Steven Jones

Georgia Gwinnett College | GGC · School of Liberal Arts

This is an e-textbook designed to supplement Introduction to American Government/Politics courses. Each chapter contains active learning activities which can be assigned in- or out-of- class; sample quiz questions; and links to additional resources. Faculty Review Copies available at https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/american-government-supplement...

The work of philosophers and social theorists has been cited frequently in the service-learning literature. A variety of service-learning scholars have referred to the importance of John Dewey’s political and educational philosophies. Likewise, other scholars have referred to the importance of social theorists such as Jane Addams and others. Howeve...

In 2009, interested faculty and staff members at Georgia College & State University (GCSU) initiated an effort to promote mentored undergraduate research (UR) and creative endeavors on campus. As the planning group expanded and more faculty and students became involved in mentored UR, the goal of the group evolved into getting the university admini...

Over two years, supported by MURACE planning and implementation grants, both the Theatre and Environmental Science programs have restructured their curricula so that all students experience undergraduate research. These two very different disciplines are highlighted as case studies herein to demonstrate how GC departments/programs successfully buil...

In this essay, I describe a Human Rights course in which I focused on refugee rights through a service-learning project with a refugee resettlement agency. I will summarize my own approach to “radical teaching,” my objectives for the course, the course itself, and the impact of the course on the students. Ideally, I would describe the impact on the...

In the spring of 2015, a census of 318 faculty (tenure and non-tenure track) of a small liberal arts university in the Southeastern United States received an online survey consisting of 17 questions directly related to constraints on faculty engagement in mentoring undergraduate research (UR). From the census 87 usable surveys were received. The pu...

My contribution to this volume differs from the others. Rather than focusing on individual experiences as an educator or researcher in Central America (where I have neither taught nor conducted research), I provide another context for understanding service in Central America—the growth of international service-learning programs in higher education....

Civic engagement of students, faculty, and staff is identified as central to the IUPUI's mission. Although nearly all of the Campus Compact Indicators of Engagement could be cited as mechanisms through which IUPUI's civic engagement mission is supported (see Bringle & Hatcher, 2004), this article will focus on faculty roles and rewards. Following a...

Many political scientists and other educators and administrators in higher education are concerned with the increasing political disengagement among college-age students. A substantial body of research indicates that collegeage young people lack basic political knowledge and have low-levels of political efficacy. Still, some political scientists ar...