Teaching

Teaching Interests

During my time at the University of Iowa, I taught a range of undergraduate and graduate courses as both a Teaching Assistant and Teaching Instructor. At the undergraduate level, I served as a Teaching Assistant for Introduction to American Foreign Policy and Introduction to Political Analysis and as the instructor of record for Designing Political Research. At the graduate level, I taught the introductory Math Camp for incoming Ph.D. students and served as a Graduate Teaching Instructor for the probability and statistics lab for first-year Ph.D. students. I also worked as a statistical consultant for the Iowa Social Science Research Center.

These experiences prepared me to teach across a variety of formats, including small discussion-based seminars, mid-sized simulation courses, quantitative methods labs, and larger lecture courses. At the undergraduate level, I am prepared to teach courses in International Relations, Comparative Politics, quantitative research methods, conflict processes, and climate change and conflict. At the graduate level, I am prepared to teach seminars in International Relations and Civil War, as well as courses in introductory probability and statistics and measurement theory.

Click on the underlined course titles for selected syllabi. In addition, I also have a sample syllabus for a proposed course covering the intersection of conflict, climate, and migration which can be found here.

Courses Taught

Instructor

  • POLI 5001: Introductory Statistics Math Lab

    • Taught a one-hour weekly lab for first-year graduate students covering set theory, calculus, matrix algebra, and statistical programming.

  • POLI 2000: Designing Political Research

    • Taught an introductory-level undergraduate quantitative and qualitative methods course, which covered research design, probability theory, survey design, interview methodology, and interpreting social science research.

    • Each student presented their own research designs as a final project.

  • Summer Math Camp for Incoming Graduate Students

    • Taught a week-long basic mathematics and statistics course for incoming graduate students.

Teaching Assistant