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Lecturer (Stanford University)
PoliSci 299B: Honors Thesis Seminar. (Stanford University). Fall 2025, W 8:30-11:20. Sign up link for office hours appointments here (W, 12:30-1:30PM).
Teaching evaluation for Fall 2025.
PoliSci 225: Gender and Politics. Spring 2025, W 8:30-11:20. (scheduled Winter 2026).
Course Description: How does gender factor into the development of the welfare state and policy? What explains gender disparities in candidate emergence? How do race and class interact with gender in shaping political attitudes, behavior, and coalitions? How do masculinity and femininity shape perceptions of political leaders and parties? How do we define and measure identity broadly – and particularly gender and sex – and how has that changed over time? From voting behavior and social movements to candidate evaluations and policy outcomes, gender is deeply embedded in politics. This course explores how gender on its own and in its intersection with race, class, and other identities and factors, shapes political participation, representation, and institutions. We will examine (persistent) gender gaps in public opinion and political behavior, the dynamics of gender-based solidarity and division, and the relationship between gender and democratization, the state, political institutions, interest groups, voter perceptions, and candidate emergence. This course emphasizes gender in the context of American politics, but we will also cover some work through a comparative lens. Over the course of the quarter, we will read and discuss scholarly work from across academic disciplines (political science, sociology, psychology, and history) to answer some of these important questions and more. Some prior coursework in statistics is recommended, but not required.
Teaching evaluation for Spring 2025. Course syllabus for Spring 2025.
Teaching Assistant (New York University)
Power and Politics in America (Undergraduate) for Prof. Sanford Gordon. Fall 2023; Spring 2023 (Head TA).
Teaching evaluations for Fall 2023 and Spring 2023.
Power and Politics in America (Undergraduate) for Prof. Chris Dawes. Fall 2022.
Teaching evaluations for Fall 2022.
Political Economy of Development (Undergraduate, NYU Stern) for Prof. Pablo Querubin. Spring 2022; Spring 2021
Teaching Evaluations not conducted for Stern course.
Introduction to Comparative Politics (Undergraduate) for Prof. Joshua Tucker. Fall 2021 (Head TA); Fall 2020
Roxanne Rahnama 