In Spring 2024, I taught three courses at Saint Louis University.: (1) POLS 1100 Introduction to American Government; (2) POLS 2000 Methods in Political Science; (3) POLS 3930 Chinese Politics.

• POLS 1100 Introduction to American Government is designed to familiarize undergraduates with core political institutions and policy issues in the United States. Particular attention was paid to the legislative process via a Legislative Simulation project, in which students were randomly assigned to play different roles in a simulated Congress. The goal of this class is to increase students' political knowledge and to help students understand how politics works in the United States. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]
• POLS 2000 Methods in Political Science is a quantitative methods class aimed to help students pick up necessary skills to understand social science research and to pursue scientific examination of socioeconomic and political issues. This course covered a broad range of skills ranging from descriptive statistics to hypothesis testing, regression analysis and experimental research. The R-based lab session made sure that students could apply scientific methodology with the help of mainstream statistical software. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]
• POLS 3930 Chinese Politics is a new course I developed at Saint Louis University. This course not only reviewed China’s political development and economic reform but also discussed a broad range of policy issues, such as environmental pollution, information control and population crises. This course aims to enable students to acquire substantive knowledge and analytical skills so that they can make sense of China’s political, economic and social phenomena against the backdrop of its growing influence around the globe. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]

In Fall 2023, I taught POLS 1510 Politics of the Developing World, an intro-level comparative politics course. It introduces students to a wide array of topics pertaining to developing countries with the aim of discovering political institutions and public policies that make a country a good society. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]

In Summer 2023, I taught DACSS 601 Data Science Fundamentals for the Data Analytics and Computational Social Science (DACSS) program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This is an entry-level data science course aimed at helping students get prepared for more advanced learning topics. In this course, I covered base R, Tidyverse, data visualization, Python basics, as well as R programming skills including functions, conditions and loops. Additionally, this course devoted several sections to the application of R programming in various contexts such as Shiny dashboard development and web scraping with rvest. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]

In Spring 2023, I taught GOVT 2035 U.S. Government: Congress, President and Courts at the University of Houston. This course discusses fundamental political institutions in the United States, such as Congress, presidency, courts and bureaucracy. Additionally, it also covers some important policy topics, including criminal justice, economic policy and immigration. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]

In Fall 2022, I taught POLS 3312 Arguments, Data and Politics at the University of Houston. This course is aimed at helping students understand social science research and if possible, conduct their own research. It covers topics ranging from theory building to measurement, experimental research, and observational studies. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]

In Fall 2021, I taught POLS 3316 Statistics for Political Scientists, an intro-level methods class for undergraduates. This course introduces students to basic statistical theories and concepts as well as the R language. [Syllabus | Teaching Evaluation]

During my time in graduate school, I have worked as a teaching assistant for many professors in the department. Below are a list of courses that I have assisted with.

• Spring 2022, POLS 6481 Research Design and Quantitative Methods II, Dr. Basinger
• Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2019 and Spring 2018, PUBL 6313 Fundamentals of Policy Analysis, Dr. Ling Zhu
• Spring 2021, POLS 6317 Inequality and Redistribution, Dr. Ling Zhu
• Spring 2021, POLS 3313 Introduction to International Relations, Dr. Zachary Zwald
• Fall 2020 and Spring 2020, POLS 3317 American and Texas Government II and POLS 3319 Politics of Social Policy, Dr. Boris Shor
• Fall 2019, POLS 6482 Advanced Multivariate Statistics, Dr. Ling Zhu
• Fall 2019, POLS 6350 Media and Politics, Dr. Allison M. N. Archer
• Spring 2019, POLS 1337 U.S. Congress, Presidency, and the Courts, Dr. Saadet Unal Konak
• Spring 2019, POLS 1336 American and Texas Government, Dr. Saadet Unal Konak
• Fall 2018 and Fall 2017, PUBL 6312 Public Finance, Dr. Ling Zhu
• Fall 2018, POLS 3313 Statistics for Political Scientists, Dr. Ling Zhu
• Fall 2018, POLS 1336 American and Texas Government II, Dr. Richard W. Murray
• Fall 2017, POLS 1336 American and Texas Government II, Dr. Jason P. Casellas

I was occasionally invited by colleagues to lecture.

• Introduction to Politics in China (Dr. Yuyang Pu), October 22, 2020
• Introduction to Public Policy (Dr. Scott Hofer), June 3, 2019