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PS Symposia Reflect on Arab Spring

In January 2011, a revolutionary chain of uprisings shook the Middle East and reverberated across the rest of the world. Five years later, the results of the Arab Spring have been uneven. This span of […]

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PS: Political Science and Politics

“The National Survey of Student Leaders and the Consortium for Inter-Campus SoTL Research”

J. Cherie Strachan, Elizabeth A. Bennion Higher-education institutions are in the process of reprioritizing two historic goals: (1) improving student-learning experiences to bolster graduation rates, and (2) improving civic education to cultivate active citizenship. The intertwined […]

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APSA Unveils New Publishing Feature!

APSA is thrilled to offer a new feature to members: virtual issues of great articles from APSA journals! The association is partnering with Cambridge University Press to offer these new digital “packages” to members and […]

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PS: Political Science and Politics

“On the Ethics of Crowdsourced Research”

Vanessa Williamson This article examines the ethics of crowdsourcing in social science research, such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. As these types of research tools become more common in scholarly work, we must acknowledge that many […]

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PS: Political Science and Politics

“Hanging around Us in Plain Sight: The Great American Political Campaign Poster, 1844-2012”

Hal Elliott Wert The new lithographic printing techniques from Germany produced the first hand-colored campaign prints for the 1844 election. The demand for political prints grew and the 1880s color printing innovations produced a revolution […]

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PS: Political Science and Politics

“Improving Accessibility for Students with Visual Disabilities in the Technology-Rich Classroom”

Michael A. Taylor As higher education has increasingly embraced digital technologies, we have been too slow to acknowledge accessibility issues for students with visual disabilities. One of the earliest promises of information and communication technology […]

PS: Political Science and Politics

“I Won’t Back Down,” or Will I? The Law and Politics Surrounding Presidential Candidates Unauthorized or Unwelcomed Use of Musical Artists and Their Songs

Eric T. Kasper Benjamin S. Schoening Music has long been a part of presidential campaigns, but major party candidates for the U.S. presidency have been increasingly using preexisting popular songs for their campaign music. Campaigns […]