Journals

Teaching in Challenging Times Revisited—A Perspective from Texas By Terry L. Gilmour, Midland College COVID, numerous protests, and the events of January 6, 2021 gave political scientists much to discuss in the classroom and presented […]

Volunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer Courses By Ben Lyall, Laura Woodbridge and Zareh Ghazarian, Monash University This paper reflects on the development of a new volunteering course at an Australian university. In […]

The Classroom as Civic Sanctuary: Teaching, Learning, and the Emotional Labor of Democracy By Ray Block Jr., Pennsylvania State University What does it mean to teach democracy in a moment of deep division, distrust, and […]

What Am I Reading? How Teaching Genre Improves Civic Skills By Katherine Knutson and Rachel Flynn, Gustavus Adolphus College Students encounter information in myriad ways, making it difficult to discern what they are reading and […]

What Would Mearsheimer Do? Reviewing Mearsheimer.ai as a Teaching Tool for International Relations By Mateus Bilhar, Tsinghua University and Richard J. Cook, Nankai University Mearsheimer.ai is a curated chatbot that allows users to interact with […]

Measuring and Comparing a Century of Cabinet Formation in the Higher Education Systems of the United Kingdom and the United States By John Hogan and Sharon Feeney, Technological University Dublin This paper explores freehand drawing […]

Let’s Co-Create the Rules to Get the Best Outcomes! Student as a Partner Approach in Creation of Assessment Criteria By Martina Benzoni Baláž, Comenius University Bratislava and Lucia Hlavatá, Comenius University Bratislava What happens when students stop being passive […]