Model UN Recognitions

Awards:

• Outstanding Civic Engagement Project award, American Political Science Association Civic Engagement Education Section, September 2024

• Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, Towson University, May 2022

• Maryland Governor’s Citation, issued by Gov. Larry Hogan, TU-BCPS Model UN 20th Anniversary, 5 March 2022

• Executive Citation, issued by Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Alison R. M. McCartney and Hugh Kearney, 20th anniversary TU-BCPS Model UN, 4 March 2022

• Distinguished Service Award, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, American Political Science Association Political Education section, September 2020

• Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic inaugural P20 Partnership Award, November 2018. https://www.towson.edu/news/2018/1102modelunaward.html

• BTU (Baltimore-Towson University) Partnership Award (inaugural program recipient), Towson University, April 2018. https://www.towson.edu/news/2018/btupartnershipawards.html

• Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Member, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, Towson University, 2015.

• Service-Learning Scholarship Award, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, Maryland-D.C. Campus Compact, October 2012.

• Outstanding Teaching in Political Science, American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, September 2009

• University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Mentoring, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, 2009

• College of Liberal Arts Service Recognition Award, Dr. Alison R. M. McCartney, Towson University, 2005

Select Presentations Since 2014:

• “Longitudinal Outcomes of K-20 Civic Engagement Partnerships,” with Michele Calderon, Nicole Golemboski, and Danielle McNerney, American Political Science Association annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, 4-8 September 2024

• “Uncovering Longitudinal Outcomes of K-20 Civic Engagement Partnerships,” with Michele Calderon, Nicole Golemboski, and Danielle McNerney, American Political Science Association annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, 4-8 September 2024

• “Does the ‘Engagement’ in Civic Engagement Education Last? A Longitudinal Analysis,” presented alone but research developed with Michele Calderon, Alexia Fitz, Madeleine Meyer, and Connor Cameron, American Political Science Association annual conference, Los Angeles, CA, 31 August-3 September 2023

• “Creating Inclusive Civic Engagement Learning Experiences,” presented alone but research developed with Michele Calderon, Alexia Fitz, Madeleine Meyer, and Connor Cameron, International Political Science Association World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14-19 July 2023

• “Working with High School Teachers to Develop Equitable Global Civic Learning Opportunities For High School and College Students,” presented with Madeline Meyer and Alexia Fitz, written With Michele Calderon, Connor Cameron, Madeleine Meyer, and Alexia Fitz, American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, MD, 10-12 February 2023

• “Civic Engagement Pedagogy in Uncertain Times,” With Michele Calderon, Connor Cameron, and Madeleine Meyer, American Political Science Association annual conference, Montreal, Canada, 14-18 September 2022

• “Civic Engagement Pedagogy in Uncertain Times,” With Michele Calderon, Connor Cameron, and Madeleine Meyer, American Political Science Association annual conference, Montreal, Canada, 14-18 September 2022

• “Converting a Large Service-Learning Event Online in Covid: Surviving and Thriving,” with Michele Calderon, Connor Cameron, and Madeleine Meyer, American Political Science Association annual conference, Seattle, WA, 28 September-3 October 2021

• “Sharing Pedagogy: International Service-learning Network During Covid,” American Political Science Association annual conference, Teaching and Learning mini-conference, Seattle, WA, 28 September-3 October 2021

• “Bringing the World to Baltimore: Adapting Town-Gown Civic Engagement to Covid,” with Michele Calderon, Connor Cameron, and Madeleine Meyer, European Consortium on Political Research annual general conference, 30 August -3 September 2021 (virtual)

• “Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines,” with E. Matto, Joint International Teaching and Learning Conference, Brighton, UK, 17-19 June 2019.

• “Does Civic Engagement Education Last? A Longitudinal Case Study,” with Mackenzie Rice and Sivan Chaban, American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2-4 February 2018

• “Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines,” with Elizabeth Matto, American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA, 10-12 February 2017

• “Does That Really Matter to Me? Fostering Global-Local Learning, High School-Collegiate Partnerships, and Global Citizenship,” American Democracy Project /The Democracy Project Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, 5-7 June 2014

Publications:

• McCartney, Alison Rios Millett, “Thriving Together: Connecting Civic Engagement, International Relations Pedagogy, and Undergraduate Research as Workload,” in C. Butcher, T. Bhasin, T., E. Gordon, M. C. Hallward, (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Teaching and Research in Political Science. Political Pedagogies. Palgrave Macmillan. November 2023: 301-315. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42887-6_25

• Matto, Elizabeth, Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Elizabeth A. Bennion, Taiyi Sun, Alasdair Blair, and Dawn Whitehead, eds. Teaching Civic Engagement Globally, American Political Science Association, September 2021.

• Matto, Elizabeth, Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Elizabeth Bennion and Dick W. Simpson, eds., Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines, American Political Science Association: Washington, D.C., September 2017.

• McCartney, Alison Rios Millett, Elizabeth Bennion and Dick W. Simpson, eds., Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen, American Political Science Association: Washington, D.C., February 2013.

• McCartney, Alison R.M., “Teaching Civic Engagement: Debates, Definitions, Benefits, and Challenges,” in McCartney, Bennion, and Simpson, eds., Teaching Civic Engagement, February 2013: 9-20.

• McCartney, Alison and Elizabeth Matto, “Universities Must Teach Civic Engagement,” The Baltimore Sun, 20 September 2017.

• McCartney, Alison R.M. with Sivan Chaban, “Bringing the World Home: Effectively Connecting Civic Engagement and International Relations,” in McCartney, Bennion, and Simpson, eds., Teaching Civic Engagement, February 2013: 259-277.

• McCartney, Alison R. M., “Making the World Real: Using a Civic Engagement Course to Bring Home Our Global Connections,” Journal of Political Science Education, vol. 2, no.1 (January 2006): 113-128.