Government and International Studies

DR. Eric Sands
Assistant Professor of Government

Biography

Eric Sands joined the Department of Government in the Fall of 2006 after receiving his Ph.D. in Government from the University of Virginia.  Dr. Sands has taught a wide range of courses, including Introduction to American Government, Parties and Elections, the American Presidency, Congress, Literature and Politics, American Political Thought, Early Modern and Contemporary Political Theory, Research Methods, Western Culture, and Constitutional Law. He also contributes a course on Tocqueville to the Honors Program.  He is the departmental advisor for Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society, and is currently a faculty advisor for the Student Government Association.  

Dr. Sands’ research interests are also wide-ranging.  His dissertation, which he is working on publishing as a book, examines the public philosophy of Abraham Lincoln and how the development of Lincoln’s ideas affected the politics of Reconstruction.  Other current projects include articles on the use of simulations in teaching Congress, an examination of the Tocquevillian dimensions of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, and an analysis of Lincoln’s use of humor during his presidency.   

Contact Information:
Office: Evans 112B
Telephone: (706) 238-7896
E-mail: esands@berry.edu