My teaching reflects the interdisciplinary nature of my scholarship. At the University of Houston, I regularly teach one graduate course (Media and Politics) that enrolls political science and communication Ph.D. and M.A. students, and three undergraduate courses across the two fields (Media Effects; Media, Power and Society; and Politics and Mass Media). I have also taught Special Problems and Independent Study courses and supervised student research through a Provost-funded program at UH. At the University of Richmond, I taught courses focused on the social sciences within the interdisciplinary Jepson School of Leadership Studies.
Critical thinking and rigorous, logical analysis are fundamental to my teaching, and all of my students produce original research in my classes. Further, being at UH has provided opportunities to reflect on what I can bring to the classroom as a faculty member who, like 43% of our students, was a first-generation undergraduate and graduate student. I often draw on my own experiences as I work to make my classroom a place where all students can thrive. My student evaluations reflect these efforts and are consistently well above my departments’ averages.
INSTRUCTOR
COMM 3376: Media Effects (undergraduate), University of Houston
COMM 4372: Media, Power, and Society (undergraduate), University of Houston
COMM 6398: Special Problems courses for MA students in Journalism & Mass Communication and Global & Intercultural Communication (graduate), University of Houston
POLS 3360: Politics and Mass Media (undergraduate), University of Houston
POLS 4398: Independent Study (undergraduate), University of Houston
POLS 6350: Seminar in Media and Politics (graduate), University of Houston
LDST 102: Leadership and the Social Sciences (undergraduate), University of Richmond
LDST 390: Special Topic — Media and Politics (undergraduate), University of Richmond
TEACHING ASSISTANT
American Public Opinion and Voting Behavior (undergraduate), Vanderbilt University
Professor: Dr. Efrén O. Pérez
Political Psychology (undergraduate), Vanderbilt University
Professor: Dr. Efrén O. Pérez
Mathematics for Social Scientists (graduate), Vanderbilt University
Professor: Dr. Hye Young You
GUEST INSTRUCTOR/LECTURER
The 2024 Elections and the Future of Democracy, Glasscock School, Rice University
Leadership and the Social Sciences (undergraduate), University of Richmond: “The Media & Leadership”
Professors: Dr. Crystal L. Hoyt, Dr. Haley Harwell
Experimental Methods in Political Science (graduate), Vanderbilt University
Professor: Dr. Efrén O. Pérez
Professionalization Seminar (graduate), Vanderbilt University: “Early Steps for Preparing for Comps”
Professor: Dr. Zeynep Somer-Topcu
Allison M. N. Archer 