University of Massachusetts Amherst

04/24/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/24/2024 11:29

Georgetown University Professor and Author J Palmeri to Address Writing in the Age of AI

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J Palmeri

J Palmeri, professor of English and director of the Writing Program at Georgetown University, will present "When ChatGPT Fails: Towards a Queer Pedagogy of Writing with, Against, and Beyond AI," on Thursday, May 2 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at the Campus Center, Rooms 804-808. The event is open to the UMass Amherst community and to the public.<_o3a_p>

Palmeri's talk, which will draw on historical research to focus on practical pedagogical implications for first-year writing, is organized by the members of Teaching in the Time of ChatGPT, a Mutual Mentoring Team Grant awarded by the Office of Faculty Development.<_o3a_p>

As a scholar, Palmeri focuses on the history and theory of writing pedagogy, multimodal rhetorics, digital humanities and queer literacies. They are the author of the books "Remixing Composition: A History of Multimodal Writing Pedagogy," (Southern Illinois University Press, 2012), and "100 Years of New Media Pedagogy," (University of Michigan Press, 2021).<_o3a_p>

For questions or more information about the talk, contact Anne Bello at [email protected] or Rachel Smith Olson at [email protected].<_o3a_p>