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Zach Lang
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor of Political Science
zlang@andersonuniversity.edu
Watkins 121
Academic Background
Dr. Zach Lang is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Anderson University. He is passionate about American Politics and completed his dissertation on multistate litigation against the Federal Government. He received his Ph.D. from the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri where he was also a Ph.D. fellow at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy. He lives in Upstate South Carolina and can be found on daily afternoon runs around Anderson.
BA in Government, St. Lawrence University
Ph.D in Political Science, University of Missouri
Fast Facts
I wanted to teach at a place that considers the education and growth of the whole student (intellectual, spiritual, moral, physical) rather than only focusing on the classroom. I also wanted to teach at a small private school where I would get to know my students and colleagues well.
I love the community here at AU. The faculty treat each other like family and the students are equally as supportive, friendly, and connected.
The Constitution, Federalism & State Politics, Modern Political Thought (1650-1975), Judicial Process/Politics
Academic Articles
“Lessons from Dragons: Teaching Political Science with HBO’s House of the Dragon.” With Ronnie Olesker. Journal of Political Science Education. (2024). Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15512169.2024.2330931?src=exp-la
Book Chapters
Red Tape: A Bureaucratic Politics Game in Beating the Clock: The Power of Short Games and Active Learning in the Political Science Classroom (2025) edited by Mark Harvey, James Fielder, Ryan Gibb, and Derek Glasgow. Taylor and Francis: Routledge Press.
GalactiVote: Government in Action! An American Government Video Game with Hillary Gould and Tori Mondelli. in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2025) edited by J.L. Plass and X. Ochea: Springer Nature Switzerland. Originally accepted for the Joint International Conference on Serious Games: New York University (2024).