Teaching

I am passionate about teaching. As a teacher, I strive to spark intellectual curiosity and a desire for discovery among students, while providing them with the necessary tools to understand and critically engage with the world around them. In doing so,   I am committed to support and mentor diverse groups of students. To achieve these teaching objectives, I employ an active, inclusive, and innovative pedagogy, centered around providing students with a wide array of teaching materials, activity-based teaching methods, tailored opportunities for learning and assessment, and mentorship in and beyond the classroom. 
Experience
Instructor 
  • Introduction to Security Studies (Boston University, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Spring 2025)
  • ​Nuclear Security (Boston University, Fall 2024)
  • Technology & War (Boston University, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, and Fall 2025) 
  • ​The Making and Unmaking of International Nuclear Policies (Sciences Po, Spring 2023) - Co-Instructor

​Teaching Assistant
  • The International Law and Politics of Human Rights,      Professor Nina Tannenwald (Spring 2018) - Head TA
  • ​Introduction to International Relations, Professor Jordan Branch (Fall 2017) - Head TA​
  • Ethnic Politics and Conflict, Professor Linda Cook (Spring 2017)
  • The International Law and Politics of Human Rights, Professor Nina Tannenwald (Fall 2016)

​Awarded P. Terrence Hopmann Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Department of Political Science, Brown University (2018)
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Syllabi
  • IR 347 - Introduction to Security Studies

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  • IR 353/PO 356 - Nuclear Security
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  • IR 522 - Technology & War
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Pedagogical Training
  • Teaching Consultant Program - Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University (2017-2018)
  • Course Design Seminar - Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University (2017)
  • Seminar on Reflective Teaching - Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University (2016)
Guest Lectures
  • Missile Defense, Boston University (October 2024)
  • Preparing for the Job Market, Boston University (March 2024)
  • Missile Defense, Hamburg University (January 2024)
  • Emerging Technologies, Brandeis University (November 2023)
  • Research Design, Boston University (October 2023)
  • Norms & Ideas, LSE (February 2022)
  • Qualitative Research Methods, Lehigh University (November 2022)
  • Hypersonics & Missile Defense, Air Force Academy (May 2022)
  • Politics of Weapons Development and Qualitative Research Methods, Georgia Institute of Technology (October 2021)
  • The Responsibility to Protect, Brown University (November 2019)
  • The Plight of the Rohingya, Brown University (April 2017)