Shauna L. Shames is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Gender Studies at Rutgers University-Camden. She is author of Out of the Running: Why Millennials Reject Political Careers and Why it Matters, coauthor of Survive & Resist: The Definitive Guide to Dystopian Politics, and coeditor of The Right Women: Republican Activists, Candidates, and Legislators and Good Reasons to Run: Women & Political Candidacy.