I am an enthusiastic teacher with significant teaching experience. At UCLA, I have taught four courses as the sole instructor and ten courses as a teaching assistant.
Last year, I developed and taught the seminar class “International Politics of Human Rights,” which drew heavily on my dissertation research, and served as the instructor for an introductory international relations course. In 2015, I was selected by UCLA’s Political Science department to teach a ten-week pedagogy course for new teaching assistants. Syllabi and student evaluations for these courses are summarized in this table:
Last year, I developed and taught the seminar class “International Politics of Human Rights,” which drew heavily on my dissertation research, and served as the instructor for an introductory international relations course. In 2015, I was selected by UCLA’s Political Science department to teach a ten-week pedagogy course for new teaching assistants. Syllabi and student evaluations for these courses are summarized in this table:
I also developed and taught for three years a two-week course called ``Mathematical Methods for Political Science'' that served as a math refresher for Ph.D. students entering the Department of Political Science. The department did not collect teaching evaluations for this course.
As a teaching assistant at UCLA, I have taught discussion sections for a wide variety of courses, including substantive classes in international relations and international development studies, and methods courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This table summarizes the overall ratings I received across sections as a teaching assistant:
As a teaching assistant at UCLA, I have taught discussion sections for a wide variety of courses, including substantive classes in international relations and international development studies, and methods courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This table summarizes the overall ratings I received across sections as a teaching assistant:
Course |
Quarter |
Faculty |
Average |
# Responses |
World Politics |
Fall 2012 |
Robbie Totten |
9.55 |
18/60 |
International Relations Theory |
Winter 2013 |
Arthur Stein |
9.09 |
27/56 |
Politics and Strategy |
Spring 2013 |
Kathleen Bawn |
9.36 |
17/54 |
World Politics |
Fall 2013 |
Leslie Johns |
9.3 |
26/59 |
Statistical Methods II (graduate) |
Winter 2014 |
Kathleen Bawn |
9.87 |
8/15 |
Introduction to Data Analysis |
Spring 2014 |
Joseph Asunka & Daniel Lim |
9.66 |
19/43 |
International Law |
Fall 2014 |
Leslie Johns |
9.86 |
24/57 |
Foreign Policy Decision-Making |
Winter 2015 |
Arthur Stein |
9.41 |
21/54 |
International Organizations |
Spring 2015 |
Leslie Johns |
9.48 |
19/60 |
Globalization: Governance & Conflict |
Winter 2017 |
Margaret Peters |
9.15 |
39/59 |
This document summarizes all the student evaluations I received at UCLA. My complete teaching evaluations are available upon request.