Professional Development
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MPSA Professional Development Roundtable Preview
In advance of this…
MPSA’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2018
As the calendar year begins to wind down, we take a look back at our most-read articles from…
Call for #MPSA19 Conference Bloggers
Photo by Maarten van den Heuvel on Unsplash
MPSA seeks bloggers to cover the most popular panels and events at the…
MPSA Roundtable: The Path to Full
This MPSA roundtable session on “MPSA Roundtable: The Path to Full”, hosted by the…
Back End Skills
By Chad Raymond of Salve Regina University and Active Learning in Political Science Most ALPS posts deal with the front end of teaching — the stuff that eventually turns into the student experience. Today I’m going to talk about the back end of the job: skills that are beneficial for one’s career…
Diffusion by Any Means Necessary
By Harold “Harry” Young of Austin Peay State University
Members of the "GRAD SCHOOL: What to Expect at a…
Reflections on the #MPSA18 Mentoring Reception
On the second day of the 76th Annual Conference, MPSA held a mentoring reception for which graduate students, PhD recipients in non-academic positions, junior, mid-career, and contingent faculty could select volunteer mentors for small group mentoring to discuss their current research and…
Finger on the Pulse: Alive and Kicking at MPSA 2018
By Harold "Harry" Young of Austin Peay State University
At this year’s MPSA conference, I was…
The Public Expert: How Academics Can Break the Ivory Tower Stereotype #MPSA18
By Alex Ellison In the professional development track at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago, IL, there were a couple of sessions on using social media in academia and sharing research in more easy-to-digest ways with the general public. In higher education, there is…
Do Academics Stink at Work/Life Balance?
And is this scaring away students? By Alex Ellison At the 2018 Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago, IL, I attended the session, Trying to Balance Work and Life with Joel Raveloharimisy from Andrews University, William Raymond from Benedictine College, Marjorie Hershey…