We Can Do Hard Things: Challenges and Opportunities in PSCI Education

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

Macias and Maio focus on the poor conceptualization of master’s degree programs in political science, arguing the APSA recommendations on graduate education overly focus on the attainment of a Ph.D. to the exclusion of other outcomes. Rios Millett McCartney, Meyer, and Cameron conduct a longitudinal analysis of civic engagement of alumni after having engaged with their university’s civic engagement courses to assess the temporal impact of such courses. Stein examines whether the discipline has made any progress on preparing doctoral candidates to teach in future faculty positions. Seixas Dias explores the challenges and opportunities in teaching undergraduate students in the Brazilian context, particularly given the recent challenges to liberal government in that country.

Sub Unit

• Division 10: Political Science Education

Individual Presentations

• Best Practices and the Need for Research on MA Programs in Political Science - Alexandra Macias, California State University, Northridge; Jennifer L. De Maio, California State University, Northridge

• Longitudinal Analysis of Civic Engagement Education - Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Towson University; Michele Calderon, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Madeleine Meyer, Towson University; Connor Cameron, Towson University; Alexia Fitz, Towson University

• Pedagogical Deficiencies in Political Science Doctoral Programs - Matthew Stein, College of Southern Nevada

• Teaching Politics to Fresh Undergrads against the Rise of Illiberalism in Brazil - Frederico Seixas Dias, Faculdade Ibmec de Brasília

Chair

• Peter R. Yacobucci Buffalo State University

Discussant

• Peter R. Yacobucci Buffalo State University