2026 Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Conference

Agenda

Panel	Presentations
1	Artificial Intelligence Guidelines: New Frontier, New Considerations Judy Moore George Mason University Infrastructure Literacy via RAG Mario Valori University of Pisa Integrating Artificial Intelligence into University Curricula: Tools, Policies, and Case Studies Sarah Hubbard, Joseph Sobieralski, and Bryan Hubbard Various Universities
2	A Hard Copy in a Soft World: Researching Displacement Narratives in Children’s Picturebooks Through Traditional and AI-Assisted Methodologies Dalia Mostafa Abdulrahman Cairo University Whiteboarding the Rhetorical Machine Zea Miller University of Florida Telling Your University's Story: Writing Compelling University Narratives Without AI Julia Hettiger The University of Texas at El Paso A Zone of Indistinction: GenAI and the Concept of Fiction Eli Park Sorensen The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3	AI and Human Agency: Lessons from Student Feedback on an Asynchronous AI Literacy Tutorial Emily Bald University of Florida From Books to Bots: AI Shaping Student Success Ritu Sharma Purdue University Journey of the Modern Adult Learner in an Age of AI Stefani Boutelier, Madeline Craig, and Jennifer Parker Various Universities Attention, Honesty, and AI Writing Tools: Creative Processes to Re-engage Students and Produce Authentic Writing/Thinking Robert J. Deacon Florida Institute of Technology
4	Pedagogical Disruptions in the AI Era: The Learning Machines and the Learning People Elnura Usupova, Samat Rakymbek uulu, and Nurgul Tashtanbekova Ala-Too International University A Case Study in "Intentional Failure": Scaffolding AI Research Assignments Jeffrey Jackson SUNY Cortland Leveraging AI as a Rhetorical Companion: Pedagogy, Student Agency, and Gamification in Poetics and Feminist Rhetoric Emery Beckman University of Central Florida