The Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL) hosted a symposium on Zoom on Friday, May 1, 9:00am - 1:00pm entitled:
Human-Centered AI in the Classroom: Student and Faculty Voices
Panelists representing 17 out of the 22 campuses of the California State University system provided 10-minute lightning talks on how they have addressed emerging AI technologies in their classrooms. The presentations emphasized instructor reflections on successes and challenges; faculty efforts to investigate students’ perspectives on AI and learning; and faculty's decision-making process when it comes to integrating or resisting GenAI in the classroom.
Here is the Final Program with Abstracts.
Program with links to slides and recordings *
*For talks where slides are not available, please reach out to presenters directly.
Recording of the Welcome Session
Speakers: Leslie Kennedy, Emily Magruder, Anoshua Chaudhuri
Session 1.1: Teaching Transparent and Responsible use of AI
Is this Cheating? Exploring AI Through Student Perspectives
Dinah Nucum, Department of Communication Studies, CSU Northridge and Woodland Community College
Teaching How AI Works While Using AI: An Argument for AI Use
Stacey Moultry, Department of Ethnic Studies, CSU East Bay
Transparency: Successes and Challenges of Integrating GenAI in the Classroom
Scott Hachey, Department of Marketing, CSU Fullerton
Session 1.2: Implications of using AI for Feedback & Assessment
Beyond Either/Or: Human-Centered Hybrid Feedback in the Age of AI
Shelli Wynants, Department of Child and Adolescent Development, CSU Fullerton
Centering Human Relationships and Durable Skills: Collaborative Peer Learning Coaching Beyond AI
Tara Lockhart, Department of English, SFSU; Kristin Agius, Department of English, SJSU, John Holland, Department of English, SFSU; Andrew Ichimura, Department of Chemistry and Biology, SFSU; Aviva Sinervo, Department of Psychology, SFSU
The Future of Learning is Experiential: Why Assessment Needs a Total Redesign in the Age of AI
Margaret Finnegan, Department of Criminal Justice, Cal State LA
Session 1.3: Teaching AI Literacy across the curriculum
The Sword and the Shield: A Framework for Cognitive and Pedagogical Sovereignty in the AI Classroom
Diego Bonilla, Department of Communication Studies, Sacramento State
A Humanizing and Ethical Approach to AI Integration in a Psychology Research Methods Course
Doron Zinger, School Leadership Program, CSU Dominguez Hills
AI at the Right Moment: Designing Student-Centered GenAI Support Across the Learning Arc
Brian Beatty, Department of ELSIT, San Francisco
Session 1.4: Career preparation & AI
Bridging Campus Expertise and Workforce Needs: Launching AI Micro-Credentials
Cass Hall, Senior Director of Academic Technology, Chico State; Zach Justus - Director of Faculty Development, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Chico State; Clare Van Ness - Dean, Professional & Continuing Education, Chico State; Jayson Hickie - Online Learning Specialist, Professional & Continuing Education, Chico State
Exploring Human-Centered AI Chatbots in Career Planning: Student and Faculty Perspectives
Jennifer Brodmann, Fynnwin Prager, Jose N. Martinez, Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Law, CSU Dominguez Hills
If AI Can Write the Plan, What Are We Teaching?
Vanessa Jordan, Department of C&I, CSULA
Session 2.1: Teaching with AI in the Business Curriculum
Scaling Business Analytics Projects with AI-Assisted Development
ZHENNING XU, Department of Management & Marketing, Bakersfield
Emerging Artificial Intelligence in Financial Management
Julian Vogel, Department of Accounting and Finance, San Jose State University; Franziska Renz, Department of Management of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, California State University, Sacramento
Using GenAI to Support Applied Learning in Principles of Economics Courses
Venoo Kakar, Department of Economics, San Francisco State University; Gerald Daniels, Howard University; Maxine Lee, San Francisco State University; Lauren Tombari, San Francisco State University
Session 2.2: Teaching to question & verify
Building the Verification Mindset: A Human-Centered Framework for AI Integration
Laraine Rosema, Department of Extended Education and Global Outreach , Bakersfield
What Counts as Knowing? AI, Struggle, and Intellectual Formation in the Classroom
Michael Ault, Department of Political Science, CSU Bakersfield
Teaching Generative AI as Media: A Critical Media Literacy Approach to AI Literacy
Scott Moss, Department of Journalism and Pubic Relations, Cal State Long Beach
Session 2.3: Paying attention to mental health, wellbeing & belonging
Human-Centered AI: Cultivating Purpose and Mental Well-Being in the Classroom
Dr. Gitima Sharma, Department of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation, California State University, Fresno
AI as Equity Infrastructure: First-Year Foundations for College Life Skills
