I was a teaching assistant in the undergraduate intro-level IR class PS235 World Politics in the Fall 2015 Semester. I was also a teaching assistant in PS210 Comparative Politics in the Spring 2016 Semester. I was the primary instructor for introductory research methods course PS372 Introduction to Political Analysis in the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Semesters. I am also teaching the same class this semester.
The main purpose of this course is to introduce political science research methodology to students and familiarize them with the proper conduct of political science research.
Course Objectives:
This course seeks to enable students to achieve the following goals:
You can access sllyabus for PS372 for the Spring 2018 Semester:introduction_to_political_analysis_spring_2018_updated_syllabus.docx
TEACHING INTERESTS
International Relations
Political Science Research Methods
Comparative Politics
The main purpose of this course is to introduce political science research methodology to students and familiarize them with the proper conduct of political science research.
Course Objectives:
This course seeks to enable students to achieve the following goals:
- Understand the basic goals of social science research
- Comprehend the basic approaches used within empirical research in political science
- Be able to locate and summarize peer reviewed sources through library databases
- Learn how to formulate an appropriate research question, develop testable hypotheses, and operationalize concepts in order to test said hypotheses
- Acquire knowledge of basic descriptive statistics and be able to interpret different types of regression analyses
You can access sllyabus for PS372 for the Spring 2018 Semester:introduction_to_political_analysis_spring_2018_updated_syllabus.docx
TEACHING INTERESTS
International Relations
Political Science Research Methods
Comparative Politics