For an extensive list of courses taught, please refer to my Curriculum Vitae.

All of these syllabi are in Adobe PDF format. Generally speaking, the most recently-taught version of a syllabus appears here; earlier syllabi are available upon request.

Current Term

Syllabi for courses I am currently teaching are here. This page is an archive of representative syllabi from past semesters, provided for former students and as a courtesy to colleagues teaching courses in these areas for the first time.

Undergraduate Courses

• American Government (160-student lecture course with department-mandated textbook and materials, Fall 2009); a syllabus from a smaller American Government seminar based on my textbook preferences is also available.
• Texas Government (large lecture course with department-mandated textbook and materials, Spring 2011)
• Research Methods (undergraduate, Spring 2019)
• Freshman Seminar, Introduction to Politics: Representation and Voting Systems (Fall 2007)
• The U.S. Congress (Spring 2019)
• Congress and the Presidency (Spring 2017)
• The Political System of the United States of America (Spring 2010)
• Electoral Behavior (Fall 2006)
• Parties and Elections (Fall 2018)
• Politics of the American South (Spring 2008)
• Public Opinion (Spring 2005)
• Public Opinion and Voting Behavior (Spring 2008)
• Political Participation (Spring 2012)
• Constitutional Law: Institutions and Processes; Economic Liberties (Summer 2005)
• Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Criminal Procedure (Spring 2005)
• Introduction to Comparative Politics (Summer 2019)
• Introduction to Global Issues (Introduction to IR) (Spring 2014)
• EURO 3234, Introduction to the European Union (USG EU Studies Program) (Fall 2018)
• EURO 4160, Federalism and Multilevel Governance (USG EU Studies Program) (Fall 2017)
• EURO 4830, Brexit and the Future of the European Union (USG EU Studies Program) (Spring 2019)

Graduate Courses

• Public Policy Development and Implementation (Fall 2008, MPA lecture course)
• American Political Behavior (Spring 2009, graduate seminar)
• American Political Institutions (Fall 2009, graduate seminar)
• Social Inquiry/Research Methods I (Fall 2010, graduate seminar)
• Advanced Quantitative Methods/Research Methods II (Spring 2011, graduate seminar)
• Research Methods II (Spring 2012, online graduate course)