Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College, Patrick McGovern, State University of New York – Buffalo, Chase Privett, Morningside University, Leah Murray, Weber State University
The past few years have not been kind to teaching in higher education. It seems too that this …
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June 5, 2025 | Responding to the current political environment in the United States, the panelists shared how they are rethinking the Introduction to American Politics class. Panelists addressed overarching questions about structuring the course, incorporating insights from Comparative Politics, …
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Reflections
By Jack Santucci (jack.santucci@gmail.com)
The Article Hunt (AH) is a tool for teaching students how to read academic articles quickly and research their own interests (Fisher and Frey 2014). It …
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Reflections
By Lila Hearn (hearnl1@unlv.nevada.edu)
Modern political thought in the West cannot be understood apart from biblical tradition any more than it can be severed from the intellectual heritage of the …
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Reflections
By Cristina Juverdeanu (c.juverdeanu@qmul.ac.uk)
I teach an advanced qualitative methods course and, as most modules of the kind, it focuses on key concerns one should be aware of when dealing …
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Reflections
By Titus Alexander (titusa03@gmail.com)
Socrates taught in ancient Athens but never published anything. Yet we imitate him today, over 2,000 years later, because his student Plato and generations of teachers …
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The Teacher-Scholar
By Elizabeth A. Bennion (ebennion@iu.edu)
Generation Z makes up 20.7 percent of the US population. It is more racially and ethnically diverse than previous generations and on track to …
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Reflections
By Stefani Langehennig (stefani.langehennig@du.edu), Zach del Rosario (zdelrosario@olin.edu), Mine Dogucu (mdogucu@uci.edu)
Despite their potential, Bayesian methods are rarely taught in undergraduate political science and public …
Dear Colleagues,
I hope this message finds everyone well as spring terms wrap up in the coming weeks.
The Political Science Education Executive Committee has been busy with continuing and new initiatives this …
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Back Matter
Archived issues of The Political Science Educator through Vol. 27 can be found online at https://web.apsanet.org/teachingcivicengagement/political-science-educator/. Archived issues beginning with Vol. 26 are available at APSA Educate.
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