Nancy Bocskor, the first director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, has announced she will leave the university May 1 to care for her 94.5-year-old mother in Ohio during this COVID-19 pandemic.  

Since joining TWU in 2018, she has led the university's statewide centennial commemoration of the woman suffrage movement, and helped prepare and position numerous students for internships and leadership opportunities in Washington, D.C. and Texas. Along with the CWPPP staff, she spearheaded the center's partnership with iCivics, the brainchild of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, to create an interactive civics curriculum for the state. In addition, she provided strategic planning and vision for the center's interactive history exhibit that will showcase the contributions and leadership legacy of Texas women in politics and public policy — one of the first such exhibits in Texas and among the first in the U.S.

During her time at TWU, Nancy was frequently sought after for media interviews about women in politics, and she served during the past year as a national fellow for the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.  In this role she designed a group series called "Create Change: Women, Democracy and Global Politics" to educate students and community members about how to become effective advocates.  

Staff of the CWPPP include associate director Tammy Key, gallery curator Elizabeth Neucere, and senior secretary Barbara Reinke. Effective immediately, the center will report to Shannon Mantaro, senior director of operations and entrepreneurial leadership at the university's Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership.