John Ishiyama, APSA President, University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science and the Piper Professor of Texas, University of North Texas Alison Rios Millet McCartney, Professor of Political Science, Towson University Yoshiko Herrera, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Paul Poast, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, The University of Chicago Olga Onuch,…
Civix, Issue 1, volume 2 Features Carah Ong Whaley (James Madison University) & Angelina Clapp (James Madison University) Elections are one of the primary means by which many individuals connect with politicians. As election outcomes have become increasingly contested, as elites spread unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, and as public trust in election outcomes are…
Political Science Educator: volume 25, issue 2 Reviews Nick Kapoor (University of Nebraska-Omaha) The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education by Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021) examines the current state of graduate education, the students that undertake this momentous task, and a future for the PhD that…
The newsletter of APSA’s Political Science Education Organized Section. winter 2022 co-editors Colin Brown (Northeastern University) & Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College) Table of Contents The Teacher-Scholar The January 6th Insurrection and the Civic Education Imperative Elizabeth A. Bennion Articles Using Online Anonymous Participation Technology to Encourage Undergraduate Course Engagement Mark…
Originally published summer 2020, this collection features select PSE’s content to showcase the organized sections intellectual heritage while remaining useful to contemporary educators. The resources are organized into five tables: Fostering Student Engagement Civic Engagement Innovative Approaches to Core Courses The Science of Teaching & Learning The Discipline & Professional Development Please direct any questions…
Political Science Educator: volume 25, issue 2 Featured Essays John A. Tures, LaGrange College Simulations have been frequently mocked in the popular media as a poor substitute for the real thing. But practice tests may provide the ability for students to properly prepare for the real exam. In this article, I examine evidence from several…
Political Science Educator: volume 25, issue 2 Reviews Kayla C. Isenbletter, Indiana University South Bend, David J. Hurley Indiana University South Bend, and Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend Exposure to political beliefs different from one’s own is vital to maintaining a “well-functioning democracy” (Caughell, 2018; see also Arendt, 1968; Aristotle, 1998; Habermas, 1989;…
Political Science Educator: volume 25, issue 2 Reviews Kayla C. Isenbletter, Indiana University South Bend, David J. Hurley, Indiana University South Bend, and Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend Simulations can be among the most helpful active learning activities to enhance the teaching of political science. In our review of civic engagement literature published in…
Political Science Educator: volume 25, issue 2 Featured Essays Josh Franco, Cuyamaca College As instructors at community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and universities, and governmental or corporate training programs, we are all familiar with books, textbooks, workbooks, journal articles, lecture slides, assignments, activity sheets, and simulations. Some of us are authors, co-authors, editors, and anonymous…
Political Science Educator: volume 25, issue 2 Featured Essays Paige Johnson Tan, Radford University In graduate school one time, I drove up from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville with my faculty mentor to a Washington, DC think tank for an event on China. We were slowed by traffic, struggled to find parking, arrived a…