Primary Instructor
Tulane University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In teaching, I strive to foster discussion and use my exams and essays as a tool to practice critical thinking and analysis and encourage students to apply concepts covered in class to new contexts.
January 25-May 4, 2022
POLC 4011: Money and Politics in the Developing World
In this course, I analyze the role of money in political systems in the developing world, with a particular focus on the Global South. This course is divided into three units. First, we cover how states gain resources. Second, we cover how states design programs to distribute resources. Finally, we conclude the course with an analysis of non-programmatic redistribution. In this advanced undergraduate seminar, I use a flipped classroom approach where each student is responsible for leading a discussion on the week's readings. Students are also expected to write reflections on readings, complete group and creative projects, and produce a 10 page research paper.
August 24- December 9 2021
POLC 2300: Introduction to Comparative Politics
In this course, I survey comparative politics in three sections. In the first section of the course, we discuss two key questions: (1) What is a democracy? and (2) How do countries democratize? In the second part of the course, we cover democratic backsliding and varieties of non-democratic regimes. Finally, this course analyzes special topics in comparative politics ranging from colonialism and post colonialism to globalization and the European Union to corruption and clientelism.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spring 2017
Spring 2018
Spring 2020
POLI 789: Game Theory I
In this course, I served as a teaching assistant for Anna Bassi. I lead a lab section within the class time focused on how to walk through solving different types of game theoretic models, reviewing necessary mathematical skills, and formal notation. I also created and typed answer keys for each problem set that I covered during class.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fall 2015
Fall 2016
POLI 130: Introduction to Comparative Politics
In this course I served as a Teaching Assistant under both Rahsaan Maxwell (2015) and Andrew Reynolds (2016). I lead three recitation sections focusing on discussion of the course material and drawing connections between the case studies covered in lecture and core concepts from their readings.
Spring 2016
Fall 2017
POLI 238: Introduction to Latin American Politics
In this course I served as a teaching assistant under Cecilia Martinez-Gallardo. I lead three recitation sections focused on reinforcing material and discussion about readings and lecture. I emphasized drawing connections and applying ideas to specific cases in Latin America.