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An Analysis Of The Impact Of Strict Photo Id Laws On Election Turnout: Do They Discriminate Against Minority Voters?, Josh Gromowsky

Honors Theses

Over the last 20 years, states across the nation have passed photo ID laws requiring potential voters to provide a form of identification before they can cast their ballots. These laws have generated great controversy, with opponents of the laws accusing them of being racially discriminatory. Studies attempting to analyze their effects on turnout have resulted in differing results due to different methodologies, and no consensus has been reached in the academic literature regarding this topic. Recognizing that laws do not exist in isolation and that people can react to their implementation in different ways, this paper examines the effects …

Nebraska Politics And The Environment: Framing Political Communication In The State Of Nebraska In Comparison To National Level Discourse, Samuel Taylor

Honors Theses

Environmental public policy has seen little change on the national level in recent decades due to Congressional gridlock. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have entrenched their opposing viewpoints, and their communication on the topic utilizes issue frames to help sway the public to see their side. On the Republican side, these issue frames take the form of the “scientific uncertainty” and “economic consequences” frames. This study, based on issue framing, surveys the communication of Nebraska’s Republican State Senators to determine if they utilize the same issue frames or if they diverge from their national counterparts. By analyzing recent …

Who Fears Strangers And Spiders: Political Ideology And Feeling Threatened, Thomas Lukaszewicz

Honors Theses

In this study, I evaluated the correlations between threat sensitivities and political ideology. Two hypotheses were tested. First, I hypothesized that conservatives would have higher social threat sensitivity than liberals, with social threat defined as a threat dependent on outgroup or social actions (Barclay & Benard, 2020). Second, I hypothesized that conservatives would have higher disgust sensitivity than liberals. To test these and related hypotheses I used a 2018 Qualtrics national demographically representative sample that included 1031 participants. To operationalize threat sensitivity, I used items asking participants to rate how threatened they felt by various fears. These individual items were …

The Impact Of Faculty-In-Residence Programs: A Difference-In-Differences And Cross-Sectional Approach, Leonard Lira, Christine Ma-Kellams, Kyle Hambrook, Ravneet Tiwana, Lina Anastasovitou, Luis Arabit, Jennifer Johnston, Theodore Tsau

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Purpose: Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) programs are implemented based on research that shows positive effects on student success when students interact with faculty outside of the classroom. However, most research is limited by cross-sectional studies of only students and does not look at the Faculty-in-Residence programs from a holistic perspective that investigates the impact on faculty. This study focuses on the impact, not only on students over time but additionally on the perceived impact on faculty who participate in Faculty-in-Residence programs.

Methods: We examined the effect of FIR programs at a large, public California university on both student success (i.e., …

Creditable Civic Engagement? Aligning Work On Civic Activity With Faculty Incentives, Kenneth W. Moffett, Laurie L. Rice

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Political scientists frequently study and engage in civic engagement work and the institutions that employ them state that they value these endeavors. Yet, there is a disconnect between valuing and doing this work relative to aligning it with faculty incentives. We discuss our experiences with civic engagement work and how we made it fit into how we are evaluated. We use our experience to motivate recommendations to fellow faculty, institutions, and administrators with respect to how they can do and encourage this work going forward.

The Integral Of Education Technology In The Society, Prof. Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

Abstract

Are there ways people can better utilize technology to suit their needs in the society of ours? It has been inferred that without technology, our lives would be miserable. The societal factors of using technology are an important area of the technical education system in the world. Are we really learning and using technologies to our advantage? Does technology provide the necessary ingredients or proper ways for the education of all in the society? A look into what constitutes the means and how technology education can be improved and be implemented is explored and emphasized in this work. The …

Self-Determination In American Discourse: The Supreme Court’S Historical Indoctrination Of Free Speech And Expression, Jarred Williams

Honors Theses

Within the American criminal legal system, it is a well-established practice to presume the innocence of those charged with criminal offenses unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Such a judicial framework-like approach, called a legal maxim, is utilized in order to ensure that the law is applied and interpreted in ways that legislative bodies originally intended.

