Teaching

“My job is to listen hard and to talk with students as a colleague, as a fellow seeker of knowledge and understanding–and to give the best advice I can offer if it is asked for, but mostly, mainly, to listen and to take the time to respect the ideas presented. They are often a great gift.” — Andrea Lunsford

Teaching Interests

• Armed Conflict and Political Violence

• International Conflict

• Statistical Programming

• Quantitative Methodology

Instructor

• Undergraduate

  • Introduction to Quantitative Methods in International Relations, Tsinghua University

    • Fall 2020 Syllabus
    • Fall 2021 Syllabus
    • Course Website

  • Introduction to International Security, Tsinghua University

    • Spring 2021 Syllabus
    • Spring 2022 Syllabus

• Graduate

  • Spatial Analysis for Social Sciences with R, Tsinghua University

    • Spring 2021 Syllabus

  • Civil Wars, Tsinghua University

    • Fall 2021 Syllabus

Teaching Assistant

• Undergraduate

  • PS233: Nuclear Weapons, Duke University, Spring 2019

  • PS146: Politics and Economics, Duke University, Spring 2018

  • PS329S: Politics in Violence, Duke University, Fall 2017

Workshop

• Methods workshop

  • Data Visualization with R, Tsinghua University, August 2020

  • Applied GIS and Spatial Analysis with R, Tsinghua University, August 2020

  • Big Data, Machine Learning, and Conflict Prediction: Predicting Political Violence in Africa Using Spatial-temporal Models, Tsinghua University, July 2018

  • Data Visualization and Reproducible Research in International Relations, Nankai University, December 2017