Teaching

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy begins with the recognition that students bring with them a wealth of lived experiences shaped by their socioeconomic, cultural, racial, gendered, and academic backgrounds. As an Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), a Minority-Serving, Hispanic-Serving, and AANAPISI institution, I have worked with a highly diverse student population. This experience has deeply informed my commitment to inclusive pedagogy, an approach that affirms student equity by embedding accessibility, flexibility, and real-world relevance into every facet of course design.

To promote these goals, I use active learning techniques such as structured discussions, simulations, and think-pair-share activities. I collect brief surveys at the start of each course to learn about students’ backgrounds and adapt instruction to their needs. I also build flexibility into course design by archiving recorded lectures, offering revision opportunities, and integrating in-class writing sessions that help students develop analytical skills and reduce over-reliance on AI tools. Across all my courses, I aim to create an environment where students connect theory to lived experience and learn to think critically about the political world.

Teaching Experience

Courses as Associate Instructor
– American Politics
– Nation States and Capitalism
– Politics of Trade, Finance and Development
– Globalization and Underdevelopment

Courses as Teaching Assistant
– Principles of Civic Engagement (Honors Department)
– American Politics
– Political Economy of International Finance
– Environmental Political Thought
– Globalization and Underdevelopment
– Politics of the Underdeveloped World
– International Relations
– Introduction to Comparative Politics

Sample Syllabi
– American Politics (view HERE)
– Globalization and Underdevelopment (view HERE)