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Harleen Dhami

Harleen Dhami is a Senior Growth Marketing Specialist for Top Hat. During her tenure at Top Hat, she's interviewed acclaimed educators including Dr. Bryan Dewsbury and Dr. Christopher Emdin. She works to amplify the stories of both faculty and students alike through case studies, blog posts and ebooks. Harleen holds a Master's Degree in Professional Communication from Toronto Metropolitan University. In 2020, she was the recipient of a Gold Quill Award of Merit presented by the International Association of Business Communicators.

  1. Top Hat Launches New Features to Scale Workflow Management in Higher Education in Microsoft Office 365

    Top Hat now enables professors to edit a variety of document types directly through the Top Hat app integrated with Microsoft Office 365.

  2. Biology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading biology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  3. Atoms First General Chemistry Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading general chemistry textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  4. American Government Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading government textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  5. Research Methods in Psychological Science Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading research methods in psychological science textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  6. 4 Learning Myths Every Professor Needs to Know

    Myths can be harmful. Confronting neuromyths about learning will help educators pursue a primary mandate they share with doctors: do no harm

  7. Economics Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading economics textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  8. You Need Weekly Feedback From Your Students. Here’s How

    The traditional method of testing students—once at midterms, and once at finals—works to a certain extent. After midterms, you’ll have…

  9. Organic Chemistry Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading organic chemistry textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  10. U.S. History Textbooks: Which Is The Best?

    How leading U.S. history textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace

  11. Top Hat Now Equips Professors with the Ability to Identify Students at Risk of Falling Behind — or Failing — Before It’s Too Late

    Top Hat announces the world’s first active learning platform providing a holistic view of student performance and actionable insights.

  12. Eran Ben-Ari: How Anthropology Can Create Products That Are Customer Obsessed

    Eran Ben-Ari, Chief Product Officer at Top Hat, uses his Anthropology background to solve real customer problems—including growing user…

  13. 70% of Students Buy Used Textbooks

    The widespread use of second-hand textbooks is proof that students need more affordable solutions

  14. 8 Reasons You Should Author Your Own Textbook

    When does it make sense to create a new textbook from scratch? Here, we look at some reasons you might author your own book

  15. Top Hat Awards Three Students $10,000 Scholarships

    Top Hat scholars Hope Long of the University of North Georgia, Patryk Tomaszkiewicz of Texas A&M University and Nicole Blinn of Dalhousie…

  16. The Average Print Textbook Goes Out of Date Every 3 Years

    Print textbooks have been posing problems for students for years. They’re static, outdated and come at hefty prices.1 Not to mention that…

  17. Top Hat Awards $100,000 Scholarship to Five Exceptional University Students

    Top Hat has awarded scholarships worth a combined $100,000 USD to five exceptional students for their achievements.

  18. Top Hat and Fountainhead Press Announce Partnership to Significantly Improve ROI in Higher Education

    Top Hat has partnered with independent textbook publisher Fountainhead Press to offer high-quality, affordable course materials.

  19. Open Educational Resources (OER): The Ultimate Guide

    Traditional textbooks—even electronic editions—are overpriced for students and for teachers, and worse still, the price of hard copy and…

  20. How to Help Introverts Thrive in the Classroom

    Are you an introvert? Roughly one third to a half of the population feel most capable or alive in quiet environments. Author and speaker…