I teach comparative politics, religion and politics, South Asian politics, and the politics of social change. My classes often take up nationalism, secularism, caste, gender, development, education, and how young people shape politics.

My teaching emphasizes critical engagement, empathy, and grounding theory in real movements and histories. I often build courses with students: syllabi that grow week by week, service projects, and creative collaborations. I received Lehigh’s Christian and Mary Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2022.

Georgetown University in Qatar

• Religion and Nationalism. Seminar on identity, psychology, and politics.
• Comparative Political Systems. Core course introducing students to comparative politics.

Lehigh University (selected)

• Introduction to Comparative Politics. Frequently revised introduction to the field.
• Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective. Master’s and advanced undergraduate seminar on secularism.
• South Asian Politics. Undergraduate course with a changing thematic focus.
• Politics of Ending Global Poverty. Theories of development and how to advocate for ending poverty.
• Revolution on Campus? Activism and Youth. Service-project course on how students shape politics.
• Are Children People? Big Questions seminar on the status and rights of children.
• Education, Power, and Humans. Eckardt honors seminar on the political roles of school and college.
• Social Entrepreneurship. Political science and business approaches to changing the world.
• Domination. Seminar on power, domination, and resistance.
• Afghanistan. Studying Afghan politics by making a documentary film.

Teaching workshops I lead

• 2024 “Ungrading, Active Learning, and Curricular Co-Creation.” Faculty Development Program, MKES Institute, Mumbai.
• 2023 “Building an Emergent Syllabus.” APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Baltimore.
• 2020–21 Department workshops on decolonizing and diversifying pedagogy, Lehigh University.