Teaching
My teaching is summarized here. I teach courses in public administration and statistics and teach at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Here, I provide a brief description of the classes I teach and link to course sites where I share course materials. I have benefited greatly from the generosity of others who also make their course materials accessible so my course sites aim to serve a similar function for others.
Classes Taught Regularly
Quantitative Methods of Causal Inference (RPAD 725)
Last taught: Fall 2026
Methods of Causal Inference focuses on commonly used research designs and estimation methods for identifying the causal effects of interventions. The course is a core course in the Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy program and the coming Master of Science in Public Policy program. The course is taught in Stata and R.
Data, Models, and Decisions (RPAD 504)
Last taught: Spring 2026
This course serves as a core course in the Master of Public Administration degree program at the University at Albany, SUNY. The course introduces students to issues related to collecting, storing, and analyzing data, working with public data, and working with statistical software to conduct and share descriptive statistical analyses. The course is taught in Stata and R.
Master of Public Administration Capstone (RPAD 696)
Last taught: Fall 2026
This course is designed to assess students’ application of the skills and knowledge gained over the course of their time in the Master of Public Administration program at the University at Albany, SUNY through a semester long research project on complex, contemporary policy and governance issues at the federal, state, or local level.
Other Classes
In addition to the set of classes I teach regularly, I have prepared and taught undergraduate classes on introductory statistics and research design and introductory causal inference, undergraduate courses on public administration, a doctoral seminar on theories of democracy and public administration, and a doctoral professional development seminar. I have also taught a Master’s-level introduction to public administration both asynchronously online and in-person.