Teaching Philosophy
I have been a University instructor for over a decade. I have taught a wide variety of classes, from American politics to Global Issues. This teaching experience has helped me hone my skills as an instructor, and it forms the foundation of my approach to teaching political science. My approach to teaching is founded upon three pedagogical pillars: transferable skills, blended learning, and inclusion. Critical thinking is the transferable skill that is central to all of my courses, and it involves providing students opportunities to engage in inference, identifying assumptions, deduction, interpretation, and evaluating arguments. Blended learning refers to the use of group activities and simulations alongside traditional Socratic lecturing, and I see it as essential to engaging students with diverse learning styles. Finally, I ensure that both course material and class discussion incorporate diverse views, especially those of underrepresented groups. In addition to being an important goal in and of itself, I believe that doing so stimulates creative and critical thinking.
Current Courses (Autumn 2022)
Research Design and Statistical Analysis (Graduate)
Korean Politics and Society (Undergraduate)
Environmental Politics (Undergraduate)
Courses Taught
Undergraduate
Political Science Research Methods
American Political Communication
Comparative Political Communication
Introduction to International Relations
East Asian Politics
Japanese Politics
Global Studies
Introduction to University (CORE)
Environmental Politics
Graduate
Comparative Political Communication
Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Comparative Environmental Politics