Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2
The Teacher-Scholar
Elizabeth Bennion (ebennion@iusb.edu)
I recently received a request from the St. Joe Valley Notre Dame Club to co-present the annual Hesburgh lecture. They asked me to team up …
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Reflections
By Elizabeth Dorssom (DorssomE@lincolnu.edu)
Active learning is an important component of classrooms as it helps students reinforce information after listening to a professor’s lecture (Lang 2021). The incorporation of active learning …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Reviews
Harvey, Mark, James Fielder, and Ryan Gibb (Eds.). 2022. Simulations in the Political Science Classroom: Games without Frontiers. Taylor & Francis.
Matt Evans, Northwest Arkansas Community College
This edited volume contains …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Reviews
Shyam K. Sriram and Raziya Hillery
Introduction[1]
Kanye West’s recent antisemitic, pro-Hitler tirades alarmed many people, made him into a pariah for mainstream society, and turned him into a hero for …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Reviews
Justin Curtis
A perennial concern for instructors of Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics revolves around which textbook to assign. Among many considerations, instructors must weigh the methodological approach favored in the …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Interviews
This interview is the second installment in a Q&A series focused on education and politics. Matt Evans, Professor of Political Science at Northwest Arkansas Community College, interviewed Dr. Cheryl Van Den Handel …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Assignments and Course Design
Anthony Franklin, Louisiana Tech University, and William O’Brochta, Texas Lutheran Univeristy
Political scientists have long been instrumental in establishing and promoting a campus culture that fosters civic engagement among …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Assignments and Course Design
Ruth Castillo, Emory and Henry College, Sarah Fisher, Emory and Henry College, and Kayce Mobley, Bethany College
Political scientists have long recognized the importance of the news media in …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Assignments and Course Design
Louise Pears, Leeds University, Marine Gueguin, Leeds University, and Harry Swinhoe, Leeds University
The public increasingly relies on podcasts to know important things about the world. Edison …
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Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Assignments and Course Design
Erica DeBruin, Hamilton College, and Clara Harding, Hamilton College
An essential part of helping students to think like political scientists is teaching them about how research is conducted—including the …
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