SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
I have taught multiple Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Quantitative Methods classes as an an adjunct faculty member (Winston-Salem State University, an HBCU), lecturer (Loyola Marymount University, NC State University), an instructor of record (Southern Illinois University), and a graduate teaching assistant (University of California Irvine, University of Glasgow, Southern Illinois University). I have been a graduate teaching assistant for the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods (Session II), Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan. I expect to receive EITM certification in December for quantitative text analysis and network analysis that I completed at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) this summer.
COURSES
I am prepared to offer classes in Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Methodology including African Politics, European Politics, political parties and institutions, race and ethnic politics (ethnic violence, representation, etc.), women and politics, political violence, U.S. and international elections, and immigration and politics.
In methodology, I can offer classes in introductory classes in quantitative methods and research design and advanced methods classes in regression analysis (linear, non-linear, multilevel/hierarchical, and time series), quantitative text analysis, and quantitative network analysis.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
LECTURER OR INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
Adjunct Faculty
Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC
Classes: Urban Politics, Introduction to Political Science, Global Issues, Research and Writing in Political Science. Taught: freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Instructor
Fall 2022
Department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,IL
Class: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Culture, upper division class, University Core Curriculum
Taught sophomores, juniors, and seniors
Lecturer
Spring 2017
Department of Political Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Classes: European Politics, upper division. Taught domestic and international undergraduate and graduate students.
Lecturer
Spring 2014
Department of Political Science, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Classes: Advanced Methods (upper division class). Taught juniors and seniors.
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Teaching Assistant
Summer 2023
Summer Session II, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Classes: Introduction to Computing for Data Analysis, Introduction to the LATeX Text Processing System
Taught graduate and professional students.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall – Spring 2019 – 2023
Department of Political Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Classes: Quantitative Methods, Introduction to Comparative Politics, and Introduction to International Relations. Taught lower and upper division undergraduates
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2018
School of Social and Political Science, University of Glasgow, UK
Classes: Measuring Your World (introduction to quantitative methods for majors), Introduction to Politics
Taught students in the joint BA/MA program (all students in the dept. are in the joint BA/MA program)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 2006 – Fall 2013
School of Social Science, University of California, Irvine, CA
Classes: African American Politics, Minority Politics, Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to Comparative Politics, Probability and Statistics I, Probability and Statistics II, Computers in Social Science. Taught lower and upper division undergraduate classes.