Join/Renew Now! Contribute Contact APSA


2009 Teaching and Learning Conference Baltimore, Maryland

Click here to find out what's happening at the next Teaching and Learning ConferenceThe sixth annual APSA Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science was held in Baltimore, Maryland from February 6-8, 2009.

Through this special annual meeting APSA continues to promote greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies that can be applied in the political science classroom. This conference provides a forum where scholars and educators share effective and innovative teaching and learning models and discuss broad themes and values affecting political science education.

The conference addressed crucial questions in higher education, such as enhancing student engagement via civic education, service learning, and assessing learning outcomes; integrating international models and into teaching and learning methods; and strengthening efforts by learned societies such as APSA to support good teaching.  In addition, the conference reflected APSA's objective of reaching out beyond traditional approaches to higher education, and includes college/university faculty, high school teachers, librarians, publishers, as well as international participants.


2009 Teaching Conference Program Committee

APSA would like to thank the following individuals for their service on the 2009 Teaching and Learning Conference Program Committee: 

  • Marcus Allen, Wheaton College
  • Helen Boutrous, Mount Saint Mary's College
  • Russell Mayer, Merrimack College, Chair
  • Tim Meinke, Lynchburg College
  • Christopher Van Aller, Winthrop University
  • Christine Sierra, University of New Mexico

2009 Teaching Conference Moderators

  • Tim Meinke, Lynchburg College
  • Alison McCartney, Towson University
  • Tyson King Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • Marcus Allen, Wheaton College
  • Christine Sierra, University of New Mexico   
  • Christopher Van Aller, Winthrop University
  • Deborah Ward, Columbia University
  • Chad Raymond, Salve Regina University
  • Helen Boutrous, Mount St Mary’s College
  • Mitchell Brown, Auburn University