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages=482–486 |doi=10.1007/s12115-016-0053-1 |issn=0147-2011|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Goren |first=Lilly |date=2011-01-19 |title=The Politics of Military Bases |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1540-8884.1465 |journal=The Forum |volume=9 |issue=3 |doi=10.2202/1540-8884.1465 |issn=1540-8884|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Uscinski |first1=Joseph E. |last2=Goren |first2=Lilly J. |date=2010-09-22 |title=What's in a Name? Coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Democratic Primary |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912910382302 |journal=Political Research Quarterly |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=884–896 |doi=10.1177/1065912910382302 |issn=1065-9129|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Pious |first=Richard M. |title=10: Presidents Unbound: Crises of Authority and Legitimacy |date=2008 |work=Why Presidents Fail |pages=245–278 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9780742563391-245 |access-date=2024-06-18 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |doi=10.5771/9780742563391-245 |isbn=978-0-7425-6339-1|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Beail |first1=Linda |title=6 Women, the Presidency, and Popular Culture |date=2020-03-01 |work=Madam President? |pages=97–122 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781685850982-008 |access-date=2024-06-18 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |last2=Goren |first2=Lilly J.|doi=10.1515/9781685850982-008 |isbn=978-1-68585-098-2 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review The politics of military base closings; not in my district |journal=Scitech Book News |volume=27 |issue=3 |date=September 2003}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite journal |first=C. L. |last=Lalonde |title=Book Reviews: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture" |journal=CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=772 |date=1 December 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Julie M. |last=Thompson |title=Book Reviews: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture" |journal=The Journal of Popular Culture |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=221–222 |date=February 2010 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00737_16.x|doi-access=free }}</ref> The volume included close readings of television series, books, and films from both second-wave feminist and third-wave feminist writers.<ref name=coleman>{{cite journal |first=Linda S. |last=Coleman |title=Book Reviews: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby: Women, Politics, and Popular Culture" |journal=The Journal of American Culture |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=364–365 |date=1 December 2009|doi=10.1111/j.1542-734X.2009.00722_22.x }}</ref> 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.<ref name=coleman/>
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.<ref name=heldman>{{cite journal |first=Caroline |last=Heldman |title=Review: Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics |journal=Presidential Studies Quarterly |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=370–372 |date=June 2014 |doi=10.1111/psq.12122}}</ref> It particularly focuses on gendered portrayals of, and gendered ideas about, the American Presidency.<ref name=heldman/> ''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.<ref name=koppelman>{{cite web |url=http://web.mnstate.edu/schwartz/koppelman.htm |title=Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Anthology, Multi-Authored, or Edited book in Feminist Studies in Popular and American Culture |publisher=Minnesota State University |date=2014 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> It also received the 2014 Peter C. Collins book award from the Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association.<ref name=collins>{{cite web |url=https://southwestpca.org/conference/rollins-book-award/ |title=Rollins Book Award |publisher=Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association |year=2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> Goren was also the co-editor with Linda Beail of ''Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America'', published in 2015.<ref>{{cite journal |first=J. P. |last=Kelly |title=Review Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America |journal=Journal of American Studies |volume=51 |issue=1 |year=2017 |doi=10.1017/S0021875816001729}}</ref>
In 2022, Goren co-edited and contributed to ''The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,'' co-edited with Nicholas Carnes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe |url=https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700633883 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=University Press of Kansas |language=en-US}}</ref> A second volume is expected in 2025.
From 2010-2014 and 2022-2024, Goren was President of the Carroll University Faculty.<ref name="profile" /> She has also been a 2-time chair of the Politics, Literature and Film section of the American Political Science Association.<ref name="profile" />
In 2018, Goren was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Bonn.<ref name=profile/> There she worked on a project called "Nostalgia in the Age of Anxiety: Political Culture, Emotion, and Citizenship".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cies.org/grantee/lilly-goren |title=Lilly Goren |publisher=Fulbright Scholar Program |year=2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
Goren has been quoted, or her work has been cited, in media outlets including ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/squad-jumped-from-pop-culture-to-become-the-most-politically-polarizing-word-of-the-year/2019/07/27/6cfdd468-acbb-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html |title='Squad' jumped from pop culture to become the most politically polarizing word of the year |newspaper=The Washington Post |first1=Elahe |last1=Izadi |first2=Kayla |last2=Epstein |date=27 July 2019 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> USA Today,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/08/13/handmaid-tale-connects-womens-rights/1942433001/ |title=The Handmaid's Tale rides the political wave around women's rights — and contributes |work=USA Today |first=Teghan |last=Simonton |date=13 August 2019 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> ''The Atlantic'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/the-very-male-trump-administration/556568/ |title=The Very Male Trump Administration |work=The Atlantic |author1=Annie Lowrey |author2=Steven Johnson |date=28 March 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> WBUR,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/09/28/kavanaugh-ford-testimony-men-women |title=Kavanaugh And Ford Strike Contrasting Tones In Senate Testimony |work=WBUR |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> and WUWM,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wuwm.com/post/crowded-democratic-primary-wisconsin-governor-has-its-ups-and-downs#stream/0 |title=Crowded Democratic Primary For Wisconsin Governor Has Its Ups And Downs |work=WUWM |first=Marti |last=Mikkelson |date=12 January 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> and she has published in outlets like ''The Washington Post''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/14/this-new-iowa-campaign-ad-democratic-woman-stresses-her-masculine-experiences-will-that-backfire/ |title=In 2020, could two female pig farmers run against each other for Iowa's Senate seat? |newspaper=The Washington Post |first1=Meredith |last1=Conroy |first2=Lilly J. |last2=Goren |date=14 June 2019 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref> and ''Fortune''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2018/03/01/oscars-academy-awards-2018-best-actor-best-actress-categories/ |title=Commentary: Why Does the Oscars Still Divide Men and Women for the Best Actor Award? |work=Fortune Magazine |first=Lilly J. |last=Goren |date=1 March 2018 |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
Since 2017, Goren is the co-host of the New Books in Political Science podcast<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Books Network |url=https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/political-science |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=New Books Network |language=en}}</ref> 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<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Books Network |url=https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/special-series/postscript |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=New Books Network |language=en}}</ref> published on the New Books Network.
==Selected works== *''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)<ref name=":0" />
==Selected awards== *Susan Koppelman Award, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (2014)<ref name=koppelman/> *Peter C. Collins Award, Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association (2014)<ref name=collins/>
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