Teaching
Teaching
Teaching at Georgia Tech:
Government and Politics of South Asia, Spring 2026, Spring 2025
This course introduces students to the politics and government of modern South Asia. We will focus on democracy, exploring commonalities and differences between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. What explains variation in the existence, nature, and degree of consolidation of democratic regimes across South Asia? In the process, students will learn how topics such as economic development, caste, religion, or gender figure into our evaluation of democracy.
Capstone in Global Development, Spring 2026, Spring 2025
This course is organized around a central question: How can we address development challenges ethically and effectively? Students will engage with this question by analyzing stakeholder perspectives, understanding why past interventions have failed, and designing feasible solutions or conducting rigorous research. By the end of this course, students will have hands-on experience conducting development research, the analytical skills to critically evaluate interventions, and the professional competencies to communicate complex ideas to varied audiences. Most importantly, students will leave with a deeper understanding of what it means to work ethically and effectively in global development.
Office Hours:
Mondays, 12:00-2:00
Office: Habersham 110
India Study Abroad Program:
I am co-leading the development of a new study abroad program in India at the Sam Nunn School for International Affairs, titled “People-Centered Sustainable Development in India.” Over the course of 7 weeks, students earn 9 Credit Hours through a mix of lectures and field trips, all while immersing themselves in a new culture. We will be based in Delhi, Mumbai, and Agra. The program focuses on people-centered human development, an approach that puts individuals and communities at the center of the development process, both as beneficiaries and as drivers. As part of the experience, students meet practitioners and activists; learn from NGOs and researchers; speak to politicians and bureaucrats; and get to know the country, its history, and its people.
For more details on the study abroad program, please visit our program website.
Past Teaching Experience:
Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to Research Methods for Politics” (POL-UA 850), Spring 2021.
Instructor: Prof. Anna Harvey.
Teaching Assistant for “Thinking, Learning and Consciousness in Humans and Machines” (NODEP-UA 158), Fall 2020.
Instructor: Prof. David Stasavage.
Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to International Politics” (POL-UA 700), Fall 2018.
Instructor: Prof. Shanker Satyanath.