He taught in both Canada and the U.S. for 14 years including Junior and Senior Kindergarten, 3rd, 4th, Special Education and Health & Physical Education. He has been the recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award three times (2001, 2007, and 2014), and also the winner of the Outstanding Professor Award (2003) presented by the graduating class. Professor Rushton has participated, trained and supervised numerous workshops both nationally and internationally (most recently in Malaysia, the Philippines and India). He specializes in communication skills, interpersonal relationships and more recently the neurosciences of learning process.