Benjamin Isaak Gross / Associate Professor of Political Science at Jacksonville State University 
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Teaching Interests

History of Political Philosophy
American Political Thought
American Politics
Research Methodology
International Human Rights


Teaching Philosophy

"And further, if from poverty he's not even able to provide himself with tools or anything else for his art, he'll produce shoddier works, and he'll make worse craftsmen of his sons or any others he teaches."
– Plato, The Republic 421e
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Syllabi

PSC 100 - Introduction to American Government
  • Fall 2023 (Traditional)
  • Summer 2023 (5-Week Session)
  • Spring 2021 (100% online)

​PSC 101 - Introduction to Political Science
  • Spring 2020 (Traditional)
  • Fall 2023 (100% Online)

​​PSC 232 - Introduction to International Relations
  • Fall 2023 (Traditional)
  • Summer 2020 (5-Week Session)
  • Spring 2023 (100% online)

PSC 250 - Science, Technology, and Political Theory
  • Spring 2022 (Traditional)
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PSC 301 - Political Science Methods
  • Spring 2023 (Traditional)
    • ANES 2004 Data
    • ​GSS 2006 Data
    • World Data
    • States Data

​PSC 338 - International Human Rights
  • Fall 2022 (Traditional)
  • ​Fall 2020 (Hybrid)​ ​
PSC 356 - Contemporary Political Theory
  • Spring 2023 (Traditional)
  • Spring 2021 (Hybrid)
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PSC 451 - Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
  • Fall 2023 (Traditional)

PSC 452 - Modern Political Theory
  • ​Summer 2019 (5-Week Session)
  • Spring 2020 (Traditional)
  • ​Spring 2022 (Writing Intensive)​​
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PSC 454 - American Political Thought
  • ​Fall 2022 (Traditional)
  • Fall 2020 (Hybrid)​​

PSC 498 - Internship
  • ​Fall 2022​​
    • Weekly Log of Work Activities
    • Student Specific Learning Goals
    • Mid-Semester Evaluation Form
    • Final Semester Evaluation Form

PSC 583 - Proseminar in American government
  • Spring 2020 (Traditional)

UH 300 - Special Topics in Honors
  • Spring 2020 (Comedy & Democracy)
  • Spring 2021 (Politics, The News, and You)

Evaluations
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Teaching Demonstration
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This video, from the spring of 2016 at the University of North Texas, shows how I approached examining Rousseau's Second Discourse​ in a modern theory courses for upper level undergraduate students.
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