Teaching
My primary teaching interests are in comparative institutions (formal and informal), the politics of developing countries, nationalism and ethnic politics, research methods (qualitative and quantitative), and politics of the post-Soviet states. I have been named to the University of Illinois' "List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent" three times.
The attachment below is a teaching portfolio with student reviews from my most recent self-taught course and sample syllabi for Introduction to Comparative Politics and Comparative Colonial Legacies (other syllabi of courses I have taught available upon request):
Iowa State University
Instructor
Fall 2019 Politics of Developing Areas
Fall 2019 Religion and Politics
Fall 2019 Immigration Policy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Instructor
Spring 2019 Introduction to US Government and Politics
Spring 2016 Introduction to Political Science (Intensive, 8 week course)
Fall 2015 Introduction to Political Science
Summer 2013 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Teaching Assistant
Spring 2018 US Racial and Ethnic Politics
Fall 2010, Fall 2011 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Guest Lecturer
Fall 2017, Spring 2017 Qualitative Methods in Comparative Politics-Fieldwork,Focus Groups, Interviewing Techniques, and the IRB Process
