Scott Erb • University of Maine, Farmington
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s August 2006 edition.
On October 4, 2005, Chanda Luker, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide who was four years old when it began, spoke …
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Jeffrey L. Bernstein • Eastern Michigan University
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2005 edition.
If your graduate school experience was similar to mine, teaching and research were viewed as two very different aspects of the …
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Nancy E. Wright • Long Island University – Brooklyn
This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s December 2005 edition.
Class participation, while always a component of course grades, is not always assigned as useful a role as it …
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Written by Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach
During this unusual election season, there rightly has been much attention to the importance of making a plan to vote. What might come immediately …
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By Abe Goldberg
There is great reason to celebrate youth voter turnout following the spike in participation during the most recent midterm elections. Specifically, college student turnout jumped from just 19% in 2014 to 40% in 2018 according to the …
By Lilly J. Goren
Within the American popular culture landscape, the president and the presidency has long been a unique presence, in part because this office and the individual who holds it are often within the popular gaze of the …
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By Caroline Harper
On August 11, 2020, presidential candidate Joe Biden announced Senator Kamala Harris as his pick for vice president in the 2020 election. While Harris’ nomination is not the first time a woman has been selected as a …
Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach
This week, something happened that has the potential to change some of how we understand the pandemic: the President of the United States tested positive for COVID-19.…
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By Steven Adelson
It was the Summer of 2012 and I had just finished creating my class schedule at new student orientation for my first semester in college. Before leaving, I noticed a table with a stack of blank voter …
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By Clarissa Unger
Political scientists have a responsibility to encourage their students’ participation in our democracy and this year should be no exception. The unique and extensive challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic require each of us to commit …
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