Teaching Experience

Instructor & Course Coordinator​
  • MGMT 430: Strategic Management, Winter/Spring 2024
    • Teaching Evaluations: 4.9/5.0, 5.2/5.0, 5.1/5.0, 4.9/5.0
    • 4 sections of 50 students at Foster School of Business
    • Awards:
      • 2024 Dean’s Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching
      • “Best 8:30am Class” Award, UW Undergraduate Business Council 
  • MGMT 430: Strategic Management, Winter/Spring 2023
    • Teaching Evaluations: 4.9/5.0, 4.8/5.0, 4.9/5.0
    • 3 sections of 50 students at Foster School of Business
  • STR 290: Business Strategy, Winter 2020
    • ​Teaching Evaluation: 4.8/5.0, 98% of students rated the teaching as excellent
    • 1 section of 80 students at Ross School of Business
    • Selected by students for Women’s History Month social media feature​​​

Student Feedback

  • "Professor Heshmati was an incredible professor, by far one of the best educators I have ever encountered.”
  • "Professor Heshmati did a wonderful job of leading class discussions and creating a very inclusive and intellectually stimulating environment."
  • "Professor Heshmati posed challenging and stimulating questions but did so in a way that was not intimidating. She actively encouraged new learning and stretched my way of thinking.”
  • "I have never had a professor who was so apt at engaging the class. She promoted group participation in such a non-threatening way. I felt compelled to come to class prepared and to participate often.”
  • “Professor Heshmati did a wonderful job of leading class discussions and creating a very inclusive and intellectually stimulating environment."