Teaching

At Princeton, I have been privileged to serve as an Associate Instructor for courses in comparative politics, and I am constantly looking for ways to grow as an instructor and scientific communicator. In Spring 2026, I completed the Princeton McGraw Center’s Teaching Transcript Program — a multi-year training program including in-class observation by McGraw staff and workshops in contemporary pedagogy — which helped me turn my experiences in the classroom into a set of generalizable insights that inform my teaching philosophy.

Teaching Statement
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Self-designed course - 200/300 Level Course on the Politics of the Middle East

4.54/5

average student rating across sections taught

Courses Taught

POL 366 African Politics Fall 2022
POL 230 Introduction to Comparative Politics Fall 2023
POL 379 Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia Spring 2025

Selected Student Feedback

Hani is amazing. I loved his precept—favorite precept by far at Princeton so far. Engaged everyone and helped me understand the material better.

POL 366
Hani was wonderful – full of energy, rapidly gave an incredible depth on the content. Led very stimulating, challenging discussions.

POL 366
Hani was a wonderful preceptor who was engaging during precept and incredibly accessible and helpful outside of precept.

POL 230
Hani’s style invites engagement. Really good. His enthusiasm made me look forward to the precept, and he always had really helpful and illuminating knowledge to share.

POL 379
I’ve had very few classes where I actually wanted to attend the precepts each week, but I always felt that your precepts were full of information and insights.

POL 379
Hani was always well prepared, the slides were content-packed, and I especially enjoyed how discussions were sometimes guided by student questions in discussion posts – made me feel a part of how the course was run!

POL 379