The Department of Political Science at Coe College offers courses in American government, international politics, political philosophy, and constitutional law. Students may elect to earn a major or a minor, or take courses towards public school teaching endorsements in American government. We also have an active Political Science Club for recreational (out-of-class) political talk.

     I teach the following courses:

     I am also Coe's co-advisor to the Urban Studies component of the Chicago Program, a stimulating semester operated every semester by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM).

• I keep up with our ever changing planet by reading The New York Times
• For coverage of local government, I rely on The Cedar Rapids Gazette
• The Ultimate Political Science Links Page (Rock Valley College)
• "Insider Iowa" blog includes commentary on Iowa and national politics
  
• Govote.com... take the candidate test!
• campaign finance data, arranged by name or zip code... check out your neighbors' political giving!
• the American Conservative Union site
• the Americans for Democratic Action (liberal) site
• texts of Supreme Court rulings
• Inventio: journal of teaching and learning (George Mason U, Fairfax VA)

last updated 5/6/10