I teach courses in political theory, research methods for the social sciences, and theory driven treatments of American politics and law.

University of Massachusetts Lowell

At UML, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in political theory. In 2022-2023, I taught Intro to Political Theory, American Political Thought, an undergrad/grad seminar on The Concept of Power, and a graduate seminar on Comparative Political Theory. I was also named the top instructor in the political science department by our students. In 2023-2024, I’ll be teaching an introductory research methods course for political science majors and Intro to Theory in the fall semester, and then The Concept of Power in the spring.

Intro to Theory syllabus | CPT syllabus | APT syllabus | Concept of Power syllabus

Elsewhere

I have taught in a wide range of roles and settings: as a teaching assistant and as the instructor of record, in small seminars and large lecture courses, at the University of Washington and at the Monroe Correctional Complex with University Beyond Bars. I have also supervised student internships and quantitative research projects through my work with the Center for American Politics and Public Policy at the University of Washington. In 2017, I was named best teaching assistant in the political science department at UW, and I have been nominated for university-wide awards for both my teaching and my work as a research mentor.

Original Courses as Instructor of Record

  • The Concept of Political Power. University of Washington; Spring 2019. Lecture course with quiz sections run by graduate teaching assistants. (Syllabus)

  • Washington State Legislative Internship. University of Washington; Winter 2018-2019.

  • Introduction to American Politics. Co-taught with Chelsea Moore and Emily Christensen. Monroe Correctional Complex, University Beyond Bars; 2016. Seminar course.

Lab Instructor (statistics, data visualization, and statistical computing in R)

  • Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Center for American Politics and Public Policy, University of Washington; 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. Seminar course and individual mentoring. (My lab and course materials)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Introduction to Law, Societies, and Justice (2018)

  • Introduction to Political Theory (2017, 2016, 2015)

  • Law in Society (2017)

  • The Politics of Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. (2017)

  • The Concept of Power (2015)