Nina Therese Kasniunas (born February 19, 1972) is an American political scientist and writer. She is the Arsht Professor in Ethics and Leadership in the Center for People, Politics, & Markets at Goucher College.
Nina Kasniunas | |
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| Born | Nina Therese Kasniunas February 19, 1972 |
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| Spouse | Andy Gruver[2] |
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| Fields | Political science |
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| Thesis | Impact of Interest Group Testimony on Lawmaking in Congress (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | Raymond Tatalovich |
| Other academic advisors | Richard Matland |
Early life and education
editKasniunas was born in 1972.[3][4] She earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995. She completed a master's degree in 2002 at Loyola University Chicago where she earned a doctorate in political science in 2009.[5] She completed her dissertation titled Impact of Interest Group Testimony on Lawmaking in Congress under doctoral advisor Raymond Tatlovich.[6]
Career
editIn 2011, Kasniunas began teaching as an assistant professor at Goucher College in the department of political science and international relations.[7] Although not originally from Maryland, she is known for connecting students with the Baltimore City community through fieldwork and research.[7] Kasniunas is the Arsht Professor in Ethics and Leadership in the Center For People, Politics, & Markets at Goucher College.[5]
Kasniunas' research focused on American politics, civic engagement, and innovative teaching.[5] Her early work, starting in 2007, examined the influence of interest groups in U.S. Congress, including their access to congressional hearings and impact on policymaking.[5] She also explored the role of presidential administrations as organized interests in legislative processes. In 2007 and 2008, she published works on U.S. president George W. Bush’s judicial restraint and the role of media in civil liberties, setting the foundation for her focus on campaign dynamics and interest groups.[5]
In 2010, Kasniunas co-authored Campaign Rules: A 50 State Guide to Campaigns and Elections in America, and she continued to study campaign strategies with Mark Rozell, contributing to multiple editions of Campaigns on the Cutting Edge.[5] Around this time, her interest in teaching methodologies grew.[5] She published on re-enactment theatre as a tool for teaching U.S. Supreme Court cases and collaborated on works addressing collaborative learning and civic education, which she presented at numerous conferences from 2011 to 2013.[5]
By 2014, Kasniunas was further integrating team-based learning into her teaching, exploring gendered rhetoric in politics, and examining the impact of digital activism.[5] Her later career included panels on supporting political learning and engagements such as speaking on racial justice within the two-party system.[5] Through her research, publications, and public speaking, Kasniunas has consistently contributed to the fields of political science education and civic engagement, fostering new approaches to learning and participation in American political life.[5]
Kasniunas has served on the admissions committee and as an adviser in the development in the Goucher College Video App, a new digital format for students to apply for acceptance at the institution.[8][9]
Awards
editIn 2017, Kasniunas received the All IN Campus Democracy Challenge Champion Award for her efforts to increase student voting rates.[10]
Selected works
editBooks
edit- Kasniunas, Nina; Shea, Daniel M. (2010). Campaign Rules: A 50-State Guide to Campaigns and Elections in America. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1442201774.
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Articles
edit- Kasniunas, Nina (2009). Impact of Interest Group Testimony on Lawmaking in Congress (PhD thesis). Loyola University Chicago.
- Tatalovich, Raymond; Daynes, Byron W. (December 15, 2010). "Chapter 3: Gay Rights: Nature or Nurture?". In Kasniunas, Nina; Ellis, Margaret E. (eds.). Moral Controversies in American Politics. New York: Routledge. pp. 80–109. ISBN 9781317464426.[12]
- Kasniunas, Nina (2012). "Experiencing Mayoral Elections Through Exit Polling: Any Professor Can Design this Course". APSA 2012 Teaching & Learning Conference Paper. doi:10.2139/ssrn.1997685.
- Kasniunas, Nina (2014). "Connecting Classrooms for Collaborative Learning". The Common Good: A SUNY Plattsburgh Journal on Teaching and Learning. 2 (1).
References
edit- ^ Kasniunas, Nina Therese (2009). Impact of Interest Group Testimony on Lawmaking in Congress. Loyola University Chicago. p. 247.
- ^ "Obituary: Jonas Pleirys". Chicago Tribune. September 14, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ West, Paul (August 13, 2009). "Town hall draws overflow crowd". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. The Library of Congress. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Nina Kasniunas". Goucher College. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Therese, Kasniunas, Nina (2009). Impact of Interest Group Testimony on Lawmaking in Congress (Thesis). Loyola University Chicago.
{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Harvey, Christina (May 2, 2017). "Profile of Nina Kasniunas: Goucher College". Wingate Wire. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Nuseibeh, Nuzha. "Your Selfie Video Might Get You Into College". Bustle. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "Colleges get creative in bid to ease stressful application process". CBS News. April 9, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "Nina Kasniunas Honored". Goucher College. October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Reviews of Campaign Rules: A 50-State Guide to Campaigns and Elections in America:
- Jacobs, Jeremy P. (March 2010). "Campaign Rules: A 50-State Guide to Campaigns and Elections in America". Politics. 31 (3): 43.
- Collins, C.A. (December 2010). "Campaign rules: a 50-state guide to campaigns and elections in America". Choice. 48 (4): 661.
- ^ Reviews of Moral Controversies in American Politics:
- Robey, J. S. (May 2011). "Moral controversies in American politics". Choice. 48 (9): 1785.
- Popejoy, Michael W. (Winter 2012). "Review of "Moral Controversies in American Politics", 4th ed". Journal of Public Affairs Education. 18 (1): 239–241. doi:10.1080/15236803.2012.12001680. JSTOR 23272616. S2CID 158999869.