TEACHING AND MENTORING
COURSES
I teach courses on international human rights law; human rights, artificial intelligence, and technology; democracy; international law; and international relations.
AWARDS
for Teacher-Mentor of the Year
In recognition of my innovative teaching, I received the 2025 F. Gunther Eyck Award for Teacher-Mentor of the Year at American University, School of International Service, and an award for "outstanding teaching" from American University, School of Public Affairs. I received a letter of commendation from the provost and was nominated for the University Teaching Excellence Award at George Mason University. I was twice awarded a fellowship and grant for teaching innovation from the College of William & Mary University Teaching and Learning Project.
REAL-WORLD INTERVENTIONS
217 of my students have published their research as part of my engaged pedagogy, publishing in leading fora including Harvard Law School's Harvard Human Rights Journal Online, Wilson Center, University of Oxford Faculty of Law's Oxford Human Rights Hub, Oxford University Politics Blog, E-International Relations, Intersect: The Stanford Journal of Science, Technology, and Society (indexed in Google Scholar), Devex's Inside Development, UNICEF's Voices of Youth, and The Washington Times, among others.
15 human rights reports have been authored by my students making real-world interventions. The reports have been cited by the UN Human Rights Council and Australian Human Rights Commission.