Dr. Amy Graham and Dr. Kate Bunton discuss how they were thrown into teaching and how they learned from those experiences. They also share strategies for building off of what students already know, how to create a positive classroom environment, and how to move into teaching skills rather than just knowledge. Dr. Bunton also gives advice on how to effectively use homework in the classroom as well as what she can learn from it to reduce the laborious nature of it.

Kate Bunton, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Department Head in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona. She also serves as Director of the Program for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of Arizona. Her research expertise includes kinematic, aerodynamic and acoustic characteristics of normal and disordered speech production and correlates of speech intelligibility. Dr. Bunton has held funding from both the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Bunton has experience mentoring students at multiple levels of training, including undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral.