CAN A WOMAN BE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT?
– Peter Siavelis, associate professor of political science at Wake Forest and expert on South American politics, returned recently from a think tank meeting in Chile. Siavelis can compare the presidential electoral success in 2006 of Chile’s MichelleBachelet to the steep political challenges faced by seasoned female politicians in the United States. Bachelet took office despite being a single mother, an avowed agnostic and a relative outsider to Chile’s machismo political process. Siavelis co-edited a new book, “Pathways to Power: Political Recruitment and Candidate Selection in Latin America,” published this month by the Pennsylvania State University Press. Contact: Audrey Fannin, fannin@wfu.edu or (336) 758-5237 DOES EVERY VOTE COUNT? — Voting and its quagmires have heavily influenced politics in the 21st century. In his timely fall course for freshmen, “The Mathematics of Voting,” Jason Parsley, assistant professor of mathematics, introduces students to such mathematical principles