The central aim of this piece in relation to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is to investigate whether the Supreme Court of the United States has utilized a specific legal maxim within cases that dispute government speech or expression regulation. …

Self-Determination In American Discourse: The Supreme Court’S Historical Indoctrination Of Free Speech And Expression, Jarred Williams

Honors Theses

Within the American criminal legal system, it is a well-established practice to presume the innocence of those charged with criminal offenses unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Such a judicial framework-like approach, called a legal maxim, is utilized in order to ensure that the law is applied and interpreted in ways that legislative bodies originally intended.

The central aim of this piece in relation to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is to investigate whether the Supreme Court of the United States has utilized a specific legal maxim within cases that dispute government speech or expression regulation. …

University Honors Program News, Georgia Southern University

Honors College News (2011-2020)

• Political Science Students on the Conference Trail

Interview Of Fred J. Foley, Jr., Ph.D., Fred J. Foley Ph.D., Jeanmarie Turner

All Oral Histories

Dr. Fred Foley, Jr. was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in December of 1946. His parents were Fred Joseph Foley and Doris Nelson Foley. He moved to the Philadelphia area with his family when he was four years old. He is married, has three children and four grandchildren. He lived in Delaware County growing up. Dr. Foley attended St. Andrew's Grade School and Monsignor Bonner High School for Boys. He attended St. Joseph’s College as an undergrad majoring in Politics. He graduated with a B.A. in Politics in 1968. He attended Princeton University for his Master’s and Ph.D. programs. He graduated …

Click To Save And Return To Course: Online Education, Adjunctification, And The Disciplining Of Academic Labour, Robert Ovetz

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

There has been little analysis of how neoliberal adjunctification and online education (OLE) are shaping a new academic division of labour in US colleges and universities. OLE rationalises academic labour by separating it from the delivery of educational content while transforming learning into the self-disciplined completion of sequential tasks (e.g. ‘competency-based learning’) under the panoptic surveillance of online course management systems (CMS). OLE is subtly shifting the very hidden curriculum of higher education to meet the needs of global capital for a more effectively disciplined labour force that can work contingently and remotely with little or no overt coercion. This …

Greg Shaw, March 8, 2017, Charlie Schlenker

Interviews for WGLT

Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of Political Science Greg Shaw speaks with Charlie Schlenker, WGLT Radio, about the attempt to repeal American Health Care Act established by President Obama’s administration. Professor Shaw’s book, "The Dysfunctional Politics of the ACA", will be released by Praeger Publishing in May 2017.

Political Science Students Gathers Exit Poll Research On Election Day, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Political science students from Dominican University of California spent election day participating in a research project focused on determining how informed voters felt before they voted, what issues resonated with voters, where they got their information, and what motivated them to vote.

Political Science Club Stages Voter Engagement Week On Campus, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The Dominican Political Science Association (DPSA) organized Voter Engagement Week, featuring a series of informative events on campus from September 26-29.

Educating Global Citizens: Moroccan University Students’ Global Awareness And Perceptions, Julia Ohanyan

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Globalization has affected the world in many ways: socially, economically, and culturally. It has also affected the education system as well as the daily life of individuals across the world, including the Kingdom of Morocco in North Africa. This paper will explore the success of a globally focused education in the Moroccan context, as well as, analyze the affect that globalization has had among the Moroccan youth, specifically university students. Additionally, how aware are the students of the current events that are unfolding in our global community. How has globalization affected their preferences and their perceptions towards global issues and …

Political Path Leads Alumna To S.F. City Hall Fellowship, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Kelsea Vaughan ’15 came to Dominican seeking a career that would allow her to empower others with the tools to live a better life. She enrolled as an English major with the goal of eventually becoming a teacher. Then, she did what a lot of students do. She explored her options, discovered new interests, set her sights on new goals, and happily found herself on a new, unexpected path that has led her to San Francisco’s City Hall.

Political Science Chair Presents Data On Latino Vote, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Alison Howard, chair of Political Science and International Studies, presented data on Latino voter participation and registration -- nationally and in California – September 15 at an event presented by Voces de Marin.

Political Science Major Thrives On Learning Different Cultures, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Tegist Worku ’17 wants to be a diplomat and she is on the right course.

