Teaching

I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in public opinion, political psychology, quantitative methods, and American politics. Below I share some relatively recent examples of my readings-based syllabi; for other courses, I indicate which textbooks I have used.


The Politics of Inequality (Graduate seminar)

Example syllabus (University of Memphis 2023)

Public Opinion (Undergraduate lecture course)

Example syllabus (University of Memphis 2021)

Political Psychology (Graduate seminar)

Example syllabus (University of Memphis 2020)

Introduction to American Politics (Undergraduate lecture course). I use the textbook “The Logic of American Politics“.

Political Statistics (Undergraduate online asynchronous course). I use the textbook “Thinking Clearly with Data

Making a syllabus, at least for me, is an even more collaborative endeavor than research, but as a discipline we do not have a good convention for where to put our pedagogy-related acknowledgments. So I am using this space to thank everyone who has taught me to teach (both explicitly and through positive example), been kind enough to share their syllabi (online or with me directly), and/or has discussed their pedagogy where I could see it. This list includes but is not limited to: Charlotte Cavaille, Ryan Enos, Eric Groenendyk, Shelby Grossman, Nathan Kalmoe, Steven Levitsky, Betsy Levy Paluck, Gwyneth McClendon, Jamila Michener, Noah Nathan, Michael Sances, John Sides, and Ariel White. I hope that by sharing my syllabi here, I can partly return the favor.