Teaching
Selected as a President's Teaching Scholar (lifetime appointment), 2024, University of Colorado Boulder:
The President’s Teaching Scholars Program (PTSP) consists of a group of faculty from the four CU campuses and from a wide range of disciplines, whose work reflects excellence in teaching and research, and is led by a Council Chair elected from the membership. Established in 1989 as a presidential initiative, the President's Teaching Scholars Program endorses excellence in teaching by honoring faculty throughout the university who excel and embody teaching, scholarship, creative work and research with excellence in all...The Scholars are chosen from the four CU campuses, not only for their skill in their own classrooms, but also for their potential to improve education and enlarge its possibilities across the university. They currently represent 35 disciplines across the four campuses.
Graduate Mentor of the Year, Department of Political Science, 2022-2023
Teacher of the Year, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder, 2021
2019 Winner of Marinus Smith Teaching Award from the University of Colorado, Boulder
Founding Director of Studio Lab for Undergrads
Jeffrey Nonnemacher* and Sarah Wilson Sokhey. 2022. "Learning by Doing" PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol. 55, Issue 2 (April).
"The Exciting World of Undergraduate Research: Methods & Results". As part of the first pilot run of Studio Lab, On October 17, 2019, six undergraduate students at the University of Colorado—Ian Hogg, Brian Iraheta, Kavya Kannan, Cameron Love, Kevin Ordonez, and Ayomi Rajapakse—presented their findings about how authoritarian regimes invest in higher education.
Resources for Undergraduate Students at the University of Colorado
Check out Studio Lab for Undergrads: Studio Lab pairs undergrads with mentors in the College of Arts & Sciences and provides an honorarium.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at CU: Apply for money to do research with faculty
Attend a Conference: Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE): Apply for money to present at conferences.
Write & Publish: Colorado Political Science Review: Write an article or a letter to the editor, or apply to be an editor.
Classes Taught
Undergraduate classes: Introduction to Comparative Politics; Ukrainian Politics; Central & East European Politics; EU and Central & East European Politics; Russian Politics
Graduate Seminars for Ph.D. students: Comparative Political Economy; Comparative Political Institutions; Dissertation Writing Seminar; Teaching Political Science Seminar
Graduate Courses for M.A. students: Ukrainian Politics, short course (court d'ouverture), Sciences Po Bordeaux (spring 2023); Russian Politics, short course (cours d'ouverture), Sciences Po Bordeaux (spring 2020)
Work Co-Authored with Students
Students Names Indicated with a *
*Pavel Bacovsky, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, *Marija Verner. 2023. "Triggering Populist Support in Europe: The Effects of Interaction Between Political Efficacy and Economic Vulnerability on Party Preferences,” European Political Science.
Benedum, Michelle*, Sarah Brown*, Tyler Garrett*, and Sarah Wilson Sokhey. 2023. "Learning Together: Experimental Evidence on Promoting Connections in Remote Classes," PS: Political Science & Politics.
Jeffrey Nonnemacher* and Sarah Wilson Sokhey. 2022. "Learning by Doing: Using an Undergraduate Research Lab to Promote Diversity and Inclusion," PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol. 55, Issue 2 (April). Check out the STUDIO Undergrad Research Lab discussed in this article.
Joseph B. Schaffer*, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, and A.Kadir Yildirim. 2019. "Classy Behavior: The Big Political Role of Small Business Owners,” Comparative European Politics, Vol. 17, Issue 1 (February): 22-48.
Amy Liu, Megan Roosevelt*, and Sarah Wilson Sokhey. 2017. “Trade and the Recognition of Commercial Lingua Francas: Russian Language Laws in Post-Soviet Countries," Economics & Politics, Vol. 29, Issue 1 (March), pp. 48-68.
Danilo Gjukovikj* and Sarah Wilson Sokhey, "This is Why the West Should pay Attention to the Drama in Macedonia," Washington Post, May 29, 2017
My Work on Pedagogy
Benedum, Michelle*, Sarah Brown*, Tyler Garrett*, and Sarah Wilson Sokhey. 2023. "Learning Together: Experimental Evidence on Promoting Connections in Remote Classes," PS: Political Science & Politics.