Undergraduate
I lecture and teach tutorials and revision classes on the following three courses:
1. Introduction to the Theory of Politics
- Prelims (first year) course, taken by students in both Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) and History & Politics (HPOL).
- Introduces some key thinkers (Locke, Rousseau, Mill) and concepts (rights, democracy, liberty) in political theory.
- My 2023-24 reading list for this course can be found here.
2. Theory of Politics
- Finals paper taken by second and third year undergraduates in PPE, HPOL, and other degrees involving philosophy.
- Covers central topics in political theory, including: liberty, equality, distributive justice, feminism, liberalism, democracy, power, multiculturalism, and rights.
- My 2023-24 reading list for this course can be found here. (Reading lists for the optional topics are available on request.)
- I am also the department's 'course provider' for this paper.
3. Advanced Paper in Theories of Justice
- Finals paper taken by third year undergraduates in PPE and HPOL.
- Explores questions that arise when we broaden the focus of justice beyond the confines of traditional theories of justice: what principles of justice should apply with respect to global politics, historical injustice, future generations, disability, and children?
- My 2022-23 syllabus for the course is here. (Reading lists for the optional topics are available on request.)
- I was the department's 'course provider' for this paper in 2020-21.
Graduate
- I supervise students on the MSc in Political Theory Research and the MPhil in Politics: Political Theory. In the first year, this involves taking tutorials and providing guidance and advice concerning their taught courses. In the second year of the MPhil, this involves supervising their 30,000 word thesis.
- I teach on the 'core course' for first year political theory MSc and MPhil students, which introduces many of the central debates in political theory.
- I run an optional paper for second year MPhil students entitled ‘Reasonable Disagreement and Political Argument’. The 2023-24 reading list for this course is available here.
- DPhil students supervised: Simeon Goldstraw; Pascal Mowla; Jacob Williams.
Previous Teaching Experience and Qualifications
Prior to coming to Magdalen, I taught at several other Oxford colleges. I was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church from 2015 until 2018, a College Lecturer at The Queen's College from 2011 until 2015 and a Career Development Lecturer at Trinity College in 2014-15.
In the 2015-2016 academic year I was a seminar leader on the ‘Foundations’ course within the Master of Public Policy programme at the Blavatnik School of Government. This involved running graduate seminars in political philosophy. The seminars covered theories about utility, rights, justice, and equality, as well as more applied topics such as immigration, ethics in public life, free speech, and the morality of markets. I also gave a lecture on liberalism and religion. I was shortlisted for the 2016 Oxford University Student Union teaching award for ‘Outstanding Tutor, Social Sciences’, on the basis of my teaching at the Blavatnik.
I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, due to my completion of the ‘Developing Learning and Teaching’ programme run by the Oxford Learning Institute. This course provided an introduction to educational theory and the chance to learn about different approaches to teaching.
I lecture and teach tutorials and revision classes on the following three courses:
1. Introduction to the Theory of Politics
- Prelims (first year) course, taken by students in both Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) and History & Politics (HPOL).
- Introduces some key thinkers (Locke, Rousseau, Mill) and concepts (rights, democracy, liberty) in political theory.
- My 2023-24 reading list for this course can be found here.
2. Theory of Politics
- Finals paper taken by second and third year undergraduates in PPE, HPOL, and other degrees involving philosophy.
- Covers central topics in political theory, including: liberty, equality, distributive justice, feminism, liberalism, democracy, power, multiculturalism, and rights.
- My 2023-24 reading list for this course can be found here. (Reading lists for the optional topics are available on request.)
- I am also the department's 'course provider' for this paper.
3. Advanced Paper in Theories of Justice
- Finals paper taken by third year undergraduates in PPE and HPOL.
- Explores questions that arise when we broaden the focus of justice beyond the confines of traditional theories of justice: what principles of justice should apply with respect to global politics, historical injustice, future generations, disability, and children?
- My 2022-23 syllabus for the course is here. (Reading lists for the optional topics are available on request.)
- I was the department's 'course provider' for this paper in 2020-21.
Graduate
- I supervise students on the MSc in Political Theory Research and the MPhil in Politics: Political Theory. In the first year, this involves taking tutorials and providing guidance and advice concerning their taught courses. In the second year of the MPhil, this involves supervising their 30,000 word thesis.
- I teach on the 'core course' for first year political theory MSc and MPhil students, which introduces many of the central debates in political theory.
- I run an optional paper for second year MPhil students entitled ‘Reasonable Disagreement and Political Argument’. The 2023-24 reading list for this course is available here.
- DPhil students supervised: Simeon Goldstraw; Pascal Mowla; Jacob Williams.
Previous Teaching Experience and Qualifications
Prior to coming to Magdalen, I taught at several other Oxford colleges. I was a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church from 2015 until 2018, a College Lecturer at The Queen's College from 2011 until 2015 and a Career Development Lecturer at Trinity College in 2014-15.
In the 2015-2016 academic year I was a seminar leader on the ‘Foundations’ course within the Master of Public Policy programme at the Blavatnik School of Government. This involved running graduate seminars in political philosophy. The seminars covered theories about utility, rights, justice, and equality, as well as more applied topics such as immigration, ethics in public life, free speech, and the morality of markets. I also gave a lecture on liberalism and religion. I was shortlisted for the 2016 Oxford University Student Union teaching award for ‘Outstanding Tutor, Social Sciences’, on the basis of my teaching at the Blavatnik.
I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, due to my completion of the ‘Developing Learning and Teaching’ programme run by the Oxford Learning Institute. This course provided an introduction to educational theory and the chance to learn about different approaches to teaching.