I teach a variety of courses in international relations, international law, human rights and comparative politics. My teaching philosophy is simple: I seek to challenge students to think critically and to engage with the material we discuss in class as well as contemporary politics. I place a large emphasis on improving my students’ writing, analytic, research and presentational skills and helping them understand the connections between international politics and their daily lives.
This summer I received a grant from the Office of Undergraduate Studies at UNL to revamp my large, 100-level course, Introduction to International Relations. As a result of the grant, I’m planning on making three main changes to the course: 1) My students will participate in an on-line international relations simulation, called Statecraft Simulation, throughout the semester to try their hands at international politics; 2) I will adopt new metrics for assessing students’ global awareness; and 3) I will try to implement a set of best practices for engaging students in large lectures. I welcome any advice, tips and suggestions! I plan on implementing these changes for the Fall 2011 semester, and I will update this page as the project progresses.
Below is a list of the courses that I teach. If not otherwise indicated, I most currently offer the course at UNL. You can access the syllabi for selected courses by clicking on the course name. I will be including more syllabi in the coming weeks, and you can find additional syllabi for political science courses at APSA’s syllabi repository, here.
Advanced Seminars and Upper Level Survey Courses:
- International Human Rights
- Problems in International Law and Organizations
- South American Politics
- Gender and Globalization (Suffolk University)
- Latin American Political Economy (Suffolk University)
- NGOs in World Politics (Suffolk University)
- Mexican Politics (Suffolk University)
- Principles of International Law (TA, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Principles in American Foreign Policy (TA, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Introductory Courses:
Political Science Internship Program:
- Washington D.C. Research and Internship Program (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
