Op-Ed Essays

As part of the workshop, participating faculty write their own op-eds with the aid of AI. Each participant chooses how to use AI, and they use AI tools in various ways (including outlining, drafting, and revising) based on what they learned during the workshop sessions. We've linked several of those op-eds below, with the names of the faculty authors listed.

• "AI and the Wealth Gap," Vishnu Pendyala

• "Beyond the Algorithm: Fighting AI's Misinformation Crisis," by Kali Akers Gifford

• "A Classroom Crisis of Confidence--and Why It Matters for All of Us in the Age of AI," by Jill Logan

• "Climate Change Is Coming for Our Dinner Plates," by Harit Agroia

• "The CSU Spent $17 Million on AI. Now AI Must Invest in Training all Faculty to Use It Responsibly," by Faith Kirk

• "The Disappearing Art of Collaborative Problem Solving in Education," by Thomas Shirley

• "Handed a Bot, Denied a Playbook," by Sara Cook

• "Is There Room for AI in Intercultural Communication Pedagogy?" by Leigh Via

• "The Power of the Human AI: Why Real Teachers Still Matter in the Age of Automation," by Naomi Williams

• "Rooting Resilience: Rebuilding San José's Local Food Network," Susan Chen

• "Trigger Warning: Democracy Ahead," by Helen Meservey