Linda Trimble is a Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Alberta. She joined the Department in 1989 and has served as its Chair and Associate Chair. Her research investigates gendered news coverage of political leaders. Recent publications include Ms. Prime Minister: Gender, Media and Leadership, published by University of Toronto Press in 2017, and “Julia Gillard and the Gender Wars,” (Politics & Gender, 2015). Linda is currently working on an international research project investigating women’s pathways to political power at the subnational level of government in Canada and Australia.