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
Introduction to Comparative Politics
First year introductory lecture course (400 + students).
Democracy · Institutions · Elections · Representation
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
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
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
Lake Forest College
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
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
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
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