Government and People in Latin America
Undergraduate course, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2026
A thematically structured survey of government, politics, and society across Latin America.
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Comparative Political Violence
Undergraduate/Graduate course, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2026
A mixed undergraduate/graduate course examining the comparative study of political violence, including organized crime, civil conflict, and state repression.
Blackness in the Americas
Undergraduate course, Department of Political Science, Macalester College, 2025
Course comparing race-making in Latin America and the United States. Multidisciplinary course, including politics, economics, history, and arts.
Don’t Call the Police: Criminal Violence in Latin America
Undergraduate course, Department of Political Science, Macalester College, 2025
A seminar on criminal governance and violence, examining how organized crime groups regulate territory and populations where the state’s presence is thin or contested.
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Undergraduate course, Department of Political Science, Macalester College, 2024
An introduction to the core concepts and methods of comparative politics — regime types, state capacity, political economy, and institutional design — taught twice (Fall 2024, Spring 2025).
Latin American Politics
Undergraduate course, Department of Political Science, Macalester College, 2024
A survey of political institutions, regime trajectories, and state-society relations across Latin America (Fall 2024).
Politics of Identity in America
Undergraduate course, Department of Political Science, Temple University, 2020
Instructor of record, taught multiple terms (Spring/Fall/Summer 2020–2024).