Kristie Sigler is an award-winning educator who received the Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer. A member of the Ohio State Academy of Teaching, Kristie is passionate about helping students translate strong communication skills into AI-enhanced workplaces and coaching colleagues on practical, human-centered ways to integrate AI into their courses. She teaches and leads course design for Business and Professional Communication and Public Speaking courses.
Her latest project is SpeechBuilderGPT, an AI custom chatbot that supports ethical, audience-focused development of presentations. She is committed to learning how artificial intelligence can support – not replace – teaching and communication so her students use AI to enhance critical thinking and smart decision-making.
As course supervisor for Persuasive Communication, she spearheaded the School’s efforts to transition large courses to online and hybrid formats, and compiled and edited a course textbook Persuasive Communication. She also taught multiple sections, oversaw each section of the course, and trained lecturers and graduate teaching assistants. She wrote and received a $10,000 grant from the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching that focused on the training of graduate teaching assistants, including the development of a manual that provides extensive guidelines and practical advice for teaching Persuasive Communication.