A former university professor who taught a class on the hit CBS show Survivor and entered the reality competition this year was was voted off the program in the fourth episode . Max Dawson , who has done extensive research on the show and spent two years readying himself to compete , was voted off on Wednesday because other contestants thought he was 'annoying ' . Dawson taught a class called 'The Tribe Has Spoken : Surviving TV 's New Reality ' at Northwestern University in 2012 and 2013 . Scroll down for video . Max Dawson , a former Northwestern University professor who taught a class called 'The Tribe Has Spoken : Surviving TV 's New Reality ' for two years was voted off the hit reality show Survivor after just four episodes . Contestants apparently thought Dawson was 'annoying ' . He was seen over-strategizing and spewing knowledge of past seasons throughout his time on the show . But his constant over-strategizing , interpersonal skills and vast knowledge of past seasons seemed to bother his competitors , according to the Chicago Tribune . Before the voting ceremony on Wednesday 's episode , contestant Will Sims said that the debate as to who would go home was 'really about who is the most annoying ' , and Dawson was offed . When host Jeff Probst announced during the ceremony that it was the time to use a hidden immunity idol , Dawson , who received his Bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1999 and went on to get a PhD from Northwestern in 2008 , spoke up . 'Hey Jeff , hold up , bro , ' He said as reached behind his back , coming up with nothing . ' I just always wanted to say that . ' His fellow contestants rolled their eyes at his fan-like comment . Dawson , a member of the White Collar Tribe while on the show , said that he found 'the personal dynamics ' to be a difficult aspect of playing the show . This season of Survivor contestants were divided into three teams : the Blue Collar Tribe , White Collar Tribe and No Collar Tribe . Though Dawson was only ever a member of the white tribe , there is cross-tribe mingling on the show . Dawson , who now lives and works in Los Angeles , told the Tribune before the show aired that he 'had no idea how difficult it would be to actually play ' . 'And that applied to the the basic survival elements - the food , the water , the shelter , the sun - but it really , more than anything for me , to the personal dynamics , ' he said . After the episode aired on Wednesday , Dawson claimed on Twitter that he did n't know that much Survivor trivia , despite teaching a class on the show for two years . 'Full disclosure : I actually do n't know that much Survivor trivia . It 's just most that players who call themselves fans are actually casuals , ' he wrote . After Wednesday 's episode aired Dawson , claimed on Twitter that he did n't know that much Survivor trivia , despite teaching a class on the show for two years , and called out contestants who said they were fans , but did n't know much about the show .
Max Dawson taught a class called 'PhD at Northwestern University in 2012 and 2013 . He was seen rattling off past season trivia and over-strategizing on show . Dawson said one of the hardest parts of the show was handling 'personal dynamics '