Research/Areas of Interest
American Politics
Education
- PhD in Political Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 2011
- MA in Political Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 2010
- BA in Philosophy, Tufts University, Medford, United States, 2005
Biography
Eitan Hersh is a Professor of Political Science and the inaugural Director of the Center for Expanding Viewpoints in Higher Education (CEVIHE) at Tufts University. Hersh's research focuses on U.S. elections and civic participation. Hersh is the author of Politics is for Power (Scribner, 2020), Hacking the Electorate (Cambridge University Press, 2015), as well as scholarly articles. Hersh earned his PhD from Harvard University in 2011 and served as Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University from 2011 to 2017. His public writings have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, USA Today, The Atlantic, POLITICO, and the Boston Globe. Hersh regularly testifies in voting rights court cases and has appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the role of data analytics in political campaigns. He teaches courses on elections, American conservatism, and technology and politics.
In addition to working on elections and civic engagement, Hersh has written on topics ranging from antisemitism and the political consequences of terrorist attacks to politicization in health care delivery and the opioid crisis. For his teaching, research, and campus leadership, Hersh has received national recognition for prioritizing viewpoint diversity in higher education.
In addition to working on elections and civic engagement, Hersh has written on topics ranging from antisemitism and the political consequences of terrorist attacks to politicization in health care delivery and the opioid crisis. For his teaching, research, and campus leadership, Hersh has received national recognition for prioritizing viewpoint diversity in higher education.