Teaching
Instructor of Record
Florida State University
U.S. Foreign Policy, Fall 2025, Spring 2026, Fall 2026
Introduction to American Government, Summer 2025, Summer 2026
Teaching Assistant
Florida State University
Political Science Research Methods, Fall 2026
Introduction to International Relations, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Introduction to American Government, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
Teaching Evaluations
Selected Student Evaluations
• The instructor is so passionate about the topics in this class that I was truly excited to come to class and listen to his lectures.
• Really enjoyed this class. Such a nice professor and I learned so much. He really knew how to engage the class and taught very well. I like how engaged he was with students.
• I really enjoyed his passion for teaching and connecting with each student. His class never felt like a burden to attend, mostly because he was always in a positive mood and kept me interested and engaged. He mixed in Kahoots and group discussions which made the class a lot more fun.
• The collaborative environment that Hashim created in the classroom was great, and I was able to learn a lot from him and from my peers. His lectures were also very informative and interesting.
• I loved this course with Professor Malallah! I would definitely recommend it to other students.
• Overall, I think he is an excellent teacher and has been my favorite teacher at FSU. I don’t know if I can think of any suggestions because I truly enjoyed his class.
• He genuinely cares about the students and is extremely passionate about his work.
• I really hope he keeps teaching. He told us that he has always had a passion for teaching and that we were his first ever in-person class. I want to say thank you for this class, it really made me feel confident in my choice of major and what I want to do for my career. Mr. Malallah’s passion for the subject combined with him being an amazing human being made this class such an enjoyable experience for me.
• I really enjoyed his lectures and learned a lot. I like the amount of discussion and the surveys due before class really got you thinking about the lecture material before class.
• The way Professor Malallah connects with students is crucial to it being an engaging class. He also does a good job encouraging students to speak and incorporating fun/innovate experiences.
• He made the class engaging, not just lecture-based, which really helped.
• I appreciate your passion for teaching and your efforts to engage students. Your speaker notes are especially helpful during review sessions and when it’s hard to understand what is being said.
• He is very hands on and I like that he makes us engage in discussion to help test our own knowledge of the subjects. I also think his lectures were very helpful.
• Hashim made the course very engaging by using video clips, real world examples, and discussions. These discussions were a great tool because they allowed us to apply the content and think critically, and get a break from lecturing to engage with our peers.
• he was a very fun professor. he makes it clear that he has much to improve on and takes criticism seriously.
• Overall, I really enjoyed this class and it was very interactive and fun. Hashim is very easy to talk to about grades and assignments and very helpful with everything.
• I enjoy the class is a mix of presenting and discussion. I think it is important to learn our peers persepctives. Also, the fact that this class is continuously updated based on daily events is important as there are many topics to discuss.
• I love how knowledgable he is and how he asks class/group questions to engage the subject (we can learn from each other) . I also enjoy how he keeps us up to date with each current issue as well as other ones in the past. Great teacher
• I really like how he encourages discussion and will come sit with the groups. I really appreciate the level of engagement he provides for the class.
• I really enjoyed how he would always ask the class questions about what we learned in class and made the class very interactive and fun. He also would ask us about sports and weekend plans we had to make use feel more comfortable and involved.
• The projects required use of knowledge of the class and other international relations knowledge which allowed me to practice my skills, and taught me valuable lessons about IR.