PS: Political Science and Politics

Phoning It In: Overcoming Implementation Challenges in Field-Experiment Partnerships by Brian Robert Calfano, University of Cincinnati The limitations of data generated through observational (e.g., survey) and experimental research in artificial settings (such as laboratories) often compel […]

Policing Us Sick: The Health of Latinos in an Era of Heightened Deportations and Racialized Policing by Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Indiana University, Alana M. W. LeBrón, University of California, Irvine, and Francisco I. Pedraza, University of California, Riverside In 2016, Donald Trump campaigned […]

When the World Helps Teach Your Class: Using Wikipedia to Teach Controversial Issues by Mark K. Cassell, Kent State University It’s a problem nearly everyone who teaches political science confronts at one time or another: how […]

Lessons on Running a Laboratory Experiment (in Graduate School) by Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State Harrisburg Experimentation has taken on a new life in political science. As the use of experimental methods proliferates, it is important […]

Immigration Politics in the 2016 Election by Xavier Medina Vidal, University of Arkansas When Donald Trump launched his candidacy for US president, he assigned Mexican immigrants and Latinos of all origins a major role in his campaign. Trump’s […]

Building from Within: Family and the Political Membership of Immigrants by Marcela García-Castañon, San Francisco State University This study argues that the central mechanism for pushing back is the interconnected nature of an immigrant’s experience, particularly as […]

Back in the Shadows, Back in the Streets by Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College, and Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, California Lutheran University  Although barred from voting in US elections, undocumented immigrants potentially can participate in the political arena in […]