STEPHANIE L. WITT is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Boise State University. Dr. Witt is author of The Pursuit of Race and Gender Equity (Praeger, 1990) and coauthor of The Urban West (Praeger, 1994). Her research has appeared in scholarly journals such as State and Local Government Review, American Politics Quarterly, Review of Personnel Administration, and Public Administration Review. SUZANNE McCORKLE is Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs and Professor of Communication at Boise State University. Dr. McCorkle is the past president of the National Organization for Research on Women and Communication and the current president of the National Speech Communication Association Women's Caucus.