{"id":280,"date":"2026-08-31T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:52:05","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div>\n<p>At its best, an education in political science and international affairs prepares students to confront difficult global challenges, including political polarization and economic inequality. My teaching emphasizes the careful evaluation of evidence and the use of data to move beyond political echo chambers. I also encourage students to bring an ethnographic sensibility to the study of political institutions by asking how those institutions operate in practice and whose interests they serve.<\/p>\n<p>Because inequalities are often reproduced within higher education, I aim to create an inclusive and compassionate classroom in which students from different backgrounds can participate fully, develop confidence in their analytical abilities, and learn from one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure style=\"max-width:760px;margin:2rem auto 2.5rem;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/03\/USC_DCLAS_Core_101g_Special_Collections_Library_120221019_24.png\" alt=\"USC students meeting for class in Special Collections.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>University of Southern California<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>International Political Economy of Development<\/strong> \u2014 Fall 2023 \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/IR-454-Palmer-Rubin-Fall-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for International Political Economy of Development (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Politics of Food<\/strong> \u2014 Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Summer 2025, Spring 2026, Summer 2026 \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/POSC-469-Syllabus-Palmer-Rubin-Spring-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for The Politics of Food (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualitative Research Design<\/strong> (Ph.D. level) \u2014 Spring 2024, Spring 2025 \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/POIR-612-Palmer-Rubin-Spring-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for Qualitative Research Design (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dissertation Proposal Research and Writing<\/strong> (Ph.D. level) \u2014 Spring 2026, Fall 2026 \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/Palmer-Rubin-POIR-599-Dissertation-Proposal-Research-and-Writing-Syllabus-Fall-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for Dissertation Proposal Research and Writing (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Selected Previous Courses<\/h2>\n<h3>Marquette University<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Comparative Politics \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/POSC-2401-Comparative-Politics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for Comparative Politics (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Political Economy of Development \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/POSC-4661-Political-Economy-of-Development.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for Political Economy of Development (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Politics of Food (writing intensive) \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/POSC-3101-Politics-of-Food.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for The Politics of Food at Marquette University (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Political Research (graduate methods) \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/palmer-rubin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/510\/2026\/08\/POSC-6101-Contemporary-Political-Research.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Syllabus for Contemporary Political Research (PDF, opens in a new tab)\">Syllabus (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>International Affairs Capstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Docencia Econ\u00f3micas (CIDE)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rendici\u00f3n de Cuentas y la Pol\u00edtica de Desarrollo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1200,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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