I am an experienced and award-winning teacher. At SMU, I am currently teaching “Introduction to Political Theory” and scheduled to teach “Modern Political Thought” in the Spring. At Stanford, I have taught undergraduate and graduate seminars of my own design, including a graduate core seminar on modern political thought and an advanced undergraduate seminar on “Misinformation and Democracy: Past and Present.” In each class I strive to foster enthusiasm and curiosity among my students. I work to speak to students coming from a wide range of academic backgrounds, to anchor the philosophical and theoretical materials in both rich historical context and contemporary examples and case studies, and to create and maintain a safe and inclusive learning environment. At Stanford, I was a Mentor-in-Teaching Fellow for two years. During that time, I supported the teaching needs of my colleagues and also learned from Stanford’s teaching experts how to improve my own work as a teacher and educator. I have received several honors and awards in recognition of my teaching work. As a teaching assistant at Tel Aviv University, I was twice included in the “Top 100 Lecturers” list from across the entire university. In 2020, the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University awarded me the Centennial Teaching Award, the top teaching award for graduate students. 

Teaching Experience

Department of Political Science, Southern Methodist University

Primary Instructor

  • Introduction to Political Theory (Fall 2024)

Department of Political Science, Stanford University

Primary Instructor

  • Misinformation and Democracy: Past and Present (undergraduate seminar, spring 2023, fall 2023) 

  • Selections in Modern Political Thought (graduate seminar, fall 2022)

Co-instructor

  • Origins of Political Thought, with Josiah Ober (undergraduate/graduate seminar, winter 2023)

Course co-designer and administrator

  • POLISCI 74: Pathways to Public Service Winter 2020 (Prof. Larry Diamond)

Head Teaching Assistant

  • Justice, Fall 2019 (Dr. Brian Coyne)

Teaching Assistant

  • Modern Political Thought, Spring 2019, Spring 2021 (Prof. Alison McQueen)

  • Justice, Fall 2017 (Prof. Rob Reich); Fall 2018 (Dr. Brian Coyne)

Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University

Primary Instructor

  • Scientific Writing Instruction, Fall 2014; Fall 2015; Fall 2016

Teaching Assistant

  • Introduction to Political Philosophy, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016 (Prof. Tamar Meisels); Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017 (Dr. Golan Lahat)

  • Contemporary Political Thought, Fall 2015, Fall 2016 (Prof. Tamar Meisels); Spring 2016, Spring 2017 (Dr. Golan Lahat)