{"id":42,"date":"2016-07-05T16:11:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T21:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sianmuir\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:18:18","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/892\/2023\/10\/Sian-Headshot.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/892\/2023\/10\/Sian-Headshot.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/892\/2023\/10\/Sian-Headshot-1280x1089.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/892\/2023\/10\/Sian-Headshot-980x833.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/892\/2023\/10\/Sian-Headshot-480x408.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-785\" title=\"Sian Headshot\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">About me<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am originally from New Zealand where I was a general manager for a retail chain for over a decade. I arrived in the U.S. in 2000 where I worked at Dartmouth College in the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network. I\u00a0 came to St. Olaf in 2004. I am a passionate educator and confident leader. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I enjoy critically evaluating curriculum to ensure student needs are met effectively<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As the Director for the Business and Management Studies program I have made changes in our overall curriculum to support diversity and access and to improve student outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I teach Marketing, Design Thinking &amp; Entrepreneurship, Innovation in New Zealand, Organizational Storytelling and Management Policy and Strategy. For more information please see my <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/sian-muir-resume\/\">resume<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I seek to have active and immersive experiences with students where they can have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real world problems. A core focus of much of my work has been in the area of creativity and innovation. As an entrepreneur, I strive to work on the edge of my comfort zone and be constantly learning new techniques from others that can improve my teaching. Please read more in my <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/892\/2023\/11\/Statement-of-Professional-Activity-2023.docx-1.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-949\">Statement of Professional Activity 2023.docx (1)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have travelled widely and have lived in New Zealand, the UK and for the last 23 years, the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am delighted to share that I have been accepted onto the Fulbright Specialist Roster for a tenure of three years beginning on 10\/13\/2023. I plan to complete the project during my professional leave in spring '25.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">I have served as a member on local non-profit boards for the last 12 years. I am also an avid runner and has run seven half-marathons to date. I live in Northfield, MN, with my partner, Herman, and have two adult sons, Mason &amp; Finn.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>MY TOP 5 STRENGTHS from Gallup Strengths Finder<br \/> 1 Strategic<br \/> 2 Activator<br \/> 3 Communication<br \/> 4 Arranger<br \/> 5 Individualization<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}