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Farida Jalalzai

UMSL education propels PhD graduate to local government, United Nations

Ameena Zia spearheaded a religious headgear policy while working as the youngest ever appointee to the St. Louis County Executive Cabinet....

Hillary Clinton, first US woman president? UMSL political scientist says it’s unlikely

Farida Jalalzai, chair of the Department of Political Science, wrote about Clinton's chances for The Washington Post....

In print: Recently published books by UMSL faculty

“Shattered, Cracked, or Firmly Intact?: Women and the Executive Glass Ceiling Worldwide” BY FARIDA JALALZAI Oxford University Press, March 2013 The idea of women in powerful roles is no myth,...

UMSL political scientist talks Bosnian Muslims; article features alumni brothers

For more than 20 years, St. Louis has become home to thousands of Bosnian refugees. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch took a comprehensive look Sunday at how the Bosnian community in...

Political scientist weighs in on women executive leaders

Farida Jalalzai, assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, said the proportion of political women leaders is much greater than their male counterparts, according to an...

Political scientist to offer global perspective on women presidents, prime ministers

More than 50 years have passed since Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first woman to shatter the executive leadership glass ceiling when she assumed the Sri Lankan premiership. Almost 80 women...

Scholar studies role of gender in political leadership

The question was simple and casually asked. Maybe it was even posed rhetorically. Regardless, Farida Jalalzai has made a career out of trying to answer it. “Why is it that...