Teaching
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INTRODUCTION TO WORLD POLITICS (POLS 170, University of Kansas for Alan Arwine and Jiakun Zhang)
Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024 INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS (POLS 150, University of Kansas for Gary Reich and Sofia Vera) Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN POLITICS (POLS 110, University of Kansas for Kevin Mullinix) Spring 2025 Capstone Research for Political Science (Individual Research - POLS 499, University of Kansas team teaching with Mark Josyln) Fall 2025 International Relations of Asia (POLS 476, Instructor of Record) Spring 2026 |
Below are some anonymous quotes from students in their course evaluations from the above classes:
POLS 170 Intro to Internationl Politics: You’re the goat Tim!
POLS 170 Intro to Internationl Politics: Tim is probably one of the best GTAs I've ever encountered. You can tell that he really tries to help the class understand the material and cares about their grades. It's a bonus that he has a great sense of humor!
POLS 170 Intro to Internationl Politics: I loved this discussion, Tim was by far the most enjoyable instructor I've had at KU!
POLS 150 Introd to Comparative Politics: Tim does a phenomenal job of reviewing the assigned readings and connecting them with the lectures; his teaching style is casual yet competent, and I always felt beyond welcome in the discussion.
POLS 150 Introd to Comparative Politics: Tim is a funny guy that was a wonderful TA to have guide my thinking for an intro level course. Very relatable person and very kind person, definitely one of the best TAs I've had at KU
POLS 110 Introduction to U.S. Politics
This class was enjoyable because of your great personality and coming to class ready to teach in a welcoming environment.
POLS 110 Introduction to U.S. Politics
It was a positive learning environment. Thank you for making students more able to learn!
In addition to teaching at the University of Kansas, I also taught English at the junior high school level as an assistant language teaching in Aichi, Japan from 2018 until 2021.
