Faculty Profile

Melissa McKay

Title
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
Multidisciplinary Innovation
College
College of Applied and Collaborative Studies

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of North Texas, 2019. 
Major: Political Science
Dissertation Title: Making It Personal: The Psychological Lifecycle of Witnessing before the ICTY
MA, University of North Texas, 2016. 
Major: Political Science
Degree Specialization: International Relations
Dissertation Title: The Strength of a Witness: Enpowerment and Resiliency in the Aftermath of Atrocity
Certificate, George Bush School of Government - Texas A&M University, 2011. 
Major: Advanced International Affairs
Degree Specialization: Foreign and Domestic Policy
BA, University of North Texas, 2008. 
Major: International Studies
Degree Specialization: International Relations





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    PSCI 2306.201, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Spring 8W2 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.520, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.571, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring SDC 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.575, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring SDC 2024 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2306.571, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.575, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.301, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall 8W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.571, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.575, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring SDC 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPDA 4020.531, Connections III: Cultural Contexts, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.571, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.575, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.501, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    SPDA 4120.531, Connections VI: Thinking in Leadership, Spring 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    SPDA 4121.531, Connections VI: Thinking in Leadership Lab, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 3500.501, Introduction to Peace Studies, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.571, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring SDC 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.575, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring SDC 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 3810.501, International Relations, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.571, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.575, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.501, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.501, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.003, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.511, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.521, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2316.501, Honors US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2316.502, Honors US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.501, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.502, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.525, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2306.526, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Fall SDC 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 4520.001, International Human Rights, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2300.002, Introduction to Political Research, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2306.701, US and Texas Constitutions and Institutions, Spring SDC 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.011, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.111, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.701, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall SDC 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    PSCI 2305.007, US Political Behavior and Policy, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 2305.011, US Political Behavior and Policy, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PSCI 3500.001, Introduction to Peace Studies, Summer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Teaching   
McKay, M. M. (Principal), "Connect Learning Grant," Sponsored by UNT Career Connect, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. (June 2021 – August 2021).
McKay, M. M., "Faculty Summer Teaching Grant," University of North Texas, $1750 Funded. (June 2021 – August 2021).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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