{"id":11911,"date":"2026-07-13T18:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/?page_id=11911"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:48:26","slug":"iaaai-organization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/academic-operations\/iaaai\/iaaai-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"IAAAI organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-2230\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-2230<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:iaaai@nau\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> iaaai&#8203;@nau <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\">Provost<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">IAAAI organization<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Leadership Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IAAAI\u2019s organization relies on faculty leadership and broad stakeholder engagement to partner with the Office of the Provost and shape the Institute\u2019s trajectory, direct high-impact projects, and lead task forces and working groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/js\/accordion.js\"><\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-flush my-5\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-Meet-the-leadership-team1-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-Meet-the-leadership-team1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-Meet-the-leadership-team1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet the leadership team\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-Meet-the-leadership-team1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-Meet-the-leadership-team1-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Michelle Miller, Executive Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michelle Miller is a Professor with the Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and President\u2019s Distinguished Teaching Fellow. She has been an essential part of NAU\u2019s success in many past institutional initiatives through her leadership, including the First Year Learning Initiative, University College, Persistence Scholars Program, and First Year Together. In addition to innovating in her personal teaching practice through technology, Michelle has established herself as a national leader in higher-education applications of AI and is the author of widely acclaimed books on pedagogy and technology, including <em>Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology<\/em> and <em>Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nick McKay, Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick McKay is a Professor in the School of Earth and Sustainability in the College of the Environment, Forestry and Natural Sciences. He is a climate scientist, whose research interests focus on large scale data synthesis, data analysis and data model intercomparison. Nick teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change, earth systems, data analysis and scientific programming. He has been using generative AI in his teaching practice since 2023, exploring and implementing its use in the classroom, lab and field. He is also the chair of the Earth Science and Environmental Sustainability PhD program and serves on the Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim Curry, Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim Curry is a Lecturer and Program Director in the Department of Health Science, College of Health and Human Services. He is a clinical exercise physiologist completing a doctoral degree in Interdisciplinary Health, with research focused on developing artificial intelligence tools to reduce health burdens and inequities. He collaborates with Dr. Jared Duval in the Playful Health Technologies Lab and leads development of the new Applied Health Analytics undergraduate and graduate certificates and a future program of study. Since 2015, he has applied diverse AI methods in teaching, research, and athletic development. He has presented at ACSM and AIITEC conferences on AI in health and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mikhael Star, Operations Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mikhael Star is a Director in the Provost\u2019s office who specializes in project leadership and change management. As Operations Director, she will help stand up the necessary infrastructure and business processes for the institute, while also providing project oversight for intermediary and long-term goals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advisory Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the advisory council &nbsp;collaborate with IAAAI leadership and ground our work in diverse perspectives from across the institution, identify emerging opportunities and risks, recommend strategic priorities, advise on policies and guidelines, review and assess the progress of our work and its impact, facilitate connections with external partners, and champion our initiatives and programs across multiple communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selected based on nominations from our academic deans and Faculty Senate, our advisory council members help inform the IAAAI\u2019s work through a wide breadth of perspectives, disciplinary lenses, institutional roles, and locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/js\/accordion.js\"><\/script>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-flush my-5\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"collapse-Meet-the-members-of-the-advisory-council1-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse-Meet-the-members-of-the-advisory-council1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-Meet-the-members-of-the-advisory-council1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet the members of the advisory council\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"collapse-Meet-the-members-of-the-advisory-council1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"collapse-Meet-the-members-of-the-advisory-council1-header\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><strong>Shadow Armfield<\/strong>, Associate Dean and Professor, Department of Educational Specialties, College of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kara Attrep<\/strong>, Associate Dean and Associate Teaching Professor, Honors College<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peggy Bradley<\/strong>, Director and Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Nursing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle Carpenter<\/strong>, Executive Director and Professor, School of Communication, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles Chadwell<\/strong>, Dean and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management, and Environmental Engineering, Steve Sanghi College of Engineering<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bettie Coplan<\/strong>, Faculty Senator and Associate Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Health and Human Services<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kate Ellis<\/strong>, Faculty Senate President and Professor, Department of Theatre, College of Arts and Letters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roger Haro<\/strong>, Dean and Professor, School of Earth and Sustainability, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joseph Little<\/strong>, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting, W. A. Franke College of Business<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeff Meeks<\/strong>, Interim Chair and Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Health and Human Services<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erik Nielsen<\/strong>, Chief Sustainability Officer and Professor, School of Earth and Sustainability, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gioia Woods<\/strong>, Chair and Professor, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies, College of Arts and Letters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Campus Collaborators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The integration of artificial intelligence across the NAU ecosystem is continually emerging and evolving across all divisions of the institution. Beyond the campus, NAU is leading efforts to support AI adoption across northern Arizona\u2019s local and regional governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IAAAI partners with the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/library-cline\/aihub\/\">AI Hub at Cline Library<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/teaching-learning-center\/\">The Teaching and Learning Center<\/a> supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/initiatives\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Provost and Academic Affairs initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-education\/community-resources\/arizona-institute-education-economy\/arizona-artificial-intelligence-alliance\/\">Arizona AI Alliance<\/a> is collaborating on the implementation of AI in the Arizona schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources-cas\/learning-and-development\/\">Human Resources<\/a> is leading work to integrate AI into institutional business processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information Technology Services (ITS) provides institutional leadership and support for university licensed AI tools and applications like <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/its\/copilot\/\">Microsoft Co-Pilot<\/a>. &nbsp;IAAAI leadership participates in ITS\u2019s Center for AI Collaboration. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":622,"featured_media":0,"parent":10244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11911"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12011,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11911\/revisions\/12011"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}