As a teacher, a former Captain in the US Army Infantry, and an elected Town Meeting Representative, I strive to equip my students with a strong foundational and theoretical understanding of political science, and an in-depth awareness of how course concepts translate to the real world. In the 2019 – 2020 school year, I was the recipient of Northeastern University’s Outstanding Teaching Award.
International Relations
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the major concepts and issues that shape the relations of countries around the world. We will focus on both the theoretical foundations and conceptual frameworks of international relations (IR), as well as but how they translate into real-world events and foreign policy. Some topics we will cover include: IR theory; international law and negotiation; the causes and consequences of interstate war; foreign and national security policy decision-making processes; terrorism and weapons of mass destruction; international order and organizations; globalization; climate change; trade and interdependence; and the future of the world order. Students will get a chance try their hand at statecraft through a semester-long virtual simulation designed to put course concepts to the test. Students can expect to finish this course with a deeper understanding of the forces that shape international politics and the ability to critically analyze and interpret important current events around the world.
Research Methods
Course Description: In this course, we will examine a wide variety of traditional and cutting-edge research methodologies and designs based on applying the logic of social scientific inquiry. Students will learn how we know what we know and gain an in-depth understanding of how to assess empirical political science research. Students will also learn how to design, plan, conduct, interpret, and present research effectively. Some of the topics we will cover include: research topic formulation and planning, establishing causality, geospatial analysis, research ethics and protecting participants, experimental research, case studies, conducting interviews, survey design, archival research, content analysis, process tracing, basic quantitative techniques, computational social science, data visualization, and effective use of mixed methodologies.
Additional Courses
Global Governance, International Security, Computational Social Science, Global Survey of Contemporary Conflicts, Environmental Security, International Law, International Conflict and Negotiation, Intergovernmental Organizations, The United Nations System, History of International Law, History of International Relations, The European Union, Advanced Quantitative Techniques, Quantitative Techniques, Introduction to Political Science, Senior Capstone