Caroline Heldman

Caroline Heldman is an Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, USA. She specializes in the presidency and systems of power (race, class, gender) in U.S. politics. She is also a commentator for FOX News, MSNBC, Fox Business News, CNBC, RT America, and Al Jazeera English, and writes for Ms. Magazine Blog. Dr. Heldman authored Rethinking Madame President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House? (2007) and The New Anti-Rape Movement on Campus (2014). Her work has...See more

Caroline Heldman is an Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, USA. She specializes in the presidency and systems of power (race, class, gender) in U.S. politics. She is also a commentator for FOX News, MSNBC, Fox Business News, CNBC, RT America, and Al Jazeera English, and writes for Ms. Magazine Blog. Dr. Heldman authored Rethinking Madame President: Are We Ready for a Woman in the White House? (2007) and The New Anti-Rape Movement on Campus (2014). Her work has also been featured in popular publications, including the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report , Ms. Magazine , The Huffington Post , and The Daily Beast , and on the Katie Couric Show and the Rosie (O'Donnell) Show. Dr. Heldman also worked on the documentary film projects Aftermath: New Orleans in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina , Missrepresentation , Equal Means Equal , and Informant . She has also been active in "real world" politics as a congressional staffer and campaign manager. Dr. Heldman drove to New Orleans to help with rebuilding efforts the week that Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, and co-founded the New Orleans Women's Shelter and the Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum. See less