Political Science Educator

Encouraging Course Engagement through Anonymous Programs

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

Research Notes

Elizabeth Dorssom, Lincoln University of Missouri


Encouraging class engagement among undergraduate students is one of the harder aspects of teaching. It became even more difficult after returning to in-person teaching after …

Crickets, Brownies, and Public Opinion: A Recipe for Public Engagement

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

Research Notes

Debra Leiter, University of Missouri-Kansas City


Students in an environmental politics class often express frustration with the non-sustainable practices of others. Given that many of these students act with sustainability in …

We Don’t Talk About Bruno or Politics: Facilitating Respectful Conversations in the Political Science Classroom

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

Research Notes


James Steur, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

In the first year of Trump’s Presidency, I started graduate school and worked as a teaching assistant for Introduction to American Politics. I was …

Prioritizing Racial Theory And Political Economy In Our Teaching / Review Of Charles Booker’s From The Hood To The Holler

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

Research Notes


Chaz Briscoe, Virginia Tech University, and Jasmine Noelle Yarish University of the District of Columbia

When I set out to teach a course entitled “Political Participation” in Fall 2022, I wanted …

Diversifying the Discipline in Settler-Colonial Contexts

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

Research Notes


Claire Timperley, Te Herenga Waka–Victoria, University of Wellington

In 2014, Kevin Bruyneel outlined the ways in which political science as a discipline ignores and distorts Indigenous politics, and in 2016 Kennan …

The Importance of Making the Invisible Visible in a Political Science Classroom

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

Research Notes


Igor Ahedo, University of the Basque Country, and Iraide Alvarez , University of the Basque Country

Gender blindness pervades political science classrooms, especially with group work. We know this from our …

The Future of Academic Freedom: State Legislatures and Classroom Content Bans

March 23, 2023
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2

The Teacher-Scholar


Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend

In January 2022, the Indiana House passed a bill to limit what teachers can say regarding race, history, and politics in Indiana’s K-12 classrooms. …

Undergraduate Research Assistants and Scholarly Productivity

August 11, 2022

This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Winter/Spring 2017 issue.

The Teacher-Scholar


Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend

One of the responsibilities of our lives as teacher-scholars is to teach students how to be scholars. Research papers, …

From the Student: The Value of an Undergraduate Research Assistantship

August 11, 2022

This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Winter/Spring 2017 issue.


Xander E. Laughlin, Indiana University, Bloomington IN

When I began my undergraduate career, a political science faculty member at my university selected me to serve as her research …

Message from the Section President

August 11, 2022
Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 1

Dear section members:

Wow, it’s hard to believe that I’m writing my last newsletter. What a crazy couple of years we have had! Certainly, I did not realize that the bulk of my …

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