This book provides a resource for political science faculty wanting to increase their research productivity and/or teaching effectiveness in a time and resource efficient way. Faculty from various subfields and institution types offer examples of how they align their research and teaching activities to get more bang for their buck. While some contributors discuss projects within the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research tradition, others go beyond this approach and integrate their teaching and research in other ways. As a result, this volume offers diverse, innovative, and practical ways faculty can leverage the teaching/scholarship connection to both improve scholarly productivity and ground political science instruction in pedagogical literature.
Introduction.- Section I: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and
Pedagogical Research.- Chapter 1: Teaching Philosophy and Teaching
Philosophies: Developing a Pedagogical Identity as an Early Career
Instructor.- Chapter 2: Research while Teaching: A Reflection.- Chapter 3:
Amplifying Student Investment in the Political Science Classroom with
Reflective Assignments.- Chapter 4: Engaging Students Lived Experience as a
Research and Pedagogical Tool.- Chapter 5: Collaboration and Independent
Study: Working with Undergraduate Students to Design, Implement, and Assess a
Simulation.- Chapter 6: Learning Human Rights through Games.- Chapter 7: Im
Gonna Make Them an Offer They Cant Refuse: Teaching Politics and Mafia
through a Role Play to Improve Student Learning and Understanding.- Section
II: Writing Textbooks.- Chapter 8: Writing a Textbook is Good for
You.- Chapter 9: Taking Innovative Teaching to the Next Level Writing and
Publishing Instructional Materials and Textbooks.- Section III: Conducting
Research with Students.- Chapter 10: The Many Rewards (and a Few Pitfalls) of
Doing Research with Students.- Chapter 11: A Guide to Balancing Teaching,
Research and Service at a Comprehensive University by Engaging Undergraduates
in Political Science Research.- Chapter 12: How to Hire Student Researchers,
Find Funds to Pay Them and Advance Your Scholarship All While Teaching Way
Too Much.- Chapter 13: Empowering Undergraduate Women Researchers Through
Mentorship and Care.- Chapter 14: Early Challenges and Successes from
Adapting the Laboratory Model to Undergraduate Teaching
Institutions.- Chapter 15: Teamwork makes the (Research) Dream Work: Lessons
in Working with a Student Research Team.- Chapter 15: Teamwork makes the
(Research) Dream Work: Lessons in Working with a Student Research
Team.- Chapter 16: Making Contingency Work: Conducting Student-Engaging
Research Offthe Tenure Track.-Chapter 17: Research-oriented Teaching in
Political Science: Emphasizing Science in the Name of Our
Profession.- Chapter 18: Partnering with Graduate Students on Policy Research
and Practice.- Chapter 19: Graduate Students and Learning the Publishing
Game.- Section IV: Research with Students: Experiential Learning and Civic
Engagement.- Chapter 20: Combining Project-Based Learning and Service
Learning in Teaching Global Issues.- Chapter 21: Unlocking Hidden
Connections: Synergizing Scholarship and Student Engagement.-Chapter 22:
Using Election Exit Polls to Teach Students about Public Opinion Research and
Sustain a Scholarly Agenda.- Chapter 23: Why Iowa? An Experiential Approach
to Teaching Presidential Nominations.-Chapter 24: Enhancing Teaching and
Research Outcomes through Community Engagement.- Chapter 25: Creating the
Ties that Bind: Weaving Undergraduate Research into Your Career
Success.- Chapter 26: Community is Key: How Working Across Interdisciplinary
Divides Can Improve Teaching, Research, and Service.- Section V: Embedding
Research in Teaching and Generating Research Ideas from Teaching.- Chapter
27: Smart Teachers: Identifying Teaching Moments in Research.- Chapter 28:
Remaining Research-Active at Teaching-Intensive Universities.- Chapter 29:
Using Review Sessions to Jump Start Research Projects in Methods
Coursework.- Chapter 30: Doing Political Theory in the Classroom.- Chapter
31: Teaching Food Security to Fed Students: Using Images to Promote
Engagement.-Chapter 32: Knowledge Production and Student Learning in
Political Science: Bhutan and the Politics of Happiness.- Chapter 33: The
Evolution of a Senior Capstone Project.-
34. Conclusion.
Charity Butcher is Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University.
Tavishi Bhasin is a Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University.
Elizabeth Gordon is a Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University.
Maia Hallward is Professor in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University.
