Teaching

I most often teach American politics courses with a particular emphasis on American institutions.  Over time, I have taught undergraduate sections of American Government as well as writing intensive courses in The American Presidency, the U.S. Congress, and Bureaucratic Politics.  I also created and taught courses on the politics of presidential war powers and more generally a separation of powers course on inter-branch conflict.  

I have taught graduate students in American politics topics, professionalization topics such as teaching, and research design courses.  My specific course offerings have included an American Politics prosem as well as graduate courses on the U.S. Congress and the American Presidency respectively.  I can also teach a graduate course on Bureaucratic Politics & Policymaking, though I'm still waiting for an explosion of course demand on that one.

Throughout the past several years I have also advised over a dozen political internships ranging from campaign work to serving as legislative staff at both the state and national level.  Additionally, I often work to bring undergraduate students into the research process through grants and coursework.  At MSU I have taught an Honors Research Seminar course of 12 students as well as working with many others through Provost's Undergraduate Research Initiative Program grants and the Social Science Scholars Program. 

Examples of some recent syllabi can be found below.  Feel free to email me for any others.