Political Science Now

MARCH 19, 2025

Samantha’s dissertation focuses on the impacts of urban immigrant inclusion policies on the participation and civic engagement of immigrant and minoritized communities. Welcoming policies and city-level advocacy like this are the focus of my current research agenda. Other current projects also stem from my work at BakerRipley.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

But just before the pandemic, she says she was approached by FreedomWorks, an advocacy group funded by the Koch brothers, big political donors, and associated with the “tea party” movement in favor of libertarian ideas. McCoy says he prizes them primarily for instilling moral and civic virtues in students.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 22, 2025

Her academic interests include American Government institutions and voting behavior, State and Local Government, Women and Politics as well as issues around citizenship, civic education, and political science education and pedagogy. She was granted tenure in 2010 and promoted to Senior II Tenured Faculty in 2018.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Engaging Citizenship introduces foundational concepts in political science through the lens of citizenship, democracy, and civic engagement, highlighting the relevance of the discipline to students’ lives and encouraging them to become engaged and empowered citizens. McHugh, Merrimack College (Discussant) Richard M.

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Political Science Civics Civic Engagement K-12 54

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But community organizers, civic activists, and social movements—as well as corporate and political elites—have long understood the importance of meetings. Survivors of solitary confinement experience severe mental health challenges that affect them for the rest of their lives; many do not survive. prisons and jails.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In recent years, a number of states have passed civics testing mandates to pressure students to become more civically active. And how useful is civic education for those who chose to get involved? One idea that’s taken root is forcing students to take a civics test as a requirement for high school graduation.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Saturday 2nd September 2023 New York, NY Credit : Amir Hamja/ The New York Times Credit: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Even as Columbia has swallowed up more land, it has taken fewer students from New York City. Civic project’ or ‘land grab’? A lawsuit briefly halted the Bollinger plan because judges agreed it was not a “civic project.”

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