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)

  • ​Winter 2025. UCSD.​ Syllabus. Evaluations 2025.

• Crisis Areas in World Politics (POLI 142P)

  • ​Summer 2023, 2024. UCSD. Syllabus. Evaluations 2024. 

• Politics of Warfare (POLI 142K)

  • ​Summer 2023, 2024. UCSD. Syllabus. Evaluations (missing due to low response rate). 

• International Security (POLS 494)

  • Spring 2023. USD. Syllabus. Evaluations 2023.

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As Teaching Assistant

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International Relations & Conflict (IR/CP)​

• (G) Capstone Project, Masters in Advanced Studies in International Affairs.

       Spring 2025. GPS. Evaluations 2025.

• (U) Introduction to International Relations (POLI 12D). With sections.

       Fall 2023. UCSD.

• (U) Crisis Areas in World Politics (POLI 142P)

       Summer 2020, Summer 2022. UCSD.

• (U) Politics and Warfare (POLI 142K)

       Summer 2020. UCSD.

• (U) Economics, Politics and International Change (INTL102). With sections.

       Fall 2020.​ UCSD.

• (U) US Foreign Policy (POLI 142A)

       Winter 2020, Summer 2022. UCSD. 

• (U) Politics of Immigration (POLI 150A)

       Spring 2020. UCSD.

• (U) ​National Security Strategy (POLI 142J)

       Fall 2019. UCSD.

• (G) International Mediation

       Winter 18/19. IDC.

• (U) Civil War and Ethnic Conflict

       Winter 17/18. IDC. 

• (U) Intro to Comparative Politics. With sections.

       Winter 17/18. IDC. 

• (U) The Geopolitics of Energy in the Gulf

       Winter 17/18. IDC.​​

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Political Methodology​

• (G) Quantitative Methods III. With sections.

       Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022. UCSD/GPS.

• (G) Quantitative Methods II. With sections.

       Winter 2024, Winter 2023, Winter 2022. UCSD/GPS. 

• ​(G) Quantitative Methods I. With sections.

       Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021. UCSD/GPS. 

• (G) Math Camp for Incoming Graduate Students. With sections.

        Summer 2022. UCSD/GPS.

• (U) Political Inquiry (POLI 30D). With sections.

       Winter 2021, Spring 2021. UCSD. 

• (G) Intermediate Research Methods. With sections.

       Winter 18/19. IDC.

• (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