My teaching specialties are the politics of economic inequality (which touches on many topics such as poverty, political representation, public policy, etc.), the US Congress (including issues such as representation, policymaking, elections, etc.), Introduction to American Politics (a general course for both majors and non-majors), and Congress and the Presidency, which focuses on two of the most important branches of American government in our time. I also teach a graduate seminars in American Politics on the topic of Economic Inequality, American Institutions, and Intro to Quantitative Methods.
I previously participated in the Fulbright program serving as U.S. Studies Chair at Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico during Spring 2019.
I am also Director of the EcoHouse Learning Community, which focuses on the environment and sustainability and the politics of climate change.
