Dr. Julie Stewart is a nationally recognized teaching excellence award winner, conference speaker, and internationally published researcher. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Metropolitan State College of Denver, Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, and Doctor of Management in Leadership and Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Stewart is an Associate Professor of Business at CC Aurora and an adjunct business instructor at CC Denver. She is an entrepreneur with research interests in interventional design, engagement, and collaboration. She presents on alternative assessment, reverse curriculum engineering, and diversity and equity in the classroom.