Teaching

Parties and Interest Groups

Semester: Fall
Year offered: 2026

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to parties and interest groups and their important role in the political process. Topics to be covered include the formation, organization...

Political Psychology

Semester: Fall
Year offered: 2025

The field of political psychology is an interdisciplinary field that draws on both psychology and political science to address topics in the political world. This course will focus on a variety of...

Campaigns and Elections

Semester: Fall
Year offered: 2024

This course examines the role of campaigns in determining the outcome of both congressional and presidential elections and the way that electoral rules structure both campaign strategies and electoral...

Practicing Politics

Semester: Spring
Year offered: 2022

This course investigates the process by which government attention is allocated to policy issues and the tension this creates between the public, interest groups, and the institutions of government...