Dr. Susan Hrach (“rock”) is the Director of the Faculty Center and Professor of English at Columbus State University in Georgia, USA. Susan is the former Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Recognised by the University System of Georgia with a statewide Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, she has also served as a scholar for the USG’s Executive Leadership Institute. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation and provides executive coaching within and outside of higher education, incorporating embodied strategies to support mental and physical wellbeing. Susan is the author of the 2022 Silver Nautilus Award-winning book ‘Minding Bodies: how physical space, sensation, and movement affect learning’ (WVU Press, 2021).