Category: A.I. in Education

A.I. in Education, Faculty Senate, Temple Administration, Temple University

We Have To Be Flexible: An Interview with Temple Police Chief Jennifer Griffin

The following interview was conducted in person on October 9, 2025. Chief Griffin spoke with me about her decision to head Temple’s Public Safety department, the changes she’s implemented, including the use of surveillance technologies, her own academic background in sociology, and how Temple Public Safety might respond to the deployment of any federal forces to Philadelphia. The interview has been edited and condensed for … Continue reading We Have To Be Flexible: An Interview with Temple Police Chief Jennifer Griffin

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A.I. in Education, General Education, Research, Teaching, Temple University

Fighting Back Against Student Use of AI: A Satire

As a long-serving instructor in Temple’s First Year Writing program, I find myself on the front lines of teaching writing in the age of AI. I have been asked to share with fellow faculty some strategies for dealing with AI use by students, because we are all getting increasingly frustrated at reading the bland, anodyne, repetitive AI versions of our assignments which students keep handing in.  Because they’re, like, so bland and anodyne. And in the time-honored academic tradition of deferring to … Continue reading Fighting Back Against Student Use of AI: A Satire

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A.I. in Education, Libraries, Research, Temple University

Scholars in Conversation at Charles Library

Last spring, Temple University Libraries launched Faculty Grand Challenges Conversation Series. Joe Lucia, Dean of Libraries, explains that this interdisciplinary collaboration was on his mind during the planning stages for the Charles Library. “The idea for this building was to create a space where faculty and others across campus could interact across the disciplines and colleges,” he said.   Dean Lucia admitted that this series of conversations was … Continue reading Scholars in Conversation at Charles Library

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A.I. in Education, Research, Teaching, Temple University

AI: Our New Partner in Education 

by Jennifer Zaylea & Jonah Chambers Looking back at the initial public announcement of generative AI, we can see a big shift from how we initially thought about these tools to how they’re being used in practice currently. The creativity with which faculty have begun to thoughtfully and critically incorporate generative AI into their teaching over the past year has been nothing short of inspirational. … Continue reading AI: Our New Partner in Education 

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