ISA ELIAS

📬 To nominate yourself or a colleague, email:
bart.gabriel@graduateinstitute.ch
Include:

Short statement of interest

Brief bio (max 250 words)
🗓️ Deadline: April 15
👉 Indicate willingness to serve on awards committees too!

🗂️ Position details:
🔸 Co-Program Chair: 1-year term → VP → Section President; helps organize ISA panels & member events
🔸 Head of Comms: 3-year term; manages web/social, outreach, newsletters
🔸 Member-at-Large: 1-year term; supports events, ECRs, or other priorities

🧩 These roles are a great opportunity to:
✔️ Shape ELIAS section activities
✔️ Build professional networks
✔️ Contribute to innovative teaching & learning in international studies
✔️ Help foster an inclusive and collegial community #ELIAS

📣 Call for Nominations!
ELIAS is seeking passionate members to step into three key leadership roles in our section of @isanet:
🔹 Co-Program Chair
🔹 Head of Communications
🔹 Member-at-Large
Early career scholars strongly encouraged to apply! #ISA2025 #SoTL

🥂 Join us to celebrate @kahooser.bsky.social , recipient of the ELIAS Early Career Instructor Excellence in Teaching Award, at the ELIAS/TCIC Joint Reception! 📅 March 4, ⏰ 7:30 PM, 📍 Williford C.

📢 Exciting panel & book launch! Join SC52: What to Cover & How to Teach International Organizations 📅 Sun, March 3, ⏰ 1:45–3:30 PM, 📍 Conf. Room 4G, Chicago Hilton.

Teaching Day at ISA (1/4). Designing Compelling Courses. March 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM to 10 AM in the Continental B. Background: A group of teachers discussing curriculum.

Teaching Day at ISA starts tomorrow! Join four dynamic sessions to connect with the #Teaching community and sharpen your #Skills. Don’t miss the first session on designing and enhancing #InnovativeCourses!

🎉 Our congratulations to Heather Smith, this year’s ELIAS Distinguished Scholar Award recipient! 🏆 Join us to celebrate at the ELIAS Business Meeting: 📅 March 4, ⏰ 6 PM, 📍 Stevens Salon C-6

Looking for a list of the #ISA2025 meetings and events? Watch this video on how to access and make sure to look at our mobile app guide for more in-depth instruction: buff.ly/3Xf7iDs

Teaching Political Science and International Relations for Early Career Instructors This edited collection introduces the term early career instructor (ECI) as a novel concept in understanding the experience of graduate students...

#Teaching often takes a backseat to research in PhD programs—how does this shape early career instructors? 📚 Excellence in Teaching awardee @michaelpamurphy.bsky.social & Misbah Hyder explore the experiences of ECIs in #PoliSci & #IR. link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #HigherEd #Pedagogy

Finally, if you are interested in teaching or working at teaching-centered institutions, I'd be happy to chat or answer questions. I'll be hanging around all the pedagogy events at ISA--please say hi, particularly if you are an early career person! #ISA2025 #polisky #teachlearnsky

Please also attend the business meetings for the Teaching Centric Institution Caucus (3/3, 1230pm) and for the Education and Learning Section (ELIAS) (3/3, 6pm), and our joint reception (3/3, 7pm). We welcome newcomers--you do not need to be a member of either group. #ISA2025 #polisky #teachlearnsky

#ISA2025 Attendees, consider attending the Teaching Day at ISA on Sunday, March 2nd. We have four great interactive panels planned on creative course design, active engagement approaches, AI, and early career instructor guidance. All in the same room-check the program for the location. #polisky

Pedagogies of Creativity: Attending Seriously to Student Agency in Learning and Teaching AbstractRecognizing global politics courses as opportunities for both students and teachers to express their creativity enhances the educational experience

How can creativity transform global politics education? 🎨📚 ELIAS distinguished scholar awardee Jamie Frueh explores 12 pedagogies of creativity, emphasizing student agency & collaborative learning. Check out the latest in the Oxford Handbook: doi.org/10.1093/oxfo... #HigherEd #Pedagogy

Welcome to our new presence on BSKY! We're the @isanet.bsky.social section interested in all matters of #teaching, #learning, and #highered. Come say hi, and if you want to share your work, slide into the DMs :)