EDUCATION

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, Ph.D. expected 2004
 Field:  American Politics Subfields: Public Policy and Political Theory
 Dissertation:  Empowering Shakespeare’s Sister: The Politics of Parental Leave
 Committee: Professors Steven Rhoads, Chair, James Ceaser, Paul Freedman, and Lynn Sanders, Department of Politics; Professor Steven Nock, Department of Sociology.

M. A., American Government, University of Virginia, January, 2001
 Thesis:   Income Splitting:  A Solution to the Marriage Penalty?
 Advisor:  Steven Rhoads; Second Reader: James Ceaser

B.A., Wheaton College, 1986
 Major:  Political Science; Minor: English

“Women and Power: Leadership in a New World,” John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May, 2002

Independent Study, Oxford University, 1989
 Ethics and Philosophy
 Tutor:  David Cook, Green College

RESEARCH

Currently conducting a study of parental leave policies in academia, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as part of their Family-Work Research Program.  This project involves four nationwide surveys of academic institutions and assistant professors.  Research interests include: Domestic and International Social Policy, Workplace Policy, Welfare Reform, Political Economy, the Presidency, Political Leadership, Ethics and Moral Theory, Theories of Justice and Civic Culture.

AWARDS

2003 Nominated for Bradley Prize award for intellectual and civic achievement ($250,000)

2003 to present Kohler Foundation Fellowship ($30,000)

2002 to present Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Sawyer Seminar, “Gender and the Welfare State,” University of Virginia, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, Ph.D. Program ($22,000)
 
 

AWARDS, continued
 

1993 to present Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship, University of Virginia, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, Ph.D. program. ($20,500)

Summer 2003 Huskey Travel Fellowship, Dean’s Office, University of Virginia ($250)

2001 to 2003 John M. Olin Foundation Fellowship, University of Virginia, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, Ph.D. program ($15,000)

Fall 2002 Huskey Travel Fellowship, Dean’s Office, University of Virginia ($250)

Fall 2002 Hayek Fund Travel Award, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University ($300)

May 2002 Women and Public Policy Program Grant, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “Women and Power: Leadership in a New World,” Executive Program. ($2,500)
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Spring 2004  University of Virginia, Course Instructor, Politics and the Family
Spring 2001
Fall 2001
 
 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 to present Project Director
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant ($200,000), Steven Rhoads, Principal Investigator

1989 to 1993    Deputy Director of Public Policy and Policy Analyst
Family Research Council
 
1986 to 1989  Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President
Confidential Assistant to the Associate Director for Management
The White House, Office of Presidential Personnel
 
 
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003   Expert Reviewer
Study of women’s workplace earnings
U.S. General Accounting Office, Education, Workforce and Income Security Division

2002 and 2001  Grant Reader
   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1996  Contributing Editor
The Heritage Foundation, Policy Review

BOOKS

Yoest, Charmaine Crouse and Deborah Shaw Lewis. Mother in the Middle. Grand Rapids, Michigan:  HarperCollins, 1996.

EXPERT TESTIMONY

Discussant, “Caring for America’s Children,” Congressional Symposium on Child Care and Parenting, Subcommittee on Children and Families, Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, February 23, 1998.
Congressional Testimony, “Appropriations for Title X of the Public Health Service Act,” Before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, Appropriations Committee, United States Senate, August 10, 1995.
Testimony, “Goals 2000:  Education Reform in Virginia,” Before the Virginia State Board of Education, October 27, 1994.
Congressional Testimony, “The Reauthorization of Title X of the Public Health Service Act,” Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives, March 19, 1991.
Other state-level testimony: New Jersey State Senate and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

PRESENTATIONS

Discussant, Response to Janet Gornick, Baruch College, paper presentation on family policies and the welfare state, at the Sawyer Seminar, University of Virginia, October 31, 2003.
Paper Presentation and Panel Organizer, Charmaine Yoest, “Empowering Shakespeare’s Sister:  Parental Leave and the Level Playing Field,” American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28, 2003.
Paper Presentation, “Paid Parental Leave: Leveling the Playing Field or Constructing a Cul de Sac?” at the Sawyer Seminar, University of Virginia, March 28, 2003.
Speaker, “Income Splitting,” Tax Symposium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Family Research Council, January 28, 2003.
Discussant, Response to Katrin Kriz “’Second Moms’ and Care ‘Antennas’: How German, British and Swedish Family Policies Shape the Formation of Childcare Networks,” at the Sawyer Seminar, University of Virginia, March 2003.
 

