Christopher R Hallenbrook
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122043 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher R Hallenbrook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hallenbrook |
| SIGNATURE | HALLENBROOK C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Dominguez Hills |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1166-4369 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Civic Engagement Assignments and Student Political Efficacy
This article examines how to increase students’ self-reported feelings of political efficacy in introductory US government courses. We test the effectiveness of civic engagement assignments, such as writing a letter to one’s member of Congress and attending a public meeting, in increasing political efficacy beyond simply taking the course. By conducting pretests and posttests in both classes with (treatment group) and without (control group), the…
The enduring significance of cruelty
Teaching & Learning Conference Track Summaries
rack summaries of the nine tracks at the 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference, which took place February 7-9 in Albuquerque, NM, are published in the following pages. These summaries include highlights and themes that emerged from the research presented in each track. The summary authors also issued recommendations for faculty, departments, and the discipline as a whole-providing suggestions for new strategies, resources, and approaches aimed at…
The Hobbesian psychology of the US firearms debate
In the US, headlines announcing firearm casualties have become routine. In response, the loudest and most efficacious voice among gun rights lobbyists, the NRA, consistently insists that more firearms in the hands of more people is the solution to the violence. Such a notion bears a striking resemblance to the Hobbesian conception of the state of nature, wherein no common authority exists to keep the peace. Leading from that inspiration, this pap…
Leviathan No More
This article challenges the prevailing interpretations of Hobbes's thought as providing only minimal protection for the natural right of individuals in political society. Natural right requires the protection of not just the subjects' lives, but their ability to live commodiously, and as a result the protection that natural right receives in political society places substantive constraints on the actions of the sovereign. When those entrusted wit…
Leviathan No More
This article challenges the prevailing interpretations of Hobbes's thought as providing only minimal protection for the natural right of individuals in political society. Natural right requires the protection of not just the subjects' lives, but their ability to live commodiously, and as a result the protection that natural right receives in political society places substantive constraints on the actions of the sovereign. When those entrusted wit…
The enduring significance of cruelty
Leviathan No More
This article challenges the prevailing interpretations of Hobbes's thought as providing only minimal protection for the natural right of individuals in political society. Natural right requires the protection of not just the subjects' lives, but their ability to live commodiously, and as a result the protection that natural right receives in political society places substantive constraints on the actions of the sovereign. When those entrusted wit…
The Hobbesian psychology of the US firearms debate
In the US, headlines announcing firearm casualties have become routine. In response, the loudest and most efficacious voice among gun rights lobbyists, the NRA, consistently insists that more firearms in the hands of more people is the solution to the violence. Such a notion bears a striking resemblance to the Hobbesian conception of the state of nature, wherein no common authority exists to keep the peace. Leading from that inspiration, this pap…
Teaching & Learning Conference Track Summaries
rack summaries of the nine tracks at the 2020 Teaching and Learning Conference, which took place February 7-9 in Albuquerque, NM, are published in the following pages. These summaries include highlights and themes that emerged from the research presented in each track. The summary authors also issued recommendations for faculty, departments, and the discipline as a whole-providing suggestions for new strategies, resources, and approaches aimed at…
The enduring significance of cruelty
Civic Engagement Assignments and Student Political Efficacy
This article examines how to increase students’ self-reported feelings of political efficacy in introductory US government courses. We test the effectiveness of civic engagement assignments, such as writing a letter to one’s member of Congress and attending a public meeting, in increasing political efficacy beyond simply taking the course. By conducting pretests and posttests in both classes with (treatment group) and without (control group), the…
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