Teaching and Service

Teaching Experience

I teach a mixture of classes in Security Studies and American Politics as well as first- and second-year seminars at Wartburg. My second-year seminar, which is meant to focus on the theme of “living in a diverse world,” focuses on video games, representation therein, and the politics thereof. I change the topic of my first-year seminar every year; in the fall of 2024, it was “The Politics of Taylor Swift”. Most of my courses are on an every-other-year rotation. To date, I have taught the following courses at Wartburg:

  • Scope and Methods of Political Science
  • Introduction to Homeland Security (Syllabus)
  • Introduction to National Security
  • Introduction to American Politics (Syllabus)
  • State and Local Politics (Syllabus)
  • U.S. Foreign Policy (Syllabus)
  • Intelligence, Deception, and Disinformation
  • Native American History and Politics
  • Political Campaigns (Indendent Study)
  • American Legislature and Judiciary
  • The American Presidency
  • Policy Formulation, Administration, and Analysis
  • First-year Seminar
  • Second-year Seminar

I taught the following classes as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati

I taught the following classes as the instructor of record at Georgetown University:

  • Introduction to International Relations (Summer 2020 Syllabus; Summer 2019 Syllabus)
  • History of the International System (Syllabus [independent study for one undergraduate student)

In addition to my experience as an instructor, I served as a teaching assistant for the following undergraduate courses at Georgetown University (except where noted):

  • International Security – Prof.  Michael Brown (Syllabus [George Washington University, Master’s in Security Policy Studies])
  • Understanding Trump’s Foreign Policy – Prof. Daniel Byman (Syllabus [one-credit course])
  • Comparative Political Systems – Prof. Charles King (Syllabus)
  • Elements of Political Theory – Prof. Joshua Cherniss (Syllabus)
  • Introduction to International Relations – Prof. Andrew O. Bennett (Syllabus) and Prof. Lise Howard (Syllabus)

Service

I currently serve as a Review Editor at H-Diplo, in which capacity I organize stand-alone and roundtable reviews of academic work. I previously served as H-Diplo’s teaching editor and organized an occasional series of teaching roundtables. Since August 2022, I have also served as a member of the editorial board of PS: Political Science and Politics.

My institutional service at Wartburg has included appointments on committees related to policy on generative artificial intelligence technologies and on the restructuring of our general education curriculum. I have also served in elected positions as a member of Wartburg’s general education committee and faculty review committee, which handles revisions to the faculty handbook and grievance proceedings and of which I am currently the chair. At the departmental level, I serve as an advisor to Political Science majors, I co-advise the student Pre-Law Society, and I have served on a search committee for a position in Psychology.