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How a Portrait Project Showed Teachers Through a Whole New Lens

Cult of Pedagogy

Ryan, Director of Photography for The New York Times Magazine , picked up her cell phone one day and started taking “artsy” photos of her office and of the people in it. So recently, I invested in an iPhone photography course because I was interested in learning more about the capabilities of my phone’s camera.

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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

“Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Yet, the social science with perhaps the most to offer budding journalists, anthropology, has often been excluded from the chosen courses.” “The

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With enrollment sliding, liberal arts colleges struggle to make a case for themselves

The Hechinger Report

We’re still suffering from the consequences of the culture war, where the humanities in particular and also the social sciences and now even the sciences are seen as ideologically driven,” Hoeckley said. Related: Ivy League degree: Now what?

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APSA Member Spotlight: Dr. Timothy Lewis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Political Science Now

As a result, my research has been published in the National Political Science Review , the Journal of Homosexuality , and Politics, Groups, and Identities. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the historic Tuskegee University. 254 in my honor on February 17, 2021. Learn more here.

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What’s it like to teach psychology?

Jonathan Firth

For the past few years there have been a small number of funded teacher training posts specifically in Psychology or Social Sciences south of the border, and since 2016, the University of Strathclyde has run Scotland’s first – and so far, only – PGDE in Secondary Psychology. Psychology – background reading list.

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Member Spotlight: Dr. Elizabeth I. Dorssom, Lincoln University of Missouri

Political Science Now

My research on the impact of legislative resources on policy adoption is published in Social Science Quarterly, 3 Streams Blog , and featured on The Academic Minute. The APSA Member Spotlight program features one member each quarter in the APSA Member Magazine, Political Science Today. Learn more here.

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Member Spotlight: Dr. Matthew Stein, College of Southern Nevada

Political Science Now

Meet Dr. Matthew Stein APSA Member since 2018-Present Instructor in the Department of Social Sciences College of Southern Nevada How did you learn about APSA? The (amazing) chair of the political science department, Robin Kolodny, ensured that doctoral students and candidates had APSA memberships. Learn more here.