Keeping the Republic Power And Citizenship in American Politics

Christine Barbour teaches in the political science department and the Honors College at Indiana University, where she has become increasingly interested in how teachers of large classes can maximize what their students learn. At Indiana, Barbour has been a Lilly fellow, working to increase student retention in large introductory courses, and has been a fellow for the Freshmen Learning Project, a university-wide effort to improve the first year undergraduate experience. She has served on the New York Times College Advisory Board, working with other educators on developing ways to integrate newspaper reading into the undergraduate curriculum. She has won several teaching awards at Indiana, including the Indiana University Student Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Faculty (1995–6) and the Indiana University Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Brown Derby Award (1997). She is currently working on a book about local politics, development, and the fishing industry in Apalachicola, Florida.Barbour, Christine is the author of 'Keeping the Republic Power And Citizenship in American Politics', published 2006 under ISBN 9781933116877 and ISBN 1933116870.