I believe that one of the main advantages of receiving an education in political science is not that it helps one to predict the future but that it provides one with the conceptual tools with which to diagnose, understand, and make sense of political events that might otherwise seem random, intractable, or unconnected. This mindset means that rather than treat a classroom as a place to discover, fully-and-finally, what is going on in the world, I use it as a forum where students can be prepared to learn how to ask and answer the questions that they might have about international relations.
This focus on critical thinking informs how I lecture, assign work, and encourage student participation. In the time that I have been teaching I have also come to understand that there is no single syllabus-design that allows me to encourage student learning. Instead, I rely on lectures, class discussion, simulations (designed by me and others), and group projects, depending on the specific learning objectives of a particular course.
MA Level
Wargaming Principles & Practice.
Designing Wargaming for Education & Analysis.
Diplomacy and Foreign Policy.
History of Global Politics.
Great Power Politics.
Foundations of Global Security.
BA Level
War in International Order.
Dynamics of International (In)security.
The Evolution of European International Society.
Diplomacy in Practice.
Peace, Global Security, & Conflict Resolution.
Great Power Politics in International Society.
International Security Politics.
Diplomacy: Institutions and Practice.