Kate Bratton Associate Professor Department of Political Science Louisiana State University
The Baton Rouge Ballet Nutcracker: Tale from the Bayou Scholarship on Teaching & Learning: Resources Political Science at LSU Women's and Gender Studies at LSU Research & Data and Curriculum Vitae Graduate Study in Political Science Resources for Current Grad Students Methods Resources	I am an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University. My research and teaching interests involve race, gender, ethnicity and politics; the influence of descriptive representation on policy outcomes; issue framing and agenda-setting in both legislatures and courts; and, the factors that shape individual decisions to enter and exit the political arena.