Spotlight: Experts Talk [the Age of AI in] Writing and Speaking Pedagogy

Spotlight is an annual series highlighting faculty from across the college who have developed innovative writing and speaking activities and assignments to advance literacy and language learning, discipline-specific communication skills, and culturally responsive communication. Professors Sarah Blazer, Writing and Speaking Studio, and Katelyn Burton Prager, English and Communication Studies, moderate.

This fall’s symposium (Sept. 28 and Oct. 26) responds to the rapid rise of AI text generation tools and their impact on student learning through written and oral modalities.

In October, Experts Talk [the age of AI] in Writing and Speaking Pedagogy will feature:

• Nancy Hightower, English and Communication Studies, on “Teaching Artist Statements: Applications for Any Field”
• Evie Joselow, Art Market Studies, on “Posh or Not?: How AI Can Be Used as a Tool to Revise and Promote Further Thinking”
• Subhalakshmi Gooptu, English and Communication Studies, on “Cultivating Voice in the Age of AI: Strategies for Mentoring Student Writing”

With faculty respondents:

• Sonja Chapman, International Trade and Marketing
• Bernard Dillard, Science and Math
• Amy Werbel, History of Art

This event is for the FIT community only; RSVP to [email protected].