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Throwback Thursdays: #APSA2014 RBSI Breakfast – Washington, D.C.
The #APSA2014 Annual Meeting took place at the Marriott Wardman Park, in Washington, D.C. Below are some highlights of the new member breakfast.
Articles by APSA
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We Still Need You! An Update on the Status of K-12 Civics Education in the United States
by Wayne Journell In 2001, Richard Niemi and Julia Smith published an article in PS: Political Science and Politics on enrollments in high school civics and government courses. They framed their study on the premise […]
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Research Support Symposium: Betsy Super
APSA’s most recent research support symposium, held at the 2015 Annual Meeting, informed members of funding opportunities available from a range of resources and included practical tips for successful grant writing. The symposium included speakers […]
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The “Crossfire Approach”: Attracting Political Science Majors in Large Lecture Sections of Introductory Courses
by Jody C Baumgartner and Jonathan S. Morris In this article we chronicle our experience team teaching large-lecture sections of “Introduction to American Government.” A dual-instructor approach has allowed us to handle 250 students, obviating […]
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A Mickey Mouse Assignment? Teaching Policy Analysis Through Animated Films
by Valerie Cooley and Andrew Pennock To conduct a policy analysis, students must master foundational concepts and apply them using critical and evaluative thinking. A film-based assignment allows students to practice the steps of policy analysis […]
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Career Encounters: Francisco Rodriguez
I wanted to be a lawyer from the time I was a little kid because the way I got to this country and the way we grew up. We grew up very poor I’m Cuban. […]
Journals
Reviewer Fatigue? Why Scholars Decline to Review their Peers’ Work
by Marijke Breuning, Jeremy Backstrom, Jeremy Brannon, Benjamin Isaak Gross, and Michael Widmeier The double-blind peer review process is central to publishing in academic journals, but it also relies heavily on the voluntarily efforts of anonymous […]
2016 Elections
What’s The Worth Of A Star? Political Endorsements, And Whether They Matter | NPR
Listen to the series of soundbites via NPR on the 2016 presidential race and political endorsements for candidates. Comments featured Lynn Vavreck, a professor of political science and communication studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. […]