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Monica C. Schneider, PhD, currently in her fifth year as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University (OH), was enrolled at Princeton Montessori through 4th grade. She loved being a student, loves learning, and now loves teaching students. She studies American politics, including (broadly) how citizens make judgments about candidates; how campaigns influence those judgments; and individual differences affect policy attitudes. She is specifically interested in racial and gender stereotypes about candidates, how and to what effect candidates use gender in campaigns, and why men and women differ in their policy attitudes. Her work has been published in psychology journals (Psychology of Women Quarterly, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin) as well as political science journals (Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, and in the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy as well as the Journal of Political Marketing).

One of Monica’s favorite works in the elementary program was studying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, known in Montessori classrooms as the Fundamental Needs of Humans, where students learn that there is a hierarchy to human needs: the basic needs must be met - breathing, eating, water, etc. - before higher-level needs like self-confidence and creativity can be met. She reports that she still thinks about that hierarchy and how it applies to the political and social behaviors relevant to supporting a democratic government.

Monica is also very interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning and she has developed methods of assessing students’ learning of quantitative concepts (PS: Political Science and Politics, Numeracy). One of her favorite challenges as a teacher is to find ways to engage students with statistics and the (social) scientific method.

Monica was married in August 2010 and has a newborn son, Harrison Neil Schneider Abes. Monica is looking forward to using her Montessori training in educating her son, who was born with Down Syndrome on the day after Election Day 2011. She is not afraid to brag that he rolled from tummy to back at 4 weeks old!


	Browse the Archive — Subscribe via RSS — View our Calendar January 12 The Beat Goes On… Monica C. Schneider, PhD, currently in her fifth year as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University (OH), was enrolled at Princeton Montessori through 4th grade. She loved being a student, loves learning, and now loves teaching students. She studies American politics, including (broadly) how citizens make judgments about candidates; how campaigns influence those judgments; and individual differences affect policy attitudes. She is specifically interested in racial and gender stereotypes about candidates, how and to what effect candidates use gender in campaigns, and why men and women differ in their policy attitudes. Her work has been published in psychology journals (Psychology of Women Quarterly, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin) as well as political science journals (Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, and in the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy as well as the Journal of Political Marketing). One of Monica’s favorite works in the elementary program was studying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, known in Montessori classrooms as the Fundamental Needs of Humans, where students learn that there is a hierarchy to human needs: the basic needs must be met - breathing, eating, water, etc. - before higher-level needs like self-confidence and creativity can be met. She reports that she still thinks about that hierarchy and how it applies to the political and social behaviors relevant to supporting a democratic government. Monica is also very interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning and she has developed methods of assessing students’ learning of quantitative concepts (PS: Political Science and Politics, Numeracy). One of her favorite challenges as a teacher is to find ways to engage students with statistics and the (social) scientific method. Monica was married in August 2010 and has a newborn son, Harrison Neil Schneider Abes. Monica is looking forward to using her Montessori training in educating her son, who was born with Down Syndrome on the day after Election Day 2011. She is not afraid to brag that he rolled from tummy to back at 4 weeks old! Browse the Archive — Subscribe via RSS — View our Calendar