1 The Effects of Gender-Bending on Candidate Evaluations * Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, forthcoming Monica C. Schneider Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Miami University of Ohio 349 East High Street, Rm. 218 Oxford, OH 45056-280 e-mail: mschneider@muohio.edu phone: 513-529-0257 fax: 513-529-1709 Running Head [Gender Bending on Candidate Evaluations] * I thank Amanda Aton, Chad Benesh, Andrew Dudas, Steve Hanson, Sharon Vanorny, Jon Wittman, and especially Christine Esckilsen and Rod Roof for website creation, Katie Arnold, Kate Delaney, Morgan Kavanaugh, Ryan Kopischke, Kristina Lojewski, Tasha Phillips, and Catherine Wood for data entry, and Alan Abes, Kathy Dolan, Jamie Druckman, Chris Federico, Brian Frederick, Kathryn Pearson, Meredith Rogers, Franz Schneider, and John Sullivan for helpful comments.