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 2022-2024, 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. In 2024-2025, I’ll be teaching two joint undergrad/grad seminars: Comparative Political Theory in the fall semester and 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)