scholarly journals Briefs

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 426-427
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Summer Institute ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Program Goal ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Program Funding

The 2013 APSA RBSI Program has received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue the RBSI for 2013. Additional program funding is provided by Duke University and APSA. Each summer, the Institute gives 20 students a look at the world of graduate study with a program of two transferable credit courses, one in quantitative analysis and one in race and American politics, to introduce the intellectual demands of graduate school and political science research methods. For a final project for both courses, students prepare original, empirical research papers, and top students are given the opportunity to present their research at APSA's Annual Meeting. Named in honor of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner and former APSA President, Ralph J. Bunche, the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) program goal is to encourage students to pursue academic careers in political science. Students were notified of their acceptance into this year's program in mid-March. For more information about the program, visitwww.apsanet.org/rbsi.

scholarly journals The “Math Prefresher” and the Collective Future of Political Science Graduate Training

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-541
Author(s):  
Gary King ◽  
Shiro Kuriwaki ◽  
Yon Soo Park
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Teaching Content ◽  
Technical Content ◽  
Diverse Discipline ◽  
Incoming Students ◽  
Phd Programs

ABSTRACTThe political science math prefresher arose a quarter-century ago and has now spread to many of our discipline’s PhD programs. Incoming students arrive for graduate school a few weeks early for ungraded instruction in math, statistics, and computer science as they relate to political science. The prefresher’s benefits, however, go beyond its technical content: it opens pathways to mastering methods necessary for political science research, facilitates connections among peers, and—perhaps most important—eases the transition to the increasingly collaborative nature of graduate work. The prefresher also shows how faculty across a highly diverse discipline have worked together to train the next generation. We review this program and advance its collaborative aspects by building infrastructure to share teaching content across universities so that separate programs can build on one another’s work and improve all of our programs.

scholarly journals Continuing Council Officers and Members

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (03) ◽  
pp. 687-689
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Department Chair ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
University Professor ◽  
Duke University ◽  
Founding Director ◽  
Distinguished Scholar ◽  
The University ◽  
Scholar Award

John H. Aldrich is the Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He received his BA from Allegheny College (1969; Gold Citation, 2009) and his MA (1971) and PhD (1975) from the University of Rochester (Distinguished Scholar Award, 2013), in political science. At Duke he has been department chair and was the founding director and then co-director (with Professor Wendy Wood) of Duke's Social Science Research Institute. At Duke, he also received the inaugural Graduate Mentoring Award.

scholarly journals Teaching Computational Social Science for All

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Yeon Kim ◽  
Yee Man Margaret Ng
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
Learning Programming

Computational methods have become an integral part of political science research. However, helping students to acquire these new skills is challenging because programming proficiency is necessary, and most political science students have little coding experience. This article presents pedagogical strategies to make transitioning from Excel to R or Python for data analytics less painful and more exciting. First, it discusses two approaches for making computational methods accessible: showing the big picture and breaking down the workflow. Next, a step-by-step guide for a typical course is provided through three examples: learning programming fundamentals, wrangling messy data, and communicating data analysis.

Wargaming for Political Science Research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Lin-Greenberg ◽  
Reid Pauly ◽  
Jacquelyn Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Science Research

Status of Women Contribution in Political Research World: A Case Study of the Journal Political Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumeer Gul ◽  
Sangita Gupta ◽  
Sumaira Jan ◽  
Sabha Ali
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Political Research ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Status Of Women

The study endeavors to highlight the contribution of women in the field of Political research globally. The study is based on the data gathered from journal, Political Analysis which comprises a list of articles published by authors for the period, 2004-2014. The proportion of the male and female authors listed in the publication was ascertained. There exists a colossal difference among male and female researchers in the field of Political Science research, which is evident from the fact that 88.30% of publications are being contributed by male authors while as just 11.70 % of publications are contributed by female authors. Furthermore, citation analysis reveals that highest number of citations is for the male contributions. In addition, the collaborative pattern indicates that largest share of the collaboration is between male-male authors. This evidently signifies that female researchers are still lagging behind in the field of Political Science research in terms of research productivity (publications)and thus, accordingly, need to excel in that particular field to overcome the gender difference. The study highlights status of women contribution in the Journal of Political Analysis from the period 2004-2014. The study provides a wider perspective of female research-contribution based on select parameters. However, the study can be further be enriched by taking into consideration various other criteria like what obstacles are faced by female researchers impeding their research, what are the effects of age and marital status on the research-productivity of female authors, etc.

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