Category Archives: Political Science

1. C-SPAN taping of Scott Farris’s presentation on How Losing Presidential Campaigns Have Shaped the 2012 Election

   The Political Science Alumni Association of Boise State University invites you to a very special event! Be a member of the live audience for the C-SPAN taping of author Scott Farris’s presentation on: How Losing Presidential Campaigns have Shaped the 2012 Election – How the 2012 Losing Campaign may Shape Politics in the Future. When: Monday, [...]

   March 13, 2012Events, Political Science, SSPA News & EventsComments Off
2. Canada Week 2012

   The Canadian Studies Program presents Canada Week 2012 from Monday, March 19, through Wednesday, March 21. Events range from a Canadian Trivia Contest to presentations by Canadian faculty and businessmen. View more Information View the Flyer

   March 8, 2012Canadian Studies, Events, Political ScienceComments Off
3. Scott Yenor Discusses Marriage

   Scott Yenor,  an Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, is being interviewed on Catholic Radio San Diego. Dr. Yenor teaches political science philosophy and has also published on a variety of subjects, including the Scottish Enlightenment, the philosophic status of revealed religion, American literature, and the family in modern political thought. Dr. [...]

   December 5, 2011American Founding Initiative, Faculty, Political ScienceComments Off
4. Planning Discussion by Dr. Jaap Vos

   Dr. Jaap Vos will be presenting on Florida Planning 2.0: Reframing, Research, Planning and Education.  Dr. Jaap Vos, Associate Professor and Director of the School of Urban & Regional Planning, joined the Florida Atlantic University Faculty in 1995. He holds a Ph.D. in Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master’s [...]

   December 5, 2011Events, Political Science, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off
5. Brown Bag Series: Exploring Public Participation Through Games, Surveys, & Focus Groups

   View the Flyer Four SSPA faculty recently used a unique way to understand how, when, where, and why public officials and citizens collaborate with each other. Research participants were paid for their participation and teased with the promise of additional monies based on their decisions during the session. John Ziker (Anthropology), Brian Wampler (Political Science), [...]

   October 12, 2011Anthropology, Brown Bag Series, Collaboration, Communication, Events, Political Science, Public Policy & AdministrationComments Off
6. Scott Yenor – Political Science

   Scott Yenor was featured on the Jack Miller Center Website where he discussed the importance of including “constitutionalism, classical liberty, and limited government” within university studies. Yenor, chair of the Political Science Department, founded the American Founding Initiative which aims to teach the principles of limited government, constitutionalism, and classical liberalism to the university community.

   November 1, 2010American Founding Initiative, Political Science, SSPA News & EventsComments Off
7. Jack Miller Center Profiles Work of Professor Scott Yenor

   The Jack Miller Center in Chicago, Ill. profiled Scott Yenor, Chair of the Political Science Department, for his work in establishing the American Founding Initiative at Boise State. Yenor talks about the rationale for AFI, saying: “Too often,” Yenor says, “ideas of constitutionalism, classical liberty, and limited government are ignored or held in contempt on [...]

   October 27, 2010Political Science, SSPA News & EventsComments Off
8. Gary Moncrief – Political Science

   Gary Moncrief, Department of Political Science, was quoted in a story published on Stateline.org about legislators who serve from rural districts. Moncrief noted that the makeup of state legislatures will have to change to reflect the country’s increasingly urban and suburban population.

   October 27, 2010Political Science, SSPA News & EventsComments Off