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Elizabeth Baisley

Elizabeth Baisley

Assistant Professor

PhD, MA (Princeton University); MA (Queen’s University); Honours BA (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Canadian Politics, Gender and Politics

Political Studies

Queen's University

keab@queensu.ca

613-533-6000 ext. 78124

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C405

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Canadian Politics
Faculty
Gender and Politics

Biography

Dr. Elizabeth Baisley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at »ÆÉ«ÊÓÆ” and a Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity. Their research and teaching focus on LGBTQ2S+ politics, gender and politics, and Canadian politics, often in dialogue with American and comparative work.

Baisley's current research examines LGBTQ2S+ rights, political representation, and political behaviour in Canada. Their work investigates why support for LGBTQ2S+ rights is declining in Canada, among whom, and how it might be strengthened. Another strand of research examines the barriers and opportunities facing LGBTQ2S+ people seeking elected office. A third strand explores how LGBTQ2S+ voters respond to LGBTQ2S+ candidates and representation. Beyond LGBTQ2S+ politics, Baisley is also conducting research on gender and diversity within the discipline of political science, especially the development of gender and politics as a subfield.

Baisley is methodologically pluralist, drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative materials, including public opinion surveys, experiments, legislative data, interviews, archival research, participant observation, and original dataset creation.

Their work has been published in outlets including The Journal of Politics; Politics & Gender; Electoral Studies; Politics, Groups, and Identities; the Canadian Journal of Political Science; and Human Rights Quarterly.

Before joining »ÆÉ«ÊÓÆ”, Baisley earned a PhD in Politics and a Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies from Princeton University. They subsequently held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Toronto. 

Supervisory Interests

For additional information about current research projects and supervision opportunities, please visit Baisley's personal website: .

Selected Publications

Arnel, Kevin, Elizabeth Baisley, and Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant. Forthcoming. “Segregated Power: Women’s Underrepresentation and Committee Assignments in the Canadian Parliament.” Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Baisley, Elizabeth and Quinn M. Albaugh. Forthcoming. “Gender Cues, Attributions and Stereotyping of Transgender and Nonbinary Politicians,” Journal of Politics.

Baisley, Elizabeth and Quinn M. Albaugh. 2026. “A New Dataset Identifying LGBTQ2S+ Candidates in Canadian Federal Elections,” Canadian Journal of Political Science, 59(2): 401-407.

Albaugh, Quinn M., Elizabeth Baisley, and Kate Burke Pellizzari. 2026. “Are LGBTQ+ Candidates Disadvantaged in Financing Their Campaigns? Evidence from Canadian Federal Elections, 2015-2021,” Politics & Gender, 22(1): 54-79.

Baisley, Elizabeth and Quinn M. Albaugh. 2026. “Identifying LGBTQ2S+ Candidates: Comparing Three Approaches,” Politics, Groups, and Identities, 14(3): 711-720.

Baisley, Elizabeth and Quinn M. Albaugh. 2025. “Wrong Place or Wrong Party? LGBTQ2S+ Candidates and District Competitiveness,” Electoral Studies, 96: 102953.

Baisley, Elizabeth. 2024. “Institutional Opportunities and Party Position Change: The Case of LGBTQ+ Rights in Canada.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 12(4): 826–852.

Albaugh, Quinn M. and Elizabeth Baisley. 2023. “Gender and LGBT: The Case of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.” Politics & Gender 19(4): 1156–1179. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X23000302