I am a Professor of Political Science at Tufts University and the inaugural director of the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education. The focus of my writing and teaching is American politics. I mainly study political participation in the United States. I earned a PhD from Harvard in 2011 and served on faculty at Yale from 2011-2017.
My books include Politics is for Power (Scribner, 2020) and Hacking the Electorate (Cambridge, 2015). My peer-reviewed articles have been published in venues such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. My public writings have appeared in New York Times, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, USA Today, and other outlets.
I currently have research projects underway on election administration, the civic role of business leaders, vice policy, survey methodology, and viewpoint diversity in higher education.
Recent media:
Op/ed: Eitan Hersh, "College students are less woke now. It's a chance to improve campus culture," Boston Globe, February 12, 2026.
Interview: Jill Anderson, "Can universities teach us to talk again?" Harvard University Graduate School of Education Edcast, October 30, 2025.
Wall Street Journal Weekend Interview: Barton Swaim, "Where the Left Studies the Right," January 31, 2025.
Op/ed: Eitan Hersh, "Ending Transportation for Private School Students is Wrong Move," Commonwealth Beacon, January 6, 2025.
Interview: Nick Perrino, "Teaching Conservatism on a Liberal College Campus," The Free Speech Podcast, FIRE, August 29, 2024.
My books include Politics is for Power (Scribner, 2020) and Hacking the Electorate (Cambridge, 2015). My peer-reviewed articles have been published in venues such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. My public writings have appeared in New York Times, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, USA Today, and other outlets.
I currently have research projects underway on election administration, the civic role of business leaders, vice policy, survey methodology, and viewpoint diversity in higher education.
Recent media:
Op/ed: Eitan Hersh, "College students are less woke now. It's a chance to improve campus culture," Boston Globe, February 12, 2026.
Interview: Jill Anderson, "Can universities teach us to talk again?" Harvard University Graduate School of Education Edcast, October 30, 2025.
Wall Street Journal Weekend Interview: Barton Swaim, "Where the Left Studies the Right," January 31, 2025.
Op/ed: Eitan Hersh, "Ending Transportation for Private School Students is Wrong Move," Commonwealth Beacon, January 6, 2025.
Interview: Nick Perrino, "Teaching Conservatism on a Liberal College Campus," The Free Speech Podcast, FIRE, August 29, 2024.
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