Current Course Offerings:
Recent Course Offerings:
American Politics
POLS 3604: Congress in Theory and Practice
University of Connecticut, Fall 2023 & Fall 2024
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: This course is an introduction to the political and legislative process of the United States Congress. The course will focus on a semester-long legislative simulation in which students will play the role of United States Senators. Students will organize the legislature, form parties and caucuses, select their own leaders, draft their own bills, debate, and vote on legislation. The first part of the course will consist of traditional lectures to familiarize students with how Congress works; the rest of the semester will be primarily devoted to the legislative simulation.
POLS 3602: The Presidency and Congress
University of Connecticut, Spring 2024
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: This is a course about the interaction between the central policymaking institutions in the United States – Congress and the American presidency. Primarily, this course will focus on the institutional and conceptual development of the relationship between these institutions over time. Topics will include separation and delegation of powers; elections and responsiveness; representation, policy-making processes over foreign, economic, and domestic issues; and legislative-executive interaction in an era of polarization.
Quantitative Methods
POLS 2072Q: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
University of Connecticut, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, & Fall 2024
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: Scholars in political science and in disciplines across the social sciences are increasingly relying on quantitative, data-driven methods to answer important questions in their field. This course provides an introduction to the study of politics through quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Like a traditional research methods course, we will cover the fundamentals of empirical research in political science including causal inference, summary statistics, data visualization, and regression. However, unlike a traditional research methods course, this course places a particular emphasis on developing technical skills used to conduct real world data analysis. Therefore, a significant amount of the coursework will be dedicated to learning how to program in the statistical computing environment, R. The goal is for you to gain a valuable skillset in data analysis that you can use in your political science classes and, more importantly, in your future careers.
POLS 5605: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
University of Connecticut, Spring 2025
Graduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: Scholars in political science and in disciplines across the social sciences are increasingly relying on quantitative, data-driven methods to answer important questions in their field. This course provides an introduction to the study of politics through quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Like a traditional research methods course, we will cover the fundamentals of empirical research in political science including causal inference, summary statistics, data visualization, and regression. However, unlike a traditional research methods course, this course places a particular emphasis on developing technical skills used to conduct real world data analysis. Therefore, a significant amount of the coursework will be dedicated to learning how to program in the statistical computing environment, R. The goal is for you to gain a valuable skillset in data analysis that you can use in your political science classes and, more importantly, in your future careers.
DSDA 1995: Data Science and Society using R
University of Connecticut, Spring 2025
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: Scholars in political science and in disciplines across the social sciences are increasingly relying on quantitative, data-driven methods to answer important questions in their field. This course provides an introduction to the study of politics through quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Like a traditional research methods course, we will cover the fundamentals of empirical research in political science including causal inference, summary statistics, data visualization, and regression. However, unlike a traditional research methods course, this course places a particular emphasis on developing technical skills used to conduct real world data analysis. Therefore, a significant amount of the coursework will be dedicated to learning how to program in the statistical computing environment, R. The goal is for you to gain a valuable skillset in data analysis that you can use in your political science classes and, more importantly, in your future careers.
American Politics
POLS 3604: Congress in Theory and Practice
University of Connecticut, Fall 2023 & Fall 2024
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: This course is an introduction to the political and legislative process of the United States Congress. The course will focus on a semester-long legislative simulation in which students will play the role of United States Senators. Students will organize the legislature, form parties and caucuses, select their own leaders, draft their own bills, debate, and vote on legislation. The first part of the course will consist of traditional lectures to familiarize students with how Congress works; the rest of the semester will be primarily devoted to the legislative simulation.
POLS 3602: The Presidency and Congress
University of Connecticut, Spring 2024
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: This is a course about the interaction between the central policymaking institutions in the United States – Congress and the American presidency. Primarily, this course will focus on the institutional and conceptual development of the relationship between these institutions over time. Topics will include separation and delegation of powers; elections and responsiveness; representation, policy-making processes over foreign, economic, and domestic issues; and legislative-executive interaction in an era of polarization.
Quantitative Methods
POLS 2072Q: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
University of Connecticut, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, & Fall 2024
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: Scholars in political science and in disciplines across the social sciences are increasingly relying on quantitative, data-driven methods to answer important questions in their field. This course provides an introduction to the study of politics through quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Like a traditional research methods course, we will cover the fundamentals of empirical research in political science including causal inference, summary statistics, data visualization, and regression. However, unlike a traditional research methods course, this course places a particular emphasis on developing technical skills used to conduct real world data analysis. Therefore, a significant amount of the coursework will be dedicated to learning how to program in the statistical computing environment, R. The goal is for you to gain a valuable skillset in data analysis that you can use in your political science classes and, more importantly, in your future careers.
POLS 5605: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
University of Connecticut, Spring 2025
Graduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: Scholars in political science and in disciplines across the social sciences are increasingly relying on quantitative, data-driven methods to answer important questions in their field. This course provides an introduction to the study of politics through quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Like a traditional research methods course, we will cover the fundamentals of empirical research in political science including causal inference, summary statistics, data visualization, and regression. However, unlike a traditional research methods course, this course places a particular emphasis on developing technical skills used to conduct real world data analysis. Therefore, a significant amount of the coursework will be dedicated to learning how to program in the statistical computing environment, R. The goal is for you to gain a valuable skillset in data analysis that you can use in your political science classes and, more importantly, in your future careers.
DSDA 1995: Data Science and Society using R
University of Connecticut, Spring 2025
Undergraduate Students
Course Website
Course Objectives: Scholars in political science and in disciplines across the social sciences are increasingly relying on quantitative, data-driven methods to answer important questions in their field. This course provides an introduction to the study of politics through quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Like a traditional research methods course, we will cover the fundamentals of empirical research in political science including causal inference, summary statistics, data visualization, and regression. However, unlike a traditional research methods course, this course places a particular emphasis on developing technical skills used to conduct real world data analysis. Therefore, a significant amount of the coursework will be dedicated to learning how to program in the statistical computing environment, R. The goal is for you to gain a valuable skillset in data analysis that you can use in your political science classes and, more importantly, in your future careers.
Sample Syllabi:
Below, I have provided course materials for courses that I have either taught in the past or hope to teach in the future. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it is meant to convey the sorts of courses I am capable of offering.
Introduction to American Government
Politics of Congressional Elections
The U.S. Presidency
The Legislative Process
Introduction to Statistics
Data Science and Society
Applied Machine Learning in R
Below, I have provided course materials for courses that I have either taught in the past or hope to teach in the future. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it is meant to convey the sorts of courses I am capable of offering.
Introduction to American Government
Politics of Congressional Elections
The U.S. Presidency
The Legislative Process
Introduction to Statistics
Data Science and Society
Applied Machine Learning in R