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The Political is Personal: Using Political Life Narratives to Engage Students in Diverse Classrooms

November 10, 2015 Comments Off

by Sarah Combellick-Bidney To involve students in the process of grounding abstract concepts in their own concrete life experiences, I began working with a type of reflective exercise that I call the “political life story,” […]

We Still Need You! An Update on the Status of K-12 Civics Education in the United States

November 4, 2015 Comments Off

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 […]

The “Crossfire Approach”: Attracting Political Science Majors in Large Lecture Sections of Introductory Courses

November 3, 2015 Comments Off

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 […]

A Mickey Mouse Assignment? Teaching Policy Analysis Through Animated Films

November 2, 2015 Comments Off

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 […]

Reviewer Fatigue? Why Scholars Decline to Review their Peers’ Work

October 30, 2015 Comments Off

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 […]

Why, and How, to Bridge the “Gap” Before Tenure? Peer Reviewed Research May Not Be the Only Strategic Move as a Graduate Student or Young Scholar

October 29, 2015 Comments Off

by Mariano E. Bertucci Graduate students and young scholars with a passion for making a difference in the real world through research are often advised to put those dreams to rest until after tenure. This contributes to […]

I Approve This Candidate: The Strategic Use of Ad Endorsements in the 2008 Election

October 28, 2015 Comments Off

by Newly Paul Several scholars have studied the effects of political endorsements on people’s voting choices. However, fewer have studied the factors that determine whether campaigns use endorsements in political ads. Examining the contextual and strategic factors […]

Forecasting 2014 Congressional Elections Using Facebook Metrics

October 27, 2015 Comments Off

by Matthew C. MacWilliams Facebook constantly tracks the growth of each candidate’s fan base as well as the number of people engaging directly with candidates online. These Facebook metrics comprise a rich dataset. Can they be used to […]

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