Pitt Admissions's video: Andrew Lotz

Andrew Lotz serves as an Assistant Dean in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, as well as a Lecturer and Advisor in the Department of Political Science. He has focused his work and teaching on the intersection of pop culture and politics, with special attention to Manga comics, the Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones), and Hamilton (the Musical). The political theory side of his teaching interests are politics and pop culture, propaganda, fascism, totalitarianism, democratic theory, feminist political thought, and justice theory. Dr. Lotz earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh. His most current research interests are twofold: 1) propaganda and myth and their role in regime support, and 2) the ways political theory handles the future.