PS: Political Science and Politics

Exploring Diversity and Student Political Activism through Archival Research By Laurel Elder, Hartwick College and Shelley Wallace, Hartwick College In 2011, the American Political Science Association stated that integrating issues of diversity, inclusiveness, and equality into political science curriculum and […]

Power Play: A Game Illustrating Power Transition in Authoritarian Regimes By Susan Turner Haynes, Lipscomb University One of the most alarming trends of the past decade has been the rise in authoritarianism and the growing […]

Research Creativity and Productivity in Political Science: A Research Agenda for Understanding Alternative Career Paths and Attitudes Toward Professional Work in the Profession By Kim Quaile Hill, Texas A&M University A growing body of research investigates […]

America’s Largest Denomination: None By Helmut Norpoth, Stony Brook University By a measure of religious affiliation used by Gallup polls for nearly a century, the denomination with the largest following in the United States has always […]

Too Many Cooks May Spoil the First Book—and Jeopardize the Author’s Career: Potential Pitfalls of Book Workshops By Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin Book workshops are widely regarded as yielding important benefits for junior […]

Conferencing is Not a Luxury and Neither is the Scholarly Life of Our Future Colleagues By Tiffany Willoughby-Herald, University of California, Irvine This spotlight article uses Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking essay, Poetry Is Not a Luxury (1984), […]

Google Books Ngrams and Political Science: Two Validity Tests for a Novel Data Source By Sean Richey, Georgia State University and J. Benjamin Taylor, Kennesaw State University Google Books Ngrams data are freely available and contain […]