Ephraim Bronski is a professor who teaches a seminar on American government at Leland University. He teaches Alex P. Keaton during Alex's first year of college. According to Alex, he's a genius. Bronski gives Alex his first-ever F for writing a paper that regurgitates information without analyzing it, causing a panicked Alex to almost drop the class. However, when Alex tells Bronski he wants to drop it, Bronski challenges Alex to express his actual views on Debs v. United States and then tells him that he wants to see more of that kind of insight. Alex decides to keep attending the class.