Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Reflections
Matt Lamb, Texas Tech University
“What is Latinx Politics?”[1] I start the first day of my class “Introduction to Latinx Politics in the United States” with this question. The students don’t …
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Reflections
Steven Perry, Rice University
Over the past few years, I have taught a series of undergraduate and graduate courses on policy analysis and methodology, data visualization, and R programing for quantitative analysis. …
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
Reflections
Cristina Juverdeanu
In academic integrity and assessment and feedback circles, we had merely started talking about the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) for academic integrity when we were introduced to ChatGPT, the …
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
The Teacher-Scholar
Elizabeth A. Bennion, Indiana University South Bend
In the introductory discussion board for my Summer 2023 online U.S. politics course, every student mentioned how divisive politics is today. Many noted that …
Political Science Educator: volume 27, issue 1
As we end a busy spring semester, I would like to expand on my vision for the continued growth of the section. As I said in the last issue, I believe that our …
Colin Brown, Northeastern University, co-editor, Political Science Educator
Research notes, reviews, and reflections are all welcome for the next Political Science Educator, a newsletter of the Political Science Education Section of the American Political Science Association, to be further distributed …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …