Professional Development
MPSA Career Roundtable on What to Do/Not Do at a Job Talk (audio)
Listen in as Elizabeth A. Bennion of…
This Is the Best Time Ever to Study Political Science
This post originally appeared on Tom Pepinsky’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Here are ten questions that might be interesting to Americans these days. Is the Trump administration’s immigration executive order constitutional? Is the United States a democracy? How do we know? How does…
Making Sure the Light at the end of the Tunnel is not a Train: Securing a Faculty Position
After more than six years as a graduate student, and having survived the rigors of academic life including assignment deadlines, student teaching, qualifying exams, proposal defense and drafting my dissertation, the end was in sight. What followed in quick succession was the realization that I…
Trendspotting Through the Gradventurist’s Lens
Now that it has been two weeks since MPSA 2016 ended, there are a few trends I observed during the conference that I feel need revisiting especially from a graduate student perspective. The conference weekend was hectic for everyone and there was a lot going on simultaneously, so it is useful to…
Political Science: The Final Frontier
Can science fiction teach us about political institutions? A group of political scientists says yes. James Endersby of the University of Missouri-Columbia is spearheading a project with several of his former students, now colleagues, to show how science fiction illustrates the importance of…
Your To Do List: One Week until MPSA 2016
We are one week away from the MPSA 2016 conference and a lot of us are still scrambling to get everything in order. Those…
Studying for Comps? Here are Three Approaches to Try Based on Learning Style
An example of the author’s mind mapping technique (click to expand).
There comes a time in every…
Three Methods to Ready Your Research for Public Absorption
Recently one of the biggest discussions within the field of political science has been on how to…
Q&A with the Founder of Women Also Know Stuff
Samara Klar is an Assistant Professor at the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona and is the…
Presenting At Conferences – A Grad Student’s Guide
Presenting at a conference is a daunting task for any academic. Be it a big name academic who has spent a career presenting at 