She is renowned among students for her innovative teaching methods and lecture presentations that include everything from cartoons to role playing to standard bullet points. Her experience working for European NGOs, the United Nations, and her research and program work in Latin America and Africa gives her a base of practical and diverse experiences that she shares with her students. She is also famous for providing arguments for and against all theories, a mark of the intellectual flexibility and open mindedness that her students have come to respect and admire. Learn more about Alison Ayers.