Curriculum Vitae
Academic Advisor: Liberal Arts & Sciences
I provide professional academic advising services to current or potential students and their families related to programs of study, career exploration, class registration, academic standing, campus engagement, and student success; contributing to program leadership by identifying unique college and departmental partnerships that support pre-professional student retention; engaging in program support by facilitating orientation course, selecting and training peer mentors, and executing community building and exploration focused events and acting as an advocate and referral agent by connecting students with campus resources and high impact practices. I've also recently completed professional development in the area of Academic Success and the Student-Athlete.
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My current areas of advising include: Pre-Law, Political Science, Psychology, and Biology
Instructor:
LAS 2400: Pre-Law Seminar
LAS 1010: Orientation for Open Option and Preprofessional Students
PSYCH 1110: Orientation to Psychology
(Course Creation In Progress) HON 321: Seminar on the Psychology of Misinformation
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Memberships & Certifications:
LAS Study Abroad Scholarship Committee, LAS Awards Committee, LAS General Scholarship Committee, NACADA, APSA
NACADA Certification: Academic Success and the Student Athlete
Graduate Lecturer: Political Science Iowa State University
Fall 2019: Introduction to American Government and Politics 215, Campaigns and Elections 318, and American Institutions: The Congress 360.
Spring 2020: Introduction to American Government and Politics 215, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior 306, American Institutions: The Presidency 361.
Summer 2020: Introduction to American Government and Politics 215 (Online/Distance Education).
Fall 2020: 2 Sections of Introduction to American Government and Politics 215 (Online/Distance Education & Face-to-Face), Campaigns and Elections 318.
Winter Session 2020-21: Introduction to American Government and Politics 215 (Online/Distance Education).
Spring 2021: (Given Graduate Lecturer Status) Proseminar in American Politics 506, Introduction to American Government and Politics 215, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior 306, Teaching Internship 496
Summer 2021: American Institutions: The Presidency 361, State and Local Politics 310 (Online/Distance Education).
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Member of APSA, ISPP, MPSA, and LAS Committee on Large Lectures: Reopening during COVID-19
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Department of Political Science - The University of Alabama
2018 Mabel Sanders Amos Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award-The University of Alabama
Fall 2014: Teaching Assistant - Introduction to American Government 101 and Introduction to Public Administration 206
Spring 2015: Teaching Assistant - Late Modernity and the Politics of Fear 422 and Southern Politics 316
Fall 2015: Instructor - Introduction to American Government 101
Spring 2016: Instructor - Introduction to American Government 101
Summer 2017: Instructor - Introduction to Comparative Politics 203
Fall 2017: Instructor - 2 sections of Introduction to American Government 101 (Online/Distance Education).
Spring 2018: Instructor - Introduction to American Government 101 (Online/Distance Education)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Department of Political Science - Iowa State University
Fall 2013: 2 sections of Introduction to American Government 215
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Spring 2014: 2 sections of Introduction to American Government 215
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Summer 2014: The Policy and Politics of Coastal Areas 442/542 (Online/Distance Education)
Current Research and Publications
(PhD Dissertation) Bonner, Zachary. “Inoculation Against the Pandemic of Misinformation in American Politics.” (2024)
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Bonner, Zachary. “Implementation Intentions and their Effect on Voter Turnout in Primaries and Caucuses.”
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Bonner, Zachary. “Belief Perseverance in Political Campaigns: Effects of Discredited information in Candidate Approval Ratings.”
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Bonner, Zachary. “Hierarchical and Organizational Political Violence: The 1920’s KKK in Alabama, Indiana, and Oregon.”
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Bonner, Zachary. “21st Century Jim Crow? Voting Rights in Alabama in the Aftermath of Shelby County v. Holder.