Lauren Kozakiewicz

In addition to lecturing at the University at Albany, Dr. Kozakiewicz serves as History liaison for Albany's University in the High School Program, a statewide collaboration with selected high schools to develop advanced history offerings for university credit. She received her Ph.D. from the University at Albany in 2006. Her research focuses on women politicians and political culture in 19th and 20th century America, with special attention New York State politics. She has published in numerous journals, including New York History, and has a book forthcoming from SUNY Press in 2022, Ladies Day at the Capitol: New York's Women Legislators 1919-1992—the first book to look at New York's women politicians as a distinct group.