Jankowsky, an attorney with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld in Washington, D.C., spoke briefly on behalf of the family. Part I of the almanac consists of eleven scholarly essays on issues in Oklahoma politics. A Watershed in American Foreign Policy. He and the Political Communication Center's Mitchell S. McKinney , an assistant professor in OU's Department of Communication, joined 35 other college professors from across the country for the seminar in Washington. Copeland's teaching technique involves each student taking on the identity of a lawmaker of his or her choosing.
Students experience the process of developing a bill, arguing their point of view, and compromising.
McKinney used his classroom last year to walk a group of first-time voters through their first election. Over 100 undergraduate students in four political science classes gained field research experience as a result of the Center's undergraduate research program in the spring 1998 semester. Under the direction of Assistant Director Allen Hertzke , five Carl Albert Center Undergraduate Fellows were assigned to professors to help structure course-based research projects. Northon Arbelaez identified party leaders to be interviewed by students for their research papers for Hertzke's course on political parties. Adam Muchmore similarly identified state budget officials for student interviews for the course Professor Jim Douglas taught on the politics of government budgeting.