Courses

Syllabi are hyperlinked where available

Professor

Graduate Seminar: Red State, Blue State – Polarization and Public Policy in America (Fall 2008, NYU Department of Politics and the Hamilton Center for Political Economy)

This is a comprehensive course looking at the causes and consequences of polarization with modules on inference and method, mass and elite polarization, and the consequences of polarization for American politics.

Undergraduate Lecture: Polarization and American Political Processes (Spring 2009, NYU Department of Politics and the Hamilton Center for Political Economy)

Currently under development and will refine topics from the graduate seminar. A preliminary syllabus is available here: Syllabus

Instructor

Undergraduate Research Methods and Political Science Laboratory (Spring 2005, MIT Department of Political Science; Supervised by Prof. Charles Stewart and Karen Rothkin)

The students were introduced the theoretical concepts of reasoning, causation, and inference. The course provided an introduction to statistics and methodology for the social sciences including regression, basic matching techniques, and survey methodology. Basic programming in Stata and R was employed.

Teaching Fellow

Government 1300: The Politics of Congress (Fall 2006, Harvard Deparment of Government; Prof. David King);

Government 1300 explored theories of representation, the history of Congress, campaigns and elections, lobbying, institutional rules, committees, party leadership, and how Congress works with other institutions.

Government 1100: The Political Economy of Development (Fall 2005, Harvard Department of Government; Prof. Robert Bates);

Government 1100 introduced the tools, approach, and methods of both political economy and comparative politics. Then applied those skills to specific development case studies from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Government 20: Introduction to Comparative Politics. (Fall 2005; Harvard Department of Government; Prof. Pippa Norris).

This course provided an introduction to key concepts and theoretical approaches in comparative politics. Major themes included the causes of democratization, economic development, ethnic conflict, political participation, and social revolutions; as well as the role of the state, political institutions, and civil society. Examined and critically evaluates different theoretical approaches to politics, including modernization, Marxist, cultural, institutionalist, and leadership-centered approaches. Cases from Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Latin America were introduced to provide students with grounding in the basic tools of comparative analysis.