Summary

I have taught a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses over the years. I currently teach courses on Latin American Politics, Research Methods, Political Regimes and Transitions, and Authoritarian Legacies.

Before coming to William & Mary, I taught Social Science Inquiry I, II and III at the University of Chicago. These courses equipped undergraduate students from diverse majors to be critical consumers of quantitative social science research and begin conducting their own research using statistical methods and software.

I have also taught foundational courses such as Introduction to Comparative Politics and Introduction to International Relations. In each of my courses, I seek above all to help students become more engaged, thoughtful, and intellectually independent citizens. To learn more about how I achieve this in my courses, please download my Teaching Philosophy in PDF format here.

Over the years, I have been delighted to receive extremely positive feedback on my teaching from students and peers. While I know that I can continue to grow as a teacher (and I continually seek opportunities for growth), it’s always gratifying to learn that my respect for and dedication to my students is shining through in my courses. A representative sample of students’ anonymous evaluations of my teaching in my recent courses can be downloaded in PDF format here.