Seongdeok Oh – teaching

Teaching Experiences

PA 4345 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Fall 2024, In-person, Undergraduate
Program in Public and Nonprofit Management, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Teaching Evaluation: PA 4345 Fall 2024
Selected Qualitative Evaluations
- “I really liked the how this class was conducted. We would go over the readings each class to make sure we fully understood the concepts and this class was full of cases and role playing that we did on a weekly basis. It allowed me personally to improve my skills and understand of negotiations overall. In addition, I was able to engage with my classmates and share ideas, advice, and build friendships.” (Fall 2024)
- “I believe the overall structure of the course was excellent; the pacing of assignments was very manageable. I enjoyed the negotiation roleplay activities and found them very beneficial in helping me understand and put to practice core class concepts.” (Fall 2024)
- “I really liked the mixture of group work and lectures. I think having students recall the information they read during the lectures was helpful in retaining the information. The professor was also flexible with due dates when students felt stressed with assignments which made the course more enjoyable overall.” (Fall 2024)
Using a student-centered approach, negotiation exercises incorporate scenarios, case studies, and role-playing to engage learners actively.

PA 3380 Organizational Theory and Behavior

Summer 2024, In-person, Spring 2024, Online, Summer 2023, In-person, Spring 2023, Online, Undergraduate
Program in Public and Nonprofit Management, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Teaching Evaluation: PA 3380 Spring 2024, and Spring 2023, Online
Selected Qualitative Evaluations
- “Excellent constructive feedback on each and every assignment - Dr. Oh’s consistent support there greatly enhanced this learning experience! He is a wonderful instructor.” (Spring 2024)
- “The courseload was appropriate, and I never felt overwhelmed when working on assignments. Quick email responses were also very much appreciated.” (Spring 2024)
- “This course was great and well explained. I had fun in this course.” (Spring 2023)
- “I feel the assignments were explained and you communicated daily so it made the course a lot easier because of that.” (Spring 2023)

PA 3306 Advanced Research and Writing for the Policy Sciences

EPPS 2302 Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Sciences

Fall 2022, In-person, Undergraduate
School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Teaching Evaluation: EPPS 2302 Fall 2022, In-person
Selected Qualitative Evaluations
- “Professor Seongdeok Oh is really passionate about teaching statistics, and connected the lessons to his real-world experiences. After midterms, as a fun bonus activity, he showed us how post-exam celebrations went in his native South Korea.”
- “I enjoyed the organization of the class. I also really appreciated that the three lowest quiz grades were dropped. Those are the only two aspects that should remain the same for future courses.”

April 2023 - Present, Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificate (in progress), Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Texas at Dallas
April 2023, Graduate Teaching Certificate, Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Texas at Dallas

PA 6389 Volunteer Management (Spring 2022, Graduate)

PA 6320 Organizational Theory (Fall 2021, Graduate)

DPAK 364 Policy Evaluation, (Fall 2013, Undergraduate)

DPAK 473 Government Performance Management, (Spring 2013, Undergraduate)