IAAAI community directory

Samantha Clifford, Anthropology

• Interests: Equity in AI policy, use, and access; strengthening learning integrity; integrating UDL and AI for inclusive teaching.

Ronda Jenson, Institute for Human Development

• I am interested in expanding my knowledge of the capacity of AI to advance research and instruction, ethical considerations for use of AI, and the development of AI policy to protect integrity and confidentiality and to uphold trust in community partnerships.

C. Chad Woodruff, Department of Psychological Sciences

• I use AI on a daily basis, mostly for the purpose of learning in minutes what might take me many hours of reading. This informs my teaching and has supercharged my research. I recently had Claude write a results section for me. It was wonderful to relieve myself of that tedium.

Sara Kien, Department of Psychological Sciences

• AI integration in teaching and research, including a TRAIL-funded Socratic chatbot for critical thinking about research methods. Graduate degree in AI/deep learning (UC Berkeley). Creator of “Data Science and AI in Psychology” course as well as a “Data Science and AI in Psychology” OER textbook.

Chris S. Johnson, School of Communication, Visual Communication

• AI as a creative partner in animation and visual storytelling; exploring authorship, iteration, and new forms of cultural production. Interested in how AI reshapes process, perception, and public engagement with media.

Paul Dijkstra, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society

• Working on AI involvement in analyzing metatranscriptome datasets.

Angie Hodge-Zickerman, Department of Mathematics & Statistics; Educational Specialties

• Interests: AI in STEM/mathematics teaching; integrating AI into instruction and assessment; reasoning and critique of AI‑generated work.

Jeff Hovermill, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Teaching – how to communicate AI expectations with students and support them in leveraging AI in support of learning.  Research and scholarship – AI in support of teacher planning and AI is support of data science practice.  Synergy between both areas since I’m involved in teacher education.

Derek Uhey, School of Forestry

• I am interested in using AI in both the classroom and conservation. I won a TRAIL award to build AI content into my environmental conservation course where we explored using AI to simulate dialogs with famous conservationists and also explored the ethical considerations of using AI in conservation.

Dana Ernst, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Interests: General productivity; AI-assisted grading; General research assistant; Tool to assist in translating technical mathematics into Lean

Stephanie Garrison, Physical Therapy program

• I am intrigued in learning new ways to integrate AI into teaching and research. I have taken some conference courses and continuing education for AI learning, but it feels that this field is advancing so quickly that I am needing to keep in touch with new advancements and best practices.

Sarah Bolander, Physician Assistant program

• Ethical, human-centered AI in health professions education; AI literacy; assessment design; learner support; interdisciplinary collaboration

Gretchen McAllister, Department of Teaching and Learning

• I direct our doctoral program and am highly interested in the use of AI in the publishing and academic writing context. I also am looking and using it to find ways to effectively support future teachers.

Erika Konrad, Department of English

• Interests: Teaches ‘AI for Workplace Writers’; workplace writing and editing applications of AI.

Karen Melina Bromsoe, Department of Global Languages

• I’m currently in the process of researching for my capstone about AI use in education. I want to create a program to train educators and collect data about its effectiveness. It will be open to educators from the entirety of Arizona state.

Sebastian Leal-Arenas, Department of Global Languages

• Apart from preparing myself and my students to use AI responsibly, I am interested in two main areas: one is AI detection, not for the sake of detection or to ‘catch’ people using AI, rather on the linguistic phenomena that distinguish human from AI language. Second area is perceptions on AI use.

Ben Alexander, Department of Theatre

• AI Integrated workflows for Stage Managers. AI Creative Content development for Theatre Design.

Kristin Greenwalt, Department of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems Management

• In partnership with RQlab, I have been implementing a customized AI agent into the graduate business analytics capstone. We have been validating and deploying a governed, transcript-driven AI–human learning system designed to improve decision-making, communication, and career readiness.

Darwin Mann, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management

• Innovative tech in hospitality ed means more than new tools — it builds critical thinkers. From AI drafting to live dashboards and VR site tours, technology becomes the vehicle for developing sharper, more adaptive hospitality professionals.

Susan K. Williams, Department of Management, Marketing, and Information Systems Management

• My primary interest is helping to prepare our students for their careers with AI. What skills do they need? What jobs will be available to them? Secondly, I’m interested in incorporating AI into my own workflows. Third, as an associate editor, how is AI affecting the review process?

Mayank Bakshi, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

• Interests: Federated learning; robust fine‑tuning; adversary detection; AI for network operations; distributed learning.

Jared Duval, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

• I design AI-powered health games and telehealth tools that center under-served communities. My work blends HCI, social computing, and play to make AI feel human—improving outcomes while keeping people, not algorithms, at the heart of care.

Jarrett Jay Barber, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

• Interests: Regression to RF, boosting, neural nets; generative AI for learning and job readiness.

Mariya Vizireanu, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

• I’m an industry mixed-method researcher (in tech & entertainment) & NAU games research instructor. At this point, AI use is a “must”/competitive advantage in my field, not an option. I want to understand/contribute to how NAU navigates its responsible integration in academic research.

Ashish Amresh, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

• Interests: Building AI agents to help students improve CS skills; exploring tools and models for student support