Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2
Interview
This interview is the first installment in a Q&A series focused on education and politics. In November, Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College, Political Science Educator Co-editor) interviewed Will Creeley (the Legal …
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Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2
Research Notes
Ryan Gibb, Baker University
Though the “meme”-ification of politics has its critics (Kulkarni 2017, Bulatovic 2019), memes can be useful tools. Similar to cartoons or comics, they illustrate concepts and generate …
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Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2
Research Notes
James M. McQuiston, Southern Arkansas University
Kahoot! is an instructional tool utilized regularly by instructors throughout the K-12 system in the United States to gamify their classes. Gamification is defined as …
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Political Science Educator: volume 26, issue 2
Research Notes
Niva Golan-Nadir, the University at Albany, State University of New York, and Reichman University
During the teaching disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic, academicians became more familiar with online techniques, apps, and …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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