Joanna Kenty, PhD, The Citizens Campaign
A lot is going to change, both in politics and in higher education, in 2021. At The Citizens Campaign, we have undertaken a groundbreaking new initiative to meet the fierce urgency of …
TM. Sell, Highline College, tmsell@highline.edu
This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series.
Every fall, I build parts of my political science classes around the elections. That may seem obvious, but I believe it …
Susan E. Baer, Contributing Faculty Member, School of Public Policy and Administration, Walden University, susan.baer@waldenu.edu
This essay was originally published in the Political Science Educator’s Fall 2020 series.
I teach and mentor doctoral students who are writing qualitative dissertations …
The 2020 U.S. election presents unique challenges and opportunities for political science students and educators. In response, the American Political Science Association is seeking teaching resources focused on the 2020 U.S. election, the presidential transition, and the
William O’Brochta, Washington University in St. Louis
Political science instructors across subfields utilize civic and community engagement activities to increase the relevance of course content, to help students understand diverse perspectives, and to provide avenues for students to get …
Written by Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach
During this unusual election season, there rightly has been much attention to the importance of making a plan to vote. What might come immediately …
Dimitar Gueorguiev, Syracuse University; Xiaobo Lü, University of Texas at Austin; Kerry Ratigan, Amherst College; Meg Rithmire, Harvard University; Rory Truex, Princeton University
A longer version of the following statement is available on ChinaFile
On …
Have Your Students Participate in the 2020 National Student Issues Convention
October 16, noon – 3pm CST (1 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST)
To Be Conducted by Zoom Meeting
Students from universities, community colleges, and high schools across the country …
James M. Quirk and James P. Quirk
As high school staggered to its quarantined, online ending, a university professor and high school senior asked the Class of 2020 what they wanted if their first year of college begins online
Nearly …
Ajay Verghese, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside
Each summer, political scientists begin thinking about putting together their syllabi for the upcoming academic year. One thing most of us strive to do is update …