Dr. Steuter has taught at Mount Allison for 16 years, and in that time her infectious delight in teaching and her care and consideration for students have been remarkable. She admits, "I am constantly thinking about teaching and about how to make my classes meaningful and engaging for students. Reflecting on teaching is one of the chief joys of my profession." It is no surprise that Dr. Erin Steuter has been recognized as one of the finest teachers in the Atlantic region. The popular sociology professor has received both the Association of Atlantic Universities’ (AAU) Distinguished Teacher Award and the Herbert and Leota Tucker Teaching Award in 2006.

Dr. Steuter’s innovation and creativity are appreciated by her students. One of them comments, "She manages to fill the classroom with a balance between creative activities and thoughtful discussion. She is exactly the kind of educator I aspire to become!" In her classes, Dr. Seuss becomes the catalyst to analyze racial inequality; Lego Megablocks become social institutions; and, in addition to essays and research papers, her students write magazine articles or create gender workbooks. "One of my teaching goals is to make course material relevant to students’ lives," says Steuter. Her students have written a resource guide for women in shelters; established a "Super Kids" camp to promote self-esteem in middle-school aged children; and developed media literacy camps.

Steuter is acquiring a growing reputation for her contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning, through her publications and from giving workshops at Mount Allison for regional and national conferences.