Honors Seminar: Political and Social Life in the Muslim World Spring 2010

• Syllabus
• Paper Assignment #1
• Paper Assignment #2

Introduction to Comparative Politics Spring 2010

• Syllabus
• Paper Assignment #1: How to Democratize Candyland
• Paper Assignment #2: How Does Regime Type Affect Poverty: the Cases of China and India

Middle East Politics Fall 2009

• Syllabus
• Paper Assignment #1 - Does the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Support Democracy?
• Paper Assignment #2 - Was Iraqi Politics Destined to Be Sectarian?
• Oral Presentation Assignments
  

Democratization Spring 2008

• Syllabus
• Paper Assignment #1 - How Well Do Economic and Cultural Theories of Democratization Explain Indonesia?
• Paper Assignment #2: Choose One of the Following: A) How Did Muqtada Sadr Become So Powerful, or: Did the Iraqi Multi-Party Parliamentary System Inadvertently Strengthen an Anti-System Movement? B) Do Anti-Majoritarian Institutions Give Minorities More Power than They Should?: The Kurds, the Iraqi Constitution, and the Case of Kirkuk