She has published work on how popular culture affects public perceptions of political leadership by women, how feminist ideas are reflected and affected by popular culture, and the politics of re-distribution in the United States Congress.
Goren attended Kenyon College, graduating in 1987 with an AB degree in Political Science and English.
[1] Goren then attended Boston College, where she earned an MA and then a PhD, both in political science.
[13] Goren was also the editor, together with Justin S. Vaughn, of the 2012 book Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics.
[16] Goren was also the co-editor with Linda Beail of Mad Men and Politics: Nostalgia and the Remaking of Modern America, published in 2015.
[1] There she worked on a project called "Nostalgia in the Age of Anxiety: Political Culture, Emotion, and Citizenship".