Emily Acosta Lewis, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Sonoma State University
AI and Career Empowerment: Helping Public Health Students Leverage AI Responsibly
Michael Stanton, Department of Public Health, East Bay
Session 2.4: Teaching with AI in writing courses
Student Voices, Student Choices: Investigating Perspectives and Practices Around Generative AI in Writing Across the Curriculum
Angela Laflen and Angela Clark-Oates, Department of English, Sacramento State
Emerging Results from AI Grant: AI in the Writing Process from FYC to GWAR
Amy Latham, Business Communication; Aviva Sinervo, Psychology; Brian Strang, English; Kimbrough Moore, Philosophy & Computer Science; Laura Moorhead, Journalism; Niny Arcila-Maya, Mathematics; Shubhi Sachdeva, Child & Adolescent Development; Tara Lockhart, English; Yuki Obayashi, Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University
Session 3.1: Classroom simulations with AI
Yikuan Lee, Department of International Business, San Francisco State University
Young Kwon, Department of Kinesiology, Cal Poly Humboldt
Reimagining Teacher Preparation in the Age of AI: An Examination of Chatbot Simulations
Minsung Kwon, Department of Elementary Education, CSU Northridge
Session 3.2: Use of Custom GPTs and Bots to guide learning
GenAI-Infused Pedagogy for Career and Workplace Readiness
Amy Latham, Department of Business GWAR, San Francisco
From Productivity to Learning: Designing Pedagogically Engineered GPTs
Zahira Merchant, Department of Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies, San Francisco State University
From Policing to Partnering: Designing Human-Centered AI in an Engineering Classroom
Milica Markovic, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, CSU Sacramento
Session 3.3: Teaching with AI in STEM disciplines
Preparing students for the ethical use of AI
Joseph Ross, Department of Biology, Fresno State
Integrating Generative AI in Calculus: Task Design, Student Learning, and Faculty Decision-Making
Hyunkyoung Yoon, Department of mathematics and statistics, Cal Poly Pomona
Anjum Padyal, Department of Kinesiology, CSU Northridge
Session 3.4: Teacher education and preparation
Generative AI as Text, Student, and Mirror: Repositioning AI to Support Disciplinary Literacy Instruction
Madeleine Mejia, Department of Literacy and Reading Education, CSUFullerton
AI Companions and Deepfakes: Empowering K-12 Teachers to Guide Students Through Emerging AI Risks
Stephen Adams, Department of Educational Technology and Media Leadership, CSU Long Beach
Session 4.1: Teaching Nursing with AI
From Classroom to Clinic: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Transform Engagement in Advanced Practice Nursing Education
Deanna Jung, Department of Nursing, Fullerton
Human-Centered AI in Graduate Nursing Education: A Theory-Informed, Faculty Student Approach to Critical Thinking and Ethical Use
Carole Kulik, Department of Nursing, SFSU
Session 4.2: What are our Students saying?
Student Voices on AI in the Classroom: Insights from Graduate Assistants
Zurva Aziz, Chetas Parekh, Kunal Sheth, Graduate Students, SFSU
Student Advocacy to Address Environmental Impacts of Generative AI
Sara Baguskas, Oleander Nielsen, Ray Choudhury, Isaac Mclaughlan, Bee Bauman, School of the Environment, SFSU
Session 4.3: Course redesign for AI
Designing Human-Centered AI Assignments: Preserving Deep Learning in an AI-Integrated Classroom
Maha Ghosn, Department of International Business and Marketing, Cal Poly Pomona
Augmenting Creativity: Teaching Critical AI Literacy Through Structured Reflection
Christine Lee, Department of Graphic Communication, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
From Consumers to Critics: Using Cultural Gap Analysis to Center Student Voices in AI-Integrated Classrooms
Richard Allen May III, Department of Visual Arts and Department of African American Studies, California State University, Fullerton
Session 4.4: Asynchronous courses in the age of AI
Writing-Intensive Asynchronous Courses in the Age of Generative AI: Re-Designing for Motivation and Meaningful Engagement
Carra Johnson, Department of Kinesiology, Cal Poly SLO
Student-Centered AI Use in an Upper-Division General Education Course: Support, Skepticism, and Critical Engagement
Maureen Scharberg, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, CSU East Bay
A Practical Framework for Human-Centered AI Course Redesign
Nasrin Mohabbati, Department of Information Systems, SFSU
Recording of the Closing Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jennifer Trainor
Panelists: Ethan Cortes, Rachel Flynn, Zach Justus, Eileene Tejada
Past Events:
Second Annual AI Symposium: Embracing & Resisting AI was held on May 2, 2025. The program is available here.
First Annual AI Symposium: Meeting the Moment was held on May 3, 2024. The program is available here.