Courses Taught as Lead Instructor

PS495 - Teaching Political Science (UCLA: Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
  • Course Description: This course is a two-quarter sequence designed as an introduction to teaching for graduate teaching assistants in political science. The broad aim is to prepare graduate students to be effective teachers, and each week it addresses the practical situations and challenges TAs face in this position, such as how to manage classroom dynamics or how to grade student assignments fairly. This is a hands-on course, and includes a mix of weekly seminar discussions with classroom observations and feedback. 

PS139 - The Politics of Armed Rebellion (UCLA: Summer 2021)
  • Course Description: The core focus of this course is understanding the causes and consequences of contemporary civil wars and insurgencies through the lens of social science and public policy. Rebellion is the predominant source of armed violence in the world today, affecting countries as diverse as Colombia, Syria, Myanmar, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among many others. This course applies insights from social science to tackle important questions such as: Why do ordinary people join rebel groups? Why are some countries more likely to experience armed conflict than others? And, how can governments respond effectively to rebellions? 
  • Syllabus: (Link)

Courses Taught as TA
  •  ``International Political Economy'' (undergraduate level), with Ron Rogowski at UCLA, Spring, 2021
  • ``Experimental Design for Social Science'' (graduate level), with Graeme Blair at UCLA, Fall 2020
  •  ``US Foreign Policy'' (undergraduate level), with Deborah Larson at UCLA, Spring, 2020
  • ``Globalization: Governance and Conflict'' (undergraduate level), with Eric Min at UCLA, Winter 2020 and Winter 2021
  • ``World Politics'' (undergraduate level), with Robert Trager at UCLA, Winter, 2018
  • ``International Law'' (undergraduate level), with Leslie Johns at UCLA, Fall, 2017