Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend, ebennion@iusb.edu This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Spring 2020 issue. As American Democracy Project Director at Indiana University South Bend, I plan dozens of events and engage hundreds of participants each semester. The goal of the project is to enhance students’ civic knowledge, skills,…
TM. Sell, Highline College, tmsell@highline.edu This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series. Every fall, I build parts of my political science classes around the elections. That may seem obvious, but I believe it can work in a way that helps get students to care. All of our circumstances are…
Susan E. Baer, Contributing Faculty Member, School of Public Policy and Administration, Walden University, susan.baer@waldenu.edu This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series. I teach and mentor doctoral students who are writing qualitative dissertations in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Walden University. Students often feel overwhelmed throughout…
Mark Carl Rom, Associate Professor of Government and Public Policy, Georgetown University, romm@georgetown.edu This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series. There is never a dull time to teach courses on American politics, but presidential election years are even more exciting: the students are engaged and the stakes are high….
Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend, ebennion@iusb.edu This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 issue. As a political scientist, and teacher-scholar, I am eager to use my research and teaching skills to equip my students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences they need to be informed, engaged voters…
APSA’s Political Science Education section’s newsletter. Table of Contents Information Message from Section President Terry Gilmour The Teacher-Scholar Column Rethinking the Role of the University in Promoting Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Elizabeth A. Bennion, Ph.D. Community College Voices Using Elections to Teach Civic Engagement T.M. Sell Featured Essays Breaking it Down: Writing a Doctoral…
Terry Gilmour, Midland College, tgilmour@midland.edu This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series. Dear Section: My last update was right before the Teaching and Learning Conference in Albuquerque in February of this year. Wow! How our lives and our profession have changed since that time. Many of us are still…
The 2020 U.S. election presents unique challenges and opportunities for political science students and educators. In response, the American Political Science Association is seeking teaching resources focused on the 2020 U.S. election, the presidential transition, and the incoming Biden-Harris administration to be featured on Educate – APSA’s new teaching resource library. If you are discussing the election with your students, please consider sharing your teaching materials with your colleagues by uploading them…
By Emily Sydnor In Making Young Voters, John B. Holbein and D. Sunshine Hillygus argue that young voters are no less interested in politics than their older counterparts but nonetheless are far less likely to vote than any other age cohort. Why? Because many of them lack the perseverance needed to overcome the institutional hurdles…
By Athena King The 2020 Presidential Election has been described by academics, pundits, and reporters alike as perhaps the “most important election in our lifetime.” There are those who give full-throated support of President Trump and the current administration, despite his unorthodox behavior over the past four years. At the same time, there are those…