Committees and Working Groups

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AI Governance Working Group

Goal: Take input from across the College and make recommendations to the Senior Officers to frame institutional approaches to AI.

Peter Bae, Library
Aliosha Barranco Lopez, Academic Affairs/Faculty
Steven Blanc, Information Technology
Katie Byrnes, Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching
Sherri Castanzo, Information Technology
Michael Cato, Information Technology
Jeff Doring, Information Technology
Tina Finneran, Institutional Research, Analytics and Consulting
Scott Hood, Communications and Public Affairs
Stephen Houser, Information Technology
John Paul Kanwit, Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching
Jason Pelletier, Information Technology
Holly Sherburne, Admissions

Committee on Teaching and Classroom Practice (CoTCP) AI Subcommittee

Goal: In addition to organizing programming and facilitating communication about the various opportunities related to AI to the campus and the regional academic community, the subcommittee will review requests for funding through this initiative from faculty and staff for workshops, course development funds, and support for conference participation and/or other external professional development opportunities related to AI in teaching.

Dale Syphers, Faculty (Chair)
Peter Bae, Library (Ex Officio)
Aliosha Barranco Lopez, Faculty
Kristin Brennan, Career Exploration and Development (Ex Officio)
Katie Byrnes, Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching
Judith Casselberry, Faculty
Sherri Castanzo, Information Technology
Michael Cato, Information Technology (Ex Officio)
Eric Chown, Faculty (Ex Officio)
Juli Haugen, Information Technology
Stephen Houser, Information Technology
Maya Keatley, Student
Abhilasha Kumar, Faculty
Daniel Lee, Student
Mike Ranen, Academic Affairs/Dean’s Office (Ex Officio)
Maron Sorenson, Faculty
Naomi Tanabe, Faculty
Erin Valentino, Library
Dharni Vasudevan, Academic Affairs/Dean’s Office (Ex Officio)

Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity Advisory Committee

Martin Abel, assistant professor of economics
Aliosha Barranco Lopez, assistant professor of philosophy, member of the Committee on Teaching and Classroom Practice and its AI subcommittee.
Eric Chown, Sarah and James �պ��ֲ� Professor of Digital and Computational Studies [faculty director of the initiative]
Allison Cooper, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures and cinema studies
Willi Lempert, assistant professor of anthropology [will join the committee in Fall 2025]
Fernando Nascimento, assistant professor of digital and computational studies
Beth Stemmler, James Stacy Coles Professor of Natural Sciences

American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum

Goal: To enhance student learning through effective integration of AI tools and strategies in teaching across all disciplines.

Sherri Castanzo, Information Technology [Team Lead]
Martin Abel, Faculty
Aliosha Barranco Lopez, Faculty
Paul Benham, Information Technology
Beth Hoppe, Library
John Paul Kanwit, Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching
Sue O'Dell, Library
Jennifer Snow, Information Technology
Dale Syphers, Faculty

Student Feedback Group

The Student Feedback Group is an 11-member team of students working with faculty and staff on matters relating to AI. For more information, contact ai@bowdoin.edu.

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