Mentorship Experience Helps Lead Alumnae To Georgetown, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

When Adrienne Formentos ’10 graduated Cum Laude and Pi Sigma Alpha as a double major in Political Science and English, her working relationship with academic adviser Gigi Gokcek did not end.

Double Major Does Double Time In Dominican Journey, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Meghan Nelson was driving with a friend from her home in Seattle to San Diego on a much-anticipated 10- day college-hunting expedition four years ago when she stopped for lunch in Marin County and met a local couple who suggested she visit Dominican. It was the best advice she could have received.

Poli Sci Alums, Students Headed To Graduate, Law School, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Students and alumni from the Department of Political Science and International Studies are heading to Stanford, Georgetown, New York University, the University of Edinburgh, Willamette University to attend either graduate or law school this fall.

Chronicle Taps Poli Scientist For Clinton Commentary, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The San Francisco Chronicle reached out to Alison Howard, chair of the Department of Political Science and International Studies, for insight on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s recent appearance before a Silicon Valley women’s conference.

Cbs, Washington Post Cite Research By Political Scientist, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Dominican University of California political scientist Alison Howard and colleague Donna Hoffman, an associate professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa, have released new data examining how many of the legislative requests President Obama made in his 2014 State of Union Address were adopted by Congress.

"Grateful" Veteran Making A Difference At Dominican, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Garcia was looking for help in 2010 when he was inspired by a PBS television documentary about wounded military veterans. He wanted to make more of his post-military life. He decided to attend City College in San Francisco and study psychology

Dominican Panetta Institute Congressional Interns Reunite, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

The Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program has had a profound impact on Dominican students who have participated in it. Sydney Lewis, who currently works as a staff assistant in U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Sacramento office, and Daniela Leyva, who is in the casework office in Senator Boxer's Oakland office, credit their experience in the program for laying the groundwork for their new roles.

Panetta Institute Intern Fulfills Dominican Dream In D.C., Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Leyva worked last semester in the office of Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui, monitoring and updating the U.S. Representative’s social media outlets and website with her press secretary, handling faxes and telephone calls from her constituents from the Sixth Congressional District in Sacramento and helping create a video montage for her with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives. Leyva also helped draft an op-ed editorial for Congresswoman Matsui, wrote letters to her constituents, researched legislation, sifted through newspaper articles from across the country, and, when she had time, led tours on Capitol Hill.

Political Scientist Examines National Identity Through Art, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

One of the biggest challenges following the adoption of the Constitution was establishing credibility and legitimacy of the newly-created republic, Howard notes. Citizens at the time were often more likely to think of themselves as citizens of a state, rather than citizens of the United States.

Building A Better Orono Together: Cultivating Organic Community Connection With University And Orono Stakeholders Report Summary, Benjamin Algeo, Shannon Brenner, Alexandria Jesiolowski, Joshua Morse, Victoria Schuyler, Braden Sinclair

General University of Maine Publications

This project was undertaken as a collaboration between students in Professor Robert Glover's 2012-2013 "Engaged Policy Studies" course, Orono Town Planner Evan Richert, and Orono Town Manager Sophie Wilson. The objective was to examine the university and community perceptions of Orono as a "college town" with focus on the Orono downtown area.

Building A Better Orono Together: Cultivating Organic Community Connection With University And Orono Stakeholders Final Report, Benjamin Algeo, Shannon Brenner, Alexandria Jesiolowski, Joshua Morse, Victoria Schuyler, Braden Sinclair

General University of Maine Publications

Final report for POS 364-365 "Practicum in Engaged Policy Studies I and II" with Professor Robert Glover, University of Maine.

Interview Of Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., John A. Prendergast

All Oral Histories

Dr. Michael Richard Dillon (1942-2020) was a Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb just outside of Chicago, where he spent many years before opting to attend the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate and, later, his graduate and doctoral degrees. Dr. Dillon first came to La Salle in 1968, where he spent 17 years as a member of the Political Science Department under the Chair at the time, Robert Courtney. After obtaining a J.D. from Temple University, Dr. Dillon left La Salle in …