Recent Teaching

Lead Faculty

A130A: Talking Politics in a Polarized Nation | Harvard University, 2021-2024

A seminar interrogating the philosophical, psychological, and sociological underpinnings of talking about politically controversial topics under conditions of polarization. Students learn learn about how dynamics of mind and environment come together to affect reasoning, listening, and argument around controversial issues. Students apply these understandings to become more purposeful and effective agents of discourse through regular engagement with peers and develop an intervention leveraging course insights for a context of their choosing.

EQO11E: Citizenship & Nationality | Harvard University, Summer 2024

A course providing a survey of normative debates about the conceptualization and politics of citizenship and nationality, especially as those concepts intersect with the education system. Students are supported in making connections to their own lives and reflecting on their values and perspectives.

Teaching Fellow

S030: Intermediate Statistics for Educational Research | Harvard University, Spring 2021

An intermediate quantitative methods course for applied researchers covering topics of correlation, analysis of variance, and linear regression with an emphasis on understanding the application of these techniques to real world questions.

S052: Intermediate and Advanced Statistical Methods for Applied Educational Research | Harvard University, Spring 2020

An advanced quantitative methods course for applied researchers covering general linear models, survival analysis, multilevel models, multivariate methods, causal inference, and measurement. Methods taught include regression, discrete-time survival analysis, fixed- and random-effects models, principal components analysis, regression discontinuity, and reliability analysis.

S040: Introductory and Intermediate Statistical Methods for Applied Educational Research | Harvard University, Fall 2019

An introductory quantitative methods course for applied researchers designed to familiarize students with the use of quantitative methods for addressing research questions in the social sciences. Students learn how to select the appropriate analytic techniques for different research questions, how to apply those techniques and evaluate the assumptions upon which they rely, and how to communicate and present their work for professional audiences. Topics covered include basic statistical inference and variable types, simple and multiple linear regression, interactions, and variable transformations.

H611: On Becoming a Good Person and Leading a Good Life | Harvard University, 2016-2023

A survey course on topics related to moral development, education, and mentorship. Topics covered include bullying and harassment, political polarization and partisan alienation, intimate relationships and romantic love, and the development of meaning and purpose.