My work as a scholar and educator focuses on how institutional arrangements and policy and planning processes impact outcomes. Toward this end, I encourage students to reflect on their everyday surroundings and engage with the institutional and political processes that produce those surroundings. As an educator, I have the opportunity to show students effective methods of engagement, whether it is forums in which to engage, questions to ask, or issues to raise. My teaching philosophy is to demonstrate to students the significance of their own agency, not only as scholars but as practitioners, advocates, and members of their communities. This is accomplished by first conveying knowledge and facts, and then by delineating the issues and institutional processes involved in policy making and planning that allow students the space to engage with that material.
See below for courses I have taught. I am happy to share syllabi upon request.
Graduate Courses
Structure of the Urban Region, Summer 2021, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Hunter College - CUNY
Introduction to Urban Policy Processes, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Hunter College - CUNY
Policy Analysis, Fall 2023, Hunter College - CUNY
Governing the City, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Queens College - CUNY
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Public Policy, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Roosevelt House Institute for Public Policy, Hunter College - CUNY
Urban Life, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Hunter College - CUNY
Planning and Politics, Spring 2021, Queens College - CUNY
Urban Politics, Fall 2018, Queens College - CUNY