Authors

Clayton Smith

Clayton Smith, Ed.D., is an associate professor at the University of Windsor in the Faculty of Education where he teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Dr. Smith’s research interests include student satisfaction with promising teaching practices for teaching linguistically and culturally diverse international students, the use of open educational resources to enhance interdisciplinary teaching and learning, the mentoring of teacher candidates within faculties of education, and the application of the Strategic-Enrolment-Management model within the Canadian higher educational context.  He has spent more than 30 years engaged in higher educational administration at four postsecondary education institutions in Canada and the U.S.  Most recently, he completed two terms as vice-provost at the University of Windsor, where he oversaw a far-reaching portfolio that included academic governance, campus internationalization, enrolment management, and student affairs.  Dr. Smith earned his Ed.D. at Florida State University.

Carson Babich

Carson Babich is a researcher in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor. His research interests include the interdisciplinarity of instructors at institutes of higher learning, and the effectiveness of open education resources in interdisciplinary classrooms. Before academia, he spent 10 years within the hospitality sector as a manager, rooms’ controller, and department trainer at properties that include The Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, and EPCOT at Walt Disney World in Florida. Carson earned both his B.A. and M.Ed. at the University of Windsor.