Selected Quotes
"Please keep him teaching"
"Class was enjoyable and easy to grasp"
"I would take another class that he is teaching in the future"
Teaching
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor - Auburn University
Instructor - Colorado State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Teaching Interests
- Present Assistant Professor, Political Science, Auburn University
- (2013-2015) Instructor, Political Science, Colorado State University
- (2010-2015) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Political Science, Colorado State University
Assistant Professor - Auburn University
- Introduction to Public Administration (Fall 2015 - POLI 3250)
- Public Personnel Management - MPA Level (Fall 2015 - POLI 7150)
Instructor - Colorado State University
- State and Local Government (Spring 2015 - POLS 103 )
- U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy (Summer 2014 - POLS 361)
- Legislative Politics (Summer 2013 - POLS 304)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
- American Government
- State and Local Government
- Comparative Politics
- Current World Problems
- International Relations
Teaching Interests
- Public Administration
- Public Management
- Public Policy
- Federalism
- Environmental Policy & Administration
- State and Local Government
- Research Design
Syllabi
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Course Evaluations
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Teaching Philosophy
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Guest Lectures
2014-2015
2012-2013
2010-2011
- City Forms of Government, Political Science 492, Dr. Susan Opp
2012-2013
- Right to Know? State Politics of Fracking Disclosure, Political Science 759, Dr. Charles Davis
- Political Parties, the 2012 Presidential Election and Electoral Campaigns and their Relationship to Graphic Design, ART 355, Justin Deister, MFA
- Politics of State Fracking Disclosure, Workshop on Policy Process Research – University of Colorado, Denver
- Citizen Engagement, Political Science 492 Capstone, Dr. Susan Opp
- State and Local Energy and the Rational Comprehensive Model, Political Science 460.1, Dr. Susan Opp
2010-2011
- Local Government Management, Political Science 351, Dr. Susan Opp
- The Legislative Branch, Political Science 101, Dr. Pamela Duncan
- State and Local Energy Policy, Political Science 103, Dr. Charles Davis
- Writing an Academic Paper, Political Science 101, Dr. Andrew Kear
Other Presentations (Professional and Miscellaneous)
2013
2012
2011
- Why Get a Graduate Degree in Political Science (with Courtenay Daum)
- Applying to Graduate School, Presented at Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society) Monthly Meeting.
- Coal Politics: Core Arguments and Current Controversies, Poster presented at the Annual Colorado State University Clean Energy Expo
2012
- The Politics and Dynamics of Transitions: Lessons from Colorado’s New Energy Economy, Poster presented at the Annual Colorado State University Clean Energy Expo (with Michele Betsill, Dimitris Stevis (PI’s) Linse Anderson, Stratis Giannakouros and Samantha A. McGraw).
- Multi-Media in the Classroom – A New Window of Opportunity for Student Writing.” Presented at Graduate Teaching Pathways Workshop of the Teaching and Learning Institute (with Morgann K.R. Means)
- Intermediate Writing Strategies.” Presented at Graduate Teaching Pathways Workshop of the Teaching and Learning Institute (with Morgann K.R. Means)
2011
- Can Local Voluntary Environmental Programs Work? An Examination of Fort Collins’ (Colorado) Climate Wise Program,” Presented at the Annual Business Innovation Fair of Fort Collins Climate Wise, Fort Collins, CO
- Using Descriptive Comments to Improve Undergraduate Student’s Writing, Presented at Graduate Teaching Pathways Workshop of the Teaching and Learning Institute
- Organizing Information: Transitioning to Academic Writing, Graduate Teaching Pathways Workshop of the Teaching and Learning Institute (with Caitlin Wall)
- Discussant, Graduate Teaching Assistant Responsibilities, Graduate School Orientation
- Discussant, Challenges and Opportunities with a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, the Institute for Learning and Teaching.
- Improving Undergraduate Student Writing, Colorado State University Writing Center
- Effective Conference Presentations, Department of Political Science