Dr. Neil Hair

This quarter I managed to receive grant funding in support of my research program which essentially buys me out of teaching until the Winter. However, there is still a Professor Hair on the roster of Saunders faculty. A Dr R Hair rather than a Dr N Hair. My wife starts teaching Organizational Behavior in class and online in the fall and Im looking forward to seeing her in action. Dr R Hair shares a number of similarities with her husband regards teaching style and philosophy. Student centered, experiential, interactive, and – hopefully – fun. I've reminded myself just how much fun you can have inventing a course from scratch. It also reminded me of just how much work and preparation goes into designing what we both call – a good experience – in the classroom. We've had several long conversations about our pedagogical approaches and there are a few differences – mainly given the fact that OB is very different in nature to that of marketing. Shes really looking forward to it as well which I think is always a good sign. Its certainly making for interesting conversation and its reminding me of all the issues I faced initially when I started my teaching career – plenty of soul searching in terms of who you are and what you want to accomplish in terms of the classroom experience.