Mary Banwart
	E-mail:		mbanwart@ku.edu
	Phone:		785-864-5681
	Office:		104B Bailey Hall

Dr. Banwart's primary research focuses on political campaign communication--campaign advertising, news coverage, candidate web sites, debates--as well as the influence of gender in politics, and on leadership. She has authored book chapters and journal articles examining the strategic use of advertising in political campaigns, the gender gap, and news coverage in mixed-gender races.

Her current projects analyze the role of gender in political knowledge and cynicism, debate styles of political candidates, and candidate message development across multiple forms of mass media.

Dr. Banwart was a co-recipient of the 2003 Central States Communication Association Federation Prize for research on analyzing gender in U.S. Senate, House, and gubernatorial debates, and a co-recipient of the 2000 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics for research on the webstyles--candidate use of the Internet--of male and female U.S. Senate, House and gubernatorial candidates in the 2000 general election.