Dr. Angelia Wagner is an assistant lecturer and adjunct professor in the department of political science at the University of Alberta. Her research interests include Canadian politics, gender and politics, political candidacy, political representation, and political communication. Her first book, The Candidacy Calculation: Challenges to Running for Elected Office in Canada, was published by the University of Toronto Press in July 2025. Wagner also spent more than 20 years as a journalist, working at newspapers in Alberta and Saskatchewan.