Political Science

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthor: Professor Clare Brock If you watched the democratic debates, you might have heard Amy Klobuchar bring up gerrymandering. This is a common subject to tackle in Introductory U.S. Government classes,...

Author: Professor Sherri Singer We began a unique honors experiment in back in the Fall of 2017. Twenty students were admitted and given an in depth experience including: lunches with the college...

Author: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University It has been one hundred years since (white) women were granted the right to vote, and many universities and organizations, such as Women League of Voters,...

Author: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University The question I used to dread second to “is this going to be on the test?” used to be “do you make a study guide?” Students...

Author: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University This past spring, I opened my Introduction to American Politics asking my students to come to the first day having read the syllabus and Dr. Seth...

Author: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University In an introductory American Politics class, it can often be difficult to try to fit in local politics, and often times, most textbooks and classes are...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAuthor: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University Politico  asked some of the top historians to write a paragraph from the future, describing the contemporary moment in time. In their descriptions of the past...

Author: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University As we approach the end of the fall and start thinking about our Spring classes, I’m thinking about my two sections of Introduction to American Politics...