Courses Taught:
Introduction to Economics: This is a principles of economics course with the first half covering Microeconomics and the second half covering Macroeconomics. The course is intended for economics majors and non-majors alike, and topics covered include market dynamics, externalities, government function, and how the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. We apply economics to real-world problems, using newspaper articles, current debates, and introduce economic data to supplement theory.
Gender in the Economy: This course explores how gender influences labor market outcomes and intra-household dynamics. The course is typically designed for sophomores and juniors, and we motivate discussions of topics such as gender representation in sports, the gender pay gap, and male college enrollment, with economic models and data. The course includes student activities including a group project and a data analysis assignment.
Seminar in Gender and Development: This is a capstone senior seminar in which students design and execute an original research idea. The first part of the course covers data analysis in Stata and a review of econometric concepts such as regression, panel data methods, and omitted variables through a discussion of economics papers. Students then apply these concepts to a topic of their choice, build their data and economic analysis skills, write a short original economics paper, and present their findings.
Core Partition: This is an interdisciplinary course to understand how two countries can have different perspectives on the same historic events. We briefly cover the historic event of the Partition of British India, and then spend most of the course on how the Partition was written about in Indian, Pakistani and British history books/articles (we read from all three), in literature, in art, in music and movies. We also use population Census data from India and Pakistan to understand the human cost of conflict and migration, and end the class discussing long-term consequences and possibilities for conflict resolution.
Teaching Training:
To be ready to teach in the University's Core Curriculum, I participated in a semester of teacher training at Colgate University. This included attending an interdisciplinary course to learn about different teaching styles and course structure, participating in voluntary workshops on teaching about sensitive and/or controversial topics, and working with a mentor (Heather Roller, Professor of History at Colgate University) to design an interdisciplinary course. This was a truly wonderful experience.
Excerpts from Teaching Evaluations:
"Professor Aqeel is a wonderful professor. she was truly accommodating to me in every aspect of this course and I couldn't be more thankful for who she is not only as a professor but as a human being." - Senior Seminar in Gender and Development
"I learned a lot more about why our society is structured the way it is and how it benefits certain people and not others...It made me think more deeply about systemic inequalities in America.... I think Professor Aqeel was fantastic. Her course was my favorite this semester, and I loved coming to class." - Gender in the Economy
"I thought Professor Aqeel was a very passionate and talented teacher. She engaged the class and connected what we were learning to real life examples. She always answered emails quickly and was free to go to office hours. While this class is a challenging course at Colgate, she helped her students better understand the course material." - Introduction to Economics
Complete evaluations available upon request.