Teaching and Service

Teaching Experience

I teach a mixture of classes in Security Studies and American Politics (most of which are on an every-other-year rotation) as well as general education seminars at Wartburg. Through the 2025-2026 academic year, I have taught the following courses at Wartburg at least once:

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

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

  • American Grand Strategy
  • U.S. National Security
  • War and Security
  • America and the World
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics

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

  • Introduction to International Relations
  • History of the International System (Independent Study)

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

Service

I currently serve as a Review Editor at H-Diplo, in which capacity I organize stand-alone and roundtable reviews of academic work.

My institutional service at Wartburg has included a wide range of institutional and departmental service activities, See my CV for more details.