Suzanne joined the political science department this fall after having taught 14 years at Vanderbilt University and 4 years at Bowdoin College. She received her BA at the University of Virginia and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Suzanne teaches a range of classes about American politics and research methods. At Carolina, she’ll offer the introductory American government class, along with courses on the mass media, public opinion, campaigns and elections, and beginning statistics. At Vanderbilt she won multiple teaching awards and was widely considered the political science department’s most successful classroom presence.