Amherst, MAaeichen@umass.edu

Instructor of Record

  • Democracy and Election Reform — Fall 2026 (upper-level seminar, 25 students)

Teaching Assistant

  • American Politics Through Music — Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2023
  • Introduction to American Politics — Spring 2021, Spring 2022
  • Political Psychology — Fall 2022, Fall 2024
  • Political Polarization — Spring 2025
  • Race and Politics — Fall 2025
  • Democracy in Troubled Times — Spring 2026

UMass Poll Undergraduate Fellows Program

I co-founded and co-teach the UMass Poll Undergraduate Fellows Program. We train 5–8 undergraduate fellows each academic year in survey research, data analysis, and scholarly writing. At the end of the semester, the students present original research at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting.

Recognition

  • UMass Amherst Groundbreaking Graduate Student Award — Inaugural recipient, 2025–2026
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst — Finalist, 2025–2026