As a political scientist, my primary aim as an instructor is to assist students in developing their own critical thinking skills. In my courses, these skills are firmly rooted in coherent logic, empirical evidence, and normative implications. I want students to not only become critical consumers of social science information, but to also develop the requisite skills to become producers of basic scientific knowledge. I offer challenging material that represents the leading-edge in political science scholarship to both my undergraduate and graduate courses. I am highly accessible to students to assist them in their mastery of the course content and objectives.

RECENT UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS

PS 0200: Introduction to American Political Process

PS 0700: Political Science Research Methods

PS 1212: American Presidency

RECENT GRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS

PS 2212: U.S. Executive Branch Politics

PS 2701: Maximum Likelihood Theory and Limited Dependent Variable Models