H. Howell Williams, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Western Connecticut State University The following reflective guide originates from a 400-level seminar on the politics of the 1990s, a class co-taught by a full-time associate professor (Williams) and an undergraduate political science student (Powers). You can view the annotated syllabus from the course that explains…
Call for Proposals | Civic Education and America’s 250th | Start Your Application Here | APSA, Washington, D.C., June 22-26, 2026 Application Deadline: April 5, 2026 The American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Teaching and Learning Program is pleased to announce a call for proposals for approximately 15 to 20 political science educators and scholars to…
Call for Proposals | Teaching Sports and Politics | Start Your Application Here | Dates: June 11-18, 2026 Application deadline: April 5, 2026 The American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Teaching and Learning program is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a small cohort of political scientists to participate in a virtual teaching and learning symposium that will meet on Zoom between…
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Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2 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. Submissions: Please send any article submissions or announcements for future newsletters to the editors at editor.pse.newsletter@gmail.com. Please include “PS…
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2 Reflections By Corina Lacatus (C.Lacatus@qmul.ac.uk) Despite being central to the study of domestic and international politics, qualitative methods remain undertaught. Doctoral students may receive some basic training at their home institutions, usually delivered in survey courses dedicated to many types of qualitative data, and can seek support to…
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2 Reflections By Austin Trantham (austin.trantham@saintleo.edu) I thoroughly enjoyed working with students to promote civic engagement and serving as co-faculty advisor for the first campus-wide “Civic Engagement Day” in 2024 at Saint Leo University. With a student-created theme of “Empower, Elevate, and Educate,” the program included speakers discussing the…
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2 Interviews Matt Evans (the editor of the Political Science Educator) interviewed David Wiley[1] (a key innovator[2], researcher, and creator of open licensed objects for the last 30 years) for this issue of the Political Science Educator. Wiley’s start in this space predates the existence of the term Open…
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2 Reviews By Elizabeth A. Bennion (ebennion@iu.edu) Philip N. Cohen’s monograph Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists is both a reflective provocation and a practical guide for academics who want their work to matter beyond campus gates. Cohen opens by noting that scholars face personal and institutional imperatives…
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2 Reflections By Niva Golan-Nadir (niva.golan@post.runi.ac.il) The classroom can be quite diverse–constituted by students with differing gendered, ethnic, and religious identities. Navigating these multiple identities and fostering an inclusive and respectful learning environment can be challenging for any educator. Even within the bounds of respectful academic discourse, some students…