Teaching and outreach are core to our mission. We seek to develop the next generation of scholars conducting cutting-edge research on related projects. And we hope to educate MIT students from a range of fields about the opportunities and challenges associated with racial, ethnic, and national diversity. Finally, we hope to engage broader audiences through public outreach and open, online teaching.
Graduate Courses
Offered Fall 2025
- States and Power in Politics – Evan Lieberman
- Political Economy of Africa – Noah Nathan
- Political Science Scope and Methods – Volha Charnysh and Rich Nielsen
Offered Other Years
- Ethnic Politics – Evan Lieberman and Volha Charnysh
- Field Seminar in Comparative Politics – Noah Nathan
- Comparative Urban Development – Noah Nathan
- Historical Political Economy – Volha Charnysh
- Qualitative Methods and Fieldwork – Evan Lieberman
- Democracy, Development and Dignity – Evan Lieberman
- American Political Behavior I – Ariel White
- American Political Behavior II – Ariel White
Undergraduate Courses
Offered Fall 2025
Offered Other Years
- Electoral Politics in the Developing World – Noah Nathan
- Research Seminar in Applied International Studies – Volha Charnysh
- Critical Perspectives on Data and Identity – Evan Lieberman and Fotini Christia
- Engineering Democratic Development in Africa – Evan Lieberman
- Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics – Ariel White