Aarie Glas

Teaching

I have more than 16 years of university-level teaching experience. I teach courses on International Relations, IR theory, foreign policy, regionalism, qualitative methods, and Southeast Asia at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Details of my current course offerings are (usually) available through the NIU Department of Political Science course webpage here.

Aarie & his dog Mae at NIU.

Courses Taught (NIU unless noted)

  • Advances in Contemporary IR (graduate; Spring 2024)
  • ASEAN in a Global Perspective (graduate; Spring 2023 at the GETSEA consortium, Cornell University)
  • Contemporary Foreign Policy (undergraduate; Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2023)
  • International Organization (graduate; Spring 2018)
  • International Law and Organizations (graduate; Spring 2020, Fall 2022)
  • Introduction to International Relations (undergraduate; Summer 2016 (Toronto), Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Summer 2025, Fall 2025)
  • Qualitative Research Methods (graduate; Fall 2017, Fall 2023)
  • Regional Security (undergraduate; Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2022; Spring 2024)
  • Theories of International Relations (graduate; Fall 2019, Fall 2023, Fall 2025)

Additional Experience

  • I regularly provide lectures in team-taught courses via NIU’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Political Science Department, and regular sessions for the US Department of State’s Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program (SEAYLP) at NIU and in Jakarta.
  • I have given invited talks at various universities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand, the UK, and across the US. See my CV for a complete list of talks at NIU and elsewhere.
  • As a PhD student at the University of Toronto (2009-2017), I was a teaching assistant or head teaching assistant for 25 courses. In 2015 I received the Department of Political Science’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Student Supervision

I have supervised or been a committee member for more than 15 MA and PhD students and led more than 45 independent studies with graduate and undergraduate students. If you are an NIU student (or student from elsewhere) looking for supervision, a committee member, or an independent study let’s chat!

I am interested in projects that relate to international organizations, foreign policy and diplomacy (US and elsewhere), Southeast Asia and ASEAN, and/or inter-state conflict and cooperation broadly speaking. I am especially excited by research that engages social IR theory and adopts qualitative methods. I am available to supervise many other topics as well. So, let’s talk!

As a Faculty Associate with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Center for Non-Profit and NGO Studies at NIU, I am always more than happy to work with students outside of Political Science through those centers and beyond.

Letters of Reference

If you are a current or past student of mine looking for letters of reference, I am generally more than happy to provide them. Please email me. Please give me at least three weeks notice prior to a deadline whenever possible.

If you are an undergraduate student, I normally ask that you have achieved at least a “B” in at least one course with me before agreeing to write a letter. To ensure I write as strong a letter as possible, I will ask that you provide me with your CV (or resume), your NIU transcript (unofficial is fine), and any relevant application materials (e.g., your cover letter, statement of interest, proposal, etc.).