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magiurm@gmail.com

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Teaching Portfolio

I developed an extensive teaching portfolio offering a wide range of courses on campus and abroad that can be grouped into several distinct tracks -- introductory and advanced courses in Comparative Politics, Political Behavior, European Studies, and advanced courses in Political Methodology.

My teaching philosophy can be accessed here.

Teaching Grants

I won teaching grants from several institutions in the US and Europe. These grants funded speaker-series events that I spearheaded with visitors from the US State Department, the Global Arena Research Institute (Prague, Czech Republic), and the Hungarian Europe Society (Brussels, Belgium).

Visegrad in the 21st Century. A three-year University Studies Grant from the International Visegrad Fund (Bratislava, Slovakia) to develop and teach a new course on the geopolitics of Central Europe at East Carolina University (PI, with Dr. Armin Krishnan as Director) (18,503 Euro) (2017-2020)

The European Union on the Global Stage. A one-year teaching grant from the Honors College (East Carolina University) to develop and teach a new course on the European Union ($870, plus a buyout of $5000) (2018-2019)

Leadership Faculty Fellows Program. A one-semester grant from the Center for Leadership Development, Office for Faculty Excellence at East Carolina University ($1800) (2017)

Office for Faculty Excellence. A one-semester teaching grant from the Center for Leadership Development, part of the Active Learning and Leadership Program at East Carolina University ($1000) (2016)

Elections and Public Opinion in the EU. A one-semester teaching grant from the Center for European Studies at University of Florida ($5000) (2009)

Courses Offered


American Politics

Civics and American Government (undergraduate course, National Louis University) (Winter 2020)

Political Methodology

Applied Statistics (graduate course in RStudio, Charles Univeristy) (Spring 2016)

Political Data Analysis (graduate course in STATA, University of Florida) (Fall 2013)

Research Design (undergraduate course, East Carolina University) (Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017)

Research Methods (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Spring 2014), (Fall 2013)

European Studies

EU Democracy, Elections, and Opinions (graduate course, Charles University) (Winter 2015)

Visegrad in the 21st Century (undergraduate course, East Carolina University) (Fall 2019, Fall 2018)

Geopolitics of Eastern Europe (undergraduate course, East Carolina University) (Fall 2017)

The European Union (undergraduate course, East Carolina University) (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

The European Union Foreign Policy (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Summer 2015)

Europe from a Social Science Perspective (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Fall 2012)

The Politics and Institutions of the European Union (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Summer 2012)

East European Politics (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Spring 2013), (Fall 2011), (Spring 2011)

EU Elections and Opinions (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Spring 2012)

Comparative Politics/International Relations

Introduction to Comparative Politics (undergraduate course, East Carolina University) (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

Introduction to International Relations (undergraduate course, East Carolina University) (Fall 2016, Spring 2018)

Politics under Authoritarianism (undergraduate course, University of Florida) (Spring 2014)