Teaching

My teaching spans comparative politics, international security, political violence, social movements, and Middle East politics.

Instructor of Record

Introduction to Comparative Politics
Boston University, Summer 2026

This course introduces students to the study of politics across countries and regions. Through comparative analysis of democracy, authoritarianism, institutions, political culture, development, conflict, and social change, students learn how political scientists explain variation in how societies are governed and how political change occurs.

People Power in Global Politics
Boston University, Spring 2025; Spring 2026

This course examines how ordinary people shape global politics through protest, social movements, digital activism, civil resistance, and everyday forms of political action. Moving beyond elite-centered accounts of international relations, students analyze how power operates from below and how citizens, activists, and movements pursue political change across local, national, and transnational contexts.

Introduction to International Politics
Boston University, Summer 2025; Summer 2026

This course introduces students to major theories, concepts, and debates in international relations. Students examine how states, international institutions, movements, and other actors respond to problems such as war, intervention, nuclear weapons, foreign policy, and global inequality, while learning to apply theoretical frameworks to contemporary international politics.

Teaching Assistant

Introduction to Comparative Politics (Chappell Lawson)
MIT, Fall 2019

Causes and Consequences of War and Peace (Steve Van Evera)
MIT, Spring 2020