PRESENTATIONS, continued

Discussant, Response to Kimberly Morgan, Yale University, “Gender, Religion and the State: The Origins of Child Care Policy in Advanced Industrialized States,” at the Sawyer Seminar, University of Virginia, November 2002.
Paper Presentation and Panel Organizer, Charmaine Yoest and Steven E. Rhoads, “What If . . . Parenthood Wasn’t a Professional Peril on the Tenure Track?  Must Academics Parent and Perish?”  Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Fall Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 8, 2002.
Discussant, Response to Randy Albelda, Alan Clayton-Matthews, Vicky Lovell and Tiffany Manuel, “Love Labor’s Lost?  Estimating the Cost of Paid Parental Leave,” and Janet Gornick and Marcia Meyers, “Designing Generous and Gender-Egalitarian Family Leave Policies:  Lessons From Abroad,” at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Fall Meeting, Dallas, Texas, November 8, 2002.
Poster Presentation, “Parental Leave and Stopped Clock Policies: A Nationwide Survey,” American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 28, 2002.
Discussion Leader, “Why Women: Is There a Uniquely Feminine Voice That Needs to Be Heard in the Public Arena?” Core Connections Conference, Harvard University, October 8, 1999.
Speaker, “Child Care: Facts, Rhetoric and Real Solutions,” The Cato Institute, January 22, 1998.
Focus Session Presentation, “The Status of the Black Family,” Critical Issues Symposium, Race and Social Change in America, Hope College, September 28, 1993.
“America’s Family Crisis,” New Congress Orientation Conference, December 12, 1992.  (Orientation session for newly elected members of United States Congress.)
 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Yoest, Charmaine Crouse and Rhoads, Steven E.  “Professionals and Parenting: How Effective is Paid Parental Leave?”
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse.  “Parental Leave and Stopped Clock Policies in Academia:  A Nationwide Study.”
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse.  “Gender and the Development of American Tax Policy:  The Political History of Joint Taxation.”

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Yoest, Charmaine Crouse. “What Do Parents Want?” The American Enterprise, (May/June 1998).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse.  “No Child is Unadoptable,” Policy Review, (January/February 1997).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse.  “Make Way for Mom, Inc.,” Policy Review, (July/August 1996).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse.  “Mothers Break Out of Office Grind,” USA Today, (July 9, 1996).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse.  “Rhetoric v. Reality,” The Wall Street Journal, (May 25, 1994).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse. “Don’t Set Kids vs. Parents,” USA Today, (September 25, 1992).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse. “No Magic Bullet,” USA Today, (December 11, 1990).
Yoest, Charmaine Crouse. “Points of Light:  Informal Adoption in the Black Community,” Children Today, Washington, D.C.:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (September/October 1990).

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES

Invited to appear as regular political roundtable member for Jesse Ventura Show; taped two pilot shows, summer 2003
CNN, Crossfire, July, 2002; September 1, 1996; January, 1994; May 16, 1994
PBS, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, October, 23, 1997
CBS, The Evening News
CBS, CBS This Morning, October, 1998 and May 5, 1993
NPR , July 11, 1992; November 2, 1992
CNBC, Hardball with Chris Matthews
ABC, Politically Incorrect, May, 2002; January 2002; August, 2001; April, 2001; October, 2001; December 29, 2000; September 5, 2000; June 5, 2000; February 4, 2000; August, 1999; April 14, 1999; November 7, 1998 and others
MSNBC, The News with Brian Williams, August, 1997; and others
MSNBC, Donahue, December 2003
C-SPAN, Washington Journal, June 1, 1996
CNN, Jeff Greenfield At Large, 2002
CNN, CNN and Company, April 23, 1996; May 31, 1996; July 15, 1996; September 12, 1996; November 27, 1996; January 6, 1993; and others
CNN, Jesse Jackson Show, June 2, 1996
CNN, Talk Back Live, June 25, 1996, August 30, 1996
CNN, Jesse Jackson Show, July 30, 1992
FOX, Hannity and Colmes, 2002
FOX, Morning News, August 25, 1992 and others
 

REFERENCES

From the Department of Politics, University of Virginia:

 
Dr. James Ceaser
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Professor
jwc2g@virginia.edu
434.924.7903

Dr. Paul Freedman
Assistant Professor
freedman@virginia.edu
434.924.1372

Dr. Steven Rhoads
Professor
ser6f@virginia.edu
434.924.7866

Dr. Lynn Sanders
Associate Professor
lsanders@virginia.edu
434.924.3613

Dr. Herman Schwartz
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
hms2f@virginia.edu
434.924.7818