Instructor

COMM 2010 Oral Communication | Spring 2018
Department of Communication, Cornell University
Student Evaluations

Description: I was the lead instructor for an introductory public speaking course that was designed and administered by Jodi Cohen, the Course Coordinator. I helped 45 undergraduate students improve their ability to research and communicate effectively and ethically. For the primary assignment, I guided students in researching policy issues they selected, which ranged from Cornell’s Title IX policy regarding the treatment of sexual assault victims to the commercialization of space, and in preparing for the delivery of informative and persuasive speeches on their issues over the course of the semester. I am proud to say that two of my students placed in the top five out of approximately 200 students who participated in a speech contest sponsored by Cornell’s Department of Communication.

GOVT 1101 Public Opinion, Mass Media and Post-9/11 U.S. Foreign Policy | Fall 2016
John S. Knight Institute and Department of Government, Cornell University
Syllabus | Student Evaluations

Description: I designed and served as the instructor for a writing course for first-year students with Cornell’s innovative and award winning writing program, John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines. The course explored the complex relationship between contemporary U.S. foreign policy, public opinion and the mass media, and used this topic as a vehicle for developing students’ writing abilities. Through the readings, class discussions and writing assignments, students improved their ability to engage contentious political debates in a civil, logical, and historically- and conceptually-informed manner. By guiding students through the writing lessons and assignments, I helped students improve their ability to conceive, develop and revise their arguments through a multi-faceted writing process that involved researching, diagramming and outlining arguments, writing, revising and peer-review.

Head Teaching Assistant

GOVT 1111 Introduction to American Government and Politics, with Suzanne Mettler | Fall 2015
Department of Government, Cornell University
Student Evaluations

Teaching Assistant

GOVT 4998 Inquiry in Politics and Policy, with David Silbey | Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Cornell in Washington

GOVT 3999 How Do You Know That?, with Christopher Way | Fall 2017
Department of Government, Cornell University
Student Evaluations

GOVT 3987 Human Rights at War, with Matthew Evangelista | Spring 2017
Department of Government, Cornell University
Student Evaluations

GOVT 3141 Prisons, with Joseph Margulies | Spring 2016
Department of Government, Cornell University
Student Evaluations

GOVT 1111 Introduction to American Government and Politics, with Robert Spitzer | Summer 2013
Department of Government, Cornell University

Comparative Political Analysis, with Allen Schick | Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

Globalization, Trade, and Labor, with Armin Rosencranz | Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

Other Teaching Experiences

Workshop Instructor and Facilitator, Word on the Street Writing Workshop, Baltimore, MD | 2012-2013

Tutor, University of Maryland, Writing Center | 2007-2008

Long-term Substitute Teacher, Spanish language specialty, Baltimore County Public Schools | 2007

English Teacher, Iyoba Girls College, Benin City, Nigeria | Summer 2006

Spanish Tutor, Morgan State University, Foreign Language Department | 2006

Writing and SAT Prep Tutor, Baltimore Youth Alliance, Baltimore MD | 2001-2006