Dr. Heather Smith is Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia in Canada. She has received the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, the Canadian Political Science Excellence in Teaching Award and numerous teaching awards at UNBC. She has held multiple leadership positions with the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 

This episode explores  

• How an awareness of disruption can improve both teaching and learning
• The importance of mutual appreciation of the human dimensions of the student/teacher relationship
• And the transformative power of the authority to be curious.