Teaching
As a former community college student, I was inspired by an incredible teacher to pursue my professional dreams. I have similarly tried to inspire students through the pursuit of three teaching goals: improve my students’ ability to critically think about political issues, evaluate competing arguments, and gain substantive knowledge of the subject matter. Instead of merely teaching them to be “good” students, I try to help them become better, more informed members of society. In this era of “fake news,” I want my students to be critical evaluators of the information they receive from the media, political authorities, and even myself as the instructor. I do this by encouraging small group discussion, where students can "teach" each other the material. I also like to use creative media assignments, where I have students analyze a short story, music video, or television episode using the readings for the week. Furthermore, I am an active mentor for my students, regularly sending them information on academic writing competitions, job information fairs, graduate school opportunities, etc.
Lecturer
PS 170: Research Methods in Political Science (Spring 2024)
PS 272: Introduction to Public Policy (Spring 2023)
PS 400: Gender in/and International Relations (Spring 2022)
Teaching Assistant
PS 170: Research Methods in Political Science (Fall 2023)
PS 400: Comparative Foreign Policy (Fall 2022)
PS 359: United States Foreign Policy (Fall 2019)
PS 345: Global Conflict Resolution (Spring 2019; Fall 2020)
PS 140: Introduction to International Relations (Fall 2021)
PS 160: Introduction to Political Theory (Fall 2017; Spring 2018; Fall 2018)
PS 104: United States Government (Spring 2020)
Teaching Awards and Honors
Letters & Science Capstone Teaching Award (nominated), UW–Madison (Fall 2023)
University Housing Honored Instructor Award, UW–Madison (Spring 2020)
Future Faculty Partner, UW–Madison Teaching Academy (Inducted April 2019)
Additional Syllabi
Gender and Politics in the United States (undergraduate)
As a former community college student, I was inspired by an incredible teacher to pursue my professional dreams. I have similarly tried to inspire students through the pursuit of three teaching goals: improve my students’ ability to critically think about political issues, evaluate competing arguments, and gain substantive knowledge of the subject matter. Instead of merely teaching them to be “good” students, I try to help them become better, more informed members of society. In this era of “fake news,” I want my students to be critical evaluators of the information they receive from the media, political authorities, and even myself as the instructor. I do this by encouraging small group discussion, where students can "teach" each other the material. I also like to use creative media assignments, where I have students analyze a short story, music video, or television episode using the readings for the week. Furthermore, I am an active mentor for my students, regularly sending them information on academic writing competitions, job information fairs, graduate school opportunities, etc.
Lecturer
PS 170: Research Methods in Political Science (Spring 2024)
PS 272: Introduction to Public Policy (Spring 2023)
- This course explores the theories, concepts, histories, processes, values, and institutions of public policy. In particular, it examines the politics of the public policy decision-making process and the policy-making system. In doing so, we consider the different levels (local, state, federal, etc.) and forms (law, regulation, executive order, etc.) that governments use to enact public policies. We consider the factors that go into creating and analyzing public policy, including the type of policy, the goals and objectives, tools for implementation, and the aftermath of implementation. With the help of external guest speakers, we will also consider how the policy-making process differs from one level (city, county, state, federal, etc.) to another.
PS 400: Gender in/and International Relations (Spring 2022)
- This is a lecture-based course that introduces students to various feminist and/or gender approaches that have been developed to analyze international relations. We cover the key initial question(s) that Feminist International Relations (IR) scholars have sought to address, the different epistemological and methodological approaches used by Feminist IR scholars to conduct research, the different theories that have been developed to explain international relations, the breadth of social and political topics that Feminist IR scholars have analyzed, and the process of researching gender as a gendered researcher.
Teaching Assistant
PS 170: Research Methods in Political Science (Fall 2023)
PS 400: Comparative Foreign Policy (Fall 2022)
- Guest lecture: Feminist Foreign Policy and the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
- Guest lecture: Gender and Global Conflict
PS 359: United States Foreign Policy (Fall 2019)
PS 345: Global Conflict Resolution (Spring 2019; Fall 2020)
PS 140: Introduction to International Relations (Fall 2021)
PS 160: Introduction to Political Theory (Fall 2017; Spring 2018; Fall 2018)
PS 104: United States Government (Spring 2020)
Teaching Awards and Honors
Letters & Science Capstone Teaching Award (nominated), UW–Madison (Fall 2023)
University Housing Honored Instructor Award, UW–Madison (Spring 2020)
Future Faculty Partner, UW–Madison Teaching Academy (Inducted April 2019)
Additional Syllabi
Gender and Politics in the United States (undergraduate)
- This is a lecture-based course that will introduce students to various feminist and/or gender approaches that have been developed to analyze domestic politics. The course focuses on the United States. We examine the concepts of women, gender, feminism, and how they relate to politics. We’ll discuss feminist and gender research methods women's political participation in both formal and informal institutions, differences between men's and women's experiences and perspectives, the relationship between race and gender, and LGBTQ+ and masculinity studies.
- This is a seminar course that will introduce students to some of the core theories and topics in the academic study of international security. It begins by looking at realist, liberal, constructivist, critical, feminist, and critical race theories. It then shifts to discuss questions of order, like anarchy, sovereignty, and hierarchy. It then shifts to topics like bargaining, the security dilemma, and leaders. This syllabus is based on a quarter system and can be easily adapted to a semester-length course.
