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Tag: Political Science

  • UW-Green Bay Professor Harvey Kaye Featured in Jacobin Magazine

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    Editorial Student

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    UW-Green Bay’s professor Harvey Kaye was featured in a Jacobin Magazine article about Joe Biden’s presidency. Titled, “Joe Biden Never Wanted a Roosevelt-Style Presidency”, the article talks about Joe Biden’s presidency over the year and his attempt to emulate the reforming ambition of FDR’s New Deal. Read the article here.

  • Prof. Levintova invites readers of Syllabus Journal to see latest issue

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Professors Caroline Boswell (University of Louisville) and Katia Levintova (DJS) would like to invite campus community and regular readers of the Syllabus Journal to check out the latest, Fall 2021 (10:2) issue which contains pedagogical tools and discussions relevant to the field of deaf studies, communication, family science, mathematics, genre-based writing, first year student success, and…

  • Former Phoenix finds great success returning to the nest

    Former Phoenix finds great success returning to the nest

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Prof. Aaron Weinschenk comes full circle, rises quickly When Aaron Weinschenk graduated from Green Bay’s Preble High School in 2003 and enrolled at UW-Green Bay, he never envisioned he would return to campus one day to teach the very courses that lit his academic curiosity and set him on his professional journey. “I wasn’t exactly sure…

  • Psych and Stuff: Sticking to Our Guns: Why People Don’t Change Their Minds with Prof. Weinschenk

    Psych and Stuff: Sticking to Our Guns: Why People Don’t Change Their Minds with Prof. Weinschenk

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    Sue Bodilly

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    In this episode, Ryan and Georjeanna talk with UW-Green Bay Prof. Aaron Weinschenk (Political Science) about the concept called belief perseverance. Why is it so hard to change our minds after receiving new information? Current events such as vaccine disbelief may be rooted in our inability to internalize new information and change our minds on…

  • My Favorite Space with Prof. Weinschenk: The pergola between MAC Hall and the Baird Foundation Parking Lot

    My Favorite Space with Prof. Weinschenk: The pergola between MAC Hall and the Baird Foundation Parking Lot

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    Sue Bodilly

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    There are a lot of really amazing spaces on all of the UW-Green Bay campuses and we love to highlight some of them on the CAHSS and Effect blog. This month Prof. Aaron Weinschenk (Political Science) wrote a brief article about his favorite space, the pergola that is nestled along the pathway between MAC Hall…

  • Faculty note: UW-Green Bay’s Prof. Weinschenk Speaks at The University of Western Ontario

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    Editorial Student

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    UW-Green Bay’s Prof. Aaron Weinschenk was recently invited to speak at The University of Western Ontario. He provided a methods demonstration to political science graduate students and also presented a paper on personality traits and political behavior for a Science and Politics Workshop. Weinschenk is the Ben J. and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Political Science…

  • Canonball Episode 33: Heart Dog with Prof. Elizabeth Wheat

    Canonball Episode 33: Heart Dog with Prof. Elizabeth Wheat

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Check out the latest episode of Canonball now! Associate Prof. Elizabeth Wheat (Public and Environmental Affairs, Political Science, Environmental Science and Policy, Sustainable Management) environmental returns for a second episode on a great work that has inspired her: Heart Dog: Surviving the Loss of your Canine Soul Mate by Roxanne Hawn. Canonball is a podcast…

  • Prof. Wheat pens article for United Nations Day, October 24

    Prof. Wheat pens article for United Nations Day, October 24

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Each month CAHSS and Effect tries to celebrate national days by having amazing UW-Green Bay professors and staff write brief articles explaining the reason for the national day and what it stands for. Associate Prof. Elizabeth Wheat (Public and Environmental Affairs, Political Science, Environmental Science and Policy, and the Master of Science in Sustainable Management)…

  • Recorded Session of No Reservations: When Policy Becomes Identity with Prof. Coen

    Recorded Session of No Reservations: When Policy Becomes Identity with Prof. Coen

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    Sue Bodilly

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    When Policy Becomes Identity: Narratives and U.S. Refugee Policy by Associate Prof. Alise Coen (Political Science and Public and Environmental Affairs) was streamed live Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. Check out the recording of this live event. The stories we tell ourselves about who we are intersect with politics in important ways. Based on…

  • Faculty note: Prof. Coen speaks about refugee policy

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Associate Professor Alise Coen (Political Science, Public & Environmental Affairs) spoke about refugee policy as part of a panel discussion and community forum on “Refugee Resettlement in Brown County.” The panel was co-hosted by the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding and Catholic Charities of the Green Bay Diocese. See more.