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2020 Elections

Understanding Contemporary African American Political Engagement through Anger and Empowerment

August 26, 2020 Comments Off on Understanding Contemporary African American Political Engagement through Anger and Empowerment

By Christopher Towler As the 2020 presidential election approaches, African American voters will play a decisive role in determining the election for president and state representatives. The power of Black voters was on full display […]

Civic Education

Engagement through Experience: Student-Led Voter Registration Efforts

August 18, 2020 Comments Off on Engagement through Experience: Student-Led Voter Registration Efforts

By Chelsea Kaufman Campuses across the United States are engaging in efforts to promote student voter registration as the 2020 election approaches. In my own efforts to promote civic engagement on my campus, I want […]

2020 Elections

Sharing Student Research on Voting Rights on Social Media

August 4, 2020 Comments Off on Sharing Student Research on Voting Rights on Social Media

By Sara Chatfield This past year, I taught a senior capstone seminar focused on voting rights in the United States. Students selected a contemporary voting rights issue to research. Their topics included felon disenfranchisement, pre-registration […]

2020 Elections

You Too Can Do the Top Two: Primary Elections in Washington State

July 30, 2020 Comments Off on You Too Can Do the Top Two: Primary Elections in Washington State

By T.M. Sell Washington state voters will whittle down a busload of candidates for statewide and legislative elections beginning this month, and this process will look different from many other states due to Washington’s top-two […]

Civic Engagement

Unfair Treatment by the Police May Matter Even More Than We Thought When It Comes to African Americans and the Legal System: Lessons from ‘Black and Blue’

July 28, 2020 Comments Off on Unfair Treatment by the Police May Matter Even More Than We Thought When It Comes to African Americans and the Legal System: Lessons from ‘Black and Blue’

In 2018, we published Black and Blue: How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System (Oxford University Press). Based on a nationally representative survey of African Americans, this book presents one of the most comprehensive […]

Civic Education

Teaching the Power of Local Political Participation

July 15, 2020 Comments Off on Teaching the Power of Local Political Participation

By Melissa Michelson My Menlo College students are generally concerned with current events and politics at the federal level—including Supreme Court decisions and actions taken by Congress or the President—and it can be challenging to […]

2018 Elections

Racial Liberalism: Connecting Protest and Electoral Politics Today

July 9, 2020 Comments Off on Racial Liberalism: Connecting Protest and Electoral Politics Today

The year is 2020, not 1968. There has been extensive commentary about the protests over the recent murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police suggesting parallels to the black insurgency of the late 1960s, including […]

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  • Call for Submissions: Undergraduate Poll Worker Essay Contest

    November 9, 2020 0
    Undergraduate Poll Worker Essay Contest The American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Electoral Assistance Task Force invites students who served as election workers in polling places to submit brief essays reflecting on the experience.  In preparing [...]
  • APSA Educate Call for Materials: “Teaching the 2020 U.S. Election”

    November 5, 2020 0
    The 2020 U.S. election presents unique challenges and opportunities for political science students and educators. In response, the American Political Science Association is seeking teaching resources focused on the 2020 U.S. election, the presidential transition, and the incoming Biden-Harris administration to be featured on Educate – APSA’s new [...]
  • What You Should Know about Election and Voter Fraud

    November 2, 2020 0
    What You Should Know about Election and Voter Fraud The purpose of the APSA Election Assistance Task Force is to foster broader knowledge and understanding of non-partisan election assistance, including resources on non-partisan voter mobilization organizations, [...]

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