Ayaj Rana

My teaching developed over four years as a full-time faculty member at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh's leading public university, where I designed my own courses across the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. At Cornell, I have refined it as a teaching assistant and guest lecturer. 

Beyond the classroom, as a Graduate Resident Fellow at Cornell's Alice Cook House, a residential community of 360 undergraduates each year, I organize programs on civic engagement, cultural exchange, and intellectual exploration, work that has sharpened how I reach students from different backgrounds. 

I am prepared to teach core management courses in organizational behavior and strategic human resources across undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, along with electives on the future of work and organization in the age of artificial intelligence.

Courses Taught

Cornell University — Teaching Assistant

• ILRLR 2050 · Labor Relations 

Spring 2024 · Instructor: Prof. Adam Seth Litwin · Undergraduate · 50 students

• ILRLR 2050 · Labor Relations 

Fall 2023 · Instructor: Prof. Harry Katz · Undergraduate · 120 students

• UNILWYL 1404 · Critical Dialogues on Work and Society 

Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 · Instructor: Prof. Chantal Thomas · Undergraduate · 20 students

University of Dhaka — Assistant Professor

• DS 542 · Polity, Policy Process, and Institutions 

Fall 2020 · Graduate · 25 students

• DS 505 · Advanced Econometrics  

Fall 2020 · Graduate ·10 students

• DS 406 · Understanding Public Policy Process  

Spring 2021 · Undergraduate · 25 students

University of Dhaka — Lecturer

• DS 561 · Environmental Economics 

Fall 2016 & Fall 2017 · Graduate · 25 students

• DS 302 · Public Finance  

Spring 2017 & Spring 2018 · Undergraduate · 60 students

• DS 205 · Agriculture and Rural Development

Fall 2017 · Undergraduate · 35 students