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Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines

2020 Elections

Using COVID-19 and Connecticut’s Primary Elections to Teach Political Science Concepts

May 19, 2020 Comments Off on Using COVID-19 and Connecticut’s Primary Elections to Teach Political Science Concepts

Connecticut’s 2020 primary election is a great example of electoral politics to include in a variety of classroom lessons. For public policy courses, it showcases how focusing events, defined as “an event that is sudden; relatively uncommon; can be reasonably defined as harmful […]

APSA Teaching & Learning Conference

Photo Recap: 2020 Saturday Teaching and Learning Conference Highlights

February 9, 2020 Comments Off on Photo Recap: 2020 Saturday Teaching and Learning Conference Highlights

Photography by: Jason Collin   

APSA Teaching & Learning Conference

Photo Recap: 2020 Friday Teaching and Learning Conference Highlights

February 8, 2020 Comments Off on Photo Recap: 2020 Friday Teaching and Learning Conference Highlights

Photography by: Jason Collin 

Civic Engagement

Civic Reflection as Conversation Model: Building Skills for Discussing Values

December 13, 2019 Comments Off on Civic Reflection as Conversation Model: Building Skills for Discussing Values

Sarah Surak, Associate Research Professor and Co-Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Salisbury University, is a guest contributor for the RAISE the Vote Campaign. The views expressed in the posts […]

Civic Engagement

Practicing Democratic Engagement in the Political Science Classroom

December 12, 2019 Comments Off on Practicing Democratic Engagement in the Political Science Classroom

George Davis, Associate Professor at Marshall University, is a guest contributor for the RAISE the Vote Campaign. The views expressed in the posts and articles featured in the RAISE the Vote campaign are those of […]

Civic Engagement

Rutgers University Gets Out the Vote: Going Big in the Big Ten and Beyond

December 6, 2019 Comments Off on Rutgers University Gets Out the Vote: Going Big in the Big Ten and Beyond

Elizabeth C. Matto, Associate Research Professor at Rutgers University, is a guest contributor for the RAISE the Vote Campaign. The views expressed in the posts and articles featured in the RAISE the Vote campaign are […]

Civic Engagement

December Contributors to RAISE the Vote Discuss Democratic Theory for the Classroom

December 2, 2019 Comments Off on December Contributors to RAISE the Vote Discuss Democratic Theory for the Classroom

How can political scientists use discussions of democratic theory and participation to encourage their students to become more civically engaged? This month’s RAISE the Vote campaign theme, “Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations for Democratic Engagement,” addresses […]

Best Practices in Encouraging Student Registration Voting and Democratic Engagement: Week 3

Giving All College Students What They Need to Become Active Citizens: Tailoring Civic Learning to Students’ Lived Experiences

November 22, 2019 Comments Off on Giving All College Students What They Need to Become Active Citizens: Tailoring Civic Learning to Students’ Lived Experiences

J. Cherie Strachan, Professor of Political Science at Central Michigan University, is a guest contributor for the RAISE the Vote Campaign. The views expressed in the posts and articles featured in the RAISE the Vote […]

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  • Could Slave Raids Have Strengthened States? Evidence from Eastern Europe

    June 3, 2026 0
    In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Deborah Saki, covers the new article by Volha Charnysh [...]
  • Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance

    May 12, 2026 0
    Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance By Philip Luke Johnson, Flinders University Criminal actors are widely assumed to maintain a low profile, exerting power through coercion and clandestine networks. Scholarship addressing [...]
  • Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments

    May 11, 2026 0
    Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments By Alison L. Johnston, Oregon State University and Juliet Johnson, McGill University Do populist governments bend their economic policies to the preferences of bondholders? Populist governments should [...]

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