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Preface to the Joint Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates and the American Political Science Association Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (open access)

Preface to the Joint Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates and the American Political Science Association Undergraduate Research Fellows Program

Introduction to the special section featuring the joint proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates and the American Political Science Association Undergraduate Research Fellows Program in the 2013 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2013
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4 captions transcript

Sanctuary Cities: A Discussion About Senate Bill 4

Video of the 2017 Constitution Day: Sanctuary Cities event. This is a forum style discussion featuring Texas House Representative Ramon Romero, who argued vigorously against SB4, and Texas House Representative Lynn Stucky, who is a strong supporter of the new law. Students will also ask the speakers questions via Twitter using hashtags #UNT #Constitution Day.
Date: September 14, 2017
Creator: Evans-Cowley, Jennifer; Major, Rafael; Romero, Ramon & Stucky, Lynn
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is there a monadic authoritarian peace: Authoritarian regimes, democratic transition types and the first use of violent force (open access)

Is there a monadic authoritarian peace: Authoritarian regimes, democratic transition types and the first use of violent force

This article examines conflict proneness of authoritarian states and tests whether the monadic democratic peace argument can be extended to explain the conflict behavior of authoritarian states.
Date: November 30, 2008
Creator: Ishiyama, John T.; Conway, Ryan & Haggans, Katherine
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Political Science (open access)

Preface to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Political Science

Introduction to the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Political Science as featured in the 2011 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2011
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2010 National Science Foundation Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, featured in the 2010 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2010
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (open access)

Preface to the Proceedings of the University of North Texas Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates

Introduction to the Department of Political Science 2012 National Science Foundation Research Experience as featured in the 2012 edition of The Eagle Feather.
Date: 2012
Creator: Ishiyama, John T. & Greig, J. Michael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bottoms Up: How Subnational Elections Predict Parties' Decisions to Run in Presidential Elections in Europe and Latin America (open access)

Bottoms Up: How Subnational Elections Predict Parties' Decisions to Run in Presidential Elections in Europe and Latin America

This article argues that a party's presence in elections across subnational units and its subsequent performance in these elections are determining factors for whether it enters the presidential race.
Date: August 25, 2015
Creator: Spoon, Jae-Jae & Jones West, Karleen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on the Political Participation of Marginalized Communities (open access)

People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on the Political Participation of Marginalized Communities

Article exploring how religion, social capital, and nativity intersect in the political mobilization of racial minorities. Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS) 2016 data is used to examine the connection between social capital, religion, and political behavior in a novel attempt to systematically identify the unique role of churches in the mobilization of racial minority communities.
Date: May 19, 2020
Creator: Huckle, Kiku & Silva, Andrea
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Remembering to Ask the Boss: Priming and the Dynamics of Priest Reliance on Bishop Cues (open access)

Remembering to Ask the Boss: Priming and the Dynamics of Priest Reliance on Bishop Cues

This article assesses the effects of randomly priming priests with varying considerations of their professional responsibilities and relevant constituencies (including parishioner expectations).
Date: February 26, 2016
Creator: Calfano, Brian Robert & Oldmixon, Elizabeth Anne
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Using Calibrated Peer Review to Facilitate Writing Assignments in Large Classes

This poster discusses a project using Calibrated Peer Review (CPR). CPR is a web-based instructional tool. CPR assignments require students to write an essay, evaluated three 'canned' calibration essays on the same topic, evaluate three of their peers' essays, and finally evaluate their own essay. The authors' goal was to determine whether the CPR process improves student learning of the essay content and whether the CPR process improves student writing.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Ishiyama, John & Watson, Wendy
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Future of Democracy in the Middle East (open access)

The Future of Democracy in the Middle East

Keynote address for the 2006 University Scholars Day delivered by Dr. Emile Sahliyeh. This keynote speaker discusses major reasons and issues relating to the lack of democratization in the Middle East to date.
Date: March 30, 2006
Creator: Sahliyeh, Emile F.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 2012 Presidential Primaries

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. In this presentation, the author discusses how members of different racial and ethnic backgrounds responded to the 2012 Republican primary candidates.
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Carey, Tony E.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

The 2012 Republican Primaries

This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on the 2012 Presidential Primaries. In this presentation, the author gives the audience an overview of the structure of the primaries, and provides a recap of past primaries. The author also speaks about the money, momentum, and media attention in the primaries.
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew, 1972-
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
El Salvador Death Squad Activity 1979-1991 captions transcript

El Salvador Death Squad Activity 1979-1991

This video accompanies a poster and includes slides discussing El Salvador death squad activity from 1979 to 1991.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Mason, T. David (Thomas David), 1950-
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2009 captions transcript

Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2009

This video accompanies a poster and includes slides discussing electoral violence in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2009.
Date: June 21, 2013
Creator: Salehyan, Idean
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constitution Day Lecture 2023: Can the Constitution Survive? [Video] captions transcript

Constitution Day Lecture 2023: Can the Constitution Survive? [Video]

Video recording of UNT's 2023 Constitution Day lecture that looks at the political philosophy behind the Constitution before turning to contemporary Constitutional controversies. The lecture was given by Dr. Steven Forde, Emeritus Professor at the University of North Texas Department of Political Science and Visiting Tutor at St. John's College.
Date: September 18, 2023
Creator: Forde, Steven
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library