Teaching

I greatly enjoy teaching and consider classroom instruction as educational an experience for me as it is for my students.

The Politics of India (Government 1255)

Undergraduate Lecture Course, Approximate Enrollment: 60 (website)

This course will introduce students to politics in the world's largest democracy, focusing on themes both important to India and to a general study of politics in developing countries. How does one make sense of democracy in a poor multi-ethnic setting? How has democratic politics shaped and been shaped by a society divided along a caste, class, linguistic and religious lines? And how well has India fared in promoting economic development, both growth and equity?

Research Workshop in Comparative Politics (Government 3006)

The workshop offers advanced graduate students an opportunity to present their work-in-progress, benefit from critiques of it, and discuss theoretical and methodological issues.

Ethnic Politics (Government 98ej)

Today it is easy to observe that "ethnicity matters", but to understand contemporary ethnic politics, it is important to situate it in a theoretical, historical and comparative perspective. This junior seminar will compare the ways in which ethnic identities have become salient in politics across the world by focusing on three main sets of questions: 1. What is ethnicity? 2. What are the origins of ethnic identity? 3. What are the consequences of ethnic identities?