Teaching

I teach courses on research methods, democratic politics, Latin American politics, and nuclear arms policy at the University of Rhode Island. I received the College of Arts and Sciences Tenure Track Teaching Excellence Award in 2023.

List of courses I have taught

Public engagement and media

Selected presentations, talks, and outreach

Lead survey writer, Rhode Island Survey Initiative, University of Rhode Island. 2025.
“Democracy Between the Lines: Uneven Local Accountability in Latin America.” Invited talk, World Affairs Council of Rhode Island. April 24, 2025.
“Public Perceptions and Preferences on Housing.” Presentation to HousingWorks RI. Fall 2025.
Presentation on human rights in Mexico, Human Rights Day event. December 2024.
Co-coordinator, Honors Colloquium, “Democracy in Peril,” University of Rhode Island. 2024.

Media

Interview on the Rhode Island Survey Initiative poll of the 2026 governor’s race, quoted in Nancy Lavin, “McKee and Foulkes are both in it to win it. URI poll finds voters unsure who to back.” Rhode Island Current. September 15, 2025.
Interview on Rhode Island public opinion and the gubernatorial race, The Dan Yorke Show. September 16, 2025.
Interview on Brazil’s democratic crisis, Bartholomewtown podcast. 2023.
“URI Professor Discusses Jan. 6-Style Unrest in Brazil.” Expert Q&A, Rhody Today. 2023.

Ashlea Rundlett lecturing to a full auditorium at the University of Rhode Island.

Ashlea Rundlett speaking at a lectern.

Ashlea Rundlett in doctoral regalia standing next to a master's graduate in cap and gown at a University of Rhode Island commencement.

Courses taught

University of Rhode Island

Instructor

Challenge of Nuclear Arms (Summer 2024–2026)
Scope and Methods, graduate (Spring 2026)
Intro to Political Science Research (Fall 2018–2021, 2023, 2025; Spring 2020, 2021, 2025)
Democracy in Peril (Fall 2024)
Politics in Latin America (Fall 2017; Spring 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
The Politics of Democratic Erosion (Spring 2024)
R for Everyone (Spring 2023)
Politics of the Shadow Economy, online (Fall 2022)
Politics of Drug Trafficking, online (Summer 2019)
Political Corruption (Spring 2018)

Co-instructor

Racial Inequality in Government (Fall 2020, Spring 2021)

Course development

R for Everyone (Spring 2022)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Instructor

Politics of Developing Countries, online (Summer 2016)
Intro to American Politics, online (Summer 2015)

Co-instructor

Research Design in Political Science (Fall 2016)

Course development

Politics of Developing Countries, online (2015–2016 academic year)