Thomas C Ellington
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas C Ellington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas C |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellington |
| SIGNATURE | ELLINGTON T C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wesleyan College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election
This paper is the result of a nationwide study of polling place dynamics in the 2016 presidential election. Research teams, recruited from local colleges and universities and located in twenty-eight election jurisdictions across the United States, observed and timed voters as they entered the queue at their respective polling places and then voted. We report results about four specific polling place operations and practices: the length of the che…
Transparency Under Trump
Donald Trump came into office succeeding a President who had a strong rhetorical commitment to transparency, having promised to have “the most transparent administration in history.” Indeed, as President, Barack Obama took concrete steps toward greater openness. However, most observers hold that the Obama presidency fell short of its promise on transparency, given its continued resorting to state secrets privilege in civil cases and its aggressiv…
Pedagogical Value of Polling-Place Observation by Students
Good education requires student experiences that deliver lessons about practice as well as theory and that encourage students to work for the public good—especially in the operation of democratic institutions (Dewey 1923; Dewy 1938). We report on an evaluation of the pedagogical value of a research project involving 23 colleges and universities across the country. Faculty trained and supervised students who observed polling places in the 2016 Gen…
The Most Transparent Administration in History
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that if elected he would have the most transparent administration in history. This article offers a systematic analysis of whether the Obama administration lived up to this promise so far. A variety of quantitative and qualitative indicators of information policy are examined. These include quantitative evidence collected by the Information Security Oversight Office, as well as qualitat…
Simulations and Role Playing (S&RP) II Track Summary
Participants in this track were delighted to see a number of common themes develop during our presentations and discussions throughout the conference. Participants included faculty and graduate students from a variety of subfields who design creative exercises to actively engage their students in learning. With the wide range of simulations that already exist and the growing body of literature addressing the design of new simulations, faculty hav…
Won’t Get Fooled Again
In meeting the threat posed by terrorism, the democratic state also faces a paradox: those practices best suited to defending the state are often least suited to democracy. Such is the case with official secrecy, which has received renewed attention. Military and intelligence operations frequently depend on secrecy for their success. At the same time, democracy depends on openness, a fact too often neglected by democratic theory. Official secrecy…
Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election
This paper is the result of a nationwide study of polling place dynamics in the 2016 presidential election. Research teams, recruited from local colleges and universities and located in twenty-eight election jurisdictions across the United States, observed and timed voters as they entered the queue at their respective polling places and then voted. We report results about four specific polling place operations and practices: the length of the che…
Transparency Under Trump
Donald Trump came into office succeeding a President who had a strong rhetorical commitment to transparency, having promised to have “the most transparent administration in history.” Indeed, as President, Barack Obama took concrete steps toward greater openness. However, most observers hold that the Obama presidency fell short of its promise on transparency, given its continued resorting to state secrets privilege in civil cases and its aggressiv…
The Most Transparent Administration in History
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that if elected he would have the most transparent administration in history. This article offers a systematic analysis of whether the Obama administration lived up to this promise so far. A variety of quantitative and qualitative indicators of information policy are examined. These include quantitative evidence collected by the Information Security Oversight Office, as well as qualitat…
Simulations and Role Playing (S&RP) II Track Summary
Participants in this track were delighted to see a number of common themes develop during our presentations and discussions throughout the conference. Participants included faculty and graduate students from a variety of subfields who design creative exercises to actively engage their students in learning. With the wide range of simulations that already exist and the growing body of literature addressing the design of new simulations, faculty hav…
Pedagogical Value of Polling-Place Observation by Students
Good education requires student experiences that deliver lessons about practice as well as theory and that encourage students to work for the public good—especially in the operation of democratic institutions (Dewey 1923; Dewy 1938). We report on an evaluation of the pedagogical value of a research project involving 23 colleges and universities across the country. Faculty trained and supervised students who observed polling places in the 2016 Gen…
Won’t Get Fooled Again
In meeting the threat posed by terrorism, the democratic state also faces a paradox: those practices best suited to defending the state are often least suited to democracy. Such is the case with official secrecy, which has received renewed attention. Military and intelligence operations frequently depend on secrecy for their success. At the same time, democracy depends on openness, a fact too often neglected by democratic theory. Official secrecy…
Won’t Get Fooled Again
In meeting the threat posed by terrorism, the democratic state also faces a paradox: those practices best suited to defending the state are often least suited to democracy. Such is the case with official secrecy, which has received renewed attention. Military and intelligence operations frequently depend on secrecy for their success. At the same time, democracy depends on openness, a fact too often neglected by democratic theory. Official secrecy…
Simulations and Role Playing (S&RP) II Track Summary
Participants in this track were delighted to see a number of common themes develop during our presentations and discussions throughout the conference. Participants included faculty and graduate students from a variety of subfields who design creative exercises to actively engage their students in learning. With the wide range of simulations that already exist and the growing body of literature addressing the design of new simulations, faculty hav…
The Most Transparent Administration in History
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised that if elected he would have the most transparent administration in history. This article offers a systematic analysis of whether the Obama administration lived up to this promise so far. A variety of quantitative and qualitative indicators of information policy are examined. These include quantitative evidence collected by the Information Security Oversight Office, as well as qualitat…
Pedagogical Value of Polling-Place Observation by Students
Good education requires student experiences that deliver lessons about practice as well as theory and that encourage students to work for the public good—especially in the operation of democratic institutions (Dewey 1923; Dewy 1938). We report on an evaluation of the pedagogical value of a research project involving 23 colleges and universities across the country. Faculty trained and supervised students who observed polling places in the 2016 Gen…
Transparency Under Trump
Donald Trump came into office succeeding a President who had a strong rhetorical commitment to transparency, having promised to have “the most transparent administration in history.” Indeed, as President, Barack Obama took concrete steps toward greater openness. However, most observers hold that the Obama presidency fell short of its promise on transparency, given its continued resorting to state secrets privilege in civil cases and its aggressiv…
Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election
This paper is the result of a nationwide study of polling place dynamics in the 2016 presidential election. Research teams, recruited from local colleges and universities and located in twenty-eight election jurisdictions across the United States, observed and timed voters as they entered the queue at their respective polling places and then voted. We report results about four specific polling place operations and practices: the length of the che…
Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Presidential system (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)