Teaching

I enjoy teaching political science classes in public law and American politics for undergraduate, graduate, and law students. My teaching interests include Judicial Politics, Law and Public Policy, Constitutional Law (Structure and Civil rights/Liberties), Judicial Process, and American Political Institutions. I am also prepared to teach law school courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, and State and Local Government.

I received the 2022 Martin Edelman Award for Outstanding Teaching and Undergraduate Research and the 2020 UT’s Government Department’s Outstanding Assistant Instructor Teaching Award for my work.

Instructor of Record:

Oklahoma State University

• Courts and Judicial Process (POLS 3983)(Fa2023, Fa2024, Fa2025, Fa2026)
• Law and Public Policy (POLS 4980)(Fa2023, Fa2024)
• Intro to Law and Courts (POLS 2023)(Fa2026)
• Sports, Law, and Politics (POLS 4980)(Sp2025, Sp2026)
• Administrative Law (POLS 4353)(Sp2024)

University at Albany-SUNY

• The American Supreme Court (RPOS 335)(Fa2021, Sp2022, Fa2023)
• Anti-Discrimination Law (RPOS 399, Honors, Graduate Seminar)(Sp2023)
• Constitutional Law 1 (RPOS 426Z/526)(Writing Seminar, Honors, Graduate Seminar)(Fa2022, Sp2022, Sp2023)

The University of Texas-Austin

• American Government and Texas Politics (GOV310L), (Sp2019, Fa2019)

Student Reviews:

“I really appreciate how [Bird] understands her students and knows not all of us our government majors. I feel like her teaching style really makes lecture easy to understand and interesting. Best professor I’ve had so far.”

“I love [Bird] I think she’s very engaging, even though it’s a large class she allows everyone to ask questions and contribute. Assignments are enjoyable even when I would not like this content otherwise.”

“I appreciate how historical facts are told as stories, and we get a lot of examples of complicated terms, I like relating government to current issues, the professor’s sense of humor, and the neutrality of how the information is presented.”