Rebecca Wallace

Rebecca Wallace is an Assistant Professor and Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women & Politics at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is affiliated with the Department of Political Science and focuses on Canadian politics, gender, and social policy.

Educational Background:

• PhD in Political Science from Queen’s University

Research Interests: Her work spans political behavior, communication, and social policy, emphasizing women, gender, diversity, multiculturalism, immigration, and methodological approaches. She has extensively studied media framing of welfare recipients, childcare during the pandemic, and refugee narratives.

Publications: Recent research trends include analyzing gender representation in pandemic-era childcare policies, media framing of welfare recipients, and the intersection of multiculturalism with national identity. Her work appears in journals like Canadian Journal of Political Science, Politics and Gender, and Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy.

Scientific Awards and Fellowships:

• Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Fellowship
• John A. Sproul Research Fellow at University of California, Berkeley
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at University of Toronto and Ryerson University
• Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations

Contact: rwallace@stfx.ca