Teaching
My approach to teaching is profoundly influenced, both in content and in style, by the diverse and interdisciplinary environments in which I pursued my academic training and early teaching career. Now an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS, I have accumulated experience as an instructor at a wide variety of institutions including Barnard College, Cornell University, George Washington University, Bilkent University (Ankara), and the University of Kent's Brussels School of International Studies. As a composite product of my experiences at various levels and in varied settings, my teaching philosophy combines creativity in selecting materials, adaptability in methods of instruction, and continuous, supportive engagement with students through their self-identified interests.
Spanning the subfields of IR and Comparative Politics, my teaching identifies the areas in which the two can, and should, speak to each other in Europe and the Middle East. In each of the courses I teach, from foreign policy decision-making to the politics of protest, I incorporate identity-based perspectives that take seriously the role of norms and culture in shaping political outcomes. I look forward to teaching courses on popular geopolitics, "tech nationalism" among rising powers, and the role of media in international conflict. |
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Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor: Johns Hopkins University SAIS (July 2017 - present)
*Conflicts and Cultures in Contemporary Turkey (M.A. level)
*Subnational Diplomacy (M.A. level)
*Psychology and Decision-Making in Foreign Policy (M.A. level)
*Politics of Protest in Europe and Eurasia (M.A. level)
*Comparative Politics (M.A level)
*Reading European Politics Through Pop Culture (M.A. level)
Visiting Assistant Professor: Barnard College, Columbia University (2016-2017)
*Social Movements Across Space and Time (B.A. level)
*Psychology and Decision-Making in Foreign Policy (B.A. level)
*Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (B.A. level)
*Problems in International Relations: International Security (B.A. level)
*Political Violence and Terrorism (B.A. level)
Postdoctoral Lecturer: Cornell University (2015-2016)
*Turkey and the Middle East (B.A. level)
*Ottoman History and Imperial Legacies (B.A. level)
Teaching Assistant: George Washington University (2008-2013)
*Introduction to Comparative Politics (B.A. level, four semesters)
*International Relations Theory (M.A. level, three semesters)
*The Middle East: An International Affairs Survey (B.A. level)
Lecturer: University of Kent's Brussels School of International Studies (Spring 2008)
*The State, Nationalism, and Identity (M.A. level)
Lecturer: Vesalius College (Spring 2008)
*International Relations Theory (B.A. level)
*Conflicts and Cultures in Contemporary Turkey (M.A. level)
*Subnational Diplomacy (M.A. level)
*Psychology and Decision-Making in Foreign Policy (M.A. level)
*Politics of Protest in Europe and Eurasia (M.A. level)
*Comparative Politics (M.A level)
*Reading European Politics Through Pop Culture (M.A. level)
Visiting Assistant Professor: Barnard College, Columbia University (2016-2017)
*Social Movements Across Space and Time (B.A. level)
*Psychology and Decision-Making in Foreign Policy (B.A. level)
*Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (B.A. level)
*Problems in International Relations: International Security (B.A. level)
*Political Violence and Terrorism (B.A. level)
Postdoctoral Lecturer: Cornell University (2015-2016)
*Turkey and the Middle East (B.A. level)
*Ottoman History and Imperial Legacies (B.A. level)
Teaching Assistant: George Washington University (2008-2013)
*Introduction to Comparative Politics (B.A. level, four semesters)
*International Relations Theory (M.A. level, three semesters)
*The Middle East: An International Affairs Survey (B.A. level)
Lecturer: University of Kent's Brussels School of International Studies (Spring 2008)
*The State, Nationalism, and Identity (M.A. level)
Lecturer: Vesalius College (Spring 2008)
*International Relations Theory (B.A. level)