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Primary Responsibilities
This list covers a wide range of potential duties. The specific responsibilities will be finalized based on the skills and experience of the person selected for the role.
- Leadership and Coordination:
- Lead the AI@Conn initiative, ensuring alignment with the College?s strategic goals.
- Partner with key campus groups-like the Dean of Faculty?s Office, the Joy Shechtman Mankoff Center for Teaching & Learning, The Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology, Department of Computer Science, and the Connections Pathway: Data, Information, and Society-to coordinate AI discussions, speakers, and events.
- Faculty Development:
- Design and deliver workshops, seminars, and online resources on generative AI for faculty with varying levels of expertise.
- Provide one-on-one technical and pedagogical support to faculty and their students (with a primary focus on classes receiving AI-related assistance) to ensure effective and ethical use of AI tools in teaching, research, and scholarship.
- Teaching and Curriculum Development:
- Manage the AI@Conn budget and facilitate a faculty-led selection committee responsible for awarding faculty development grants and stipends.
- Guide faculty in integrating AI tools and topics into their courses, offering support for assignments, course redesigns, or creating new courses.
- Research Support:
- Provide technical expertise to support student-faculty research projects involving AI, conducted during the academic year and summer as needed.
- Tool Support
- Oversee the acquisition, testing, vetting, and potential use of curricular AI tools (software & hardware) in a manner that upholds the College?s information security requirements and the College?s overall principles of ethical use, equity, environmental sustainability, transparency, accountability, and privacy.
- Outreach and Networking:
- With support from an internal team, organize and lead an annual symposium (fall 2025, 2026) on AI and the Liberal Arts, featuring workshops, guest speakers, and presentations of exemplary projects.
- Connect with peer institutions and professional networks to share insights and promote collaboration in AI education.
Additional Contributions: - Develop metrics to evaluate the success of the initiative through surveys, course evaluations, and project outcomes.
- Prepare regular progress reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Participate in professional development through conferences, seminars, and networking. The Fellow will have access to a professional development budget for conferences and training.
- Engage in campus life by attending events, lectures, and performances.
- Carry out additional tasks as needed to support the role's mission.
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