Political Science Educator

Student Engagement and Campus Interviews

February 12, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

Reflections


By Ryan Gibb (ryan.gibb@bakeru.edu)

Cultivating an engaged public is at least part of the responsibility of university professors. As such, it is necessary to help to connect students with their …

Reflections on the Importance of Graduate Student Panels for Graduate Students

February 12, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

Reflections


By Robert Tanner Bivens (Z1844745@students.niu.edu)

I recently attended a smaller, regional political science conference. In addition to workshopping the article version of my dissertation, this was my first year on …

Message from the Section President

February 12, 2024

As I enter my second year of leading the Political Science Education section, I hope everyone had a happy holiday and wish you a peaceful and joyous new year. It was so exciting to see so many of you in …

Transforming Civics for High-need Students by Using Design-based Implementation Research

February 8, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

Reflections


By Diana Owen (owend@georgetown.edu), Donna P. Phillips (phillips@civiced.org), and Alissa Irion-Groth (irion@civiced.org)

The civic mission of schools—providing students with “the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will …

Using Science Fiction and Creative Writing in a Political Science Classroom

February 8, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

Reflections


By Jeremy F. G. Moulton (jeremy.moulton@york.ac.uk)

Aside from reading the odd political thriller novel, for many the link between creative writing and political science will seem like a tenuous one. …

Life Isn’t Fair But Our Classrooms Could Be: Mitigating Stress to Address Academic Dishonesty

February 8, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

Reflections


By Darrell Carter (darrell.carter@unlv.edu)

The current events shaping student development and perception have taught a common enough lesson that may systematically alter student norms on academic dishonesty. Living through events …

Civil Discourse: Helping Students to Become Conversation Partners

February 8, 2024
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 …

Using a Smart Board to teach federalism in American National Government

February 8, 2024
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 2

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 …

Short Reviews of Harvey, Fielder and Gibb (2022): “Simulations in the Political Science Classroom” and Nguyen (2020): “Games: Agency as Art”

December 8, 2023
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 …

Teaching Political Science through the Mind of Philip Roth: A 2020 Election Case Study

December 8, 2023
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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