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I’ve designed and instructed over a dozen unique undergraduate courses at Binghamton University, Harvard University, Emerson College, and Duke University. Whether I’m working with first-years or graduates, delivering a lecture or leading a discussion, I teach to cultivate curiosity, conversation, and critical reflection. In addition to my field of political science, I’ve taught courses in philosophy, environmental studies, history, ethics, expository writing, and interdisciplinary studies. You can browse these courses and their syllabi below.

Binghamton university

I’m a Research Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Source Project at Binghamton University.

I teach courses in political science, philosophy, and environmental studies, and also contribute to the Scholars Program, the EOP Binghamton Enrichment Program, and the university’s First-Year Experience (FYE) seminar offerings.

  • (POLITICAL SCIENCE) A two-semester sequence examining the global resurgence of authoritarianism and the crisis of democracy (Fall 2025 Syllabus, Spring 2025 Syllabus)

  • (PHILOSOPHY / ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES) A two-semester sequence examining the climate crisis as a challenge for global justice (Fall 2025 Syllabus, Spring 2025 Syllabus)

  • (SCHOLARS) Reimagining the basic concepts of politics for a world transformed by algorithms, AI, and other emergent technologies (Fall 2025 Syllabus)

  • (POLITICAL SCIENCE) Reading dystopian literature to grapple with the real-world dangers of totalitarian governments, intrusive technology, and ecological collapse

  • (UNIV) A First-Year Seminar exploring the aesthetics and cultural politics of space, from classic SF to today’s corporate space race

Harvard university

From Fall 2016 to Spring 2024, I was a Preceptor of Expository Writing in the Harvard College Writing Program at Harvard University.

During this time, I developed several courses in collaboration with the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship. I also contributed to the Harvard Summer School and directed Master of Liberal Arts theses with the Harvard Extension School, including two winners of the Dean’s Prize for Outstanding ALM Thesis.

I received the Office of Undergraduate Education’s Certificate of Teaching Excellence in four consecutive semesters.

  • (EXPOS) An intensive writing seminar examining Orwell’s novel, its historical context, and its contemporary relevance (Fall 2023 Syllabus)

  • (EXPOS) An intensive writing seminar examining theories of power, resistance, and revolution (Spring 2019 Syllabus)

  • (EXPOS) An engaged scholarship writing seminar exploring student activism at and beyond Harvard, from the 1960s to today (Spring 2023 Syllabus)

  • (EXPOS) An engaged scholarship writing seminar examining the 2020 election in real time (Fall 2020 Syllabus)

  • (EXPOS) An engaged scholarship writing seminar examining the theory and practice of participatory democracy

Emerson College

From Fall 2022 to Spring 2024, I was Affiliated Faculty with the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College.

  • (IN) A first-year interdisciplinary studies seminar examining survival, trauma, and the search for meaning (Fall 2023 Syllabus)

  • (HI) A historical survey of US social movements and countermovements from abolitionism to the twenty-first century (Spring 2023 Syllabus)

DUKE UNIVERSITY

As a doctoral candidate at Duke University, I taught with the Department of Political Science and the Kenan Institute for Ethics.

I also served as a teaching assistant for several courses, supervised undergraduate projects for Bass Connection, and contributed to the Duke Talent Identification Program.

  • (POLSCI / ETHICS) Explores questions of morality, identity, community, and citizenship from antiquity to the twenty-first century (Spring 2016 Syllabus)

  • (POLSCI) A survey of modern political ideologies examining key statements of liberalism, conservatism, and socialism (Fall 2014 Syllabus)