# Jennifer L. Lawless **URL:** --- Jennifer L. Lawless is a Professor of Government and the Director of the Women \& Politics Institute at American University’s School of Public Affairs. She is the author (with Richard L. Fox) of [_Running from Office: Why Young Americans Are Turned Off to Politics_](http://www.amazon.com/Running-Office-Americans-Turned-Politics/dp/0199397651) (2015).