Teaching

“Frieder did a great job of facilitating class discussions and debates...The best thing about his teaching approach, in my opinion, was how respectful he was during class debates when students often strongly opposed each others' opinions” – Student, SIS 105 World Politics 

Courses

Arizona State University, Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab

Teaching Assistant

  • IAL 508: Transatlantic Relations (Spring B session 2025) (Instructor: Amb. Kurt Volker)

  • IAL 598: The Holocaust and World War II Today (Spring B session 2025) (Instructor: Amb. Edward B. O’Donnell)

American University, School of International Service

Teaching Assistant

  • SIS-105: World Politics (Fall 2020 and Spring 2021) (Instructor: Michael Schroeder)

Adjunct Instructor

  • SISG-750: Qualitative Methods (Fall 2022, cancelled) — You can find the preliminary (and incomplete) reading list I compiled for the course here. I hope to teach a similar course in the future.

  • SISG-762: Global Governance (Fall 2022, declined)

Teaching Resources

China, Russia, and the World (Sample Course Prospectus)

This is a sample course outline for an upper-division/honors seminar. The proposed course looks at the historical relationship between China and Russia since the seventeenth century (part I) and issues in their contemporary relationship and how the two powers interact with the rest of the world (part II). You can download the sample course outline here.