Centennial Center

for Political Science and Public Affairs

Teaching Symposia

Centennial Center Teaching & Learning Symposia

APSA’s Teaching & Learning Symposia, three-day events held at APSA’s headquarters in Washington, DC, provide a unique opportunity for faculty with similar teaching interests to present on timely substantive issues in the field, share best practices, and develop new teaching resources. This year, the Center hosted three symposia focusing on topics related to political theory, research methods for undergraduates, and comparative politics.

The next symposium, focused on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, the first in a series of symposia focused on Power and Politics, will be held from April 30, 2020 to May 2, 2020. The application deadline is January 24, 2020. Further details, including application instructions, can be found here.

Questions? Check out our list of FAQs, or email teaching@apsanet.org.

Past Events

“Teaching Comparative Politics”
June 3-5, 2019
Co-leaders: Laura Seay (Colby College) and Julie George (Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)
View Comparative Politics Symposium Schedule

“Teaching Research Methods to Undergraduates”
March 14-16, 2019
Co-leaders: Mitchell Brown (Auburn University) and Biko Koenig (Franklin & Marshall College)
Research Methods Symposium Schedule

“Teaching Political Theory”
November 1-4, 2018
Co-leaders: Amber Knight (University of North Carolina, Charlotte) and Lee Trepanier (Saginaw State University)

Workshops: In 2017-2018, APSA’s Centennial Center hosted two-day, teaching workshops for faculty of introductory courses related to American government (led by Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College, and Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa) and International Relations (led by Victor Asal, University at Albany, SUNY and Joyce Kaufman, Whittier College).


Teaching Resources
Here you will find some of the resources produced by symposium participants.