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Courses Taught by Michael Bitzer

Here is a list of the various courses that I have taught over my professional career, with syllabi:


  • Introduction to American Politics
  • State & Local Politics
  • State Politics
  • Local Politics: Urban, Suburban, and Rural America 
  • North Carolina History & Politics (under revision)
  • Southern Politics
  • US Campaigns & Elections
  • Polarization in U.S. Politics
  • Political Parties & Interest Groups
  • U.S. Political Parties
  • Interest Group Politics
  • Presidential Politics
  • Legislative Politics
  • Judicial Politics
  • Bureaucratic Politics
  • Constitutional Law: Powers
  • Constitutional Law: Civil Liberties & Rights
  • Constitutional Law: Criminal Law
  • Law, Justice, and Society
  • Public Policy Analysis
  • America Since 1945
  • Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
  • Specialized Courses/Topics:
    • States of Killing: Genocide in the 20th Century
    • American Political Thought
    • American Civil Wrongs & Rights
    • Cinematic Crime
    • Homer's American Odyssey: Satire, The Simpsons, and the American Dream
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Dr. Michael Bitzer

Dr. Michael Bitzer
Dr. Michael Bitzer is the T.P. and J.C. Leonard Chair of Political Science and Professor of Politics and History at Catawba College. His areas of teaching and research are in American Politics, U.S. Public Law, and Public Administration and Policy. He serves as an analyst on American Politics, Southern Politics, and North Carolina politics.

Dr. Chris Cooper

Dr. Chris Cooper
Dr. Chris Cooper is the Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Political Science & Public Affairs at Western Carolina University, where he teaches in the fields of American Politics, Public Administration, and Research Methods. He is a noted expert on Southern Politics and North Carolina Politics.

Dr. Whitney Ross Manzo

Dr. Whitney Ross Manzo
Dr. Whitney Ross Manzo serves as an associate professor of political science, assistant director of the Meredith Poll, and pre-law advisor at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her general field is in American politics, and her primary expertise is in the areas of public opinion, constitutional and electoral law, elections, and gender issues in politics.

Dr. Susan Roberts

Dr. Susan Roberts
Dr. Susan Roberts is a professor of political science at Davidson College. Her teaching and research fields are in American politics, with a focus on political institutions (such as Congress and the presidency), political behavior (parties, interest groups, campaigns & elections), and public policies, with a special focus on activism on reproductive policy, interest groups, political capital, and hashtag politics.

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North Carolina (and Southern) Politics Resources

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  • Jim Morrill's Campaign Tracker
  • Talking about Politics by Carter Wrenn and Gary Pearce
  • Jack Betts' "This Old State"
  • Rob Christensen @ The News & Observer
  • The Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics
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