APSA Educate
- “Experimenting with an Embedded Librarian in an American Government Class” September 30, 2020Shyam K. Sriram and Amelia Glawe Georgia Perimeter College ssriram@gpc.edu One of the most exciting new directions in our discipline has been the growing experimentation with library science‐social science collaborations. These collaborations have taken the form of new ways of … The post “Experimenting with an Embedded Librarian in an American Government Class” appeared first […]
- Emerson and Douglass in the Political Science Classroom September 30, 2020Shyam K. Sriram, Georgia Perimeter College, ssriram@gpc.edu In the summer of 2011, I had the opportunity to attend a week-‐long NEH1 seminar on the American Lyceum at Northeastern University in Boston. The seminar focused on the role of oratory … The post Emerson and Douglass in the Political Science Classroom appeared first on APSA.
- Using Presidential Daily Diaries as an Instructional Tool September 30, 2020Frank Franz, PhD, James Madison High School, Vienna, Virginia, frank.franz@fcps.edu For the past several years, I have used presidential daily diaries as an instructional tool with students during the study of the presidency in my AP U.S. government classes. Some … The post Using Presidential Daily Diaries as an Instructional Tool appeared first on APSA.
- Classroom Innovation with “The Hunger Games” September 30, 2020Bruce Martin, PhD, New Mexico State University Alamogordo, md@nmsu.edu After nearly 15 years working as administrative staff in our college’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, I retired in spring 2013, but agreed to teach a class on “American Political … The post Classroom Innovation with “The Hunger Games” appeared first on APSA.
American Political Science Review
- I Don’t Know August 1, 2020Political decision makers make choices in a complex and uncertain world, where even the most qualified experts may not know what policies will succeed. Worse, if these experts care about their reputation for competence, they may be averse to admitting what they don’t know. We model the strategic communication of uncertainty, allowing for the salient […]
- Notes from the Editors August 1, 2020
- PSR volume 114 issue 3 Cover and Back matter July 29, 2020
- PSR volume 114 issue 3 Cover and Front matter July 29, 2020
Perspectives on Politics
- Constructing the Pluriverse: The Geopolitics of Knowledge. Edited by Bernd Reiter. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. 352p. $104.95 cloth, $27.95 paper. September 8, 2020
- PPS volume 18 issue 3 Cover and Back matter September 8, 2020
- Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade: Gender, Race, and Politics. By Carrie N. Baker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 270p. $89.99 cloth, $29.99 paper. September 8, 2020
- The Uses of Violence September 8, 2020
PS: Political Science & Politics
- PSC volume 53 issue 3 Cover and Back matter July 10, 2020
- Trump Is Not a (Condorcet) Loser! Primary Voters’ Preferences and the 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination July 10, 2020Many commentators argued that if elites and voters had coordinated on an alternative candidate, Donald Trump could have been defeated for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. This claim rests on the implicit assumption that Trump would have been defeated in a head-to-head contest against another candidate—that he was a Condorcet loser. Conventional pre-election polls, however, […]
- PSC volume 53 issue 3 Cover and Front matter July 10, 2020
- From Suffragists to Pink Pussyhats: In Search of Intersectional Solidarity July 10, 2020The 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment is an opportunity to reflect on the role of women in American politics. The tools of intersectionality allow scholars to pinpoint the progress and pitfalls produced by ongoing modes of sexism and patriarchy as well as racism and classism. It is now well known that […]
Journal of Political Science Education
- “You Hafta Push”: Using Sapphire’s Novel to Teach Introduction to American Government August 21, 2020“You Hafta Push”: Using Sapphire’s Novel to Teach Introduction to American Government by Christine Pappas, East Central University Using fiction in the classroom can dramatize public policy issues and political science concepts, therefore, making them [...] The post “You Hafta Push”: Using Sapphire's Novel to Teach Introduction to American Government first appeared on https://politicalsciencenow.com.
- The Professor, Pluralism, and Pedagogy: A Reflection August 20, 2020The Professor, Pluralism, and Pedagogy: A Reflection by Michelle D. Deardorff, Jackson State University This essay discusses concrete approaches for faculty to use when teaching a student body whose demographics and cultural backgrounds are significantly [...] The post The Professor, Pluralism, and Pedagogy: A Reflection first appeared on https://politicalsciencenow.com.
- Teaching the Arab World and the West…As an Arab in the West August 19, 2020Teaching the Arab World and the West…As an Arab in the West by Samer Abboud, Arcadia University How do the subjective experiences of faculty and students shape the classroom and the study of global politics? [...] The post Teaching the Arab World and the West…As an Arab in the West first appeared on https://politicalsciencenow.com.
- What’s in a Name…or a Face? Student Perceptions of Faculty Race August 19, 2020What’s in a Name…or a Face? Student Perceptions of Faculty Race by Jeanette Morehouse Mendez, Oklahoma State University & Jesse Perez Mendez, University of Central Florida Utilizing Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a conceptual framework, [...] The post What’s in a Name…or a Face? Student Perceptions of Faculty Race first appeared on https://politicalsciencenow.com.
Political Science Now
- APSA Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus Statement of Concern to Academic Institutions on the Protection of Basic Civil and Human Rights during the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic September 30, 2020Executive Summary: Campus reopening plans must prioritize the life, health, safety, and privacy of faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students. The below statement underscores the human rights considerations universities and colleges must consider when [...] The post APSA Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus Statement of Concern to Academic Institutions on the Protection of Basic Civil […]
- Announcing Democracy 2020: A Platform for Election Events, Scholarship, Teaching Resources, and Engagement Opportunities September 30, 2020The APSA Democracy 2020 Project is a platform for election events, scholarship, teaching resources, and engagement opportunities. Political science advances our understanding of issues at the core of the upcoming elections, including democratic institutions and norms, [...] The post Announcing Democracy 2020: A Platform for Election Events, Scholarship, Teaching Resources, and Engagement Opportunities first appeared on https://politicalsciencenow.com.
- Broadening the PhD Pipeline: A Summer Research Program for HBCU Students September 30, 2020Broadening the PhD Pipeline: A Summer Research Program for HBCU Students By Claire L. Adida and David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego, Fatemeh Shafiei, Spelman College and Matthew Platt, Morehouse College Over the [...] The post Broadening the PhD Pipeline: A Summer Research Program for HBCU Students first appeared on https://politicalsciencenow.com.
- APSA Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus Statement on Federal and State Support for Institutions of Higher Education September 29, 2020Executive Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has destabilized most institutions of higher education, financially and organizationally. In the below statement, APSA makes observations on political science’s potential contributions to public policy choices moving forward, and makes recommendations for [...] The post APSA Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus Statement on Federal and State Support for Institutions of Higher Education first appeared […]