I teach a variety of courses in the field of Comparative Politics, including Introduction to Comparative Politics, Dictatorships, the Comparative Politics of the Resource Curse, the Politics of Development, African Politics, and an International Studies course titled Introduction to Africa.
In the Fall of 2024, I led one of Oakland University's inaugural Diplomacy Lab teams of student researchers, where we focused on the resurgence of military coups in West Africa.
I am a strong proponent of undergraduate research and have mentored dozens of students in independent research projects that have been presented at local and national conferences. I have also co-authored several papers with undergraduate students, and mentored independent undergraduate research projects to the publication stage. For example, see former student Mallory Waligora's published paper at the Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics (Spring 2026)
Since 2017, I have organized and facilitated the Undergraduate Political Science Research Symposium, which provides opportunities for students to present poster versions of their research.
I also teach undergraduate research methods courses, including Data Analysis for Political Science. Recently, I pioneered a collaborative service learning project in this class with Oakland County Parks and Recreation.