AI Working Group Membership

Working Group Co-Chairs

  • Professor of Composition
  • Director, Composition Program

Teaching & Research Interests

  • First-Year Writing
  • Feminist Pedagogy
  • Writing Program Administration
  • Writing Administration
  • AI and WRiting
  • Shared Governance
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Faculty Advisor, Open Source Hardware Enterprise
  • Director, The Alley MakerSpace

Areas of Interest

  • Open Source Hardware
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Digital Design
  • Robotics Design
  • Engineering Education

Faculty/Staff Members

Chad Arney

Chad Arney

  • Associate Registrar, Administrative Services

Areas of Responsibility

  • Grades processing
  • Academic history and records
  • Residency reclassification
  • Associate Professor, Computer Science
  • Associate Dean of Data Science Initiatives, College of Computing
  • Director, Data Science, M.S. and B.S. Programs

Area of Expertise

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Data Mining and Data Science
  • Applications of AI and ML to Energy (microgrids, power systems), Health, and other domains
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business

Teaching Interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Economic Decision Analysis
  • Microeconomic Theory 

Research Interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Economics of Gender
  • Public Policy
  • Applied Microeconomics 
Nagesh Hatti

Nagesh Hatti

  • Director, The Enterprise Program and Chair, Enterprise Governing Board
  • Advisor, ITOxygen

Specialties

  • Corporate/Industry Sponsorship
  • Program Management

Sarah Isaacson

  • On leave
  • Graduate Language Assessment and Support (GLAS) Program Director

Specialties

  • Develops the second language (L2) oral communication strategies of international graduate students
  • Supports graduate students in fellowship applications (NSF-GRFP, NDSEG, and others)
  • Assists with writing, content development, and communication for Graduate School audiences
  • Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing and GIS

Areas of Expertise

  • Remote sensing
  • Change detection
  • Natural disaster mapping
  • Invasive species mapping
  • Landcover mapping
  • Vegetation property extraction with remote sensing techniques 
  • Associate Professor of Philosophy, Humanities
  • Ethics and Philosophy Minor Advisor

Research Areas

  • Continental Philosophy (especially Phenomenology and Existential Thought)
  • Social and Political Philosophy (including Feminist Philosophy)
  • Philosophy and Art (including Literature)
  • Ethical Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Engineering Ethics
Jenn Sams

Jenn Sams

  • Assistant Director,
  • Education & Public Services
Jeff Toorongian

Jeff Toorongian

  • Director - William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Campus ICT Accessibility Coordinator

Education and Certifications

• M. Educational Technology, Boise State University
• Graduate Certificate, Online Teaching, Boise State University
• Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)

Specialties

  • Directs Center activities within and across campus.
  • Champions initiatives to support teaching and learning
  • Provides leadership for Accessible Technology Working Group (ATWG)
  • Provides advanced support for the Canvas Learning Management System, Panopto-Huskycast video platform, and iClicker student response system, and other EdTech tools.
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Research Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Security and Privacy
  • Edge Computing

USG Representative

Ben Conlin

Ben Conlin

  • USG At Large Representative

GSG Representative