Matthew Dickinson

Professor Dickinson's lectures are very interesting but fast paced. He goes very quickly but will also stop for questions. If you want to do well in the course, be sure to do the readings. There are a lot of them but are essential for understanding lectures and for being able to participate in discussion sections. Really good class to take if interested in American politics but only if you don't have a large background in it already.

Professor Dickinson's lectures are very interesting but fast paced. He goes very quickly but will also stop for questions. If you want to do well in the course, be sure to do the readings. There are a lot of them but are essential for understanding lectures and for being able to participate in discussion sections. Really good class t …Read more

It is a lot of reading but you need the reading for the discussion papers and exams. Both exams and discussion papers are not incredibly hard definitly do able. I enjoyed Dickinson's dry humor. Don't be intimidated. The class is hard, but doable.

Professor Dickinson is highly charismatic, enthusiastic and loves teaching the Intro course for American politics. His weekly luncheons are also very interesting, and his exams are way easier than the discussion papers and long essay.