Teaching
Prior to joining UTEP, I taught as a Visiting Instructor at Wellesley College and a Teaching Fellow at the University of California, Merced.
In the Fall of 2026 I am teaching Political Psychology (undergraduate course) and American Political Behavior (graduate seminar).
Classes I have taught most recently (Fall 2023-Fall 2026):
Political Communication (graduate seminar) (Fall 2025)
Public Opinion, Media, & Technology (Fall 2025, Spring 2024)
Ethnicity and Race in American Politics (Spring 2025)
American Political Behavior (graduate seminar) (Fall 2024, Spring 2023)
Introduction to American Politics (Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026) (in-person, hybrid, and online)
Quantitative Methods I (graduate seminar) (Fall 2023)
Research in Political Science (Fall 2023)
Other classes I have taught:
The Presidency (2019 departmental teaching award)
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structured as a class to understand how the Office of the Presidency operates (institutional focus) and how we select people into the Office of the Presidency (behavioral focus)
Voting Behavior, Campaigns, and Elections
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structured as a project-building course that allows students to learn the fundamentals of the topic while applying the concepts to the 2020 Presidential Election
I prioritize adaptivity and flexibility in my approach to teaching. I believe universal design for learning helps boost inclusivity and strive towards equity in the classroom to give all students a more beneficial educational experience. Teaching at University of Texas at El Paso, a leading Hispanic Serving Institution, and University of California, Merced, a minority-majority and largely first generation institution, has reaffirmed my belief that instructor adaptivity and a student-centered teaching style are an important foundation to every course.