My teaching includes undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. level courses in public policy analysis, public administration, policy implementation, the policy process, introductory statistics and research design, American government, interest group politics, and health politics and advocacy. I have designed 12 courses and taught 30+ sections since 2015.
While teaching at UT-Arlington, I received a university-wide award in 2019—the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Untenured). At WVU, I received the Outstanding Honors EXCEL Mentor Award from the Honors College in 2022.
Courses taught at West Virginia University
- Interest Groups & Democracy
- Policy Analysis/Policy Process (graduate seminar)
- Introduction to Public Administration
- Politics of Agenda-setting (graduate seminar)
- Introduction to Policy Analysis
- Policy Implementation (graduate seminar)
Courses taught at the University of Texas at Arlington:
- Interest Groups and Political Advocacy
- Research Methods and Political Analysis (graduate cross-listed)
- Political Science Research Lab
- Organized Interests in America: Advocacy and Influence (graduate seminar)
- Government of the United States
- Public Policy Analysis (graduate seminar)
- Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
- Health Politics & Advocacy (online, co-taught with Daniel Sledge)
In addition to serving on Ph.D. committees, I regularly supervise students writing senior capstone papers, completing honors experiential learning projects, and working as research assistants through the WVU Research Apprenticeship Program and Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. I am an academic advisor for ~40 undergraduate political science majors each semester.