My teaching portfolio, including summarized evaluations and sample syllabi, is available here.
Courses
Instructor of record, Northwestern University
- Field Studies in Social Justice, Winter 2020 (syllabus) (evaluations)
- Brady Scholars Program: The Civically Engaged Life, Fall 2020 and Winter 2021
Teaching assistant, Northwestern University
- Congress and the Legislative Process, Spring 2020
- Institutions, Rules, & Models in Social Science, Winter 2019 (evaluations)
- Urban Politics, Fall 2018 (evaluations)
- Studying Public Opinion, Spring 2018 (evaluations)
Teaching assistant, Tufts University
- Introduction to Comparative Politics, Spring 2016 (evaluations)
- Introduction to American Politics, Fall 2015
Guest lecture
- Guest lecture on “Social Policy and Inequality”, Introduction to American Politics, Northwestern University, November 2019
Workshops
Data science workshops, Political Science Department, Northwestern University
- “Teaching R in the classroom” (for graduate students), May 2021 (materials)
- “Introduction to data visualization using ggplot and RStudio” (for graduate and undergraduate students), March 2020 (evaluations)
- “Introduction to R for social science data analysis” (for undergraduate research assistants), July 2019
- “Intermediate R for social scientists” (for graduate students), December 2018 (evaluations)
- “Introduction to R for social science data analysis” (for graduate students), July 2018
Data science workshops, Masters of Science in Analytics Program, Northwestern University
- R boot camp (for incoming students), September 2021 (materials), September 2019 (materials), September 2018 (evaluations; materials)
- These materials were used as the basis for R sessions in the political science department’s math camp for incoming students in 2020
Research methods and practice workshops, Northwestern University
- “Using a citation manager for research and writing” (focused on Zotero), BRIDGE program social science course, August 2019
Pedagogical workshops, Searle Center for Teaching & Learning, Northwestern University
- “Reading with Empathy: Encouraging Student Writing through Constructive Feedback”, New TA Conference, September 2019
- “Establishing the TA-Professor Relationship”, New TA Conference, September 2019
Civic engagement workshops, Center for Civic Engagement, Northwestern University
- “What’s on your ballot?” (for graduate students), October 2020
- “Orientation to Rogers Park” (for undergraduate students), Jumpstart Corps training program, October 2020
- “Introduction to Chicago” (for graduate students), New Student Orientation, September 2020
Kumar Ramanathan 