A Newsletter from APSA's Political Science Education Organized Section
Volume 29, Issue 2 - Winter/Spring 2026
Editor: Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College); Assistant Editor: Colin M. Brown (Northeastern University)
Letter from the Section President | Maureen Feeley
The Teacher-Scholar
Nature, Nurture, and the Civic Classroom: Teaching Civic Engagement When Predispositions Are Real | Elizabeth A. Bennion
Reflections
Bridging Borders: Collaborative Online International Learning and the Future of International Politics Education | Nathaniel Smith
Bringing Real-Time Politics into Asynchronous Courses Through Social Media | Elizabeth I. Dorssom
Lab-Style Thesis Advising in Political Science: A Scalable Model for Student Research | Charles Crabtree, Devontae Lacasse, Eleanor Schifino, and Jayanth Uppaluri
Using the Citizens Campaign “10 Steps of No Blame Problem Solving Method” to Teach Students How to Work with Policy Makers to Solve Community Problems | Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan
Making Independent Study Multimodal: A Video-First Approach in Political Science | Charles Crabtree and Maria Proulx
The Classroom at the Crossroads: Politics, Religion, and Pedagogy | Niva Golan-Nadir
Why we should teach qualitative research methods in undergraduate and graduate courses | Corina Lacatus
Making Research Work: Empowering Educators to Advocate for Effective Programs | Diana Owen, Jamie Joseph, Naomi Rader, and Patrick McSweeney
The Cumberland County Civics Club: A Pioneering Model for Youth Civic Engagement | Austin Trantham
Transfer Pathways to Political Science: Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program Guide | Kerri Ryer
Interviews
Reviews
Carter Moulton. 2025. ANALOG Inspiration card deck
Back Matter
The Political Science Educator is a publication of the APSA Organized Section on Political Science Education. Copyright 2024, American Political Science Association. All rights reserved.
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