Civic Education & Engagement
2027 APSA Teaching & Learning Conference
Portland, Oregon, February 5-7, 2027
Deadline: October 7, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT
This track considers the foundations of civic engagement and democratic values. What counts as civic engagement? What can political scientists do in the classroom to address issues such as civic trust, tolerance, and voting? How to teach and prepare students to engage in politics to meet the challenges our society and world are facing? Topics discussed in this track may include critically examining the relationship between civic knowledge and civic engagement, the origins and status of democratic values, assessing civic learning outcomes, encouraging civic engagement in courses, designing courses to incorporate civic engagement, assessing the long-term impacts of civic engagement education, and comparing methods of civic engagement in the classroom.
- Submit your proposal for the 18th APSA Teaching & Learning Conference.
- All TLC 2027 proposals must be submitted by October 7, 2026, 11:59 PM PDT.
- Explore all TLC 2027 tracks or view submission instructions.
About the APSA Teaching & Learning Conference
Join political science teacher-scholars and students for the 2027 APSA Teaching & Learning Conference, held in Portland, Oregon, February 5-7, 2027. The conference theme is “Building Bridges: Dialogue and Discovery in Political Science.” Partisan polarization is at all time highs, and the value of higher education, the liberal arts, and social science knowledge is under scrutiny, Political Science is in a unique position to address both threats by building bridges across differences. The TLC is a unique conference that provides a highly interactive forum for scholars to share research and innovative tools for political science education. The conference focuses on promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning, equipping faculty with new techniques and resources for teaching, and enhancing the role of teaching in the discipline of political science.
All attendees will be asked to select a track when registering and will expected to attend each session in the selected track. Workshop and roundtable attendance is not determined by track, and these sessions are open to any conference attendee.
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