Role: Teaching Assistant
1 section, 9 Students
Course Description: "POL 300 equips students with foundational research design and methods in political science, empowering them to critically evaluate evidence, analyze complex political phenomena, and produce rigorous, credible research. POL 300 consists of three components: The weekly lecture covers topics in research design and methods. The weekly precept discusses lecture materials and prepares students to complete problem sets. The practicum applies research design principles to one of several specific topic areas, led by faculty instructors who mentor students in developing independent research projects."
Role: Head Teaching Assistant
Managed a team of ten other TAs for 400+ student course.
3 sections, 40 Students
Course Description: "This course is about international cooperation and sacrifice. We consider global organizations: the United Nations, World Bank, IMF, and WHO; and regional ones: the European Union, Asian Development Bank, and African Development Bank. We also consider China's new institution, the AIIB. We examine their origins and effectiveness, and the interests of powerful members, like the U.S. and China, as well as countries in Latin America and Africa."
Role: Teaching Assistant
3 Sections, 30 Students
Course Description: "Why do states and peoples go to war? Conversely, how can war be avoided? This course surveys some of the most important explanations--including human nature, the anarchic international system, domestic politics, economics, technology, nationalism and terrorism--and evaluates them in light of historical wars, and of crises resolved short of war. Cases include the Peloponnesian War, the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, World War II, the Cuban missile crisis, ex-Yugoslavia's wars, and Russia's current war against Ukraine."