Teaching Resources

Below are selected syllabi from courses I have taught at Leiden University and Lake Forest College. Colleagues interested in assignment instructions or additional teaching materials are welcome to contact me by email.

Leiden University

Academic Year 2024–2025

Introduction to Comparative Politics

First year introductory lecture course (400 + students).

Democracy · Institutions · Elections · Representation

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Academic Year 2025–2026

Bachelor Project: Women’s Representation

Advanced research seminar (5 weeks seminar) followed by one-to-one supervision guiding students through the design and completion of an independent bachelor’s thesis on women’s political representation, candidate selection, gender quotas, and political careers.

Gender and Politics · Research Design · Thesis Writing

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MSc International Relations and Diplomacy · Academic Year 2025–2026

Qualitative Methods in Political Science

Graduate-level training in qualitative research methods, covering research design, case selection, comparative methods, interviews, process tracing, and the evaluation of qualitative evidence.

Research Design · Case Studies · Process Tracing

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Academic Year 2024–2025

Women’s Representation Seminar

A seminar examining the causes and consequences of women’s political representation, with particular attention to political ambition, candidate recruitment, gender quotas, and legislative behavior.

Gender · Representation · Political Recruitment

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Lake Forest College

Department of Politics

Campaigns and Elections in Latin America

Advanced seminar focusing on electoral competition in Latin America, including campaigns, party systems, political communication, voting behavior, and electoral reform.

Elections · Campaigns · Parties · Latin America

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Department of Politics

Introduction to Comparative Politics

An introduction to comparative politics focusing on political institutions, democratization, authoritarianism, political behavior, and comparative analysis across regions.

Comparative Politics · Institutions · Democracy

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Department of Politics

Women, Institutions, and Politics

A second-year seminar exploring how political institutions shape women’s political participation, leadership, descriptive representation, and access to political power around the world.

Gender · Institutions · Representation

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Department of Politics

Politics of Latin America

An introductory course on Latin America, examining democratization, authoritarianism, institutions, social movements, inequality, and contemporary political challenges.

Democratization · Institutions · Latin America

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