Teaching 

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Undergraduate Classes:

• American Politics: 
  • The U.S. Congress (Lecture), University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yale
    • Current Version of the Course: In 2024 I redesigned this class to revolve around a semester long simulation project! Each student is assigned two roles of real current Members of the House of Representatives – one Democratic Member and one Republican Member. Each week the students engage two simulation activities (in lecture, section, or homework depending on the week) during which they play the roles of their members. These activities range from researching things about their members, to designing & filming a campaign commercial, to writing and debating legislation. The semester culminates in a series of debates and votes on the legislation they created. 
    • Why the simulation-based redesign? There were three motivating factors behind this design. First, I wanted to create a participatory format that would get the students engaged and facilitate understanding of the difficult challenges facing legislators. Second, I wanted to encourage cross-partisan perspective-taking and create a safe space for debate. Because every student plays both a Democrat and Republican, no one knows the personal views of any student. Everyone plays a legislator who is distant from their personal views and spends some time attempting to understand that perspective. And third, the nature of the participatory simulation encourages authentic learning and engagement and discourages AI-based short-cuts that inhibit learning. 
    • What impact does the simulation redesign have on students?  I've found that it helped students stay much more engaged, and they really learned a lot about their individual legislators, the legislative process, and the challenges facing both individual legislators and the legislative branch. The simulation activities also provided students with a lot of opportunities to practice a range of useful career skills – public speaking, group work, debate, negotiation, consensus building, problem-solving, analysis, spreadsheets, and so much more.
  • The American Presidency (Lecture), University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Parties and Leaders in Congress (Writing Seminar), Yale University
  • Senior Essay Advising, Yale University & University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Political Methodology:
  • Introduction to Survey Research (Lecture), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Graduate Classes:

• American Politics
  • American Politics Field Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • The Legislative Process, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • New Approaches in American Politics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • American Political Institutions, Yale University
  • American Politics Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Political Methodology:
  • Empirical Methods of Political Inquiry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Math Re-Fresher for Political Science. Yale University and Harvard University

Graduate Comprehensive Field Exam Evaluations:

• Graduate American Exam Evaluation, University of Wisconsin-Madison & Yale University.
• Graduate Methods Exam Evaluation, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Graduate Quantitative Methods Field Exam Committee, Yale University.

I'm exceptionally proud of my current and former undergraduate and graduate students! I try to keep the following links & descriptions updated about my current and former graduate students! 

Current and Former Ph.D. Students:
Levi Bankston (Wisconsin Ph.D. @ Analyst Institute), Lara Chausow (Yale Ph.D.), Kennia Coronado (Wisconsin Ph.D. Asst Prof @ Cornell), Evan Crawford (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Asst Prof @ University of San Diego), Michael DeCrescenzo (Wisconsin Ph.D. @ DRW), Jack Edelson (Wisconsin Ph.D. @ Squakr), Bill Egar (Wisconsin Ph.D. @ Morning Consult), Jess Esplin (Wisconsin Ph.D. Candidate), Simon Haeder (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Assoc Prof @ Ohio State), Devin Judge-Lord (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Asst Prof @ Michigan),  Veronica Judson (Wisconsin Ph.D. Candidate), Matthew Kim (Wisconsin Ph.D. Candidate), Christopher Krewson (Wisconsin Ph.d.; Asst Prof @ BYU), Ruoxi Li (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Assoc Prof @ Cal State San Marcos), Yu Lu (Wisconsin Ph.D. in Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Management; Asst Prof @ Oregon State), Jessie Munson (Wisconsin Ph.D. Candidate), Marcy Shieh (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Asst Prof @ Miami Univ of Ohio), James Sieja (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Assoc Prof @ St. Lawrence Univ), Natalie Smith (Wisconsin Ph.D. Student),  Rochelle Snyder (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Asst Prof @ Coe College), Mary Catherine Sullivan (Vanderbilt Ph.D. @ FTI Consulting), Sarah Waldfogel (Wisconsin Ph.D. in Economics; Asst Prof @ South Carolina), and Regina Wagner (Wisconsin Ph.D.; Asst Prof @ Alabama).