The Politics Classroom

In the Classroom: Professor Amy Erica Smith ( Political Science, Iowa State University ), Ames Community School District Topics: Making the world a better place, being a political science professor who runs for office, the importance of an amazing graduate student mentor Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Photo: Courtesy of Amy Erica Smith For further reading, check out The Bookshelf at The Polit...

In the Classroom: Prof. Anton Treuer, Professor of Ojibwe, Bemidji State University  Topics: Native American rights under US law, tribal membership, doctrine of discovery  Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age  Transition Music: Glass Office by AEROPLANES  Photo: Courtesy of Anton Treuer For further readings on topics discussed in this episode, check out The Boo...

Moderated interview with Dr. Fiona Hill (Brookings) about populism and the role universities can play to turn back the danger. First meeting of The Roundtable , sponsored by Provost Javier Reyes (UIC) Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Intro & Outro Music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age For further readings on topics covered, check out The Bookshelf on The Politics Classroom website

Summary: Clips about organizing, resistance, intersectionality, and more not featured on previous podcast episodes * Professor Susan Ortiz (Sociology, Warren Wilson College) * Professor Lynn Hudson (History, UIC) * Professor Andrew Flores (Government, American University) * Daniel Williams (Political Science, UIC) * Professor Jay Phelan (Biology, UCLA) Intro & Outro Music: "Three Goddesses" by...

In the Classroom: Prof. Evan McKenzie, Political Science , UIC Topics: Roe v. Wade, Constitutional right to privacy, stare decisis, reactionaries on the Supreme Court, upcoming abortion cases Photo by Bill Mason on Unsplash Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Triss by Cody Martin

In the Classroom: Prof. Jay Phelan ( UCLA Life Sciences Core Program ) Topics: Secret Syllabus, tips for college success, professorial pet peeves Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Faker by Ian Kelosky For further reading, check out The Bookshelf on the podcast's website

In the Classroom: Prof. Lynn Hudson , History and Black Studies at UIC Topics include the Second Clan, segregation, multiracial resistance, Mary Ellen Pleasant, White supremacy Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: California Valley by PALA Photo: Cover of Prof. Hudson's newest book, West of Jim Crow from the University of Illinois Press . For further reading, che...

In the Classroom: Daniel Williams, graduate student in Political Science at UIC Topics include: HBCUs; importance of community colleges; LGBTQ History Month; Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Defense of Marriage Act; more Supreme Court Cases Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Beer Me Polka by Liberty Photo by Amy Humphries on Unsplash

In the Classroom: Andrew Flores, Dept. of Government, American University Professor Flores and I talk about the terminology around LGBTQ identities, a brief history of LGBTQ activism, and some Supreme Court cases dealing with rights for members of the LGBT community. Photo: Selfie by A. Flores Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Juhu Beach Nights by Cast of Char...

In the Classroom: Prof. Susan Y. Ortiz, Sociologist at Warren Wilson College Topics: Constructing race, Critical Race Theory, Race embedded in US laws Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition music: Ilusiones by Azteca X

Short bits of my conversation with University of Arkansas at Little Rock Political Science Professor Christopher Williams that were cut from the official episode, including the difference between Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy. Enjoy! Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Rookie of the Year by Bobo Renthlei

Guest: University of Arkansas at Little Rock Political Science Professor Christopher Williams Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition Music: Rookie of the Year by Bobo Renthlei

My conversation with Northwestern PhD Candidate Justin Zimmerman couldn't fit into our regular Classroom schedule, so the conversation continued in Office Hours, a bonus episode of The Politics Classroom. Topics: Political Science job market; "decolonizing" syllabus Photo: Patrick Perkins from Unsplash Intro & Outro music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition music: That One Time by Midnigh...

In the Classroom: Justin Zimmerman (Northwestern University)  Topics: Race and ethnic politics (REP), (lack of) diversity in political science; situational trust Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age Transition music: That One Time by Midnight Daydream For further reading, check out The Bookshelf at thepoliticsclassroom.org

In the Classroom: Professor Chris Mooney (UIC Political Science)

In the Classroom is Prof. Paul Staniland, a political scientist from the University of Chicago, whose research focuses on South Asia. Professors Floros and Staniland discuss Afghanistan, before and after the US intervention there.

In which Professor Floros gets real about her journey to become a professor and how much of the road still stretches ahead.

This week's guest: Professor EJ Fagan

Teaser for The Politics Classroom from UIC Radio.

This week's guest: Alexandra Filindra (UIC Political Science) Photo credit: By Lutz Mischa Heitmüller - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1518461 Royalty Free/Public Domain Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * The Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869 - Prelude No. 23 in B major, BWV 868(Johann Sebastian Bach)...

This week's guests: Marisol Mastrangelo (UIC staff), Lesly Bahena (UIC student), Cheyenne Henry (UIC student) Photo by Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash Royalty Free/Public Domain Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * Douze Danses Allemandes - 7 Do majeur (Ludwig van Beethoven) * Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - 7. Badinerie (Johann Sebastian Bach...

This week's guest: Sam Witt, UIC Communications Photo by Debashis Biswas on Unsplash Royalty Free Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 20 'Funeral march' (Frédéric Chopin) * Greensleeves to a Ground * Hungarian Dance no. 7 - Allegretto in F major (Johannes Brahms) * Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - 05 - Variatio 4 a 1 Clav. (Joha...

This week's guests: Semih Patan & Keith Simonds, UIC Political Science Photo by Randy Colas on Unsplash Royalty Free Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) * Album for the Young, Op. 68 (Robert Schumann) * Carnival of the Animals - III. Swift Animals (Camille Saint-Saëns)

Photo by Ju Desi on Unsplash Royalty Free Music from Musopen: * Carnival of the Animals - Introduction (Camille Saint-Saëns) * Sung Oribe - Courante from Cello suite no. 1 (Johann Sebastian Bach) * Sabre Dance (Aram Khachaturian) * Carnival of the Animals - III. Swift Animals (Camille Saint-Saëns)

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