 Dye has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Georgia, among other institutions.He was a visiting scholar at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.

Dye has served as president of the Southern Political Science Association, the Policy Studies Organization, and has served as the secretary of the American Political Science Association.Presently, Dye served as past president of the Lincoln Center for Public Service.