[EL] Database of election science classes

[Charles H Stewart]

Dear colleagues,

For many years, Rick Hasen has done us all a service by keeping a database of faculty who teach election law classes.  There has been a discussion over the years about starting a similar database for people who teach "election science"* classes, along with starting a collection of teaching aids to assist in teaching such classes.  In the interest of moving off the dime, I would like to invite anyone who teaches a class in election science to visit this Google form and fill in the requested (standard) information.  The sheet asks you to send a link, or links, to your syllabuses.  If you don't have a link to share, just e-mail to me, and I'll get it incorporated.

The form:  https://forms.gle/EeEV87LF5a1zHY7LA

I'll have the information compiled and then share out with the group.

If in doubt, include your class.

If you don't have a class yet, but plan to do one in the future, add your name, and at least you will be in the database.

I am cross-posting this to the Election Law listserv, because I know that there may be people on that listserv who are not on the Election Sciences listserv.  If you would like to be added to the Election Sciences listserv, please visit the following link and sign up:  http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/electionsciences.  Note that this is one of those incomprehensible and user unfriendly mailman pages, but if you've managed to sign up for the Election Law listserv, you've probably seen a page like this before.  If the form gives you the willies, just e-mail me, and I'll add you to the mailing list.

This will be the last time I cross-post for the next year.

And, regardless of how you received this e-mail, please feel free to forward it along.

Thanks for your attention.

Best,

Charles

*"Election science" can be defined as the analysis of election administration, voting, and reform using quantitative tools drawn from statistics, engineering, and the social sciences. It is related to, but distinct from, the study of public opinion and elections, to the degree that election science attempts to understand the institutional and administrative contexts in which opinion is formed and elections campaigns are waged.  It is also distinct from election law, to the degree that election science is rooted primarily in the social sciences.

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Charles Stewart III
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science
Director, MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Co-Director, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project

Department of Political Science
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts   02139
617-253-3127
cstewart at mit.edu

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