Political Science’s Dr. Zachariah Wheeler: Recipient of 2025 Teaching Excellence Award
Congratulations to the Political Science Department’s own Dr. Zachariah Wheeler, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of political science – he is the recipient of the 2025 Teaching Excellence by a Visiting and Practitioner Faculty Award!
Dr. Wheeler specializes in American political and cultural development. His work combines elements of political science, media studies, and sociology to study the relationship between social class, politics, and popular culture in the post-industrial United States. His forthcoming book, Emerging Majorities, focuses on how class divisions tied to education have shaped the Democratic and Republican parties since the 1970s.
Since starting at PC in 2022, Dr. Wheeler has taught a range of political science and communication courses, including Intro to Communications, Mass Media & Politics, Media & Society, and Contemporary Political Theory. He also taught two senior capstones, one focused on Generations in American Politics and another on theories of taste and memory in media.
Dr. Wheeler received his doctorate in political and cultural thought from Virginia Tech and his master’s degree in cinema studies from NYU.
Congratulations to Dr. Wheeler on this award!
