Teaching

I’ve been a teaching assistant for both graduate and undergraduate courses, most of them on comparative politics and research design. I am also in the process of obtaining an MIT Teaching Certificate.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Quantitative Research Methods II: Causal Inference

  • Instructor of record: F. Daniel Hidalgo
  • Semester: Spring 2024
  • Level: graduate
  • Teaching evaluations: 6.8 out of 7
  • Student comments:
    • “Thank you, Clemente, for this wonderful course. I enjoyed so much interacting and learning from you over this semester. I am glad that I turned up for recitation and office hours as they really helped me enhance my understanding of the conceptual material. I also really appreciate you being so kind and responsive with every single student – I hope to be a TA like you.”
    • “A fantastic instructor! Really helped me understand the things I was struggling with.”
    • “Clemente was a great TA. He was always well prepared and could answer any questions I or other students had. He also explained even difficult topics in a very intuitive way.”

Political Science Scope and Methods

  • Instructor of record: Fotini Christia
  • Semester: Fall 2023
  • Level: undergraduate
  • Teaching evaluations: 6.9 out of 7
  • Student comments:
    • “Amazing feedback and input on class projects.”
    • “I appreciate how interactive Clemente makes the recitations. He drives participation in a way that a lot of TAs might be afraid to do.”

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC-Chile)

2019

  • Introduction to Political Science (Carla Alberti)
  • Indigenous Politics In Latin America (Carla Alberti)
  • Political Processes in Latin America (Valeria Palanza)

2018

  • Introduction to Political Science (Carla Alberti)
  • Introduction to Comparative Politics (Julieta Suárez-Cao)
  • Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science (Julieta Suárez-Cao)
  • Writing in Political Science (Maria de la Calle)

2017

  • Writing in Political Science (Maria de la Calle)