Teaching

My teaching approach is strongly centered around active learning and creating a safe and welcoming space for students from different backgrounds. I am committed to an inclusive teaching style that encourages students to engage with the material in multiple ways and thus allows all students to succeed. The teaching approach I rely on in this context is “Universal Design For Learning” (UDL) which centers on active learning and has as its goal to diversify teaching and allow all students to succeed.

In summer 2024 I will be the Instructor of Record for the following course:

Environmental and Climate Justice

With the rise of extreme weather events as a consequence of climate change, the demand for “climate justice” has become a popular backdrop for environmental and climate movements to demand more specific political action to address the climate crisis. This course will cover the origins and development of the concept of environmental justice and its relationship to issues of race and power, as well as the transition from environmental justice to climate justice and its political implications today. Establishing the connection of environmental and climate justice principles to existing political institutions, the course will also include a one-day field trip to visit a NY-based environmental justice organization, where we will discuss how climate justice can be incorporated into New York City’s climate resilience plan (tbc). Additionally, students will choose an institution or movement of their choice and create a report which analyses what concepts of justice these institutions refer to, what their goals and demands are, and how their strategies relate to these demands and where they might be falling short.

Teaching Assistance

Spring 2024: “Introduction to Comparative Politics”, taught by Prof McClelland

Fall 2023: “Environmental and Climate Justice”, Instructor of Record

Summer 2022: “Introduction to Political Theory”, taught by Prof Chun

Spring 2022: “Gandhi, King and the Politics of Nonviolent Action”, taught by Prof Mantena

Fall 2021: “Modern Political Thought”, taught by Prof Urbinati

Summer 2021: “Introduction to Political Theory”, taught by Prof MacInnis

Spring 2021: “International Politics”, Head Teaching Assistant, taught by Prof Katz

Fall 2020: “Democracy and Dictatorship”, taught by Prof Berman

Spring 2020: “International Politics”, taught by Prof Katz

Fall 2019: “American Politics”, taught by Prof Miller 

Other Teaching and Facilitating Experience

Fall 2021-Spring 2024: Co-founder and Junior Director, Decarbonization, Climate Resilience and Justice Network, Columbia Climate School.

Fall 2021-Spring 2022: Departmental Lead Teaching Fellow, appointed by the Center for Teaching and Learning

Fall 2021-Spring 2021: Graduate Student Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Climate Working Group, Columbia University

Fall 2020: Graduate Student Coordinator, Political Theory Workshop, Columbia University 

Fall 2020-Spring 2021: Graduate Student Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Climate Working Group, Columbia University

Fall 2019-Spring 2020: President of the Graduate Student Council of Political Science, Columbia University