Dr. Elizabeth Dorssom, MPA, PhD

🐾 Walking 30 miles with my dog to support people affected by disasters across the U.S. The American Red Cross provides hope, comfort & relief whenever & wherever it’s needed. 💙
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Book-in-hand moment 📘
Honored to contribute a chapter on congressional special elections to The Roads to Congress 2024, coauthored with Marcia L. Godwin.
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Excited to share my chapter, “Congressional Special Elections: Prelude to the 2024 Elections” (coauthored with Marcia Godwin), is in the new book The Roads to Congress 2024: Navigating Elections in an Era of Upheaval!

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Wayground: From Quizzes to a Full-Fledged Learning Hub Published in Journal of Political Science Education (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Check out my recently published review about Wayground: Full article: Wayground: From Quizzes to a Full-Fledged Learning Hub www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share my latest Forbes article!
“Teaching Democracy by Doing” explores how faculty foster nonpartisan civic engagement in and beyond the classroom.
👉 www.forbes.com/sites/civicn...
#CivicEngagement #HigherEd #TeachingDemocracy

Just finished recording intro videos for my fall online courses and realized—this is my 8th year teaching, and 4th at @LUBlueTigers! Grateful for the chance to keep growing with my students each semester. Let’s go, Fall 2025! 🎓💻 #HigherEd #OnlineTeaching #LincolnUniversity

Graduate Studies Discover Lincoln University of Missouri's Graduate Studies. We offer numerous master's programs taught by a dedicated faculty to prepare you to excel in a rewarding career.

🗓 Deadline is TODAY!
Last chance to apply for Lincoln University of Missouri’s 100% online MA in Community & Economic Development.

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Graduate Studies Discover Lincoln University of Missouri's Graduate Studies. We offer numerous master's programs taught by a dedicated faculty to prepare you to excel in a rewarding career.

🗓 Deadline TOMORROW!
Don’t miss your chance to apply for Lincoln University of Missouri’s 100% online MA in Community & Economic Development.

✅ Flexible
✅ Affordable
✅ Real-world impact

Apply by July 15:
🔗 www.lincolnu.edu/admissions/g...
#LUMO #OnlineMasters

Missouri lawmakers defer constitutional questions to courts | Jefferson City News-Tribune Do state lawmakers take into account whether proposed laws would be constitutional?

Check out my comments in the Jefferson City News-Tribune on why lawmakers sometimes pass bills they know will be challenged in court: for strategic, political, or symbolic reasons. ⚖️

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#MOleg #PoliticalScience #PublicPolicy #LawAndPolitics

🚨 Deadline coming up! Lincoln University's 100% online MA in Community & Economic Development is accepting applications—but only until July 15!
Perfect for changemakers in public policy, nonprofits & local gov.🔗 lincolnu.edu/admissions/gra…
#OnlineMasters #CommunityDevelopment #EconDev

Excited that Quizizz is now Wayground!
It’s still my favorite tool for engaging students and differentiating instruction—and now it’s growing in even more powerful directions.
#Wayground @wayground.bsky.social @quizizz.bsky.social

Super excited to be part of the big June 24th announcement with @quizizz.bsky.social 🎉 They’ve got a brand new name coming and a bold new vision for education.

As an educator, I love how Quizizz keeps students engaged — can’t wait to see what’s next! #EdTech #Quizizz #June24

Lincoln University of Missouri Launches New Online Master’s Program in Community and Economic Development Individuals looking to make a meaningful impact in their communities will soon have a new pathway to advance their careers. In fall 2025, Lincoln University of Missouri will launch a fully online Mast...

Exciting news! I’m proud to share something I’ve been working on — the launch of Lincoln University’s online M.A. in Community and Economic Development program, starting Fall 2025!

✅ 8-week accelerated courses
⏳ Finish in 18 months

Learn more + apply 👉
🔗 www.lincolnu.edu/news/2025/05...

I am honored to receive the Standout Faculty Member award from @allintovote.bsky.social for my hard work in increasing nonpartisan civic engagement at Lincoln University of Missouri! Thank you to the #AllInToVote team and to my campus. #AllInAwards

Chatham Day of Giving Join me and make a gift to Chatham Day of Giving

Chatham friends and family, have you saved the date for the Day of Giving on April 22nd?! Join me make a gift to strengthen the people, places, and programs that make Chatham University so remarkable. www.givecampus.com/kb72jj

I’m building a #BrighterTomorrow on #CSUNGivingDay by supporting the CSUN Alumni Association Student Scholarships because as a former scholarship recipient, I know how much it can transform a student's future and help them achieve their goals. Donate here: givingday.csun.edu/amb/edorssom

The Democratic Dilemma among Elites: Do Legislators Make More Reasoned Decisions than the Public? - Political Behavior Are legislators knowledgeable enough to make good public policy decisions? We examine three aspects of legislators’ decision-making: how much they know about the consequences of policy proposals, spec...

legislators cast informed votes because of legislative institutions and processes rather than any superior, pre-existing policy expertise or learning skills relative to the general public.
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CSUN Giving Day March 5-6, 2025

#CSUNGivingDay is coming March 5-6.
Help me build a #BrighterTomorrow by
supporting my favorite CSUN program,
the Alumni Association Scholarships! Give here:
givingday.csun.edu/amb/edorssom

Here is a link to the published paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Political Science Educator: Volume 28, Issue 2 A Newsletter from APSA's Political Science Education Organized Section Volume 28, Issue 2 - Winter/Spring 2025 Editors: Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College) & Colin M. Brown (Northeastern...

New issue of the Political Science Educator is available!
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Great contributions by @edorssom.bsky.social, @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social, @thornburg.bsky.social, and @debraleiter.bsky.social among others

#TeachLearnSky #Polisky #EduSky

Using Social Media in American Government Classes to Encourage Political Engagement and Media Literacy College classrooms are often awash with screens, revealing a generation of students who grew up immersed in technology.

Excited to share my paper in Political Science Educator on how social media can boost political engagement and media literacy in college classrooms! educate.apsanet.org/using-social...

Looking forward to sharing more as the paper is published! #PublicPolicy #PoliticalScience #LegislativeDecisionMaking #Research 5/5

thanks in large part to the legislative processes and institutions around them. This really underscores the importance of designing systems that help lawmakers make better decisions. 4/n

and whether their evaluations of policies reflect this new knowledge. Our findings show that while legislators don't necessarily reason better than the public, they do tend to make more informed decisions when it’s time to vote—3/n

In this paper, we dive into whether legislators are more informed than the general public when it comes to making policy decisions. We look at how well legislators understand the fiscal impacts of policies, how much they learn from expert research, 2/n

I’m excited to share that my paper, The Democratic Dilemma among Elites: Do Legislators Make More Reasoned Decisions than the Public?, co-authored with Adam Zelizer and Patricia Kirkland, has been accepted for publication & is forthcoming in Political Behavior. 1/n

CSUN Giving Day March 5-6, 2025

#CSUNGivingDay is coming March 5-6.
Help me build a #BrighterTomorrow by
supporting my favorite CSUN program,
the Alumni Association Scholarships! Give here:
givingday.csun.edu/amb/edorssom

Democratic senator says party's next presidential nominee must 'talk like a normal person' Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Friday the Democratic Party is now looking for someone who can 'plausibly fit in as a human being all across the country.'

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