Ten faculty members from UCF's College of Arts and Humanities have been selected to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities' Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum. The national institute brings together faculty from more than 170 institutions to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping teaching, learning and scholarship. The yearlong program kicks off today and is focused on helping faculty develop and implement AI action plans for their classrooms, curricula and campuses.

UCF's two teams include faculty from every department in the College of Arts and Humanities. The first, led by Associate Dean Peter Larson (professor, history), includes Meghan Velez (assistant professor, writing and rhetoric), Jonathan Beever (professor of philosophy), Matt Dombrowski '05 '08 MFA (professor, visual arts and design), Melissa Scott (lecturer, performing arts), Lisa Logan (associate professor, English) and Taoues Hadour (assistant professor, modern languages and literatures). Their project will focus on building AI literacy across the arts and humanities through course design, policy recommendations and sharable resources.

The second team, led by Anastasia Salter (professor, English; director, texts and technologies), includes Rudy McDaniel (professor, English; director, visual arts and design) and Sherry Rankins-Robertson (professor, writing and rhetoric). Their work will explore the viability of creating a college-level center on AI scholarship, teaching and learning, as well as opportunities for funding, partnerships and community engagement.

In addition, four UCF employees are serving as AI fellows and mentors for the institute: Rankins-Robertson and Rohan Jowallah (senior instructional designer, Center for Distributed Learning), all returning for a second year, and newcomer Kevin Yee '90 (special assistant to the provost, UCF Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning). Rankins-Robertson and Jowallah also serve on the AAC&U institute faculty.

"The fact that we have enthusiastic participation from faculty in every department in the College of Arts and Humanities demonstrates how seriously we're taking this moment," says Jeff Moore, dean of the college. "AI is changing how we teach, how students learn and what employers expect. This is our chance to rethink how we prepare students for today's classrooms and tomorrow's careers."

This year's institute includes more than 1,220 participants across 192 teams.

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