An introductory course on American government and politics, covering political institutions, political behavior, elections, and public policy. (CAS PO 111; Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019)
A seminar on the United States Congress, the policy-making process, and congressional elections. Throughout, we will debate the common criticism that “Congress is broken” and consider Congress’ effectiveness as an institution. (CAS PO 302; Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019)
An introduction to the fundamental tools of data science, including collecting, modeling, and visualizing data, and how to apply these tools to study political and policy questions. (CAS PO 399; Spring 2020)
An introductory course on formal theory, including topics in decision theory, game theory, and social choice theory. Topics include spatial models, electoral competition, bargaining, deterrence, and signaling models. (CAS PO 501; Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2019)
In this class we use the American experience of Prohibition as a lens to understand a variety of political and policy issues, including the War on Drugs, crime and law enforcement, bureaucracies, regulation, taxation, and social movements. (CAS PO 540; Fall 2015)
An introduction to methodological issues faced in empirical work across the social sciences, with primary reference to political science. Addresses issues using different empirical approaches—qualitative or quantitative, experimental or observational—to any sort of theory. (GRS PO 840; Fall 2016, Fall 2017)