Writing

Included here are documents and manuals which are helpful for writing political theory papers, tips for reading theory, templates for class notes, among other things.  Undergraduates should feel free to use these as helpful guidelines and resources.

1. Vanderbilt Political Science Paper Guidelines, based on the APSR style guidelines —here—
2. Improving Your Writing at the MACRO level —here—
3. Improving Your Writing at the MICRO level —here—
4. Tips for Reading in Political Theory —here—
5. Tips for Writing a Paper in Political Theory —here—
6. Class Notes Template —here—
7. Blogging is one way to work independently and share work process with your professor, —here— for an example.

Teaching

The following list is the current course rotation schedule:

1. PSCI 103: Justice (offered twice annually by the political theory faculty)
2. PSCI 205: Contemporary Political Theory (offered biannually)
3. PSCI 207W: Liberalism and Its Critics (the W indicates a writing-seminar, offered biannually)
4. PSCI 253: Ethics and Public Policy (offered annually)
5. PSCI 264W: Global Feminisms (offered every 2 to 3 years)
6. PSCI 271: Feminist Theory and Method (offered biannually)
7. PSCI 301: Human Rights (offered every 2 to 3 years)
8. PSCI 305: Gender in the History of Social and Political Thought (offered every 2-3 years)
9. PSCI 308: Human Rights and Religion – a graduate seminar co-taught with Melissa Snarr, Vanderbilt Divinity School (offered Spring 2011)

Internship Opportunities

1. Vanderbilt’s Office of Active Citizenship and Service (OACS) offers multiple local and international opportunities for volunteering and community service.
2. Green Corps has a new job posting, the early application deadline is Jan. 20th, 2017 that combines classroom training on advocacy and organizing skills with real-world experience. They partner with established groups like Environment America and the Wilderness Society to build and mobilize public support for their campaigns.
3. At Idealist some activist organizations post their internship opportunities.
4. Summer internship opportunity in Nashville, working for Metro Council.  The description is: “The Calvert Street Group has immediate openings for campaign managers/coordinators in its Nashville, Tennessee office.   Internships will be unpaid, and CSG supervisors will work with your learning institution and/or professor to assist in receiving academic credit.”
5. Subscribe to the Resource-Net list-serv of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) to receive weekly information on jobs in the field of women’s rights in English