Beenish Riaz (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. She has served as a Teaching Observation Fellow in the academic year of 2023-24, a Senior Teaching Observation Fellow in 2024-25, and is excited to return as a Teaching Consultant. Beenish is currently a TA for Introduction to Human Rights for Fall 2025. Before this, she was the TA and head TA for Introduction to International Politics, for which she also led sections. She also has teaching experience from law school.