Two Certificate of Distinction in Teaching Awards
Harvard University’s Bok Center twice awarded me Certificates of Distinction in Teaching, which are based on excellent teaching evaluations for my undergraduate seminar on international law and international organizations.
Gov1740 International Law and International Institutions
Spring 2020, fall 2020, fall 2021, fall 2022, and fall 2023 (at Harvard)
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This undergraduate lecture is an introduction to international law and international organizations for students of international relations. Why do states conclude treaties and establish international organizations and what determines their institutional design? When and how do international institutions promote cooperation between states? What is their effect on domestic politics, and how do national politics shape international institutions? We survey recent international relations scholarship on these and other questions and conduct case studies on trade, human rights, military interventions, and other issue areas.
Gov94UN United Nations
Fall 2022 and fall 2023 (at Harvard)
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An interactive discussion of the origins, present work, and future prospects of the United Nations. The UN is the only international organization with global scope and nearly universal membership, and it is a central component of the rules-based international order. The seminar critically examines whether the UN lives up to the promise of promoting peace and prosperity. We analyze its inner workings and its impact on world politics by surveying recent international relations scholarship, practitioner accounts by diplomats, and journalistic works. Topics include peacekeeping, sanctions, the use of force, human rights, international justice, economic development, and climate change mitigation.
Gov94CM International Law and International Organizations
Spring and fall 2018 (at Harvard)
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This undergraduate seminar is an introduction to international law and international organizations for students of international relations. Why do states conclude treaties and establish international organizations – and what determines their institutional design? When and how do international institutions promote cooperation between states? What is their effect on domestic politics? We survey recent international relations scholarship on these and other questions and conduct case studies on trade, human rights, military interventions, and other issue areas.
WWS 508B Econometrics and Public Policy Extensions
Instructor: Professor Martin Gilens
Teaching assistant in spring 2014 and spring 2015 (at Princeton)
This graduate statistics course provides a thorough examination of statistical methods employed in public policy analysis. This course develops in students the ability to choose and employ the appropriate tool for a particular research problem, and understand the limitations of the techniques. Students replicate recent empirical studies and conduct an independent research project using STATA.
POL 386 Violent Politics
Instructor: Professor Jacob Shapiro
Teaching assistant in fall 2013 and fall 2014 (at Princeton)
Violent Politics is a seminar devoted to understanding why politics so often turn violent and the ways in which violence is used to achieve political objectives. Students are asked to critically assess theoretical arguments on violent politics and to evaluate research designs for empirically testing these arguments. The seminar is open to juniors and seniors.
Photo above depicts United Nations Headquarters at Geneva. Photo credit: Yann.