Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Interviews Online education remains a place of great challenges and also enormous opportunities for political science faculty to connect with their students and advance learning objectives. As such, Matt Evans (co-editor of the Political Science Educator as well as Professor of Political Science and Service Learning Coordinator at…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Adam Fusco (adam.fusco@york.ac.uk) Political philosophy often forms an integral part of curricula on many Politics degrees. Yet teaching political philosophy poses specific pedagogical challenges in Politics departments. Student perceptions of what is entailed in a Politics degree often does not include political philosophy prior to…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reviews A Pedagogy of Kindness. By Catherine J. Denial. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2024. 151p. $24.95 paper. Review by Matt Evans (mevans8@nwacc.edu) Catherine J. Denial’s book functions well as both practical advice and as a manifesto—diagnosing the smaller and larger problems of teaching in higher education…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 The Teacher-Scholar By Ozlem Tuncel (otuncelgurlek1@gsu.edu) Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have rapidly transformed the academic landscape, prompting political science educators to reconsider their teaching strategies. The integration of these technologies raises important pedagogical questions: How can we responsibly incorporate AI into our classrooms while fostering the essential…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Elizabeth Dorssom (dorssome@lincolnu.edu) College classrooms are often awash with screens, revealing a generation of students who grew up immersed in technology. These students are more likely to get their news from social media because prior research has demonstrated that the internet can help young people increase…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 The Teacher-Scholar By Elizabeth A. Bennion (ebennion@iusb.edu) According to a recent survey of more than 100,000 students at nearly 200 U.S. colleges, the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and has decreased in consecutive years for the first time in 15 years.[1] This follows a series of studies over the…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Matthew P. Thornburg (mthornburg@misericordia.edu and Elizabeth A. Georgian (georgian@usca.edu) Introduction Our first day of class begins in an unusual way—with a murder. In our Introduction to the Law class (a 300-level course cross-listed between history and political science), we start with a simulation—Murder on an Island—where…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Reflections By Debra Leiter (leiterd@umkc.edu) and Danielle Joesten Martin (danielle.martin@csus.edu) Everyone loves a nail-biter, a close competition where the winner is left in doubt until the very last minute. When the stakes are high, people care about winning and everyone pays attention. We are, of course, not referring…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Back Matter (Announcements, Copyright Policy, Submission Policy) APSA-PSE Pedagogy Fellow Call for Applicants The Political Science Education Section seeks applications for its inaugural Pedagogy Fellows initiative. The first cohort of our Pedagogy Fellows will work in collaboration with the PSE section and APSA to launch a new Certificate…
Political Science Educator: volume 28, issue 2 Dear Colleagues, A belated happy New Year to all, and it was wonderful to see so many of you recently at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference in Alexandria, VA. A huge thank you again to all those who made TLC 2025 such an outstanding success: Michelle Allendoerfer,…