Erin Baumann is a Faculty member at Woods College and the Senior Associate Director of Professional Pedagogy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. At Woods, Erin teaches a variety of courses in political science and history - including International Relations, Fundamental Concepts of Politics, Comparative Politics, and Modern Russia: culture, politics, and foreign policy. At HKS, Erin oversees the SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) Pedagogy Team and their work in instructional support, pedagogical research, and faculty programming.
Erin also leads SLATE's experiential learning and simulation development practice, which has developed, evaluated, and supported the facilitation of over 30 simulations, games, and field-based learning experiences at HKS. Prior to joining HKS, Erin was a Lecturer in International Relations and Comparative Politics at University College Dublin. Erin has also held positions with the Government of Ireland, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine), Belarusian State University (Belarus), and the US House of Representatives. Erin holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in International Relations from University College Dublin and a B.A. in International Affairs and History from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University.
