Sarah T. Romano, PhD

My instructional design is guided by an understanding of learning as facilitated by active engagement with, and personal connection to, new information and ideas. Integrating digital tools and experiential learning methodologies, I design active learning experiences that foster participation, provoke curiosity and promote critical thinking, and create opportunities for understanding and application of new material.

University-level courses (2010 – 2024)
Environmental Politics & Policy ♦ Climate Justice Leadership ♦ Latin American Politics ♦ Perspectives on International Relations ♦ Comparative Political Economy ♦ Introduction to Globalization ♦ Global Issues and Challenges ♦ U.S. Foreign Policy ♦ Drug Wars ♦ Introduction to Political Science ♦ Environmental Social Movements ♦ Scientific Writing ♦ Social Problems ♦ Internship and Seminar ♦ Senior Capstone Seminar: Global Social Change ♦ Organizing Across the Americas ♦ Democracy, Citizenship, and Human Rights in Latin America

Sample feedback on courses and instruction (2007 – 2024)

• Environmental Politics and Policy (Remote, Spring 2024)
• Senior Capstone Seminar: Global Social Change (Remote, Fall 2023)
• Senior Capstone Seminar: Global Social Change (Remote, Fall 2022)
• U.S. Foreign Policy (Hybrid, Fall 2021)
• Comparative Political Economy (Remote, Spring 2021)
• Senior Capstone: Global Social Change (In-person, Spring 2020)
• Latin American Politics (In-person, Fall 2019)
• Perspectives on International Relations (In-person, Fall 2019)
• Perspectives on International Relations (In-person, Fall 2018)
• Latin American Politics (In-person, Spring 2017)
• International Political Economy (In-person, Fall 2016)
• Global Issues (In-person, Fall 2016)
• Aggregated student feedback on “Global Issues in Local Perspective” assignment (2014-2015)
• Summary of teaching evaluations across courses taught at UC Santa Cruz (2007-2011).