Teaching
Courses, Mentorship, and Civic Learning
Course design and teaching in American politics, democratic citizenship, and electoral strategy.
Classroom Practice
Reeves’s teaching emphasizes analytical rigor, close reading of evidence, and practical democratic reasoning. Courses are designed to connect institutional analysis with real-world civic judgment.
Teaching Awards
Selected teaching honors at Washington University in St. Louis.
David Hadas Teaching Award
Recognizes a tenured Arts & Sciences faculty member for exceptional commitment to first-year undergraduate teaching.
Washington University Arts & Sciences: David Hadas Teaching Award
Delores K. Kennedy Award
Recognizes a member of the Washington University community whose commitment to students strengthens the first-year experience.
Political Science News: Prof. Andrew Reeves wins Delores K. Kennedy Award
Courses
Courses on American politics, the presidency, and electoral strategy.
The Practice of Citizenship: Cooperation and Obligations in Democratic Life
Undergraduate Course
This course treats citizenship as both democratic practice and a solution to cooperation problems. Students engage political theory, American political voices, and empirical research to ask which civic capacities sustain democracy and what obligations citizens and institutions share in developing them. Readings span Aristotle to MLK and contemporary work on trust, polarization, and civic education.
Introduction to American Politics
Undergraduate Course
This course examines American politics in a period of polarization, institutional strain, and economic dissatisfaction. Students analyze how current conflicts emerged and what they suggest about the future of U.S. governance.
The first half introduces core political science concepts and institutional foundations. Students then study the operation and evolution of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. This course is offered intermittently.
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Business of Elections
Undergraduate Course
This course analyzes presidential elections through political science and business strategy. Topics include campaign management, voter targeting, messaging, and the organizational logic of modern national campaigns.
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