Undergraduate Courses

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War Games and Simulations (click here for more information)

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Data Science and Foreign Policy Crises (click here for more information)

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The Causes of War

 

Foreign Policy Analysis

 

American Foreign Policy

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International Organizations

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Asian Politics

 

Research Methods in Political Science

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Senior Seminar

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Introduction to International Relations

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Introduction to Model United Nations

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Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics​

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American Government

 

Introduction to Politics

 

 

 

Graduate Courses

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Methodology of Research

 

International Relations Theory

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Contemporary International Relations

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Major Asian Political Systems

 

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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

 

For undergraduate students, my primary goal is not to produce students who can still recite textbook definitions after taking the course, but to change the way that students process incoming information about international relations and political science. One year after taking an introductory course, students may struggle to remember the myriad of facts that they memorized for their exams (especially if that course is part of their general education requirements), but the next time that they hear political pundits discussing, say, whether to send foreign aid to a particular country, I hope that they will think more critically about the potential effects of that aid. Training students to think is more important than training them to know, although ideally a good instructor can do both.

 

 

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY - GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

For graduate students, whether the course is theoretically substantive or methods-focused, the goal is for students to develop their ability to create new knowledge. Theoretically substantive seminars train graduate students to synthesize large numbers of readings, make connections between readings, and identify possible extensions of the current literature. Methods courses train graduate students to identify the best approach to answering their research questions and producing the extensions that they identify in the current literature.​​