In the interest of developing a combination of teaching techniques designed to maximize efficiency and quality of instruction, we have experimentally tested three separate and relatively common teaching techniques in three large introductory political science classes at a large urban public university. Our...
Political Science Computational Laboratory Description pscl is an R package providing classes, methods and test data for Bayesian analysis of roll call data and other binary, item-response type data (e.g., from surveys or educational testing). elementary Bayesian statistics maximum likelihood estimat...
Southern Political Science Association Nationalism and Social Classes in British West Africa NATIONALISM AND SOCIAL CLASSES IN BRITISH WEST AFRICA *Kilson, Martin LThe, SourceMay, No
Currently, I am an associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Political Science. Before that, I was a Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. I received a PhD from the University of Rochester in 2015. ...
The history of political philosophy serves as a valuable resource for the current research paradigms in political science. In comparative terms, the paradi
senior director of teaching and learning at the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C. “The skills that are fostered in political science classes are transferable and reflect many of the skills that employers value, such as the ability to analyze an argument, evaluate claims,...
Journal of Political Science EducationFranklin, D., Weinberg, J., & Reifler, J. (2014). Teaching writing and critical thinking in large political science classes. Journal of Political Science Education, 10(2), 155-165.Teaching Writing and Critical Thinking in Large Political Science Classes[J]...
Political Science, a branch of the Social Sciences, has traditionally been defined to be a study of the state and its various institutions. This branch utilises a systematic approach to study the governance by the use of scientific analytical methods. ...
Users should see my Github repositories for my classes on introduction to international relations, quantitative methods in political science, and foundations of social science research for public policy to see how I’ve used these data (or development versions of them). Topics here are diverse, ...
What can you do with a degree in political science? Campaign manager: Working for either a political campaign or a marketing department, campaign managers control the public messaging of a candidate, company or product. They coordinate large-scale public relations efforts, advertisements and media re...