My Teaching
As an instructor, I strive to continuously learn how to best meet the needs of my changing and diverse body of students. With respect for my students' backgrounds and unique journeys, I try to meet students where they are, whether they come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, identify as first-gen, or just balance education and life's other curveballs. Across both IR and methods courses, my teaching centers on connecting big concepts to pressing real-world challenges, with a focus on active learning methods, student-centered course design, and transparent expectations. I combine synchronous and asynchronous methods, individual and group work, and formative assessments that can accommodate diverse learning styles.
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For instructors and graduate students developing their own approach to teaching: Click here if you'd like to learn more about backward course design, formative assessments, choose-your-own-adventure, or equitable and evidence-based teaching. In service and teaching, I also care deeply about academic integrity. I seek to reduce incentives for integrity violations by teaching the responsible use of AI technology and offering students agency in how they demonstrate learning.
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Teaching Experience
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As Instructor of Record
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Insurgency and Terrorism (POLI 142L)
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​Winter 2025. UCSD.​ Syllabus. Evaluations 2025.
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Crisis Areas in World Politics (POLI 142P)
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​Summer 2023, 2024. UCSD. Syllabus. Evaluations 2024.
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Politics of Warfare (POLI 142K)
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​Summer 2023, 2024. UCSD. Syllabus. Evaluations (missing due to low response rate).
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International Security (POLS 494)
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Spring 2023. USD. Syllabus. Evaluations 2023.
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As Teaching Assistant
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International Relations & Conflict (IR/CP)​
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(G) Capstone Project, Masters in Advanced Studies in International Affairs.
Spring 2025. GPS. Evaluations 2025.
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(U) Introduction to International Relations (POLI 12D). With sections.
Fall 2023. UCSD.
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(U) Crisis Areas in World Politics (POLI 142P)
Summer 2020, Summer 2022. UCSD.
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(U) Politics and Warfare (POLI 142K)
Summer 2020. UCSD.
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(U) Economics, Politics and International Change (INTL102). With sections.
Fall 2020.​ UCSD.
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(U) US Foreign Policy (POLI 142A)
Winter 2020, Summer 2022. UCSD.
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(U) Politics of Immigration (POLI 150A)
Spring 2020. UCSD.
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(U) ​National Security Strategy (POLI 142J)
Fall 2019. UCSD.
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(G) International Mediation
Winter 18/19. IDC.
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(U) Civil War and Ethnic Conflict
Winter 17/18. IDC.
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(U) Intro to Comparative Politics. With sections.
Winter 17/18. IDC.
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(U) The Geopolitics of Energy in the Gulf
Winter 17/18. IDC.​​
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Political Methodology​
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(G) Quantitative Methods III. With sections.
Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022. UCSD/GPS.
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(G) Quantitative Methods II. With sections.
Winter 2024, Winter 2023, Winter 2022. UCSD/GPS.
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​(G) Quantitative Methods I. With sections.
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021. UCSD/GPS.
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(G) Math Camp for Incoming Graduate Students. With sections.
Summer 2022. UCSD/GPS.
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(U) Political Inquiry (POLI 30D). With sections.
Winter 2021, Spring 2021. UCSD.
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(G) Intermediate Research Methods. With sections.
Winter 18/19. IDC.
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(U) Research Methods. With sections.
Spring 17 & Winter 17/18 & 18/19. IDC.​
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* G = Graduate, U = Undergraduate
* UCSD = UC San Diego, USD = University of San Diego, IDC = Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya