Cindy Simon Rosenthal is director and curator of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at The University of Oklahoma and professor of political science with a joint appointment to the women’s studies faculty. Professor Rosenthal has been a member of the Center faculty since 1998 and initially served as associate director, overseeing the Center’s undergraduate programs. Under her leadership, the Center developed its highly successful N.E.W. (National Education for Women’s) Leadership, a program to educate, inspire, and empower undergraduate women to enter public service and politics. N.E.W. Leadership and the Center's companion programs under the umbrella of the Women's Leadership Initiative have been honored each year by Oklahoma’s Journal-Record “Woman of the Year” celebration as a program “making a difference.”