Political Science Educator

Letter from the Section President

January 10, 2026

Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2


Dear PSE Colleagues,

Happy New Year to all! By the time this is published, I’m hoping this finds everyone well rested and rejuvenated from the winter holiday, ready to tackle the demands of …

Nature, Nurture, and the Civic Classroom: Teaching Civic Engagement When Predispositions Are Real

January 10, 2026

Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2

Teacher Scholar


By Elizabeth A. Bennion (ebennion@iu.edu)

Political science educators face an unusual paradox. Faculty are asked to cultivate informed, active citizens at the very moment when biology, psychology, and neuroscience …

Making Research Work: Empowering Educators to Advocate for Effective Programs

January 6, 2026

Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 2

Reflections


By Diana Owen (owend@georgetown.edu), Jamie Joseph (jj1173@georgetown.edu), Naomi Rader (nr757@georgetown.edu), and Patrick McSweeney (prm65@georgetown.edu)

At Georgetown University’s Civic Education Research Lab (CERL), we use …

Developing Reading Skills and Scientific Thinking through Article Hunt

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

Reflections


By Jack Santucci (jack.santucci@gmail.com

The Article Hunt (AH) is a tool for teaching students how to read academic articles quickly and research their own interests (Fisher and Frey 2014). It …

Teaching Not Preaching: Scripture as a Pedagogically Necessary Tool in Political Theory

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

Reflections


By Lila Hearn (hearnl1@unlv.nevada.edu)

Modern political thought in the West cannot be understood apart from biblical tradition any more than it can be severed from the intellectual heritage of the …

Teaching and Researching Vulnerability—the Challenge of Competing Demands

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

Reflections


By Cristina Juverdeanu (c.juverdeanu@qmul.ac.uk)

I teach an advanced qualitative methods course and, as most modules of the kind, it focuses on key concerns one should be aware of when dealing …

Harnessing the Power of Social Models for the Greater Good

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

Reflections


By Titus Alexander (titusa03@gmail.com)

Socrates taught in ancient Athens but never published anything. Yet we imitate him today, over 2,000 years later, because his student Plato and generations of teachers …

Youth Attitudes Toward Democracy: Advice for Political Science Educators

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

The Teacher-Scholar


By Elizabeth A. Bennion (ebennion@iu.edu)

Generation Z makes up 20.7 percent of the US population. It is more racially and ethnically diverse than previous generations and on track to …

Surprise, They’re Different! Comparing Frequentist and Bayesian Instructional Approaches in Political Science and Public Policy Classrooms

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

Reflections


By Stefani Langehennig (stefani.langehennig@du.edu), Zach del Rosario (zdelrosario@olin.edu), Mine Dogucu (mdogucu@uci.edu)

Introduction

Despite their potential, Bayesian methods are rarely taught in undergraduate political science and public …

Message from the Section President (Summer 2025)

May 12, 2025
Political Science Educator: volume 29, issue 1

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this message finds everyone well as spring terms wrap up in the coming weeks.

The Political Science Education Executive Committee has been busy with continuing and new initiatives this …

Scroll to Top