Teaching & Advising

GRADUATE ADVISING

Zuhad Hai, International Political Economy (Stanford University, Ph.D. 2023)

Zoe Xincheng Ge, International Organizations (New York University, Ph.D. 2023)

Christina Toenshoff, Climate Politics/International Relations (Stanford University, Ph.D. 2023)

Sung Mi Kim, Trade Politics/International Relations (Stanford University, Ph.D. 2022)

Hanna Niczyporuk, Climate Politics/International Relations (New York University, Ph.D. 2021)

GRADUATE COURSES

International Political Economy ( with Michael Tomz, PS 410C, Spring 2024, Stanford)

Third of a three-part graduate sequence. History of international relations theory, current debates, and applications to problems of international security and political economy.

Introduction to International Relations (with Judy Goldstein, PS 410A, Fall 2022, Stanford)

This course offers a PhD-level introductory overview of the field of international relations. The primary purpose is to understand and evaluate the main theories, arguments, claims, and conjectures made by scholars in the field so as to enable students to situate arguments in the conceptual structure and intellectual history of IR theory.

Research in International Relations (PS 410D, Spring 2021/2022, Stanford)

Part of the graduate sequence in international relations. Focus is on developing research papers and exploring active areas of research in the field. 

Formal Theory II: Models of Politics (PS 356B, Spring 2021, Stanford)

A continuation of Formal Theory I covering advanced topics, including classical political economy, comparative institutions, theories of conflict and cooperation, dynamic political economy, and the new behavioral political economy.

International Relations Core: International Political Economy (POL-GA 1750, Fall 2019, NYU)

This is the core PhD course in International Political Economy. We review new research on how politics shape both the individual foreign economic policies of nations and the collective policy choices of international organizations. 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

The Politics of Climate Change (PS 111, Fall 2022 & 2023, Stanford)

This course explores domestic and international dimensions of the politics of climate change. Selected topics include mitigation efforts at the national, state, and local level; international climate bargaining and cooperation; and implications of a warming climate for various political outcomes.

Strategy: Introduction to Game Theory (PS 153/354, Spring 2024, Stanford)

This course provides an introduction to strategic reasoning. We discuss ideas such as the commitment problem, credibility in signaling, cheap talk, moral hazard and adverse selection. Concepts are developed through games played in class, and applied to politics, business and everyday life.

Honors Thesis Seminar (PS 299B, Fall 2021, Stanford)

One term of individual research culminating in the production of a senior thesis of the student's own choice under the supervision of an appropriate member of the faculty. 

IR Senior Seminar (INTRL-UA 991, Spring 2019, NYU)

One term of individual research culminating in the production of a senior thesis of the student's own choice under the supervision of an appropriate member of the faculty. 

IR Senior Seminar (INTRL-UA 990, Fall 2018, NYU)

The first half of the international relations major's two-semester capstone experience, this course is designed to equip students with the skills required to write an excellent international relations thesis (INTRL-UA 991) in the spring semester.